Why else would Z have stalked him? You are blind if you don’t see that in America of course race played a role. Save your righteous indignation for your next meeting.
Golly don’t let facts get in the way of a good old race baiting theory!
You claim he was profiled for being black. Did you read any of the testimony? The PROSECUTION played tape after tape of GZ reporting suspicious activity in his neighborhood. In no case did he VOLUNTEER that the suspicious persons were black or hispanic or white. He only responded when asked for a description. Race is pretty much part of any description.
If Martin were being profiled it was because of his behavior. You cannot possibly claim that had Martin been proceeding along the sidewalk, grocery bag in hand, obviously on his way home, that GZ would have even noticed him?
Take a moment and READ the transcripts. Martin WAS behaving in a way to attract GZ’s attention as a concerned citizen as well as a Neighborhood Watch member. Meandering around under the eves of homes on a dark rainy night doesn’t seem that innocent to me. If I drove through my neighborhood on a dark rainy night and saw someone in a hoodie appearing to be meandering around, under the eves of the homes, not seeming to have anywhere to go I would have been suspicious too.
I live in a nice quiet family neighborhood but my neighbor across the street had her car stolen from out of her driveway one night. Thus if I were looking out my window and saw someone (other than my neighbor) walking around her car at night I might keep an eye on them. I would call my neighbors to make sure there wasn’t a problem. Our neighborhood watches out for each other and I’m glad of that.
It continues to amaze me how you and other ignore the testimony of multiple witnesses, ignore the timeline, and just make stuff up…because you WANT this to be about race not about the facts of the case.
Obama’s DOJ has been a terrible influence on race relations as has Obama. So much for the first black president bringing us together. I’ve never felt this much racial animosity from both sides in my entire life which incidentally does include the days before the Civil Rights Act was passed.
Lisa
now then… I was raised by a Police Officer ( Step Dad ) he always taught me take race out of the equazion ( sp ? ) look at the facts. Call them person A person B 1 or 2 etc. THEN come to a conclusion. Thats where I am comming from.