Originally Posted by eroticsexxx

So now you are presuming that Martin smelled of weed and on that basis alone continue to defend the shooting death of someone who simply was walking through a neighbourhood?

The reactions by some here clearly show that there is an underlying element of judgment of Martin after the fact. It's almost as if Zimmerman actions are being excused because some here believe that the information that came out about Martin later on justified him being shot.

The fact that he was profiled and typecast as a criminal is being ignored because some here feel that it brings up race. This is unavoidable because if the break-ins in that community were not done by blacks, then Zimmerman likely would not have looked twice at Martin.

If Martin was not identified by Zimmerman as black and then automatically cast in the same grouping as the burglars (mistakenly, I might add), Zimmerman would not have said (referring to Martin) that "These assholes. They always get away" nor would he have grouped Martin as a "fucking punk". He probably would have not left his vehicle at all!

Again, given the above, does anyone here get that discussing race in this case is unavoidable? It might make some uncomfortable. It might even piss off a few others who believe that Martin's killing just means that there is one less troublesome negro in the country. The bottom line is that justice has to be served for a profiling, pursuit, conflict with and killing of a teenager that was based completely on a case of civilian profiling and was unjustified.