"The courts" also established that OJ was not guilty. Do you agree with that decision? Do "the courts" never get it wrong? WTF do we have appeal courts for?
In this particular case most REASONABLE people agree that Zimmerman committed no crime. His action to follow Martin may have been unwise but certainly not criminal. Are you trying to make Martin out to be an angel? He was purchasing materials to make purple drank and was carrying a slim jim that is used to break into cars. He was in town because he was uncontrollable and suspended from school.
Waiter, one more Purple Drank, please. http://www.occupyhln.org/george-zimmerman/skittles-and-iced-tea-or-purple-drank/ Note the side effects. Yes, Zimmerman is also a damaged individual. Mister 711 clerk, I'm going to take these Swisher Sweets from you Michael Brown-style because I'm out of rolling papers. Then I'm going to walk down the middle of the street gangsta style because no one's going to stop me. http://www.masterbong420.com/videos/videos.php?id=108&title=How-To-Roll-a-Blunt:-Swisher-Sweet Thankfully, a whole lot of white people suffering from White Guilt will come to the defense of a couple of thugs while protesters violently loot and burn minority neighborhoods. Who wins? It sure as hell isn't the minority population that live in those burned out neighborhoods. Trayvon Martin is 96.2% (or pick any other randomly generated number in excess of 90%) to blame for his death. Close enough for me, but I don't suffer from White Guilt.
Now you're just lying. There's no proof Martin had a slimjim. They certainly didn't find one on his person. And the piece of awning they found in a bush below a window (which miraculously didn't have Martin's fingerprints on it) was exactly where a reasonable person would expect a piece of broken awning to fall: beneath a window. As for the so-called purple drank, that's just retarded. So anybody buying a soft drink and candy is looking to make some street drug? What a load. Until you have solid evidence that Martin had cough syrup ready to mix, this is just innuendo and guilt by association ("he's Black, therefore ...") What comes through loud and clear is that you're eager to completely absolve a shooter with a long history of violence that predates Trayvon Martin. Was Martin an angel? Probably not. He may have been a troubled kid. But Zimmerman was the adult in the situation and he acted more immature than Martin. But when the shooter is White (or in Zimmerman's case, half-White), he automatically gets the benefit of the doubt. And when the shootee is Black, he had it coming Just Because ...
Obviously it appears that you are choosing to believe your own narrative rather than following the facts. As stated in the trial... the item found in the bushes near Martin was a home-made slim jim. It was not merely a piece of awning. It was not the same material as the awning in the complex. It was never tested for fingerprints. It is obvious from Martin's text messages prior the event that he was scoring cough medicine from a friend to mix up a batch of purple drank. This was never in dispute by anyone following the facts. Your final sentence makes it very clear that you are viewing this situation simply through the lens of race. Similar to Ferguson, the facts do not matter when everything is framed based on race. According to you the white guy is always getting away with something and the black guy is a victim - Ferguson demonstrates the absurdity of this fallacy. EDIT UPDATE: The court transcript info... 0:22 a.m. ET: O'Mara asks Serino about the non-emergency call operator asking Zimmerman about Martin's location. "Does that indicate that he wants him to keep an eye on him?" asked O'Mara. "Yes sir," said Serino. 10:20 a.m. ET: Serino says "these [expletives] punks always get away" and "[expletive] punks" was said in a matter-of-fact kind of way. A few days after the shooting, Serino says a tool was found in the bushes behind one of the witness' homes. "It was a piece of an awning, I believe it was a piece of a window, piece of hardware basically. It looked like a slim jim," said Serino. He explains that this tool is used to break into windows. 10:18 a.m. ET: When Zimmerman said "s**t" on the call, Serino says he saw that as a sign of urgency. http://www.hlntv.com/article/2013/07/02/george-zimmerman-trial-trayvon-martin-day-7
Again, you're just making shit up. No surprise that there are no links to your so-called "facts". "Was there any evidence that Trayvon Martin was committing a crime that evening, sir?" asked [Prosecutor] due la Rionda. "No, sir," said [lead investigator] Serino. ... A few days after the shooting, Serino says a tool was found in the bushes behind one of the witness homes. "It was a piece of an awning ..." Which of course could have been placed there anytime by anyone. Again: zero evidence that Trayvon Martin was committing a crime. As for the racial stuff, that's on you, with your innuendo that Martin had to be burglarizing while returning from the store ready to get high. With your complete dismissal of Zimmerman's history of violence as playing any role whatsoever in what happened. Smart traders learn to maximize profits and minimize losses. "Smart" racists learn to maximize reasons why the Black shootee got what he deserved and to minimize any evidence that the White shooter wasn't entirely justified. Zimmerman's history of violence is a loud clanging bell that won't go away just because you put your fingers in your ears and go "Lalalalalala ...". http://www.hlntv.com/article/2013/07/02/george-zimmerman-trial-trayvon-martin-day-7