By now, I am sure that everyone has heard of Trayvon Martin, the Florida teen that on February 26th was shot and killed by Neighborhood Watch Captain, George Zimmerman. Communities across the country are marching, protesting and rallying for the arrest of Mr. Zimmerman for what is called the “cold blooded murder” of Trayvon.
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The issue that I have with this entire incident is this. In typical fashion, everyone has taken it upon themselves to be judge and jury in something that they do not have any facts on. The only full piece of information that has been released is that an alleged unarmed African American teen was shot and killed by a Neighborhood Watch Captain for no reason.
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As like in many incidents involving minorites, there are those that pull out their deck of race cards to make a case. Since both individuals involved are minorities, the race cards can most likely be put away. Until any facts surrounding the incident are released, I find it very hard to point fingers in any direction in this case. No one and I mean no one has the right to be judge and jury in this or any other case in which there has been no full facts or information given.
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This tragic trend in today’s society of the automatic presumption and placement of guilt without knowing any facts in my opinion is very alarming. This type of reaction is exactly why it is getting more and more difficult for someone to get a fair trail and why there are so many innocent people today serving prison sentences and even on death row.
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I would encourage everyone to put your torches away and let officials do their job before fingers are pointed and judgments are made. We must all remember that we still live in a country where a person is presumed innocent until proven guilty. Let’s not be our own enemy of that right.
Those that have been following this story will notice that the photo that I posted above of George Zimmerman is not the same photo that was originally splashed around by the media. I did that for a reason. My question is, would public opinion of Mr. Zimmerman been the same had this been the first image that they saw rather than the shot used below?
I'm am in no way choosing sides in the matter (because I, like everyone else do not know the facts). I am merely stating my opinion and pointing out what I feel is a seriously disturbing trend being perpetrated by the media and carried out by the public.
WHO IS THE VICTIM NOW?
Treyvon Martin, George Zimmerman or We The Public
~T.H.
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