This is pretty dumb
Listen to the 911 call. Zimmerman stated that the kid looked like one of those that " always gets away". He was told not to follow. Zimmerman has an actual violent crime record, including domestic violence. This isn't a race issue. This is an issue about a man who gets his dad to cover for him and, because his dad is who he is, he gets away with a lot. This is not White on Black violence. This is a stupid guy trying to be a hero. If he wanted to really be a hero, he would have become a police officer. Probably hard to do with his background, but his dad could probably hook him up. As a private citizen, he has the right to perform a citizens arrest, that's it. He put himself in a situation he has no legal standing in. He initiated contact by following the kid. Even if the kid was Osama bin Laden in America, you cannot legally follow someone for no reason. Even if Trayvon was on his way to rob a church, Zimmerman's recorded racially biased phone call to 911 would be enough to make Trayvon the victim. This is coming from an MP. You have to be stupid to put yourself in that situation, that is unless you realized that you outsized the little guy and he was a easy target. If You are not trespassing, which the little guy wasn't, there is no reason to attempt to do anything other then call the police. That's it. He had a gun, supposedly the gun went off on accident, at no time did he inform the kid he was armed, at no time did he explain why he was following. If he shot the little guy on accident because he made him feel threatened, it's still manslaughter. He's an idiot. He messed his life up for being a violent criminal, probably only likes to fight small kids and women,. He bit off more en he can chew, got his butt whooped by a little guy who wouldn't have been charged with anything since he was not armed and had not performed any crime, he probably reached for his gun, and being ignorant, shot him on accident. Oh, and now he has PTSD, depression, and can't sleep. He's an idiot. It's not a white or black issue, or a Hispanic and black issue. Some people are too stupid to carry guns, some people are so unhappy with their lives that they have to act out to make themselves feel better. He should've just went back to his parents house, walked down to the basement, and played world of Warcraft where all his friends probably think he's super cool.