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Originally Posted by valo403
Do you think Zimmerman does the same thing if he sees a white kid walking through the neighborhood?
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No, but what I think has nothing to do with what can be proven. I may have over stated it in my original post. I should have said that we can't prove that it was racially motivated, and so jumping to conclusion will only hurt future cases where racially motivated crime is actually a factor.
Unfortunately it seems that every case of "white" on black violence ends up looking like a race issue.
I will say this, I think Zimmerman reacts in the same way if the teen was Asian, Arab, middle eastern or a white boy with tattoos and a shaved head.
I feel it's less about race and more about general stereotyping.
Perhaps if you only knew this case as Zimmerman shoots Martin, claims self Defense. If you looked at just the fact of the case, ignored skin color, alot more people would agree with the ruling.