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Originally Posted by MelBridgeman
So because the USA and especially the southern states has a history of racial issues - this case must also be about race? How do you know what Zimmerman was thinking? I know there are a few blow hards and some media outlets that want you to think it's about race - but that still doesn't mean it's about race.
You don't know what Zimmerman was thinking - even if he says it wasn't about race - he could be lying - so what else do we have to go on? Let's look at some reality and evidence shall we.
1. His 'hood had been the scene of a rash of break ends/home invasions
2. Because of this a neighbourhood watch was assembled - zimmerman being top 'hood cop.
3. The job of said neighbourhood watch is to ..... wait for it watch for suspicious activity/people
4. Martin was an unfamiliar face and was said to be causally walking in the rain between houses and "looking" into them.
Right here we have established why Zimmerman would notice Martin - there are many reasons other than race. More evidence
When he called the police non emergency line - Zimmerman only referred to race when asked
Zimmerman was also somewhat encouraged to keep eye on Martin when he was asked not to lose sight of him.
Zimmerman himself
- he is of mixed race, including African American
- The FBI investigate his background - found no evidence of race
"George Zimmerman was one of the few non-black people that helped protest the beating of a black homeless man by the son of a Sanford police officer that was left unpunished."
The evidence and the history point in the opposite direction.
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You're right, I don't know what he was thinking, but I'm inclined to think that if it was a white kid walking through the neighborhood he wouldn't have reacted the same way. I might be wrong, but the history of these types of cases and my personal experience leads me to believe that to be the case.