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Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen
Depending on what happened, absolutely could.
But if Trayvon Martin hide in the shadows, waited for the cracker to pass and sucker punched him to show how tough he is, does that make him a wannabe gangsta?
See how what actually happens matters? That's my point. We don't know what happened, trying to paint either of the two as some sort of stereotype is just showing the bias of the posters on both sides.
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Well, in my defence, we do know for a fact that Zimmerman shot and killed an unarmed teenager. We also know that, barring some intervening tragedy, if Zimmerman hadn't been out patrolling the perimeter of his gated community with a loaded firearm, Trayvon Martin would still be alive.
Again, I'm not saying that these facts alone mean that Zimmerman was guilty of murder (or indeed any criminal offence). However, they are enough for my sympathies in this tragic story to lie with Martin, the dead child. I'm surprised that, for other posters, despite these few known facts, their sympathies lie with Zimmerman.