Walking While Black and "Suspicious"

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http://open.salon.com/blog/toritto/2012/03/15/walking_while_black_and_suspicious

MARCH 15, 2012 1:20PM

Seventeen-year-old Trayvon Martin was visiting a relative's house in a Sanford, Florida gated community when he walked to the store to get Skittles and iced tea for his little brother. He never made it home. Trayvon Martin was shot and killed by a self-styled neighborhood watch leader, who told police he thought Trayvon was "suspicious" in the mostly-white community.

A man named George Zimmerman, 27. allegedly admitted to police that he shot Trayvon Martin in the chest. Zimmerman claims he acted in self defense, even though police allegedly told him not to do anything until they arrived -- and despite the fact that Trayvon was unarmed, carrying only a bag of Skittles when he died. In the two weeks since Zimmerman allegedly killed Trayvon, police have refused to arrest the confessed killer.

Sybrina Fulton is Trayvon's mother, and she's leading a campaign on Change.org to get justice for her son. She knows that if enough people raise an outcry, Sanford, Florida authorities will be forced to investigate Zimmerman the same way they would investigate any confessed killer.

Police said they have not charged Zimmerman because there are no grounds to disprove his story of what happened.

[peacebird]

1. Zimmerman got out of his suv after calling 911. That goes against NW protocol. According to NW

You observe and report, but NEVER engage the suspect.

This armed man got out of his car - if he followed protocol the kid would still be alive.
Have the cops released the 911 tapes yet? I would bet that in those tapes he is told to remain in his vehicle and NOT engage the suspect.