It’s been nearly three weeks since Trayvon Martin was
murdered and George Zimmerman still hasn’t been brought before a judge or even
arrested for that matter. That in itself is criminal. What’s tragic is that you’re
looking at these names and drawing a blank; that’s partly because the media has
been slow to pick up on the story and the rest is your reluctance to pay
attention to the world on the outside of your bubble. While you’ve been busy
talking about Whitney Houston, Tami Roman, and practice, someone’s son was
gunned down for nothing more than being Black in a place where he shouldn’t
have been.
What happened before and immediately after George Zimmerman
fired the fatal shot (or shots) that robbed Trayvon of his future is still unclear, but what I see in 1080dp
is that the value of Black lives in America hovers somewhere between dogs and South
Dakota, but I just may be overestimating. The lack of action by the Sanford,
Florida police is appalling, but the delayed reaction by the District Attorney
and Florida’s Attorney General lead me to believe that they condone the actions
taken by Zimmerman that day, despite the fact that 911 dispatcher told him not
to follow the “suspicious looking Black guy”.
The call has now been released to the public and in my
opinion paints a very vivid picture of Zimmerman’s angst to not let this “asshole”
get away. You can hear in his voice that he was probably bouncing in his seat
waiting for some action and regardless of whatever he was told at the time, he
was going to spring into action. For those few minutes, we were able to see
into the mind of a killer, a hunter, disguised as the neighborhood watch.
Zimmerman appointed himself as the block captain and was armed that day for
what reason exactly? There are so many
questions that haven’t been answered, hell, they haven’t even been asked.
For example, how is a slight 17-year-old with an iced tea
and Skittles suspicious? Was it the hoodie he was wearing or simply that he was
Black and there was no reason for a Black to be in that community. Trayvon
Martin’s presence alone solved all of the recent break-ins the neighborhood
suffered, at least in George Zimmerman’s mind and he was intent on making sure he
did his job as the block captain.
How do you tell a mother her child has been killed for
nothing? What do you tell a father when a grown man attacked then killed his
son? If you’re Police Chief Bill Lee, you tell them it was a clean shoot and
the man who took your son’s future record was “squeaky clean”, despite the fact
he had been arrested for resisting arrest and battery on a police officer, but
those charges were dropped, while charges in this case were never considered.
What do you tell a community that registered at least eight 911 calls, saw a
fight, heard screams for help silenced by gunshots? Obviously you tell witnesses
they didn’t hear the scared teen screaming for help, it was the guy with a gun.
Zimmerman is said to have suffered a bloody nose and his
back was wet from grass, undoubtedly from the scuffle that ensured when he
attempted to apprehend Trayvon and before he decided that he couldn’t take an
ass kicking. What do you tell a country that’s allegedly entered a post-racial
era, by not acting to find justice, by not providing comfort in the form of
answers to grieving parents and a shocked community? You tell them noting.
Nothing but, don’t re-nig in 2012!
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