Trayvon Martin

On February 26, 2012 a 17 year old black male died in Florida which caused so much diversity in America. Trayvon Martin was walking home from the store one day with nothing but a bag of skittles and a bottle of ice tea. He was just going home to his father and that's when George Michael Zimmerman shot Martin and ended his life. Zimmerman is a Hispanic man that followed Martin saying he felt "threatened". Zimmerman is apart of a Neighborhood watch so he is liscened to have a gun. Martin was on the phone during the night he was walking back home, he was talking to his girlfriend. Martin had a hoodie on and people think that was the cause that he had got shot that night. Police say that they cannot arrest Zimmerman because they do not have enough evidence that it was not self defense. Both Martin and Zimmerman called the police that night and when they arrived the 17 year old boy was dead laying on the floor with only skittles and ice tea, with a bullet in his chest.

I think that this is so outrageous that this young man is dead. He did not deserve it all. Martin was unarmed and he is only a teenager, how is he suppose to harm a grown man and succeed with it? It is such a shame that this grown man can shoot an innocent teenager and not be sent to jail. People have been reporting this as a racial issue. Even though Zimmerman is a hispanic male he has traits of a white male and this is probably making him safe and not going to jail. If it were Martin alive right now and Zimmerman dead, Martin would be guilty until proven innocent but it is vice versa for Zimmerman. Some people say that because of his hoodie he had gotten shot because "thugs" were hoodies on their heads but as I learn more about it in research it was raining that night and if it is raining why wouldn't you make a quick run to the store with a hoodie? This is just another proven case that their is still racism out in America.

I hope the best for martin's family and i strongly hope that Zimmerman gets what he deserves which is to be in jail for manslaughter. RIP Trayvon Martin.