How many whites have been murdered by blacks in the last 30 years?
Two in Florida.
This is exactly the sort of commentary that gives the race-baiters ammunition with which to attack conservatives. It doesn't matter how many whites have been murdered by blacks, or how many black have been murdered by hispanics etc.
The important thing is that justice is done and that the rule of law is upheld. If some group wants to make this about the color of someone's skin (and thereby make it a symbol of their pet political cause) then they are doing the victim a grave injustice. The important thing is that somebody is dead, and judging from the facts that have been made publicly available, there is reason to think that his killing was without justification. Perhaps, after the facts surrounding the death of Mr. Martin, Mr. Zimmerman will be exonerated, and if that is the case, then so be it.
At this point though, there is a great deal of ambiguity about the exact sequence of events that led to the tragic death of a child (who by all accounts was simply going about his business) and unless there is some pretty compelling evidence that demonstrates that Mr. Zimmerman was justified in using deadly force on an unarmed child, I don't see why any conservative would defend him.
Mr. Zimmerman is not a police officer, he is a private citizen acting in an official capacity as a member of a neighborhood watch. In that capacity his role was to observe events and communicate his observations to the proper authorities and then await further instruction. He stepped outside of the role of the observer and became an active participant in the situation, and at least in my mind, in doing so he took the law into his own hands, which makes him nothing more than an armed vigilante serving up his version of street justice. Those actions make him a danger to civilized society, and I believe that as conservatives we ought to defend the rule of law above all other things.
I can't say this enough. It's not about race. There are many groups out there that would like to make this about race, and use the language of race to inflame emotions. This is about the rule of law, and the law is colorblind. We should be too.