The politics of the Trayvon Martin case; a pot that's starting to boil over

The Examiner ^ | April 22, 2012 | John Guzzardo

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Regardless of where you stand on the Trayvon Martin case, the fact is that this case is more than just a criminal case. It is about politics; racial, economic, social politics. The racial attacks are heating up, and let’s add in some facts which have been accidentally omitted but are quite pertinent to this case.

First, Zimmerman is not just White, he is Hispanic. Second, Trayvon Martin was reported to have been beating down Zimmerman, striking several blows to the head, prior to the shooting. These two facts are not irrelevant. In fact, they are very relevant to the case itself. The first blows holes in the race-baiting that is going on. The second is a very powerful piece of evidence which will be used by the defense to exonerate Zimmerman with the Stand Your Ground law as a defense. The argument, that Zimmerman was in fear of his own life, does hold water when one looks at the picture of his bloodied scalp.

Add to this one other detail: Martin has been depicted in many ways as being a happy-go-lucky middle school student who was gunned down in cold blood by an overzealous vigilante. This is not the case at all. Martin, in reality, was seventeen years old, and fully capable of judging right from wrong. What was in his mind and heart at the time of his death we will never know, but the fact is that he was involved in a violent confrontation with Zimmerman. Martin was known for having issues with others in the community, and the pictures of him as a teenager, shown in a gangster-like hooded sweatshirt, has raised new questions about just “squeaky clean” he really was....

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