The “author” sounds like he may be doing too many recreational drugs. First of all, Zimmerman was working a Neighborhood Watch. Secondly, ZIMMERMAN WAS NOT A VIGILANTE. Kenny boy here needs to do a little research.
This piece is wrong in so many particulars, and on so many levels, that it would make a great target for analysis in a course on how to spot sloppy and deceitful political writing.
To panty-pissin' hoplophobes like Kenny boy, EVERY armed citizen is a "vigilante." In his world, only cops and jackbooted government thugs have "legal" guns; all others are "illegal".
Yes, it's a sick and unconstitutional mindset. So why is his side winning? Power.
Actually in the movie (which Iam sure was much later than 1992) Eastwood kills to collect a bounty or reward. This makes him more like the New Black Panthers than George Zimmerman.