NBC Nightly News did many stories on this; in one, the reporter said that the 17-year-old was “gunned down...” Nice. That surely promotes cool heads and clear thinking. /s
The media doesn’t fear the people. That’s got to change.
Since Martin was on top of Zimmermann and beating his brains in at the time, perhaps NBC should have said instead that he was "gunned up".
What kind of country is it, where you can't peacefully beat someone's face in without being confronted by Sam Colt's equalization?