[Will88]

Obama said: "And as we do, we should ask ourselves if we’re doing all we can to widen the circle of compassion and understanding in our own communities. We should ask ourselves if we’re doing all we can to stem the tide of gun violence that claims too many lives across this country on a daily basis. We should ask ourselves, as individuals and as a society, how we can prevent future tragedies like this. As citizens, that’s a job for all of us. That’s the way to honor Trayvon Martin."

Obama and all who fancy themselves as black leaders should ask themselves if they've done all they can, or if they've done anything at all, to begin turning back the insane street justice idiocy of viewing minor slights as being "disrespected".

I think it is highly likely that feeling he'd been "dissed" by a "creepy ass cracker" is what led Trayvon to, rather than simply going on to the apartment where his father was, to turn back and confront Zimmerman and start the assault that ended with his being shot and killed.

This notion that minor slights, or disses must be avenged is probably responsible for thousands of deaths of young blacks each year. That's something that needs to be studied and addressed.

[Dilbert San Diego]

Very true. In ghetto culture, the worst thing you can do is to “diss” or disrespect someone. And the respinse to being dissed is violence. In ghetto culture, you can’t just walk away, you have to respond with violence. That is an unspoken factor in what happened that night.