I always thought the Trayvon martin was bad news. but I also thought that the Zimmerman forced the situation...I don’t blame him for killing the kid because the kid did jump him when he approached but I feel Zimmerman had a artificial feeling of authority and did not understand how dangerous it was to approach the kid. when you don’t have training and you are relying on the fact that you are armed with a gun for security it does not leave you many options if the other person gets violent. at the time Zimmerman approached Trayvon Martin he could of just observed till the police came. something that might of not even happened as busy as the police can be sometimes. but he did make contact and he put himself into a situation where he had to shoot to kill the kid. I am sure that Zimmerman regrets that it happened but in my opinion it was bad decision making that put Zimmerman into the situation that he had to kill the kid.
Trayvon Martin and Zimmerman should be an object lesson for all and the rewarding the kid a degree posthumously devalues the gesture.
Though it is possible Trayvon was armed (we'll never know if he “tossed” the weapon as he was being trailed or in some place they never found it, after he was shot) it would have been better if Zimmerman had engaged in hand-to-hand aikkido to detain. Or better yet, done what the dispatcher said to do- and keep an eye on him, police on the way.
Most resent this appropriation of what is arguably a difficult degree to obtain from a real college, for a real serious job.
Except Travon saw Zimmerman shadowing him, and doubled back on him, to Zimmerman’s surprise. Zimmerman did not approach Trayvon.
Zimmerman didn’t “approach” Trayvon, it was Trayvon who ambushed Zimmerman. When you viciously assault an armed man and start slamming his head on the pavement and going for his gun, don’t be surprised if you get shot for your troubles. Trayvon “earned” his death, no matter how much people might wish for a different outcome.