...”and you would not take kindly to Zimmerman’s cowardice”. A man sacrificing his time and taking risks to protect neighbors is now a coward? This statement I strongly disagree with and believe it shows the author’s prejudice. And once again we see “stand your ground” confused with self defense. Aside from these statements, not a bad piece but could do a lot better if it went into more detail on Martin’s sad family issues and the issues confronting black “families” in general.
You’re misinterpreting that statement. He’s saying that, if you lived in that neighborhood and Zimmerman, a neighborhood watchman, DIDN’T get out of his car to follow a suspected criminal, then “you would not take kindly to Zimmerman’s cowardice.” Basically he’s saying Zimmerman was in a “Damned if you do, damned if you don’t” situation. If he hadn’t gotten out, and Martin had committed a crime, then people would be calling Zimmerman a coward for not doing his job as a neighborhood watchman.
Yours is a good post.
This guy writes with black prejudice, he is trying hard to make things right in his own mind ,but cannot get past his prejudice.
Fact is a little sneak thief was killed in the act of assaulting a man.
Trying to call Zimmerman white is what stirred the racist angle in this whole affair. If Zimmerman had been black as the ace of spades (yeah I know) he would be praised as a hero for taking out the trash.
You need to re-read it. He meant Zimmerman’s “cowardice” if he hadn’t investigated an intruder like Trayvon.
Again, look at the first phase, then the last. Delete the middle, to emulate those whose neurons have saturated.
“...neighborhood watchman....Zimmerman’s cowardice.”
That is all that this guy’s base will pick up.