The Zimmerman verdict demands that we raise the right questions. It was not simply the Stand Your Ground law that was responsible for Trayvons death, and Zimmerman’s acquittal. Consider this; Eleanor Bumpers was an elderly Black woman in the Bronx, New York, who was terrified when she heard someone breaking down her apartment door. She ran into her kitchen and picked up a kitchen knife. When the heavily armed group of policemen, who were at the wrong apartment, brought the door down, they immediately shot and killed Eleanor Bumpers. They, like Zimmerman said they feared for their lives. They were...