inkyblacknight -> RE: Witness lied under oath in Trayvon Martin case (3/7/2013 12:34:45 PM)
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Maybe I'm missing something but seriously, we're saying a black kid attacked a grown white man because the grown white man was following him, in the dark, which is how people get attacked, and he had right to be fearful of being attacked by a white man seeing as he was black, and white people are the major racists in the world. As a person of the brown persuasion, I don't excuse Trayvon potentially having attacked George, but I understand where he might have come from. If a white person followed me in the dark, in any part of town, I would be scared out of my wits and would definitely be ready to defend myself at any perceived threat. I can't wait for the white people to come out of the woodwork just to say "All white people aren't like that!" and "YOU'RE being racist against white people!" We're all splitting hairs about legality and trying to deny the fact that Zimmerman shot a teenage boy because he was afraid he would be attacked for following someone in the dark. He was doing something that is extremely threatening to a person of color, or any minority, at that, and then was surprised when the teenage boy preemptively defended himself. That's what this all sounds like, to me. "Well he wasn't TECHNICALLY the aggressor, so he wasn't actually being threatening lol" doesn't cut it. Racism plays a huge factor here, which I think no one wants to talk about. I don't think half the people on this forum understand how frightening it is to be walking down a dark street, and having someone of privilege following you within a couple feet, or inches, in some cases. If Zimmerman was so close that Martin even had the proximity to turn and tussle with him, he was probably far too close to be innocently following someone.
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