Thanks OCNewbie, and point taken, it probably is beyond the scope of this thread.
For me it's just that this case sums the whole issue up perfectly, the Trayvon Martin case and the lies surrounding it are the ultimate example of the dishonest conversation on race in this country. I may make that thread in Off Topic as you suggest.
You were right about some things. Black criminality is definitely an elephant in the room. You can't just assume somebody is a criminal because they're a certain age and black... not only are you not going to be right some of the time but profiling is frowned upon in most places.
Now, beyond the assertian that Trayvon was this out of control black youth we have to look at the night the killing happened.
When Zimmerman called the police had he seen Trayvon doing anything wrong or illegal? no, he had seen him do nothing.
Had he seen him do anything wrong or illegal between the time he called the police and when he said " The assholes always get away " and " Fucking punk"? No.. he had still not seen ANYTHING wrong or illegal.
Had he seen him do anything wrong or illegal when he caught up to him and attempted to detain him? NOPE... still hadn't seen him do anything wrong.
So, in the context of this case... that night... Trayvon martin was simply a teenager walking home from 7-11. Now, I saw no comments the dozens, 50 some odd pages back when I posted a video where somebody was suggesting Trayvon was meeting some peers at 7-11 to procure some of the devil's cabbage.
I'd actually give some weight to that theory because there are some youths entering 711 just after Trayvon who are buying tobacco products commonly used to facilitate the smoking of the devil's cabbage...
So maybe that's what happened... Maybe Trayvon walked to 7-11 to buy some weed. And then on his way home some psychotic asshole w\ a gun decides to follow him around and inadvertently spooks Trayvon. Then he catches up to trayvon and attempts to detain him ( despite having not seen him do anything wrong ) and Trayvon kicks his ass.
That's quite possibly the most solid scenario anybody's posted here.
And none of that clears zimmerman of lying, giving a false statement or murder.
He had no business chasing after Trayvon in the first place since he's not the police. And if he did in fact put his hands on him like DeeDee's story suggest then any and all claims of self defense are 100% out the window.
The defense knows this and that's why they're all over the place worrying everything but the actual case. They know that they can't put Zimmerman on the stand, so they have to do everything else they can to try to make sure that they're not put in a position to force him to testify.