You're honestly bragging about living in a state where law-abiding citizens have to lock themselves inside to protect themselves from thugs, where people are expected to take a beating like good little victims, where it's every man or woman for herself and if you can't outfight someone you deserve to be a victim? How on Earth is that desirable?
What about Trayvon - is he allowed to walk the streets? Should he be forced to stay indoors, or run home if he sees someone threatening? Why is he allowed to roam the neighborhood but Zimmerman has to lock himself up for his own safety?
Agreed. I find it astonishing that the court didn't know about this and the reported behavior seems bizarre in the extreme, but the court has no responsibility to know your finances. The Zimmermans have a responsibility to honestly respond, especially since they were seeking taxpayer dollars for Zimmerman's defense.
While you have a point, I don't think it applies to this case. Tawana Brawley and the Duke Lacrosse case were made-up incidents, racial accusations about things that never happened. In this case a black teenager was shot and killed, but was committing no crime when the incident was initiated. Furthermore, the police acted like it was no big deal, not even canvassing the neighborhood to see if anyone was missing a teenager. Leaving aside the questions of whether Martin was casing houses or who struck who first, setting aside whether or not Zimmerman is legally guilty of any crime, there is a valid point of racial politics here. Had Martin been a white kid in slouchy jeans and hoodie, the police would probably have tried more diligently to locate his family. Had Martin been a black kid in khakis, Dockers and button-down Izod, the police would definitely have tried more diligently to locate his family. The combination of black skin and gangsta dress led the police, even the black officers, to conclude that Martin was a criminal only there to commit crimes based on his appearance and the description of events from his killer, not a disinterested party. (To be honest, Zimmerman's phone call, previous behavior, and the testimony of partial witnesses supported this judgment, but as it turned out Martin belonged in that neighborhood.) Granted, the race pimps are totally uninterested in the vastly more common black-on-black crime, but this is a real event with real issues raised. This is in no wise another Tawana Brawley or Duke Lacrosse team rape case.