... snip ...I don't care if Martin was white, black, or purple with green polka dots.
As a member of the wacky Left, yes you do. Color is all that matters. Zimmerman was a darker skinned Hispanic, but was described as a white Hispanic. Would you have cared if Zimmerman was purple with green polka dots and Martin was white?
You are absolutely wrong, and just assume I'm a liberal. But I take each case individually. In most white cops shooting black criminals cases, I'm on the cops' side. In this case, Martin was heard asking crazy Zimmerman, "Why are you following me?" He told his gf on the cellphone, "Some crazy, creepy ass is following me". He got scared and started to run. He didn't do anything illegal. Zimmerman, who was some kind of volunteer watchman (not a professional cop), was told by his dispatcher to leave the situation alone and to stop following Martin, but he continued. Martin got spooked and thought he was fighting for his life. I remember what it was like to be 17.