And let's clear up a little misconception here... We don't convict people of murder on the basis of how we personally feel about the death of the victim, the color of skin, whether some other action could have happened, or anything other than the criteria for conviction, which was simply not met in Zimmerman's case. We have an established rule of law, and that's what we follow, not our emotions. What you need to do at this point, is take a step back, take a deep breath, and try to absorb what has happened here. The jury didn't share your zeal to lock a man away for 30 years, because he may have used poor judgement in dealing with a poor little black kid. The case wasn't made, and they acquitted. This does not translate to people not caring about the poor black kid, or feeling sorry for the loss. It doesn't mean we are racists or the jury were racists, it means the evidence for conviction was not there. It doesn't matter if Martin was black, white, green or purple, the evidence for conviction of murder, was not there.
Yeah, well, if the same exact scenario played out, and it was me wearing a hoody and walking back from the store, and Zimmerman ended up killing ME, he would have been convicted and sent off to prison...you know why?
Because it would have been a hispanic man killing a white woman.
But because it was a hispanic man killing a black kid...somehow the SAME evidence didn't support a conviction.
Of course, I'm not psychic, maybe they wouldn't have convicted him of killing little ol' me. But I know in my heart they would have.
And that is what is the matter with you. For whatever reason, you can't see this as being about anything other than race. The man was acting in self defense, and any OBJECTIVE evaluation of the evidence, SHOWS that he was acting in self defense. CASE CLOSED! It's not MURDER or MANSLAUGHTER! It doesn't matter about race.
What if.... since you want to play the scenario game.... What if, Zimmerman was a black man, who was on patrol in his upper middle class black neighborhood, and he saw a Hispanic guy lurking around suspiciously, so he approached him to ask what he was doing there, and was assaulted, at which time, he shot the attacker and killed him. Would you still feel we need to lock the black man up for murder? What if we had tried the black man and a jury found him not guilty? Would you still want to try and hang him for SOMETHING?
Or, let's play another "what if" ...what if Trayvon had punched Zimmerman, who immediately hit the ground and bled to death because he had a blood disorder, or maybe he had a heart attack? Would you be fine and dandy with sending little Trayvon off to big boy prison for murder 2?