TEOTWAWKI wrote:I have noticed some take pride in what Zimmerman did extolling the virtue of protecting his neighborhood from perceived encroachment by shady outside elements.
Others see Zimmerman as a coward that used a gun in a fist fight.
While others see him as a cold-blooded murderer.
The emotions are sure spread out and intense here , Why?
What I feel is not anger, it's a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach.
Initially, the idea of a kid walking home from the store, not committing a crime, and then getting killed, should be disturbing to anyone. But, we didn't know the whole story. So, at first, all I wanted was a trial. I didn't know if Zimmerman's story was true. However, as I watched the trial and the evidence presented, I was convinced that his story just didn't add up; he lied.
I have imagined my own son in that situation; it could have been him that night innocently walking back from the store.
I hoped the jury would find him guilty of manslaughter, but even if he had, that sick feeling in my stomach would not have been gone. This whole situation points to something sick in society, from the utter lack of humanization of Trayvon by some, the devaluation of his life. the disregard and disrespect of his family, to the acceptance, approval, and sometimes applause of this killing.
I am having a difficult time expressing what I feel, because I am having a difficult time coming to grips with what ha happened and what this says about us as a society.
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