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It seems just a little bit weird when a 30 year old man follows a 17 year old boy down a street at night. Especially weird, when the boy looks as innocent as the picture shows. A 30 year old man must be very worked up to think that an innocent boy is at all a threat.
Logic was considered a lot in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin because unlike the case of Emmett Till, people who kill nowadays do get some level of dissection in their trials. Since only one person can speak about what happened that night, the logic George Zimmerman uses to defend his killing of Trayvon, has to be examined. That is where the photo comes in. Trayvon Martin is wearing a hoodie in the picture. Although the hoodie is not the same one he wore on the day of his death, it is what the man with the gun was afraid of. By looking at the photograph people can see how visually un-intimidating Trayvon Martin looks. Most news outlets and people who reference Trayvon Martin use this picture because it shows a young innocent kid. There is nothing offensive or unsettling about an image of a boy in a white hood. Despite any preconceived notions someone might have about Trayvon, whether they want to call him a thug or a bully, it all pails in comparison to the fact that before his death, Trayvon Martin was just an innocent kid in a sweatshirt. This opposes any logic of fear George Zimmerman claims prompted his pulling of the trigger. The supposed power struggle is void when someone sees the picture after Trayvon has died, his legs crossed, and his eyes rolled back. A gun versus a 17 year old boy has only one outcome, and it is the one sadly displayed in the photo. If there needs to be a reason not to shoot random black boys on the street, it is because they have done nothing wrong. They are the unfortunate victim to a dangerous stereotype that exists about the motives of all black men. Trayvon Martin was not a bad person. He was just as innocent when the picture was taken as he was when the trigger was pulled. Therefore, Zimmerman's defense is a shock to anyone who sees what these photos have to say.
-Lindsey Wright
This is a great response dissecting George Zimmerman's defense. However, one has to look much deeper into the text than they should to realize that's the point of this article. It should, in my opinion, be much more obvious that your points are a rebuttal to Zimmerman's argument. Otherwise it seems to be that you're making the argument not to shoot innocent black children, which probably won't be an unpopular opinion to most audiences.
ReplyDelete-Jesse