So far, according to Florida law, he can walk (not enough evidence saying that he was the aggressor, thus he 'defended' himself).

If he never got out of his SUV, this would have never happened. So you'd think there HAS to be some accountability held there, right?

Originally Posted by: Formo 

Oh, both Al and Jesse were the reason this became such a hot 'read'. The killing happened about a month ago. They found out about the 'injustice' of the white killer walking scott free and they blew it to massive proportions.

Sadly enough, we wouldn't be having this discussion if either one of them didn't cry wolf.

Originally Posted by: Formo 

So he was following this kid in his vehicle and shot the kid in self defense? I don't know about you guys, but if someone is following me in a car while I'm walking, I am going to be on the defensive. And if this person gets out, I will be even more defensive for my own personal safety.

Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool 

But does that make it wrong that we are having this discussion? Does any kid.. any victim of such a crime not have the right to be heard?

Would it be different if say Rush spoke out and brought a killing of a white kid by a black neighborhood watchman to light, bringing nation attention to it?

Yes.. those political activists, like they all do, are using this case to get their name in the media, and yes that is a shame to "use" it for personal gain, however it has opened a case that the police were quick to dismiss.

But IMO, it does not minimize the merits of this case being brought to court against Zimmerman.. especially with some of the inconsistent aspects brought to light.

Originally Posted by: Pack93z 

Of course. But Zimmerman wasn't following the kid to 'shoot' him. He was following a suspicious person. At one point, he lost him. Now, I believe it's still unclear whether or not Zimmerman was on the phone with 911 AFTER he got out of his car or before..

What's completely unclear is how the altercation started. It could range from Zman approaching the kid and asking what he is doing and then getting a fist in the nose as an answer to Zman actually trying to detain the kid before the police arrive.

Originally Posted by: Formo 

It was my understanding that the reason the local police weren't doing anything because the DA was working with Feds. But maybe I misunderstood.

Originally Posted by: Formo 

Below is a timeline of events:

Feb. 26: Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old Florida high school student, is found shot and killed, in Sanford, Fla., a community north of Orlando.

Several eyewitnesses report to police that they heard a scuffle, then a cry for help, and then a gunshot.

According to the Sanford police report, George Zimmerman, 28, a self-appointed neighborhood watch captain, is found armed with a handgun, standing over Martin. He has a bloody nose and a wound in the back of his head.

Martin is unresponsive and pronounced dead at the scene. He has no weapons on him, only a pack of Skittles and a bottle of iced tea.

Zimmerman tells police he killed Martin in self defense. Taking him at his word, police do not arrest him, nor administer a drug or alcohol test. They also did not run a background check.

March 9: Trayvon Martin’s family demands that police release the 911 tapes or make an arrest nearly one month after Martin was killed. Police declined to comment at the time, but told ABC News the tapes would be released the following week.

March 12: ABC News uncovers questionable police conduct in the investigation of the fatal shooting of Martin, including the alleged “correction” of at least one eyewitness’ account.

Sanford Police Chief Billy Lee said there is no evidence to dispute Zimmerman’s assertion that he shot Martin out of self-defense.

March 16: Police recordings made the night Zimmerman allegedly shot and killed Martin sent the boy’s mother screaming from the room and prompted his father to declare, “He killed my son,” a family representative tells ABC News.

ABC News affiliate WFTV publishes excerpts from the 911 calls.

One of several petitions for Zimmerman’s arrest has garnered more than 250,000 signatures on a change.org site, and at one point signatures were pouring in at the rate of 10,000 an hour, according to the website.

March 18: Martin’s family asks Attorney General Eric Holder and the FBI to get involved in the investigation of their son’s death.

How does the kid know if the grown man is following him to shoot him, to kidnap him, to rape him, to just say hi, or what not? The kid doesn't know, thus, you get defensive.

Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool 

The more I read, the more I fault the adult. It sounds more and more like the adult (figuratively) backed the kid into a corner.

Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool 

How does an adult shoot a kid in self defense after the adult has followed the kid and leaves his vehicle to approach/question the kid? Didn't the 911 operator also mention to the adult following him was NOT necessary?

Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool 

After the adult shot the kid, did the adult immediately call 911?

Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool 

So you are saying that in most circumstances it's ok for one to jack someone in the nose (bloody/broken nose), put him on his ass and then bounce his head off the ground (lacerations/bleeding from the back of Zimmerman's head)? Again, we dont' know what started that altercation, so Martin may very well be in the right to do such things.. But at the same time, Zimmerman also has a right to protect himself, does he not?

Originally Posted by: Formo 

Mary Cutcher and her roommate, Selma Mora Lamilla, told CNN Monday that they ran outside. "Within seconds," they were about 10 feet away from Martin's body, Lamilla said.

"(Zimmerman) was standing over the body, basically straddling the body with his hand on Trayvon's back," said Cutcher, adding that they called three times to him before he finally asked them to call police. "It didn't seem to me that he was trying to help him in any way."

CNN.com  wrote:

CNN.com  wrote: