It has been almost a week and I can't shake the sadness that has taken over since I heard the verdict from the Trayvon Martin trial. Oh yes, I have heard all the legal discussion as to how this was the only verdict that could have been reached, but that doesn't help. My Dad always told me that being an adult was being responsible for your actions. As a child you have a little leeway, but as an adult, you are fully in charge of your actions.
There was only one adult. And the consequences of his actions caused the death of a child.
I have heard arguments that Trayvon wearing a hoodie was somewhat responsible for his demise. Is that not the same argument that has been used for years in defense of rapist....that the female was dressed provocatively?
People want to say it was not a question of race, but would the same
thing have happened on a rainy night if a white 17 year old had been
walking down the sidewalk with a sweatshirt on and the hood over his
head? Would Zimmerman have called the operator to report his suspicions
and then stalked the child with his gun? I know that statically black teenagers are more than 7 times as likely to commit a crime as a white teenager. But there were no crimes reported that evening.
I can't understand the verdict or even more importantly I can't accept what this means.
I can't accept people that want to argue the fairness of the verdict. I will not accept this. We can't accept this!
