Rest In Peace Trayvon

Disgusting, unjust, ridiculous, so many other words could be used to describe the case of Trayvon Martin, a 17 year old boy shot for simply walking home with a bag of Skittles, and accused of threatening a man.   The shooter, George Zimmerman shot Trayvon saying that he was posing a threat and he claimed the shooting was simply self defense. 


Trayvon was a 17 year old African American boy who was on his way home after stopping at the corner store after stopping to get his brother some Skittles. On his way home, he was on the phone with his girlfriend. During this time, shooter George Zimmerman made a call to the police saying that Trayvon was acting "suspicious" and also stated that Martin appeared to be on some sort of drug, or under the influence of alcohol. Zimmerman also muttered "they always get away" Zimmerman was told by the police to NOT go towards the boy, not listening to what he had been told. George approached.  Girlfriend of Trayvon says that she heard Trayvon asking "Why are you following me" followed by another voice saying "What are you doing here" Shortly after, she heard a gun shot, and the phone went dead, she called back- no answer. 


In the state of Florida it is legal to bare arms, and to shoot someone if you feeling legitamintly threatened by them. This made people mad, was he really being threatened? Or was he looking for a reason to shoot an innocent boy? This case has also been called "The gun verses Skittles" Another reason why people are believing it was unjust that Zimmerman got in no trouble for his actions, when obviously there was no immediate evidence that Trayvon was a threat to anyone.


This is a case that proves that the right to bare arms is wrong, more importantly that someone could easily find any reason to feel "threatened" by ANYONE. An innocent life taken because someone over-reacted, did not listen, and took matters into his own hands. #RIPTRAYVON