Remembering Trayvon Martin

Last year's killing of unarmed Florida teenager
Trayvon Martin by a neighborhood-watch captain who
deemed him "suspicious."

Bullshit! Who made that bastard a captain? Was that added to impress us?

He claims he shot the 17-year-old in self-defense, as a national conversation about race and justice was just beginning.

Self-defense? Why, that bastard had to chase him til he caught him.

His story is all the more tragic because it follows a familiar pattern.

As George Zimmerman's second-degree-murder trial began, The Root reviewed incidents in which black men and boys without weapons lost their lives to law-enforcement officers or others who decided that they were dangerous enough to die.

Definitely seems a pattern is developing, doesn't it?

There is more to this story conveniently missing from the dialog. Travvon had just purchased a bag of Skittles for his younger brother and a can of iced tea at a 7/11.

It began raining as he walked back to his dad's condo so he put his hood up.

That was enough to scare the bejesus out of Zimmerman, who WAS NOT on duty as a neighborhood watch volunteer. 

Even if he were, he was NOT PERMITTED to carry a weapon.

I worked with a neighborhood watch volunteer. These men are policeman wannabees. Mike even had a scanner running the whole time we were at work. We got to hear every police activity, whether we wanted to or not.

Mike carried a gun, too.

Looking back should he have been carrying a weapon?

No more than George Zimmerman should be carrying.

There is probably a good reason why these two men weren't accepted in law enforcement positions where they carried a firearm.