Little Trayvon Martin went to go get his little BROTHER some skittles... not his sister. He was on his way back from the convenience store and it was raining out. He was walking through a predominately white neighborhood which he of course had every right to but it was also raining out so he had his hood up and to some idiots a black person with their hood up makes them look like they are up to no good. George Zimmerman seen Trayvon walking through his neighborhood and called the police and said there was a suspicious person in his neighborhood when it was just little Trayvon walking through minding his own business bringing his brother some skittles. While on the phone with the dispatch Zimmerman was told not to confront this person and decided to do so anyway and he approached Trayvon with a gun and a scuffle took place. Zimmermans neighbor called 911 and you could hear the scuffle when he opened his window. Trayvon was screaming "HELP" over and over again until you heard a gunshot in the background. That was the sound of Trayvons life being taken from him. The whole controversy of the event was Zimmerman in the right or was it racial bigotry that caused the loss of an innocent life.
George Zimmerman, the son of a retired Virginia magistrate, and Peruvian-born Gladys (née Mesa) Zimmerman. was the designated neighborhood watch coordinator for the Retreat at Twin Lakes in Sanford Florida, the gated community where a shooting took place on February 26, 2012.
On that night, Trayvon Martin was a 17-year-old African American male and son of Sybrina Fulton was unarmed went into the gated community at Twin Lakes where Trayvon's father Tracy Martin was visiting his fiancee.
While in his vehicle on a private errand, Zimmerman saw Martin walking inside the gated community. Zimmerman called the Sanford Police Department to report Martin's behavior as suspicious. Shortly afterwards, Zimmerman left his vehicle and there was an altercation, which ended with Zimmerman fatally shooting Martin once in the chest at close range.
When police arrived on the scene, Zimmerman told them that Martin had attacked him and that he had shot Martin in self-defense. Zimmerman was bleeding from the nose and two vertical lacerations on the back of his head. EMTs treated Zimmerman at the scene, after which he was taken to the Sanford Police Department. Zimmerman was detained and questioned for approximately five hours. A statement was videotaped, and he was then released without being charged. Police said that they had not found evidence to contradict his assertion of self-defense.
The circumstances of Martin's death, the initial decision not to charge Zimmerman, and questions about Florida's Stand Your Ground law received national and international attention. Allegations of racist motivation for the shooting and police conduct contributed to public demands for Zimmerman's arrest. A Special Prosecutor was appointed to take over the investigation, and on April 11, 2012 she chose to file charges of murder in the second degree against Zimmerman. Zimmerman then turned himself in and was placed in custody. On April 20, the judge approved Zimmerman's bail on a $150,000 bond. He was released from jail on April 23 with the stipulation that he wear an electronic monitoring device until trial.
On June 1, Judge Lester granted a Motion to Revoke Bond due to concerns that Zimmerman and his wife had not fully disclosed their financial status during the original April 20 bond hearing. Zimmerman voluntarily returned to custody on June 3 to await a June 29 bond hearing.
Tremendous speculation has taken place over issues related to this case and many of the issues involved are disputed.
For example:
Who started the confrontation?
Was Zimmerman walking back to his truck when the confrontation occured, or was he persuing Martin?
Who was heard calling for help during the confrontation?
Can we beleive George Zimmerman, in his account of what took place?
People are forming opinions on these questions.
Generally, the opinion on those key questions will drive people's opinion on this case.
Probably more information regarding this case will come out in the future.
a kid had went to a store to get his little sister skittles. then when he was walking home he noticed someone was following him so he ran. george thought the kid was supposedly acting suspicions so george called the cops. the cops told him to stay there but instead he followed the kid and shot him! what george did was really stupid in my opinion
No one knows the real story
Amazing you haven't heard it. It's been all over the news for months.
All I hear about lately is George Zimmerman, well I want to know the full story, what do people think happened? Thanks
