Wednesday, 11 April 2012
Trayvon Martin- Innocent Teenager Shooting
There was a shooting in February that occurred in Florida. This shooting was crucial to the people in the United States, he was a innocent boy by the name of Trayvon Martin. He was shot by a man named George Zimmerman. Now I firmly believe that killing innocent people is terrible. Anyways he was shot and killed instantly by Zimmerman who claimed that he "looked dangerous". Does looking "dangerous" give you a right to shoot someone? This boy died. He DIED for crying out loud. That is the worst thing you could do to a person. It is stealing the right of living. That alone is pathetic. This is also outrageous because the boy had nothing on him. No guns, drugs, alcohol, nothing. I can't even fathom what Zimmerman was thinking while he pulled out a gun and shot him dead. http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2012/04/11/trayvon-martin-parents.html In this article it claims he has been charged with 2nd degree murder. And will likely be behind bars for years to come. That is the worst of this but there is still uproar in the States now. They are rioting and protesting still. I don't know what I would do if I was in there situations. I personally think it is outrageous, and crazy that someone could almost get away with murder of a 17 year old boy without getting put behind bars. It blows my mind.
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In the article they also mention something about Zimmerman's mental state being fragile... Mental well-being is often so overlooked by the media in general and is sometimes even portrayed as a weakness, but it seems that in the extreme scenarios like these, it is just thrown out there so carelessly, almost in an attempt to soften the impending verdict. The way we view and react to mental health is certainly not ideal!
ReplyDeleteThis just shows that their will always be difference of opinion and you can see this when people disagree over a case that seems to be black and white to others. But factors like mental health can always sway people so there most likely will always be disagreement over major crimes like this one.
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