The Bucknuts Hot Spot

The media really wants this to be about race so people will be outraged and the media can stretch this story out forever. The media has distorted this case about a dozen different ways.

It is about race. Trayvon Martin was shot because he was BLACK. End of story.

No, moron, he was shot because Zimmerman should have been minding his business, but instead stalked the kid until the kid confronted him. This would NEVER have happened if Zimmmerman wasnt a whack job trying to play cop even when 911 told him to leave the kid alone. Hell, if some stranger is stalking me I am going to confront him too and beat his azzz! Also, he WAS stalking him in part because he was black...thats clear. So stop being an angry white male and just think about it from the families point of view...their kid is DEAD and rotting in the ground because some bigoted barney fife wanna be didnt mind his own business and stalked a kid for NO REASON. You wouldnt defend yourself if some stranger was following you for no reason? What if it was your son? I bet you would sure feel different and would be thinking, why didnt this guy leave my kid alone, why was he following him, harassing him? At the very least he should be charged with criminal menacing or manslaughter. I dont think he meant to kill the kid, but his own stupidity put them both in a situation that would not have happened had ne not stalked the kid.

Trayvon was stalked and cornered which is supported by girlfriends who was on the phone with Trayvon. The boy was seven houses away from home when confronted by Zimmerman so the notion that we would circle around and attack Zimmerman is crazy. Also voice analysis showed Trayvon was the one screaming. A witness also saw Zimmerman on top of the boy. Trayvon was pushed and fought back for his life with a man that had a gun. It is not about if this child was black or white, but he was profiled and now is dead.

So we are to believe this kid is seven house away from home and attacks Zimmerman! The boy was running home when Zimmerman caught him. The girlfriend heard the confrontation. Trayvon ask him why are you following me and did not say the garbage Zimmerman said. Zimmerman said why are you here. In a case like his once you get caught in a lie it nullifies everything you say. Yes, there was an altercation and if you stalk by a guy with a gun wouldn't you fight for your life!

You cannot cry stand your ground if you pursue an innocent person with a gun and get beat up! Trayvon had a right to stand his ground too! A kid with candy and tea talking to his girlfriend on the phone gets shot seven houses away from home by a grown man who was instructed to leave him alone with a gun and he is a thug! Experts, have also said it was Trayvon crying for help.

Are we still in Jim Crow American were black males don't have rights and have to prove they are not guilty?

AGREED 1000%.

I am Puerto Rican and i would have to say that by what we know Zimmerman was in the wrong from the 911 call on!

It should have never happened if he listens to authorities in the 1st place.

This is the second person I've seen that maintains that someone should have their "azz" beaten for following someone in their neighborhood. Since when have we become so righteously defensive that we can beat someone up for simply conducting themselves in a legal manner that makes us feel possibly uncomfortable? If so then I am free to beat up someone who protests against a cause I support. I am free to beat someone up who has a tattoo I don't like. I am free to beat someone up that can't seem to wear their pants over their underwear.

From my point of view, if you are willing to attack someone for simply following you, you are much more of the problem in this issue than the solution.

I agree with you here. But there is a question of impression from Trayvon that we'll never get to know. Unfortunately, the world only gets to hear Zimmerman's side of the story.

I wonder if Trayvon was legitimately scared. I wonder if the scenario might be slightly different. What if Trayvon noticed a dark, mysterious and unknown figure following him? What if he overheard the conversation Zimmerman was having with his girlfriend on the cell phone? What if Trayvon hear something in that conversation to make him feel threatened? What if Trayvon eventually felt cornered? Fight or flight would set in. Trayvon would make a decision. If at all Trayvon saw that gun and felt cornered with no other options, he absolutely would fight.

I can tell you, if an unknown person was following me in the middle of the night I would be TERRIFIED!!!! If I was a teenager, I would be even more scared. There is a point in my fear where I accept reality and instead of wanting to escape, I want to face it. So I can certainly see a scenario where if Trayvon were alive today, HE might be the one claiming self-defense.

But we don't know any of the details from Trayvon's perspective. Because he is dead. We only get to hear the claims from the killer's perspective.

I can tell you, its hard for me to believe someone claiming self-defense when they initiated the actions that got the accused killed in the first place (by following). Its even harder for me to believe self-defense when he is the one with the gun and the kid has nothing on him but candy. Its even harder for me to believe he was the one who felt threatened and that he was in mortal danger when he was armed with a life-taking weapon and the kid has skittles and is easily 40-50 lbs less than him.

So, I can tell you, I can easily see how Trayvon might have felt that taking the initiative and attacking Zimmerman may have been the best option. Especially when he is a kid and hasn't matured enough to know better ways to get out of such situations. I can tell you that I can see how I personally might have felt something similar.

I would advise anyone, do not follow me alone at night when I am by myself. I will get scared and panic. If I do, I may think the worst. If I eventaully determine you are a threat to me, I will do something. I won't have a gun on me. But you will wish you would not have followed me.

I'm not saying Trayvon was right to throw the first punch. But I'm also not saying he was wrong. And given that Zimmerman was the one holding the gun and eventually killed Trayvon, I'm on Trayvon's side as far as feeling any sort of threat.

Sorry but the only person lawfully going about is business was Martin. See you my friend is the reason so many young blacks and hispanics are wrongly killed by police and then justified. Martin didn't hunt someone down nor threaten anyone. he was followed. I would like to see what would you do if some strange person approached you with a gun after following. So you are supposed to stay there? No you run which he did and then was caught by Zimmerman where a fight occurred. My question for you, why does Zimmerman have a right to self defense but Martin doesn't. Is that because he is black and in your eyes guilty of doing nothing but walking while black?

When you see all the things Zimmerman said it just does not add up. He was trying to hold the kid there until the place came and was beat up. Also, Trayvon was 7 houses away from home so we are to believe he doubled back and attack Zimmerman when he's on the phone with his girlfriend afraid of what this guy is up too? Zimmerman will be charged because of the lies he told, but may get off because a a dead child cannot tell his story, but just like in the OJ case Zimmerman and his family will lose everything after the civil case.

I'd like to say that I fully support and promote the idea of Neighborhood Watch. But what Zimmerman did was reckless and irresponsible. If you are on watch you should:

1. Not be armed!!!
2. If you are armed with anything, it should be non-lethal (pepper spray, mace, taser)
3. You should be EASILY identifiable. There is a reason police, fireman and EMTs have distinguishable uniforms
4. You ONLY report, you NEVER engage (making a fall call is ALL you are supposed to do)
5. Carry a flashlight and a whistle (something that makes noise)
6. Not be by yourself. Have a partner

These are simply rules. Because of this, I also believe the organizers of the Neighborhood Watch should be punished to some extent as well. Especially if they allowed Zimmerman to carry a gun during watch.

Seriously, think about safety for all parties. What if it wasn't Trayvon, but what if it was a nefarious criminal armed to the teeth and experienced in killing people. Zimmerman would be the one dead because of his stupid actions. The point is, nothing good was going to come from the decisions he made.

Instead Zimmerman looks like a dude hell bent on vigilante justice that got an unarmed teenager killed.

I don't know why you quoted me. I made no statements about the Martin/Zimmerman case. I simply said I don't see the rationale for beating someone up because they follow you. Either you erred or read something in my post that isn't there.