Black Teen Wrongly Killed.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/19/justice/florida-teen-shooting/index.html?hpt=us_c1


http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/03/13/2692045/unarmed-teens-killing-in-sanford.html


A 17 year-old teenager, Trayvon Martin, was shot and killed by a volunteer neighborhood watchman in Sanford, Florida last month. The volunteer watchman, George Zimmerman, told police that he shot the teen in self defense. Zimmerman called the police and reported that a "suspicious" man, but police told him to not do anything about it. Yet Martin was merely walking home with candy and a drink. The local police say they have no evidence to dispute Zimmerman's claim that he acted in self defense. The Sanford police told reporters that Zimmerman haas called the police 46 times since 2001.

The incident has made national news. Due to lack of action by local police, the justice department has gotten involved and is doing an investigation along with the FBI. The people of Sandford are demanding justice; and rightfully so. The volunteer watchman, George Zimmerman, has still not been arrested.

Zimmerman is clearly a man that watches too much news and takes his volunteer watchman job way too seriously. He had no reason to shoot this young man other that racial profiling. Zimmerman is a 28 year old white male and Martin was a 17 year old black male. Although the police told Zimmerman to not confront Martin and to wait for police to arrive, Zimmerman approached Martin and a fight broke out between the two, resulting in the shooting of Martin.

Zimmerman had absolutley no reason to confront Martin or to even be suspicious of Martin. The police and other law enforcement need to do something about this incident quick. The police have refused to release tapes of the 911 calls made by several neighbors and Zimmerman himself.

This brings out the question, Should the media release inside information to the public? I am willing to bet there is some evidence of racial profiling on those tapes, so if they are released and no immediate action is taken, the public might demand justice in drastic ways and may even riot. The media should release the tapes to the public if they get them, because the public needs to be informed of what really happened that night so that they can demand justice. The media needs to provide any information on matters such as this because it gives the public the power to demand action and justice. The information the media has given to the public has proved to be very helpful already. The reason the FBI and justice department have gotten involved is because the public has demanded action and justice. In this case, the media has done its job and is continuing to do its job and provide the public with the necessary information so that the public can demand the right action; which the public is currently doing. Colleges and people all over the nation are protesting and demanding action.