Discussion: What made the Trayvon Martin case so big? - Page 2

Fireman25

I'm not sure because you have a similar case that happened of this old white man who shot an unharmed 13 year old black male teen and he ended up dying

You can check out the story here

He ended up guilty and is now serving life in prison. So this proves it's not always about race, But my question is why wasn't people outrage about this case? Why wasn't this a big case? Yes, we should get upset over the Trayvon Martin case, but what about this kid? The thing I don't like is the selective outrage. we should get upset over every child killing.

So I don't know why the Trayvon Martin case ended up to be a big yet you have other similar cases that get no media attention. Maybe it's because George Zimmerman was mix? Maybe it's because of the Stand Your Ground law?

Kade

The fact he was African American. if he was white no one would've cared

Javan

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Originally posted by Fireman25

I'm not sure because you have a similar case that happened of this old white man who shot an unharmed 13 year old black male teen and he ended up dying

You can check out the story here

He ended up guilty and is now serving life in prison. So this proves it's not always about race, But my question is why wasn't people outrage about this case? Why wasn't this a big case? Yes, we should get upset over the Trayvon Martin case, but what about this kid? The thing I don't like is the selective outrage. we should get upset over every child killing.

So I don't know why the Trayvon Martin case ended up to be a big yet you have other similar cases that get no media attention. Maybe it's because George Zimmerman was mix? Maybe it's because of the Stand Your Ground law?

No it doesn't. Anyway, there wasn't as much public outrage because the man was actually arrested immediately and didn't even try to hide behind SYG/self defense laws to justify his actions. He admitted murder. Nice try.

Javan

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Originally posted by Kade

The fact he was African American. if he was white no one would've cared

No one would have cared because it would have been an open shut case and Zimmerman would not be walking free today.

BLaCKPoWeR

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Originally posted by Ryan

It was a big case because an unarmed teenager was shot to death and his killer was allowed to go home that same night. His parents had to fight for an investigation to be done. Yes, race played a role, but I'm glad it got the exposure it did. The US has been obsessed with cases with beautiful white women or adorable white boys, it's about time a case involving a black person received the same attention. An injustice happened for sure...

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Originally posted by darkfantasy

Because an innocent teenager was shot to death and his killer went free. All ya'll can stop bringing up if he was white; he would not have been killed if he was white. His killer was racist and he was unarmed. And the defense of the case tried to make Trayvon look like a thug which is extremely racist, and Zimmerman got to go free. Trayvon didn't. So that's why it's so big. Get a clue.

Maybe it doesn't seem like "a big deal" to you because you can't relate to it.

Thx.

BLaCKPoWeR

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Originally posted by Fireman25

I'm not sure because you have a similar case that happened of this old white man who shot an unharmed 13 year old black male teen and he ended up dying

You can check out the story here

He ended up guilty and is now serving life in prison. So this proves it's not always about race, But my question is why wasn't people outrage about this case? Why wasn't this a big case? Yes, we should get upset over the Trayvon Martin case, but what about this kid? The thing I don't like is the selective outrage. we should get upset over every child killing.

So I don't know why the Trayvon Martin case ended up to be a big yet you have other similar cases that get no media attention. Maybe it's because George Zimmerman was mix? Maybe it's because of the Stand Your Ground law?

Well that man was convicted and imprisoned. George Zimmerman was allowed to walk free the night of the shooting and THEN acquitted in the later trial. Justice was served in THAT case, but not in THIS case.