George Zimmerman Research Paper

The State of Florida vs. George Zimmerman A neighborhood watchman, a young man and a gun: what good could come from this mixture? The events leading to the trial were committed in 2012 after a neighborhood watchman murdered a black teenager because he was “suspicious.” In 2013 Zimmerman was acquitted when with all evidence provided in the trial he was guilty but no one truly knows why he was acquitted. The trial of State of Florida versus George Zimmerman resurfaced the true racial issues in America by, causing another racial stir, resurfacing stereotypes, and acquitting someone who is reasonably guilty. The most important reason this trial even came into existence is because George Zimmerman, age 30, who was a mainly unemployed neighborhood watchman shot and killed Trayvon, age 17, a black teenager from Seminole County Florida. Zimmerman is considered to be unemployed because he was not paid for being a neighborhood watchman and Martin was still a high school student. To quote Ted Nugent he said Martin was a, “Dope smoking, racist, gansta wanna be” (CNN). The only thing that has been shouted by hundreds of protestors around the US is that …show more content…
The acquittal of one man resurfaces stereotypes and issues hidden for about forty to forty-four years. What does this leave the population of the United States with? The answer to this question is a racial war that will last for many generations to come. Suspicion, violence, stereotypes and personal beliefs is all that we are left to live with after the acquittal of a man who ended the possibly prosperous future for a young man with personal hopes and dreams. But as for America, we are left with distrust in our justice system because of an unreasonable acquittal, a violent racial stir and resurfacing stereotypes that we believed were put to