(Botelho,2012) This is considered prejudice because he spotted a guy with a hood on, walking in the rain, which led to a huge misjudgement. Referring from the seven reasons stated in the first body paragraph, Zimmerman did not receive adequate training and decided to use his own judgement. Eventually, this led into Zimmerman pulling his “black, 9mm semiautomatic handgun”(Botelho,2012) , shooting Trayvon Martin in the chest. Within minutes, paramedics arrive, hoping to heal him, Unfortunately.…
Madison Elbert Ms. Galloway 9th grade Lit. H Trayvon Martin Imagine you being a in a car, late at night keeping an eyes and ears on ever little noise, and shadow that comes your way. You see a young man, walking and you think he’s up to no good. You can see him walking with his head downward with his hands in his pockets.…
Also, about money too if Lindsay was never famous we all the things she did with drugs and drinking driving she would served some years in prison. The justice system is so unfair. Why do we have laws if only certain people have to live by them and some people can buy their way out of jail? The media is no help with celebrities they get more attention and sometimes get funded for their case. In Zimmerman case actually the media was good for him.…
On February 26th, 2012, 17 year old Trayvon Martin was shot on the streets of Sanford, Florida, because he was perceived as threatening by local vigilante, George Zimmerman. Following Martin’s death, the nation was both shocked and outraged. How could something of racist nature occur here, in America? Yet this wasn’t the first incident, it was the first time the populace found out. In the United States, African Americans are two and a half times more likely to be killed by police than their white counterparts, though they may not even be committing a crime.…
A few nationals think the motivation behind why the State of Mississippi has received the open convey firearm law was impacted by the Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman trial, one would think in light of this trial that it's a great opportunity to think before you act, make inquiries or discuss it before you be on the front page for it, rather Martin and Zimmerman trial appeared to have made Mississippi. assemblies go from appreciation and secure your kindred man to stop them by dropping them. Mississippi House Representative, and legal advisor official Andy Gipson states, "I regard the standard of law in our country, and I took a vow to shield and maintain the Constitution. He additionally go ahead to say, the law is intended to empower…
Many black people today are falsely accused of committing crimes, being pulled over by police officers simply because of their skin color, and given jail time of 20+ years, for petty crimes. Cases as such includes the Sandra Bland Case, where an African-American female was pulled over and drug out of her vehicle by police officers because she did not put on her blinkers when turning. She eventually died and it still remains unknown as to what actually killed her. Another case, is the Trayvon Martin case. Trayvon Martin, an African-American male in his teens, was walking down a neighborhood in an all-black hoodie, when he was approached by a white male for no reason and eventually was shot and killed.…
Ferguson is relevant to American social diversity today. For starters, Plessy legitimized the move against segregation practices. He inspired those who became prominent figures in the future to take a stand against what seems unjust and fight for what is right for all those who are oppressed, experiencing similar issues. If the court case never took place, it would not have given rise to the court cases that proceeded after repealing the precedent of segregation. As decades passed, the population within the society became more diverse enabling not all, but some people to feel a bit more comfortable with their skin and their environment.…
There was talk of weather the defense would use parts of Martins past disciplinary struggles in their argument. “Behavioral profiling is not racial profiling, but behavioral profiling can be just as discriminatory as racial profiling.” (Nelson, n.p.) On the twenty eighth of May in 2013 the court decides that the defense could not use anything about Martins past to support their argument. Months later Zimmerman is found not guilty for the crime of manslaughter because of the “Stand your ground law” in Florida.…
The Plessy v Ferguson impacted people because it didn't win the ruling when they went to court twice. Separate but equal doctrine wasn't payed the most attention, it didn't help society, nor did it help with keeping the people calm and peaceful. The Court concluded that “if one race be inferior to the other socially, the Constitution … cannot put them upon the same plane.” Until later on when Brown v Board of education became a big deal,…
In many of the cases where a white “citizen” or a police officer killed a black person, they defend themselves by stating that they felt “under threat” or they felt “suspicion.” Rankine mentions many of these cases including Trayvon Martin, which is a fairly recent case. What was it that separated Trayvon Martin from all other teenagers to his murderer? Perhaps, Martin’s skin color left a preconception in his shooter and he did not treat Martin the same way that he would have treated a white teenager in the same situation. Rankine demonstrates that without race involved, Martin and all other black teenagers are just the same: just teenagers.…
Without the Dred Scott case, there would have been no proponent the rights of blacks. This case “came to symbolize the high point of racism in American law, but it also helped lead to the adoption of the fourteenth amendment, which has been the fountainhead of racial equality in the twentieth century.” The Dred Scott case and…
Because of Martin’s ethnicity, he was seen as a criminal, and not as an innocent bystander by Zimmerman. Police do the same racial profiling, and end up killing other young black citizens. The “Stand Your Ground,” law is dangerous because a young African American…
The Injustice of Trayvon Martin It’s what you see everywhere, it’s what you’ll hear anywhere: it’s racism. In the 2010s, racism was still prevalent despite how far the United States had come from slavery. On February 26, 2012, a white neighborhood watchman shot and killed and unarmed 17-year-old. George Zimmerman, the watchman, claimed self-defense against the black teenager; he was never arrested.…
Trayvon Martin was an unarmed 17-year-old boy who was murdered by a Hispanic night-watch named George Zimmerman. His murder was thought to be racially motivated since 911 calls and evidence seemed to show that Trayvon posed no threat, only pursued because of stereotypes. Even though there was no proof of racial motivation, George Zimmerman was eventually charged with murder. After Trayvon’s death, there was a massive increase in publicized African-American deaths due to law enforcement “protocol” or rather the failure to follow it…
After the president spoke, Zimmerman became the patron saint of those who believe that an apt history of racism being with Tawana Brawley and ends with the Duke lacrosse team.” The article also mentions that before he spoke about the case it was regarded as a national tragedy, but after it became a target, people making fun of the situation. It must be a challenging situation to deal with, you probably have advisors telling you need to comment on this issues, others telling no you shouldn’t. There are those who say de didn’t address race too much, then there are those who believed he addressed it too much. Race is a tough issue to deal, and even though he was the first black president,is it realistic to think he could fix or solve it in the 8 years he was president.…