Trayvon Martin’s death shows patterns of violence towards persons and populations perpetuated in the context of racial, bias, hatred, …show more content…
He was out there to watch and do his job but instead he wanted to find an innocent person and go after him. He did to gain social power. His goal was to influence and control the behavior of Trayvon Martin. He was a watch captain and Trayvon Martin was just an innocent individual. He knew that he was a watch, so he went after Martin to feel better about himself and feel powerful. What George Zimmerman did is wrong, and I feel like him trying to gain power was an evil thing to do. In his head he probably knew that because he is a watch captain and that Trayvon Martin attacked him that he was going to get away with