WHY

What is going on in this day and age? We are still in an age where we want to characterize people and commit horrific offenses and get away with it like it is no big deal. Really? I am not okay with this. I hope most of us have heard about the

The shooter,

Mr. Zimmerman is a neighborhood watchman who should have known proper procedure before shooting and killing a teenager. This is not the only incident under this Self-defense law better known as

I hope our law makers do not allow this to happen and ignore this issue because of a bad law. This is not the only situation in Florida from this law. There was a case in past where a

Trayvon Martin case in Florida. Our President has spoken out on this which to me is a very good thing. He makes the claim that if it was his son he would look like Trayvon Martin as a lot of our kids would. This kid in my opinion was profiled which is the tragedy of the whole scenario. I guess this is the danger of wearing a hoodie in this day and age, shame on Old Navy!! Old Navy brought the hoodie back as a fashion statement for kids plus a couple of other stores. But, my point is I guess hoodie are a bad thing now. George Zimmerman, said he was afraid for his life. He out weighed Trayvon by 100 pounds, was on phone making the 911 call to police who instructed Zimmerman to not follow Trayvon because he was following him. Why and how can you be afraid for your life and plead self-defense if you are the person following someone and scaring them? This is misuse of the Florida Self-Defense law which some lawmakers was highly against when it was passed under Gov Jeb Bush. This says a lot just on his name alone. Remember the election….hmmmm!! The Self-defense law allows for the person to claim self-defense when there is neither eyewitness nor evidence to support otherwise. In this issue since there is no supporting evidence, Zimmerman gets to state it was self-defense when he shot and killed an unarmed teenager with skittles and a canned beverage. 'Stand Your Ground' law. This law allows people who think they are being threatened to use deadly force without any efforts or thoughts to retreat from a confrontation. This law was passed in 2005 by a landslide. We know this situation is bad when our President Obama, Rev. Al Sharpton, news talk show hosts, and our communities come together to speak loudly and be heard that this law should not allow this man to walk free from committing a awful crime. This is my opinion. man shot into his neighbors house over an argument about a barking dog. The shooter thought his neighbor was reaching for something and shot several times into the house. Why would you carry a gun to ask someone to keep their pet quiet? This to me sounds like intent because you already have in your head to shoot for some reason. Intent on harming someone is a crime and should be added on to this law in order to prevent killers from going free for awful crimes such as Trayvon Martin.