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Originally Posted by jms62
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good article, good points made.
i think there's so much attention on this case because it is an encapsulation of things that are still wrong in our society. a guy walking is suspicious because he's black. not because he is acting furtively, because he is peering into windows, stopping and looking around to see if anyone is paying attention to him, he isn't looking into parked vheicles, not carrying a weapon, not acting any way suspiciously. but he is black, that alone is enough to raise the suspicions of the man who then pursues him despite being told not to.
why was zimmerman, who left a place of safety after being told to stay in his car, able to stand his ground (after not staying 'on his ground') but trayvon, concerned he is being followed by a stranger, cannot?
i understand completely why it is news.