There seem to be many Zimmerman apologists who believe that Zimmerman had every right to get the police involved due to Martin's 'suspicious' behavior. We're hearing all kinds of stories about how Martin was walking, looking at houses and standing with his hands tucked in his pants. Zimmerman reported these as being suspicious, even though standing, looking at houses, walking and such things are perfectly normal, lawful and harmless behaviors. My question is: what could Martin have done to avoid having the cops called on him? Should he have taken a cab? Should he have just stayed home and stayed hungry? Should he have not have worn a hoodie? I'm just wondering what people expected Martin to do in order to not be bothered.
you are forgetting that houses had been broken into recently, it was not based on what you are claiming but that he was not recolonized as being part of the neighborhood. It also does not matter why the police called or why he was followed neither of those things are against the law the only person that broke the law was martin when he attacked zimmerman. so unless you believe that it it ok for people to go around attacking others for walking on the street you can not support martins actions.
He could have called 911, and chose not to. He could have called his dad or girlfriend at home and chose not to. Why? The reason was, he wanted to be a tough guy, and show this honky cracker ass mother (*)(*)(*)(*)er (who happens to be Hispanic) the wrath of a testosterone laced brotha. Didn't work out so well did it?
Walk straight home and not loiter. Its s 9 minute walk. It had been 45 minutes since the left the 7-11. Of course its suspicious.
If you assume that he was walking directly home and not loitering about and looking in houses, then maybe nothing. BTW "having the cops called on him" is not infringing on any of his rights.
He could have asked, "Is there a problem? Why are you following me? Oh, I live right there." The situation would have been resolved. Instead he decided to commit a felony-assault for no reason, and then decided to up that to an attempted murder when he decided to shout "You're gonna' die tonight" while slamming Zimmerman's head against the concrete. As a result, instead of going home, he justifiably got shot. Maybe you should stop sympathizing with drug-dealing, fight starting thugs and instead sympathize with people who rescue families from burning vehicles.
You know what really gets me is that when a white person is walking through a black neighborhood and they get assaulted or killed, the response from other blacks and leftists is "They should have known where they were" like it's perfectly ok for whites to be killed or assaulted in certain neighborhoods, but blacks are allowed to stroll through ANY place they desire with absolutely no consequences whatsoever, and when there is, it's racism.
There might not have been anything TM could have done to not have the cops called on him. The neighborhood was plagued by criminals and that causes people to become very suspicious of others. People like to point at the NW guide book to say that GZ did not follow it. However, that guide book also states that NW should report ANYTHING they feel is suspicious, no matter how minor it may be.
How about by WALKING another 40 feet or so? "Dum Dum" , the STATE'S WITNESS, placed him at rhe REAR of his dad's hoe's house, after LOSING ZIMMERMAN, a full four minutes before he assaulted and battered Zimmerman.
Absolutely...loitering is reserved for white youths. What Martin probably should have done was say "Yessa massa" to George, offered to shine his shoes, and OJZ might have let him slide.
Since I'm such a racist why would I give a damn about a brown Latino man killing a black man? Only in America can a brown man kill a black man and the white man gets blamed for it.
You seem to find the need to point out the distinctions rather than not. Oh, you give a damn. That's obvious.
Maybe the question you ought to ask yourself is why you think Martin deserved what he got. That seems to be the consensus among the conservative posters here.
What a simple question. 1. He should have been carrying an umbrella. 2. He should have been continuously walking (not stopping in the rain) 3. He should have been walking quickly (not walking slowly) 4. He should not have been looking at windows.
I'm rather surprised nobody else has mentioned it, but the chief thing would have been to stay on the sidewalk and go through the entry gate at the gated community. Instead he cut through a hedge and went behind and beside some homes. I don't know if that was trespassing, it depends on community laws I suppose. But in any case a little rude (hence all the "please keep off the grass" signs you can by and angry geezers yelling that at kids). And it's definitly suspicious (even if it was entirely innocent). Spotting someone in an odd spot on someone's lawn beside their house was the first thing Zimmerman mentions when later explaining to the cops why Martin was suspicious, and then adds the bits about just staring at the houses instead of moving along, having his face covered, and all that.
Whether he started the fight or not, he was engaging in it far beyond what he needed to. There 's no necessity to continually beat on somebody to where they have bloody injuries on both the front and back of the head. This appeared to be more than just a simple battery. This looked like attempted murder. If so, I'd say the death penalty is appropriate. Same as what the legal system would do (if Zimmerman had not fired his gun) only without the long years expense to the taxpayers
It would have been nice to simply answer the question. What could Martin have done differently so as to not get the police called on him?
Relax...the white man only gets half the blame cause George is half white...lol Just kidding! Seriously speaking now, I put the blame squarely where it belongs...on the poor actions of Trayvon...the child should have just gone home, if he had done that he would still be alive today.
Why???? Because TM was black???? What proof, other than TM's skin color, indicates this was a crime where race was a factor?
