Summary Of The Trayvon Martin V. George Zimmerman Case

An most common legal court case that has encouraged my decision to pursue a career in law was the Trayvon Martin v.s. George Zimmerman case. This case was about an 17-year-old African American young male adult was shot by George Zimmerman in "self defense". This happened on February 26th, 2012 at night when Trayvon was walking home and Zimmerman called the cops saying it looked like he was up to no good. To sum it up, Trayvon was fatally shot by Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer, in Sanford, Florida. This case was basically related in the racism category due to profiling and stereotypes.

It is said that Zimmerman allegedly killed Martin because of his color and what he was dressed in, also known as racial profiling. In an article

For example when you see a black male "sagging" you think he has no future, but when you see one wearing a suit and nice shoes you assume hes in college and has a job. During this case I learned that everyone has a different story. What if Martin had only those specific clothes to wear? It was said in an another article that he was " The youngster took an English Honors class, though his favorite subject was said to be math." His teachers said he had the potential to becoming a pilot. Yes, he got in trouble during highschool, but who deosn't? I know I have. What I'm trying to say out of all this is that how could you stereotype someone by their clothes or color? A person could wear the most poorest clothes and be just as smart as the next person in the most expensive clothes. The way Martin was looked at by Zimmerman was wrong because once the police told him to bag off and he didn't... Zimmerman had intentions to take Martin

Many people did maches, held signs, and even made shirts. Still till this day, People celebrate Trayvon's death by dressing up in a black hoodie with an Arizona and Skittles and taking a picture. By them doing that means a lot. It shows that not just black lives matter, but all do. Trayvon was black but most importantly, he had a life just like anybody and he didn't deserve for it to be taken in the disturbing way it was. This court case had many flaws but at the end his family got the partial justice they wanted and Zimmerman will still be known today as a wrongful killer. My ending perspective is that Zimmerman should have just left it to the police because you have to think about it, Zimmerman was armed... Martin WASN'T! That gives you a whole advantage over him on so many levels. You know what they say, life isn't always fair and that's true because Trayvon had no fair input in this case at