The Case Of George Zimmerman And Trayvon Martin

Trayvon Martin was a 17- year- old African America from Miami Gardens Florida. He was born Feb, 26, 1995 in Florida and he died Feb, 26, 2012 in Sanford, Fl. He was 5’11 and he had 3 siblings.

On February 26,2012, a 17 year old Trayvon Martin was shot and killed. He was killed at 7:16 PM at the Twin Lakes, in Sanford Florida, while Trayvon Martin was returning from a local store, where he bought an Arizona ice tea, and skittles. A 28 year old hispanic man name George Zimmerman spotted Trayvon Martin, who he thought acted suspiciously. Moments later, there were an altercation between the two individuals, which resulted in Trayon being shot. The most important question is, why was Trayvon Martin killed? This is an unjustified murder. This murder is unjustified because, Trayvon Martin was ttrying to defend himself, Zimmerman was watching the neighbor hood and spotted Trayvon, who he thought arousing suspicion, and Zimmerman thought he had to shoot Trayvon. Zimmerman was false for shooting him.

Dylann Roof, a 21-year-old murderer of nine, was arrested for his crimes in June. According to many Roof was just a very confused and mentally ill young man, but surprisingly he was completely sane when he committed these murders. When asked about his reasoning behind his actions, Roof had this to say, “The event that truly awakened me was the Trayvon Martin case... this prompted me to type in the words ‘black on White crime’ into Google, and I have never been the same since that day. The first website I came to was the Council of Conservative Citizens. There were pages upon pages of these brutal black on White murders...At this moment I realized that something was very wrong. How could the news be blowing up the Trayvon Martin case while hundreds of

Emmett Till was born July 25, 1941 in Chicago. His parents were Mamie and Louis Till.When his father became abusive, his mother separated from him. She remarried twice and divorced once and they moved to Detroit where her father lived when Till was nine. When Emmett was fourteen, his great uncle invited his cousin Wheeler to go to Mississippi; he begged his mother to allow him to go along too. She agreed and explained to him the Jim Crow laws.(“Emmett Till”1)

These two cases relate to each other because they both have to do with white on black violence in the forties to fifties. The way these two cases relate, is that two black men were killed because they were black. Yes, Emmett did do something wrong, but he still didn't deserve to be beat to death by these two grown men. Tom Robinson didn't do anything and he still ended up getting killed because of it. There was a lot of racial violence from the thirties through the fifties, and Emmett till’s death help to start the rise of questions on how things were being handled.

Trayvon Benjamin Martin was a 17 year old African American from Miami Gardens, Florida. He was badly shot by George Zimmerman; a neighborhood watch volunteer in Sanford, Florida. Zimmerman called 911 to report that there was “suspicious person” walking through the neighborhood. He was told to not do anything, but he did anyway. As he approached Martin, he attacked him and shot him straight to the heart. According to CNN, “Zimmerman acknowledges that he shot Martin, claiming it was in self-defense.” (“Trayvon Martin Shooting Fast Facts”). When the case was taken to court George Zimmerman was found not guilty even after he

Black on white or white on black crime will always happen until black and whites can come together as a whole and not individuals. After slavery there was a group formed name the Ku Klux Klan also know as the “KKK”. The KKK were very known for riding around on horses with whips or guns hanging others particularly blacks and burning down crosses and churches. Around the 1920’s the Ku Klux Klan was ended but the crime between blacks and whites did not. February 2012 a black teenage boy named Trayvon Martin was shot and killed by a white neighborhood watch participant while walking back home from the store carrying a bag of skittles and a sweet tea. Since the Trayvon Martin shooting, multiple white police shooting amongst black victims have been

The history of the United States is bursting with instances of extreme racism, discrimination, segregation and prejudice. The gruesome murder of Emmett Till, a 14-year old, Chicago teenager shined a light on these subjects. The Mississippi Trial of 1955 which was the trial held for Emmett Till’s murder, became a sensational case that was watched and followed around the United States. The response followed by the trial would shape the history of racism in the United States, catalyzing many civil right movements, protests. Without massive coverage of the event through the Chicago Defender, the trial never would have become famous, leading to an enormous draw back in civil right movements both at the time and throughout history.

As I watch my race under attack from fellow citizen of the United States, I begin to wonder what is considered adequate in the eyes of the law. Black lives that are under constant abuse with excessive forces with people that our countries says we are supposed to trust. For centuries the African race has been disrespected, scrutinized, and degraded simply because the color of skin. To be submitted to vigilant forces after so many lives were contributed to a world of peace. What some races whom seem deem to fit as adequate justification of forces is simply reprehensible. Black lives are currently being taken away from families with unjustifiable motives. Subsequently, the world has not been silent to this movement of extinction of black lives. Speaking up has now been crucial more now than ever and making a movement for change is a priority to black individuals who have a passion about the man or woman of color. Is the man or woman of color free when on an everyday basic a life is being submitted to death over situation that could’ve been handle in a humane manner? Black lives does matter, but in my

There are many organizational failures that led to the shooting death of Michael Brown and the riots in Ferguson, Missouri that followed. The main form of organizational deviance that was seen in the events that led up to the shooting of Michael Brown was administrative breakdown, which is “produced by the failure to implement or enforce administrative principles (e.g., unity of command, discipline)” (Giblin, 2014, pg. 584). The Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division wrote in their 2015 Investigation Report that “Ferguson law enforcement practices violent the law and undermine community trust, especially among African Americans” (pg. i). They found that there was a “pattern or practice of unlawful conduct…that violates the First, Foourth,

Racial profiling impacts the lives of African Americans, Asians, Latinos, South Asians, and the Arab communities (Persistence of racial and ethnic profiling in the United States: a follow-up report to the U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 12). Profiling based on race stems from racism, and has lastingly marked and structured the society of the United States (10). In some aspects, it is considered a violation of human rights; therefore, acts then started to develop (12). For example, the United States introduced the Subsequent End of Racial Profiling Acts to Congress in 2004, 2005, 2007, and 2009, but they

Racial Profiling is an act of automatically defining or identifying someone based on their ethnicity. This act was most recognized during the late 1800’s in the U.S. under the Jim Crow law. It was passed in order to segregate whites and the colored in America. It fundamentally made whites superior to all. Though, in 1964 the Civil Rights Act passed stating that anybody of any ethnicity or religion are to be equal and united. However, today this law has never been truly accepted when seeing the statistics of the type of people being stopped by the police. In fact, based on the statistics of the people stopped, there is an ethnic disproportion which shows that the police use racial profiling. Even though innocent people are stopped, the

Racial profiling is still an ongoing issue that occurs and such an issue has led to many problems for the minority groups of this country. Whether it be African Americans, Indians, Asians, Mexicans, or Muslims, all have faced profiling at some point in time. The problems caused by this controversial subject include the impending distrust between black communities and law enforcement, unfair treatment towards all minorities by law enforcement, verbal and physical abuse of minorities by police officers which can sometimes lead to death, emotional unstableness of the victims whom have faced such a terrible judgement, and the negative impact it has on children of the minority groups.

There are tons of cases of Racial Profiling. Now a days many people are being targeted or attacked by racial profiling. Laws are being passed but not every police officer is following up with it. And because of this more and more people are becoming irritated with the government system. Just because a particular person from a particular race does something wrong, everyone from that race is being discriminated by so-called other races. Racial profiling is getting worst by the years go by, it is becoming a hot topic. Ever since the major attack of September 11, 2001 many people have seen Muslims as terrorists. Racial profiling doesn’t just affect Muslims; it affects African Americans and Hispanics. Due to the action of just one individual, and from that individual affects the whole race behind it. It just doesn’t make that person look bad it makes they’re race look as bad as they do. That is why African American, Hispanics, and Muslims are being targeted. Racial profiling negatively impacts society.

Racial profiling has become a severe obstacle in the U.S. today though most Americans know very little of this vital issue. Every day, people are being pulled over, harassed, and even killed for being of a certain race. There are new laws that politicians are trying to pass that promote racial discrimination. Racial profiling is immoral and does not increase public safety.