The Trayvon Martin killing and the perpetrator Zimmerman are getting a super heap of media coverage.
One fallout from this is going to be even less willingness to participate in legitimate local watch programs. Usually these groups are authorized by a community's Board, is there a Board in Twin Lakes? Was there authorization ? As communities mature, the boards sometimes become inactive.
Despite all the coverage, I still don't know how many other residents were active in the same group as Zimmerman. I have heard that is not a registered group and that raises questions about whether Zimmerman can claim the authority (and cover?) of being a true representative.
It is clear that the police had, what to me is an excess of contact without questioning his status. Also there has been no list of evidence that police collected at the scene, do they have the bottle of tea, the partial bag of Skittles. It appears they let Zimmerman go and still carrying.
Zimmerman's background shows questionable activity that should disqualify him from being a gun owner, IMO. So details about his permit should be investigated, where is the press on this?
This is an incident that certainly illustrates the USA is still a very segregated society and especially in the South.
A tragedy indeed, can society change quickly enough to prevent any more?
graysmoke
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