An unarmed black teenager was shot and killed by a man who claims that he shot him for "self-defense. The Florida law allows police on the scene to decide if the self-defense claim is relevant. In this case, they believe that it is. 28-year-old George Zimmerman was on neighborhood watch when he started to follow 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. He believed that Martin looked suspicious and said that Martin attacked him after he had given up on following him and was heading to his truck. He then shot and killed Martin in self-defense. Zimmerman will not be charged.
"Crump, the Martin family attorney, said the teenager weighed about 140 pounds and was carrying a bag of Skittles and a can of ice tea he had bought at a nearby convenience store when Zimmerman began following him in his sport utility vehicle. Zimmerman, meanwhile, weighs around 200 pounds and was armed with a 9mm semiautomatic handgun, which he had a permit to legally carry.
"So the facts that have come out that I have become aware of, would tend to indicate he should not be granted immunity," Roger Weeden, an Orlando defense attorney closely following the case, said of Zimmerman."
I believe that Zimmerman should be charged. His self defense claims are weak, and I don’t see a need for him to have shot Martin.
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