Imagine for a moment you are a 17 yr old white girl walking home at night through your gated community. Suddenly there is a vehicle following you and the man in the vehicle is staring at you and whispering into his cell phone. You turn back and scream for the man to stop following you. He continues, so you get away from the road, moving into the grassy area between the houses. He gets out of his car and follows you. What happens next?
Change the variables of the story only slightly–make the white girl a black boy–and you have the story of Trayvon Martin. The victim, Martin did everything I suggested above, including leaving the scene. Did he call the cops? No. Did he run away? Yes, until chased. Cornered and alone Martin faced his attacker and wound up dead. That attacker called it a good shooting. That attacker claimed to be standing his ground, despite admitting he left his vehicle and pursued Martin on foot. Given the state of racial and gender politics in America, the attacker, Zimmerman, would have gotten the death penalty if he shot a white girl. He didn’t so for the longest time what he did wasn’t even a crime. Now it is a 2nd degree murder trial. Lets see how the media reacts.