American Heartache: Why Everyone Loses in the Zimmerman Case
It is in this aspect that the media has lost as well. The media has lost its credibility and, in the humble opinion of this writer, has fanned the flames of the possible racial violence to come. The media deliberately withheld facts and showed a picture that looked like a mug shot of George Zimmerman while showing pictures that were, in some cases, five and six years old of Trayvon Martin.
The media ignored Trayvon’s past while desperately searching for someone to say a bad word about George Zimmerman. When they couldn’t find it they manufactured it. NBC doctored Zimmerman’s 911 call in order to make him sound as though he targeted Martin due to his race. Then of course there was the infamous “F-ing Coons” comment that was also proven to be false.
In short, this whole situation is a tragedy and will be a tragedy no matter what. Could this have been avoided? Of course, Trayvon Martin could have simply continued running away and not circled back or he could have stopped and waited for the police to arrive. The point I am making is this: the one thing we know for sure is that Trayvon Martin physically attacked George Zimmerman and caused his own death.
The Martins have lost a son, the Zimmermans have lost a normal life, the media lost whatever part of its soul was left and the government has lost credibility with it’s DOJ antics in Sanford. The real question remains: what will the rest of us do to correct this culture of faux-racism and race baiting that has become common place? Instead of learning from Trayvon’s untimely death, many in the Black community would rather profit from it and that is where everyone loses the most.
Image: Source: http://www.aviano.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/071116-F-3431H-023.jpg: author: U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth; public domain
