What really pisses me off is the comparison to the Emmit Till trial. Emmit Till was a completely defenseless 14 year old boy that got basically mobbed, murdered and his killers were acquitted because of the racism in the deep south. For this case it was clear that both parties were equally at fault for starting the engagement (Zimmerman) and continuing the engagement (Martin) to the point that somebody was killed. There wasn't any per-meditation for the killing, yet here we are comparing it to one of the more horrific, true race crimes.
I'll bring up Detroit again because I live near it. I don't see anybody protest when kids get shot. I don't see anybody protest when people get killed over petty things. I don't see anybody protest when a 70 year old Tuskegee Airman gets both his legs broken by a car thief, and he crawls to get help while people walk past him, and ignore him. I don't see any protests when people get murdered and the police can't solve the crime because people won't 'snitch'. Only when different races are involved is it worthy of a protest.
