When the February 26, 2012, killing of Trayvon Martin came to the light of the media, not only did his family lose their son, many Americans felt again stripped of power and a loss of due process.
Imagine if the Sanford, Florida police department had followed up on the lead investigator’s interview with George Zimmerman on the night of the shooting. Imagine if the neighbors and witnesses were questioned without delay.
However, America is left to imagine a formal investigation which could have eventually led to justice or at least the sense of it.
You don’t have to watch CSI to know that as time passes from a criminal event, evidence is invariably lost. Thus we see the metamorphosing statements of George Zimmerman that line up with Florida’s gun laws. Like Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream, Americans still have to imagine …
The ball was dropped here.
Many people, regardless of race, have prejudices against people who do not look like or live like them. Then add a feeling of being violated personally or in your community. Now give those same people the right to carry a weapon, and our country goes back to the days of lawlessness. Zimmerman did what the law said he could do according to his statement (four weeks later). We may never know …
So maybe we should ask ourselves: Does our political candidate endorse laws that give neighborhood watchmen the right to be judge and jury in your community?
If we want to do something, we need to start by doing our own investigating.
Look at your state’s gun laws; they may need to be repealed.
Register to vote.
The day the Sanford, Florida police department threw away their duty to investigate the killing of Trayvon Martin, fundamental fairness, justice and liberty were lost once again in America.
Change starts with you. It’s time to go beyond our imagination …
