Regardless, given the facts I think the jury made the right decision and there was reasonable doubt Zimmerman was not even guilty of manslaughter. Zimmerman was never a racist, he was an overly eager wannabe cop in a neighborhood where there had been a lot of break-ins. Martin wasn't some little kid who got hunted down by some gun waving lunatic and shot execution style, I think Zimmerman shot him because he panicked and was momentarily afraid for his life. The media really turned this into something it wasn't.
What a lot of people are going to think forever was that Zimmerman was a racist psychopath who hunted a little black kid down out of sheer hateful bloodlust and shot him in the heart. Like just straight up executed him. I don't understand how people rationalize the part where Zimmerman calls the police before he even gets out of his car though. If his intention was murder, why call the police beforehand? Why not kill Martin, punch himself in the nose and scratch up the back of his head, threaten/bribe the witnesses into saying Martin was on top of him beating him, and then call the police. Seems like a huge unnecessary risk to call the police before he has everything squared away.
Alright, so lets put all the issues of race surrounding this case a side for a moment. He was as you said, an over-zealous wannabe-cop, and his actions got him in a situation that was more then preventable. A situation in which Zimmerman's hastey actions upon recieving beatings from a teen who fled from him and presumablely was only acting out of self-defense (fear, who's wouldn't be when a stranger follows you?) ended with Zimmerman killing said teen.
Tell me in what worldly logic that Zimmerman does not hold responsibility. He frightened someone then killed them when things got out of hand.
You keep saying he isn't racist, so fine, put that aside, do murders only count if race is the motivator? I don't think so.
Don't try and mention the break-ins that were occuring etc. I'm aware. Zimmerman acting out of frustration because his neighbourhood was experiancing some problems un-related to Martin should not ease any of the weight of Zimmerman's mistake. He was advised not to pursue. The result was something you can't reverse. Zimmerman must be held accountable.
Don't try to mention that the law in Florida permits blah blah blah under the "stand your ground" law either. Clearly it has been bent in this case as any law can be. I believe that the post before mine mentions two instances were the same law failed people who were much more in need of it. Death is death, weather law permits it or not.
Look at the the very begining of the series of events, Zimmerman made the decission to take the law into his hands. End of story. He fucked up,
someone died by his hand, yet he's not being held accountable.
Why?