Black teen murdered by whiteman for looking "suspicious"

Racism remains the greatest cancer of American society, and has been since the founding of this nation – by men who owned slaves. (Kevin Powell)


The spate of events over the years which have seen black U.S. male teens and young men gunned down mercilessly and often in a hail of bullets leaves one wondering if White America is imbued with a dominant racist gene prototype. Emmett Till, Amadou Diallo, Oscar Grant, Sean Bell, Ramarley Graham and now Trayvon Martin have all been victims of this gene disorder often displayed in dysfunctional White America.

Image Credits:The NewYorker

It appears Obama may have failed in his ground breaking historical accomplishment to dispel the white myth "The black-man is a f******g n****r" up to no good. If you live in the UK, perhaps that could be replaced as "You can't trust 'em bleeding gangstas innit? Dodgy hoody wearing loot they are"
The shooting dead of of a 17 year old black boy by a 28year old white-man for simply looking "suspicious" and "up to no good" is currently causing a backlash and  widespread furore across the pond.

Murderer set loose: Zimmerman

Florida:

Trayvon Martin was shot dead in the chest on the 26th of February as he walked home from the shops, with skittles and iced tea in his pocket talking to his girlfriend on the phone. Trayvon's crime was being a black male walking through a gated community. He was followed, appeared to have been pushed to the ground (according to his girlfriend who has not been named to protect her identity) and murdered in cold blood. And there you have  a 114kg 28 year old man wrestling with a 63kg boy with the latter eventually been shot and the former claiming self defence on the grounds of Florida's controversial "stand your ground law" which allows individuals use any form of self defence to protect themselves.

Self appointed neighbourhood watch Captain George Zimmerman,(described as white male by police and Hispanic by his family) with a string of offences to his name including being charge for the battering of a police officer in 2005 and resisting arrest; questioning for domestic violence, placing 46 calls to 911 operators in the month of January alone (mostly to report about "suspicious" black males lurking about);  and described by neighbours as being monomaniac about linking black-men to crime, has been let to go scot-free by defunct  US police who carry the faulty racist gene as he "acted" in self defence thus the stand your ground law applies.
However doubts have been thrown on this possible raw lie as new evidence came to light showing Trayvon had been talking on the phone to his girlfriend when he was attacked by Zimmerman. Aware he was been followed, Trayvon's unamed girlfriend asked him to run.
So what sort of "self defence" is it when a young black boy is pounced on for talking on the phone while walking through a gated community?

A released tape of the 911 call made to police by Zimmerman indicate just before he murdered Trayvon, Zimmerman made a racial slur calling the young teen a "f*****g coon". Of course police missed this and are now reviewing all their records.
At the time of posting, Zimmerman is yet to be arrested and charged for murder and a possible hate crime. Will this just be another black murder by a white-man pushed under the rug?.

Victim's parents: Tracy Martin (Center) and Sybrina Fulton(R) 

Facts about  Trayvon's execution by white American male

• Trayvon had been to the shops to buy his younger sibling skittles and iced tea.He was on the phone to his girlfriend and walked across the gated Florida community as a short cut back home. Trayvon was unarmed and aware he was being followed as he spoke to his girlfriend, who advised him to run. He replied he was just goin to walk faster.
• Zimmerman eventually caught up with him asking him "What are you doing here" (As overheard by Trayvon's girlfiend). A scuffle ensued as Zimmerman appeared to have intimidated the young lad pushing him to the ground, executing him in cold bold with a gunshot to his chest.
• Zimmerman self appointed himself as a neighbourhood watch Captain. He does not belong to any approved Neighbourhood watch society. In a call to the 911 about a "suspicious looking" black man, police advised Zimmerman not to follow Trayvon. This instruction was promptly disregarded as shortly afterwards, Trayvon was executed.
• In the relased tape, Zimmerman describes Trayvon as black and suspicious looking. He also appears to have used a racial slur...which police miraculously missed.
• Kevin Powell for The Guardian writes Zimmerman went against basic rules of the Neighbourhood watch manual which states "It should be emphasised to members that they do not possess police powers. And they shall not carry weapons or pursue vehicles."
• Florida Police did not run a breath or alcohol test on Zimmerman despite the fact that this is the standard procedure with murder investigations. Needles to say, one was run on every fibre and DNA strand of Trayvon's body.
• The officer in charge of the crime scene has a history of lacklustre performance towards white on black crime. In 2010, he failed to arrest a whiteboy videotaped attacking a homeless black man.
• A Million Hoodie March yesterday took place in New York(A nod to Trayvon's "suspicious" looking hoody attire when he was exucted). Trayvon's family have mobilised the help of social media to bring awareness to this possible hate crime. Website link created on change.org draws almost a million petitioners demanding for an arrest and investigation. The case will be brought to a Grand Jury on April 10th. Click here to show support and sign. Make a difference to all the other unreported Trayvon Martins http://www.change.org/petitions/prosecute-the-killer-of-our-son-17-year-old-trayvon-martin
• Trayvon's mother reveals at the age of 9, he saved his father from a burning house. " I can not eat. I can not sleep. I can not relax. Not until he is arrested", she says.
• A vote of  "no confidence" has been passed against the police commissioner, as pressure mounts for Bill Lee's resignation.
• Zimmerman is reported to have gone into hiding.

What if Zimmerman had been a Takhim- LeDixon and Trayvon Martin a Bill Johnson?
How can you act in self defence fearing for your life by following a boy not even old enough to buy cigarettes?. What exactly were you self defending against? Ice tea and a pack of skittles?.

"It's not about these individual acts of racism. It's about the way that black males are framed in the larger culture … as being violent, criminal and threats to safety and property." (Mark Neal, Professor of African and African American Studies Duke University).