And Justice for all?

Acts of, racial and prejudicial, violence has made headlines to stay with the people of that generation, and the Trayvon Martin case seems to be no different. The protestors and activists demanding justice for the death for the Florida teen, Trayvon Martin, are still not close to justice, even with the news that second-degree charges were filed against the shooter, George Zimmerman. With the charges against George Zimmerman being the biggest development on the story, many are expressing the concern that the judgment of the case should be withheld until the court had enough time to present a proper verdict. Many also believe that even with the charges filed that it doesn’t mean that justice will be served. The ones that are familiar are pointing to how the Florida court system held the Casey Anthony case, just prior to this outcry. The story has been making headlines and grabbing everyone’s attention, and we all feel a certain way towards how we think the case should play out. A psychologist points to the fact that “African American put themselves in Martin’s shoes because it’s what they’ve had to deal with and whites put themselves in George’s because they’ve seen black men and been suspicious, few try to step outside that norm.”
I see the last fact to be true and one of the reasons that the story will continue to get bigger and bigger. The norms that come with how the boy dressed and his race rendered him to be a target of a violent crime. The Florida “Stand your Ground” law allows for deadly force during self-defense, and that is what the court has to uphold and that is what has many worried. Justice is what everyone is seeking , because of the fact that people feel that emotional connection.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/13/us/zimmerman-reax-irpt/index.html?hpt=hp_t3