Trayvon Martin Reaction

It has been exactly one month since Trayvon Martin was unjustly murdered. This murder did not make sense to anyone. However, even as this case has progressed, it has alos grown in popularity. Now people all over the United States are calling for the arrest of George Zimmerman. Marches by local highschools in Florida have been spreading to all the major cities in the country. Many celebrities have become involveds as well. Through the use of Twitter and Facebook, people have come to know about Trayvon Martin.

In the case of Trayvon Martin, people are calling for it to go the the Supreme Court. The FBI and US Justice Department have joined together in order to find out the truth . The family wants an outside opinion in order to help figure out if the Stand your ground law applies. Stand your Ground states that any person who feels threatened can use deadly force if need be. Zimmerman is claiming that this is what happened. However, the evidence just doesn't add up.

Hoods Up

Trayvon Martin

Trayvon Martin was a nice teenager who was brutally murdered by the racist, George Zimmerman. Zimmerman was a self proclaimed community watchman. Martin was a good student who got A's and B's on his report card. On the nught of February 26, Martin was walking home from the conveniece store. He had just bought a sweet tea and some skittles.

 Martin was walking when Zimmerman started to follow him in his car. Zimmerman then proceded to call 911 and report Martin's suspiciuous behavior. As he called 911, Zimmerman continued to follow Martin in a car closely behind. The 911 responder then proceeded to tell Zimmerman not to follow. If you listen closely to the 911 tape provided below, you can hear what happened at the time. However, if you listen extremely close around 2:20, you will hear what seems to be a racial slur. The police officer even tol Zimmerman not to follow, and he did. Some people think that it was Zimmerman who was intoxicated or on drugs, not Martin.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOpGAOXL5Uk 

After Martin had been shot, the police showed up. Zimmerman claimed self-defense, and was let go immediately. End of story. Nothing happened. Police protocol was not followed in this situation. The police did not perform an intoxication test on Zimmerman. Now Martin's family is calling for a national case because of the bad job done by the police in Florida. I believe that this case will reach a national level and sonn the murderer will be brought to justice.

End the Use of the "R" Word

Over the past years, people with a mental disability have been referred to as having mental retardation. However, many people have twisted the use fo the word to become a slur agaisnt those who are not as smart as others. People need to realixe that this word can hurt. And when it hurts, it can hurt for a lifetime. The word retard, or retarded has come to mean something more that that. It is crude and just plain wrong.

However, I believe that a new word ( Intellectual disability) for this slur is not the answer. For one thing, i don't think that anyone will make use of this word because it is to long to say. Secondly, if people do use this word, then the use of it will one day be so great that it to will become a slur against the mentally retarded. Then we will all be back to where we are now.

I do not pretend to have the answer because I don't. However this is not the way to go. If it is directed towards someone who truly is disabled, then action should be taken. But if the person is not mentally challeneged, and someone says that they are retarded, then that person ahould just brush it off and go on with their life.