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Trayvon Martin Murder Essay

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The murder of an innocent, young man, not bothering anybody. He was 17 years old. If

you notice somebody walking at night with a hoodie on, would you let the police deal with it or

take it upon yourself not knowing what that other person is carrying? Trayvon Martin’s murder

happened at a Gated community in Sandford, Fla. He was walking and wearing a hoodie at the

wrong time. George Zimmerman is guilty, because if you called the police and informed them

about somebody in the neighborhood looking suspicious and they tell you okay they are on it and

don’t bother him. You are looking for a reason to kill somebody if you leave your truck with a

loaded gun.

Trayvon Martin just left from the convenience store , he …show more content…

He threw a

wine bottle at his ex-fiancé direction. He threw that wine bottle because she was trying to break

up with home and he got mad. Suppose that he has anger issues. How many of you will try to

hurt somebody if they tried breaking up with you? I know I would not. The night of the murder ,

he might have been angry at something that night and just so happens that Trayvon was walking

and George had an opportunity to relieve he anger on somebody.

In September 2013 George estranged wife called the police and told the dispatcher

that her husband hit her father and threatened her with a gun. Later she decided to file charges on

him. Yet again the charge has been dropped. Now think about this he has repeated this several

time to his family. He lost his cool because his wife told him she know about him cheating on

her and that she is filing for a divorce.

George Zimmerman childhood was rough , and that’s probably one reason why he grew

up thinking that everybody deserve to get hurt, like him. His mother was known to hit him all the

time when Zimmerman was growing up. He was separated from his family. His father

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