Racial Profiling and the Trayvon Martin Case

Racial profiling describes the shape of targeting or stopping an one-on-one based primarily on his or her race alternatively than any individualized suspicion. - rabbit warren Farrell: Activist, Author, Educator\n\nPreface\nOn the night of February 26, 2012, George Zimmerman, a self-proclaimed citizen watchdog, followed and at utmost killed a suspicious stripling named Trayvon Martin. In this essay I will explain the relevancy of racial profiling in the tragic demise of Trayvon Martin.\n\nIts the NBA All-Star weekend 2012 and 17-year-old Trayvon Martin decides to walk to a local anaesthetic gimmick shop class to get a eat before the annual eff Dunk contest. Unfortunately, these would be the last steps the teenager incessantly took. On his way suffer to his fathers missys apartment, Martin caught the attention of George Zimmerman, a 28-year-old self-proclaimed community watchman school term in his vehicle. Zimmerman immediately called the local authorities to report a s uspicious young murky male wearing a hoodie. The 911 dispatcher told Zimmerman to stay where he was but Zimmerman decided to accompany Martin, in fury as he stated to the dispatcher, These assholes, they always get away. Several legal proceeding later, Zimmerman and Martin got into a confrontation. On the tape, a voice is heard pleading. A shot is heard, the pleading stops, and Martin coiffure dead. Martin was clearly at a disadvantage carrying only a bag of Skittles, some funds and a can of iced tea but Zimmerman claimed he reacted in self-defense. The police questioned him [Zimmerman], but thence let him go, saying they did non have enough register to charge him.\nOf the many nonreciprocal questions in this case, two digest out. First, Trayvon Martin, who had just stopped bump off at a convenience store, was gird only with a bag of Skittles and a can of ice tea. George Zimmerman, who weighed everywhere 100 pounds more than the victim, was armed with a 9-millimeter ha ndgun. Even if in that respect w...