Trayvon needs justice

Trayvon was a 17 year old boy who was shot for no apparent reason at all. George Zimmerman, a man who shot Trayvon for looking "suspicious" makes me really upset that he didn't get arrested on the spot. A person who takes an innocent teenage boys life should be punished extremely. There was no "self defense" being done in this situation at all. George Zimmerman was doing it because as he said in the phone call "These assholes get away with everything." He wanted to feel as if he was doing the right thing, which he WASN'T. Trayvon and his family are getting a whole bunch of support, and they deserve it. The parent's of Trayvon lost a wonderful son who didn't deserve to die. Reading articles from the internet, people are having an assembly in which over 1 million people wear their hoodies up to support him. A lot of teenagers that I am friends with or even just know wear their hoodies up white, black, Hispanic and so on. Wearing a hoodie up should not mean anything suspicious to anyone. Zimmerman will soon get what he deserves and that is to stay in jail where he belongs. I give total respect for his family and hope all the support from everyone all around the world is helping them go through this horrible thing that has happened to their son.

Trayvon Martin's Death

On February 26th 2012 in Sanford Florida a 17 year old boy was shot in the chest by a "neighborhood watchmen" because he looked like a "threat" to him. Trayvon was said to be walking to his father's fiancee's house after going to a corner store to get skittles and an ice tea. According to the watchman the objects that he didn't see seemed to be threatening to him. The mans name was George Zimmerman, he claimed to shoot him because it was "self defense." Zimmerman was not arrested for this terrible action. While Zimmerman was on the phone with the police, he was told not to follow Trayvon for safety reasons, but he didn't listen and he still followed him. Trayvon knew that he was being followed, but he didn't make a scene about it until Zimmerman had gotten closer to him. Parents believe that this death was caused not for "self defense" but for racial problems. The Congressional Black Caucus called for a federal investigation which showed that " blatant disregard for justice." Both of Trayvon's parents feel that it was done because he was black. The clothes he was wearing were "normal" you see an average teenager in a hoodie, tennis shoes, and sweats all over. There was no reason for Trayvon to look "suspicious"  to Zimmerman. After Zimmerman had started following Trayvon, Trayvon had started to notice and when he ran he was screaming for help. People in the neighborhood were reported that when they called the police for help you heard a boy screaming for help in the background. When i read and watched the reports it seemed like the police weren't listening or taking the situation seriously. Because they said they were going to send help after they were told he was shot and laying on the ground dead.

President Obama himself even spoke about the incident. He called it a "Tragedy" and thought all about his daughters. He said this, "If I had a son he would look just like Trayvon." Saying this, Obama wanted Trayvon's parents to understand that all of the parents of the world are going to understand and treat this situation seriously because of the stupid reason that Trayvon was killed. Trayvon wasn't killed because he was walking to his fathers fiancee's house, he was killed because he was black the Zimmerman didn't think about anything else but that. Having a conversation with my friends about this situation we all had the same opinion. Zimmerman was horrible on making that call to the police, because Trayvon did nothing wrong, all he was doing was walking home. Zimmerman also had no right to follow Trayvon either, because he was doing nothing wrong.
The fact that Zimmerman hasn't been given any charges makes me wonder what police really think about his whole situation. Because as listening to the conversations with the police it sounded like they either didn't care, or just didn't take it as seriously until they found him dead on the ground. Zimmerman needs to be punished for what he did. People all around the world are having assemblies, rallys and debates on this whole situation. The killing of an innocent kid with no criminal record, no gun, and walking home is not fair in anyways at all. Skittles and hoodies have emerged into symbols of activism.

The "R" word

Throughout our generation we have heard several different types of words that mean certain things. People take the words we say in different ways. People who we are close with won't take it as seriously as a person who you barley know would. When someone uses the word "retarded" they are calling that person stupid or they did something that was just really not called for. Without even knowing how the person will take it they call them names. I don't really use the word "retarded" because i know how much it hurts to be called names that are rude or mean. The word retarded can be acceptable at some points because you don't always mean for it to mean what it means. Banning the word wouldn't really stop people from saying it because its just a habit of them saying it to people. I feel that if you know the word bothers the person then you shouldn't say it around them. But if you are with your friends or someone that you know it won't bother than it shouldn't really be a big problem for them if you said it. You really just need to think before you speak because something that seems fine to you may not be okay with another person.