>>>I'll give you the preventative angle. That does make sense.
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>>>However, the gun wasn't even out. He was ambushed so prevention isn't entirely applicable in this scenario.
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>>Yes, as I said it really depends on the situation. Another solution would be not to let them alone but to have at least two persons do the watch. The thing is that it does not really happen that often and the incident is brought out of proportion. Reminds me of the Nathalee Holloway case in Aruba, when Nancy Grace said all that nonsense, and the people believed her.
>>Zimmerman is not even a "white" person (whatever that is) and he also had colored ancestors (Puerto Rico) and friends from all kind of colors. I don't buy that race issue, and I believe the jury was very carefully considering all this and also had to look for any specific illegal action on his side.
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>Here's a very good unbiased article: http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/frame_game/2013/07/trayvon_martin_verdict_racism_hate_crimes_prosecution_and_other_overreactions.html

Hey, no stealing my thunder. ;)
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