>>If their reporting was dishonest then shame on them.
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>>FWIW there is no doubt in my mind that George Zimmerman was a racist. He called the police and was told OK, we'll handle this. He took matters into his own hands.
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>That's actually not quite the narrative either.
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>Or if you're going to say that, Trayvon Martin also took matters into his own hands by initiating the physical altercation.
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>Zimmerman acted very irresponsibly and demonstrated he was in way over his head. I also think he should have done some prison time, if nothing else but for negligence and possibly certain forms of manslaughter. But there's no evidence he was a racist.
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>By the way, your thinking here is essentially why the prosecution embarrassed themselves in losing - they focused excessively on trying to impeach Zimmerman's character and didn't stick to what actually happened. I'll make the argument that in a very controlled setting, even I would have had better odds in convincing the jury that Zimmerman was guilty of lesser charges (that still carried jail time) than the prosecution had in going for 2nd degree murder.

You have always had my respect so let's just agree to disagree. Life is too short already without getting into it with people you like.