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Meh, it was already involved. Race became involved long before Obama weighed in.Where Obama blew it on his analysis of the GZ/TM situation was in acknowedging that race should have been involved in the dicussion at all.
I agree completely. But we don't have a post racial society. And both sides are responsible for continuing the problem.To have a truley "post racial" society one must look at this case as the jury did - a case involving an aggressor and a defender.
I agree with this as well. But at the same time, I think we would both agree there's a strong possibility had Zimmerman not been armed, there would not have been an altercation at all.This was not some pre-arranged fight, as portrayed by many the media (and the prosecution), in which one party had the advantage of being legally armed and thus that fact alone establishes their intention of killing someone.
The problem I have with the entire situation is the idea a civilian can kill another civilian legally. It's a tough position, because Zimmerman very well could have feared for his own life. I do not discount that fact at all. But at the same time, Zimmerman still pursued Martin and Zimmerman still killed someone. The idea of following and killing someone being legal is just tough to swallow. I'm not sure if I can provide a better alternative, but it still doesn't sit well.