Hearing only tidbits of the case of Zimmerman, reading this article clarified some things for me. The shooting of Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman took place in 2012. “Zimmerman was tried for second degree murder and manslaughter” and has just been recently found not guilty. The commentary and structure of this article were well thought out. It states, “None of Zimmerman’s DNA was found under Martin’s fingernails. None of Martin’s DNA was found on the gun”, but it should have stated how exactly they were able to find that out and what equipment that had used. For some reason this case reminds me of Tom Robinson from ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ because they both include the issue of racism. Although discrimination was supposedly banned in the 1900’s, it is obvious that prejudice is still present in today’s world. The author of this article seems does not have a bias. This case seems very blown out of proportion. If it had been a white man against a white man, or a black man versus a black man, I feel that things would have been much more low-key. Why did they jump to the conclusion that racism contributed to the case? What was the most astonishing to me was the fact that Zimmerman was charged with Martin’s killing without conviction. This case seemed very prolonged and slightly unnecessary due to the fact that “Zimmerman was accused of starting the altercation with Martin and still believed him not guilty of murder, or even of manslaughter, which in Florida is a killing that has no legal justification”.
I think you did an excellent job, Jasmine! Not only were you successful in giving concrete details from the article, but also in giving outstanding commentary as well. I love how you related this case to the case in To Kill a Mockingbird. I agree with the fact that the Trayvon Martin case is similar to the case of Tom Robinson. I also believe that racism was an issue in the incident that happened in Florida last year. I was very impressed with the way you created a different scenario in which the case had been a white man against a white man or a black man against a black man.
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand, please note that the titles of novels are italicized or underlined, not put in quotations. Other than that, I think you did an outstanding job!