Blog Homework 3

    The whole Trayvon Martin situation has really taken the nation by storm.  Everybody has an opinion and wants to weigh in.  I like to look at all of the facts though, then make my opinion.  Here is what I know:  Trayvon was a high school kid that was walking home one night with his hoodie up when a man who claimed to be neighborhood watch followed Trayvon until eventually shooting him after a possible struggle.  From what is reported Trayvon was not causing trouble, but the shooter claimed he only shot Trayvon in self-defense. The issue is causing debate over race and a fine line each day.

MY opinion on the shooting is incomplete.  As of now it seems that an innocent life was taken from Trayvon's Martin and his family.  This was a horrible tragedy that could have been avoided because Trayvon was harmless and unarmed.  The shooter seemed to discriminate and pick out Trayvon to maybe make a statement.  Now, in his defense it has not all come out, caught up in a tragic story about how a kid was brutally murdered, some other facts have  yet to really scratch the surface.  Trayvon was in no way the complete model child as he had been suspended from school three times this year. That in no way justifies a murder, but it does raise valuable character questions about Trayvon.  It is wrong just to let the emotions get the best of me and automatically want to execute the shooter, I believe he deserves his due process and a fair trial. It will be fascinating to see how the case plays out over the next couple of weeks.