Treyvon Martin, in my words.

While I believe in the constitution and the amendments thereof, which includes not letting our government  make any laws that abridge our freedom of speech, I have to speak out in regards to a hot button issue of late.  Treyvon Martin was a young man who of course did not deserve to die.  No young man does deserve to die.  However, no man deserves to be convicted by the media, and before a jury trial has taken place none the less.  No one knows what happened the day Treyvon Martin was shot, except Treyvon, and George Zimmerman, the man with the gun.  The media has painted a very clear picture of an evil man, out for the blood of a young, black boy, simply because of his race.  However the more the facts are unfolded, the more this seems to be unlikely.

Mr. Zimmerman is a minority himself, being of hispanic decent.  The 911 call that he made to report someone threatening in his neighborhood show that he was not sure of the boys race, only that he was answering the question the 911 operator was asking when asked to describe the boy.  We do not know if he was attacked, and defending himself, or if he shot without provocation.  However we do know that Mr. Zimmerman is an American, and therefore he has the right to a jury trial before we convict him of anything.  Shame on the media for doing what they do best, sensationalizing a story to make a few bucks, while the fate of a man is already doomed from the start.  Now not only do Treyvon's parents have to live with the grief of what happened to their boy, but George Zimmermen's family has to live with the grief of what is happening to him as well.

I can only hope in this instance that, even with all of the media attention, the prosecution and defense can find an unbiased jury to try this man, to give him a fair trial, and to see that justice be done no matter what that justice is.  I want all of the facts to be heard on both sides, so that whatever happened that day may come to light for the sake of both of these young men's families.  And above all, if Mr. Zimmerman is found innocent, I hope the media will let him live in peace.  But this is, of course, too much to ask.  That would not make for a good story!