Turns out that a news producer has been fired for manipulating, or editing, the transcript of the police report that Zimmerman was phoning in. The report left the impression that young Trayvon was hunted down and shot merely for being black and out of place. But the material "edited out" leaves a little different impression of Zimmerman's motivation.
Well now.
I don't know if Trayvon Martin was a victim or if he had it coming. Neither does most anybody else, but that hasn't prevented people, great and small, from expressing their opinions or feelings on the subject, or somehow finding meaning in the reports of the event.
I won't do that.
Except to agree with an Australian commentator, that "Trayvon" is a ridiculous name.
Notwithstanding that when you hear the name, "Zimmerman," you don't instantly imagine "Hispanic guy from Florida."
And for that matter, if your first name in common usage is 'the reverend" you should be staying at home administering to some congregation, and not cashing in frequent flier miles in search of news cameras to jump in front of to preach your message -- which has damn little to do with salvation and a whole bunch to do with shaking down institutions for cash and concessions under threat of the next racial storm.
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