Travyon Martin Case verdict by Adal Zeratsion

In Sanford, Florida, on February 26, 2012 George Zimmerman killed a 17-year-old boy who was walking back to his house.  Trayvon Martin was a football player for his school and George Zimmerman was the neighborhood watch coordinator.  Martin’s English teacher described him as an A and B student.

           As Martin was walking home he was wearing a hoodie.  George thought that he was a robber/murderer so he decided to follow Trayvon.  As this is all happening Trayvon is talking to his best friend on the phone, Rachel Jeantel.  They were talking about their future and what they were going to do with their lives.

 

            Later on, Zimmerman was still following Martin, so Martin told Jeantel about it. Within a couple of minutes, Martin and Zimmerman had started fighting.  Zimmerman ended up pulling out his gun and shooting Martin near the heart.  George ended up with a few scars on the back of his head and a swollen and bloody nose.  Two days later Rachel heard about Trayvon’s death, and she couldn’t believe it.

            Zimmerman received murder charges, and his trial started on June 10, 2013. Zimmerman told the court that it was all self-defense, and that Martin attacked him first.  The defense were against Jeantel’s testimony for a while because of all the phone records that she had with Trayvon.

            Some people may of thought that Zimmerman should go to jail and be guilty and others thought that Zimmerman was just using self-defense and should not be guilty.  The verdict made a decision and they said that Zimmerman is not guilty.  The verdict believed that Zimmerman was using self-defense to protect himself from Trayvon Martin. 

“Zimmerman should have gone to jail,” said Thomas, a cousin of mine. He thought that Zimmerman should have been guilty and should have went to jail, which did not happen.

 Most people thought that Trayvon’s family was going to win the case, but unfortunately they didn’t.  Many people also thought that Trayvon’s family didn’t have too much evidence.  “I think it was because they had a weak lawyer,” said Thomas.

            There has been some protesting but nothing is getting out of control in terms of violent behavior.  Trayvon’s parents are heartbroken and don’t believe what has happened is fair.