Airing the victim's dirty laundry has no effect on what actually happened. Zimmerman stalked the victim and ultimately killed him. The only self defense that occurred would have been if Martin in fact attacked Zimmerman since he was following him... He probably thought he was going to try to rob or kill him. Zimmerman lost any valid claim to self defense the moment he stepped out of his vehicle.
Yes, it's clear that Zimmerman should have stayed in his car but instead chose to instigate an altercation that ultimately led to the death of a child.
People seeing his pictures and changing their minds must be racist. I'm guessing you also fall into this category just like the police who handled the case.
They see a young black male and just assume the worst. Had they properly checked on Zimmerman, maybe they would have investigated the situation more closely from the start.
I know, I know... shouldn't feed the trolls.
He didn't even know for sure he was black until after he had called the PD.
People seeing the pictures change their minds because trayvon family lawyers have done everything possible to portray him as a 12 year old kid.
6'3, 160++lbs, 17 years old is NOT a child. If you're old enough to have gang tattoos, gold grill, ghetto-thug pics, then you will be treated like a ghetto thug.
Why is this so hard to understand? If you want to be treated like an upstanding normal citizen and not a thug, don't dress like a thug and then run away when someone asks what you're doing in their gated community.