Originally Posted By: First Amongst Daves
I missing something here. Martin was smacking Zimmerman's head into a sidewalk? How did Martin end up a martyr?


 Originally Posted By: Son of Mxy
You missed a lot Dave. I think it started when the media showed pictures of the tattooed, muscular, 6'3"-tall athlete back when he was a 12 year old kid, and made it seem like Zimmerman killed a defenseless little black kid, with an emphasis on black.



The media was the beast here. They way they rushed to report the story, then rather than correct mistakes the media spun facts to fit their story.

They even tried to not only change Zimmerman's race, they invented a new one.

"White-Hispanic"