Zimmerman Vs. Martin

I know that this case has been over for awhile now and that this may seem like it's a late reaction, but I have done a lot of thinking, listening, and reading about this case and here is my opinion. I'll say it once and that will be all I say. I just read an article in the Fresno Bee about the case. It talked about how race became the biggest issue in this case when all that needed to be decided was wether Zimmerman acted in self defense or not. It also talked about how the black community today always points the finger at the white man, and back in Martin Luther King's day he always said that yes, there are problems in the white mans world but there are also problems in the black mans world. That responsiblity needs to be taken for the way people live. Instead of always pointing the finger at somebody else. The article also states that African Americans only make up 13% of the US population but between 1976 and 2005 they were responsible for over half of the murders committed in the U.S. These things don't prove or justify anything when it comes to this case. The fact of the matter is a young man who was not even yet 18 was shot and killed by a man almost twice his age because he was profiled, stalked, and then harassed before killed. Whether Martin was beating on Zimmerman or not when someone has a GUN it trumps in the column of feeling like your life is in danger. Why couldn't Zimmerman have just pulled out the gun and said step back or I'll shoot you? Anyone with some common sense would have at that point stepped back. I also think that if Zimmerman's life was in danger he would have looked a lot more banged up than that. There was a man who was assaulted in a bar and lost half of his skull and the ability to talk. That is a man who had the right to act violently because his life WAS in danger. A child of America died for the wrong reasons and it's never going to be a good situation and people will always argue over this case. There are car accidents where people driving in the dark hit somebody who is running across the road and they get sent to jail for manslaughter. So, my final opinion is that the verdict was the wrong one in this case.