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This is what first-degree murder looks like.<http://www.sabinabecker.com/2013/07/this-is-what-first-degree-murder-looks-like.html>July 15, 2013 Sabina Becker Beyond a reasonable doubt. Beyond an unreasonable doubt. Beyond ANY doubt. Look at this picture and you will know why: [image: trayvon-murdered] This is Trayvon Martins dead body at the scene of the crime. Do you notice anything about it? Or rather, do you NOT notice something that is supposed to be there, but isnt? What got George Zimmerman off the hook for his murder is the claim that he was defending himself against a taller, stronger adversary who waskneeling astride him<http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2013/06/28/Neighbor-testifies-Trayvon-Martin-was-straddling-George-Zimmerman/UPI-22651372454487/>, pounding the back of his head, mixed-martial-arts style, into the sidewalk: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=4MrrX6TOoyY But theres one thing wrong with this whole scenario: IT NEVER HAPPENED. Remember, it was a rainy night. Thats why Trayvon wore his hoodie, with the hood up. He was doing it to keep the rain off; he wasnt a lurking thug up to no good. He was coming back from the corner store with a can of Arizona iced tea and a bag of Skittles candy, remember? Now, bearing in mind what the weather was like that night, take a good look at the photo. Look at Trayvons pants. Specifically, look at them from the knees down. NOW do you see it? If you didnt see anything, you just saw the evidence of first-degree murder. Heres why: On a pair of light-beige pants like that, anything be it grass stains, mud, or just grungy rainwater from a damp sidewalk would show up as a dark splotch. Trayvons knees, if he had been kneeling astride George Zimmerman and pounding his head into the cement of the sidewalk, would have been wet, dark and dirty. But theyre not. His pants are clean, as though hed just put them on. This killing was NOT self-defence. George Zimmerman was NOT in danger. He was NOT under attack. He was not on his back, and Trayvon was NOT on top of him. He was NOT standing his ground against *anything.* This was not second-degree murder. This was not manslaughter. This was Murder One. George Zimmerman stalked Trayvon Martin. Trayvons last phone call<http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/06/26/trayvon-martins-final-phone-call/>, to his friend Rachel Jeantel, makes that more than clear. Trayvon complained to Rachel that a creepy-ass cracker was following him, and would not stop. Zimmermans infamous 911 call, in which the muttered words fucking coons can be heard<http://www.mediaite.com/online/did-george-zimmerman-complain-about-fcking-cns-in-911-call-before-killing-trayvon-martin/>, and in which he plainly disregards the dispatchers instructions not to engage, also make clear that this was a hate crime, one in which Zimmerman was the aggressor, and which he was determined to carry out because, in his own words, they always get away. (They meaning *black kids.*) Oh, and that ground and pound bit of mixed martial arts talk<http://www.mixedmartialarts.com/news/437705/MMA-related-testimony-aids-Zimmerman-case/>? That was Zimmermans training. NOT Trayvon Martins. Zimmerman took MMA classes for a number of weeks before he shot Trayvon dead<http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2013/6/28/4475994/george-zimmerman-training-mma-weeks-before-trayvon-martin-shooting>, in an effort to boost his fighting capabilities. Why? Because George Zimmerman was out for blood that night, and all the other nights he took it upon himself to patrol that gated neighborhood. Thats why. This is a clear-cut case of a racist vigilante stalking and murdering an innocent black teenager, for no reason other than that the kid was black. It is first-degree murder, open and shut. And the prosecution and the all-white jury totally fumbled it. And even worse: The fumble was, beyond, all doubt, *deliberate*. The state prosecutor, Angela Corey, has a dismal track record<http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2013/6/28/4475994/george-zimmerman-training-mma-weeks-before-trayvon-martin-shooting> when it comes to crimes in which the perpetrator and the victim are of different colors. At a press conference following the verdict, she was seen smiling strangely, instead of appearing downcast, as one would expect of a prosecutor whod just lost what should have been an open-and-shut case, and lost badly. At the very least, shouldnt Trayvons clothes have been presented as evidence? Clothes show signs of a struggle, but Trayvons dont show him as the aggressor, the guy on top, or even remotely menacing. One would hope that even a halfway competent prosecutor would enter them to point out that the victim never fought, never stood a chance against his armed assailant. But Angela Corey didnt do that, did she? Because if she did, she would have had to point out that there are no marks of any kind on the front of Trayvons pants. Nothing that would indicate that he was ever kneeling astride Zimmerman. On the contrary, she would have to have pointed out that it was the *back* of his clothes that was wet, stained and dirty, consistent with Trayvon being the one on the ground, screaming for help just as his own father said he did when hed had a chance to properly review the last 911 recording from that night. Simple incompetence? Ha, no. This prosecution was incompetent with intent. And the intent was, as ever, RACIST. Its not too hard to see why this happened the way it did; it fits the general pattern of George Zimmermans life. He got off on three previous criminal charges. His daddys a white man, and a judge.<http://rollingout.com/culture/george-zimmerman-son-of-a-retired-judge-has-3-closed-arrests/> Trayvon was black, and his daddy has no powerful connections. These things all add up. And the system in Florida is profoundly racist; thousands of disenfranchised black and Latino voters can attest to that. So, what can we see from this picture? That if youre a black teenager, and youre out at night wearing a hoodie to protect you from the rain while you go to buy snacks, it doesnt matter that youre not doing anything wrong. Any racist prick can legally claim he was defending himself when he chases after you, throws you to the ground, pummels you, and then shoots you dead. Premeditation? Malice aforethought? Dont worry, black kid. The state will find a way to pin all that on YOU. They wont fight on your behalf. The murderer will kill you, his defence team will assassinate your character, and the state of Florida will let them all get away with it. This is what first-degree murder looks like in Florida. Not a pretty picture, is it? 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