The Trayvon Martin Killing, Explained (via Mother Jones)

Just a quick review some of the details of this tragedy:

• He followed Trayvon because Trayvon was black.
• He called the police because Trayvon was black.
• He jumped out of his car because Trayvon was black.
• He got into a physical altercation with Trayvon because Trayvon was black.
• He shot Trayvon in the chest because Trayvon was black.
• He told police afterwards that he felt threatened by Trayvon because Trayvon was black.
• The veracity of George Michael Zimmerman’s account of how he came to murder Trayvon Martin wasn’t questioned by police because George Michael Zimmerman wasn’t black.