George Zimmerman

George Zimmerman is an mixed race White and Hispanic who had long worked as a volunteer to patrol his gated neighborhood in Florida, which had been subjected to a series of crimes. One rainy evening in March 2012, Zimmerman encountered an Trayvon Martin, an African American youth wearing a hoody. After some kind of confrontation, Martin was killed from the firing of Zimmerman's gun, which he had a permit to carry. Martin was unarmed.

After a media sensation that included distortions of the facts^{[Citation Needed]} , George Zimmerman was subsequently charged with second-degree murder after being denied the protection of a grand jury, despite his claim that he acted in self defense. In the analogous case of Bernhard Goetz, the protection of a grand jury was important when the first grand jury declined to indict on the biggest charges.

External links

• Witnesses Claim George Zimmerman Didn't Help Trayvon Martin.
• Trayvon Martin killing: witness says he saw Zimmerman walk away uninjured.