The issue with this case is the lack of the response to what seems to be cold blooded murder. The killer, George Zimmerman, whether he be "white" or mestizo, seems to me like a paranoid schizophrenic and racist against "blacks" based on his record of "suspicions". They haven't said much about his race, but I have heard a few sources say he was "white", and I'm pretty sure he would be considered "white" on the "police radar", I doubt they'd call him a "mestizo male", regardless, his ethnicity isn't really the issue. The issue is the lack of response by authorities, and the withholding of certain important evidence. More is coming out about the case, you should check it all as it comes before you make a decision. I don't think I'd call it a race war, plenty of "whites" are upset as well, but I definitely think racism is still powerful in the states, especially in the more rural areas. There are also systematic forms of racism which target "blacks", and don't need a specific racist actor, because they are in law. Without getting off topic though, you should check the updates, I actually heard the call from Zimmerman, I personally think he is mentally unstable but I can' be sure, I have to wonder though why he wasn't arrested, and how he was able to convince the cops that it was self defense.
This is the problem with crime statistics. People like this guy they lump in with white people and it confuses the numbers. Tinfoil hat time. I'm pretty sure it is intentional to make it seem like whites commit more crimes than they actually do. If someone that looked like him was caught trying to cross the border illegally and a certain section of the population wanted him shipped back home he wouldn't be white then and the people who wanted him sent back would be called racist.
His family claims he isn't racist, and that he is "hispanic", I wonder how he feels about what he did. I still suspect mental disabilities, I saw the kid he shot, I don't even see how he could've mistaken the kid for dangerous, he was unarmed, and the kid ran from him, why would he shoot him, the only way I can make sense of this, if he isn't a senseless (I'd think a sensible person wouldn't believe they'd get away with this, or that it was worth it to shoot an unarmed kid) and psychopathic racist, I feel like he must be psychologically disturbed. ---------- Post added 2012-03-20 at 03:59 ---------- Wait, why do you believe that was racially motivated, but not the Zimmerman shooting? Or do you think they both were racially motivated? From the articles you left, it sounds like these kids thought they were gangsters or something. I know there are racially motivated crimes committed by "whites" and "blacks", I wouldn't deny that but I don't see evidence in the case you put up.