The thing that bothers me is why in the hell does there need to be a grand jury investigation on a person who intentionally ran down a young man minding his own buisness and killed him, the only thing the grand jury needs to investigate is that Police dept. who thinks its ok to kill people innocent people and not do any thing about it, those are the ones who need to be arrested and charged along with that piece of chit zimmerman.

I can't begin to understand how anyone can claim that the "Stand Your Ground" law had nothing to do with the situation. The law is the reason this low-life, anatomically challenged piece of crap isn't in jail right now. A bad law is his sole defense.

Stand Your Ground. The men and women who voted for this law created the shooter. The citizens who voted for these idiots are indirectly responsible. Stand Your Ground is the first instruction in fearing the other.Take a good hard look at yourself America---get rid of your guns. Treat all life as valuable as your own. Stop worrying so much about safety, worry more about worrying too much. Worrying makes you stupid enough to kill an innocent person.

The death of Trayvon at Zimmerman's hands is certainly tragic. It is my hope that a grand jury will indict Zimmerman and that this case will go to trial.

I am sure that Zimmerman has lawyered up and that he and his counsel are concocting a defense as we all ponder what actually happened in this case.

I contend that one needs to consider the spirit of the law when applying "stand your ground" and that leaving a position of safety as Zimmerman had assumed in his vehicle, and giving chase to someone who had not commited a crime, and having been expressly instructed by a police dispatcher not to do so, that all such actions do not support the spirit of the law and certainly make questionable any claim to self defense.

its a shame this young man is dead the country is up in a rage over this and the rev al sharpton is going to lead a protest in florida where was al when the 86 year old vet was mugged and his car taken at a gas station in detroit the bideo of this old man crawling across the pavement should be enough to get people up in arms over black on black crime too many people walked by this man while he was crwling to the station for help some of them on cell phones what does the rev al do for a living does he have a job title like ceo of a company or mid level manager where does his money come from kids in detroit are getting shot every other day where are al and jesse for those kids

I am so proud of the way people have reacted! Sending Skittles may not solve anything. However, people are trying to do something to make a statement in a non violent manner. They are taking the opposite approach of what this gun man did and the American people should look at this reaction.

I agree with you. I think he should be arrested. I do not see where he had any reason to shoot this young man.

Skittle protestors, keep at it with the non violence protesting. I expect Martin Luther King, Gandhi, John F Kennedy, Bobby Kennedy are all saying, "Way to go, guys!" I have not looked for a comment from President Obama. However, I think he should make a statement and applaud you. You are trying to do the right thing. That is important to the survival of this country.

Waisting food does NOTHING for this child and I am sure he wouldn't want that to happen so please stop waisting food.

This man needs to put into prison for killing an innocent child nothing more nothing less.

Well heck man...according to phil and others who support murder of kids none of us is safe if someone with a gun can construe some impossible situtation in his mind any killing would be justified..

For instance...every black now knows Zimmerman is gunning for them...is it not ok for an armed black man to just shoot this guy down because we all know he is a danger to them? He has threatened them, he has stalked them, he seems to have a woody for them...

Oh, if it was just so easy!

CZ

Keep those cards and Skittles coming. Skittles are manufactured by Marrs whose plant is located in my city. The more Skittles sold, the more jobs for locals to keep up with demand. As sick as it may seem to some, this incident should prove that one doesn't have to be a millionaire to be a job creator. The Sanford police department has unwitting helped in that effort.

With all the federal regulation out there on sugary drinks and candy, brandishing a soft drink and Skittles could be considered a dangerous threat. There were no outside witnesses to what happened; all we currently have is Zimmerman's version of the event; so the police are doing exactly what they should, they investigate and turn over to the DA who is calling a grand jury. Meanwhile Zimmerman is out (he'd be out on bail if he was arrested). In my own community we've had 5 Blacks gunned down by other Blacks in the past month, no protests, no witnesses, no Al Sharpton. It's perfectly alright for a Balck man to kill another and no one cares. That's the crime.

skittles? really? man just outright recall his ass! if he wont do the job he was elected for then get rid of the looser!

Stand your ground? In this case against what or who? The young man was not threatening the shooter or his property so there was no reason for him to fire his gun. What he should have done was "stand down" and let the young man walk on his way. Now two families are destroyed and for what? I pray that God will pour out a spirit of peace and that there will be justice.

Peace.

This man is just full of pure bullcrap!!! His fears of blacks and over zealous feeling of being an officer of the law made him committ murder. He is lying through his teeth when he says he felt threatened. He wrongly killed this innocent young man and he needs to be a man and stand up and say I acted wrongly and need to be punsihed for my crime. If he does not have the balls to do that then the justice systems needs to have the balls to arresst him and charge him with murder and see to it that he gets the severest punishment possible. He is a murderer and should pay for his CRIME!!!!!

The police chief needs to be arrested for hindering a crime investigation, find him guilty and throw him in jail with the real criminals. That is where this policeman needs to be. Florida legislative members it is time to review this stupid assed law and get it off the books before you have men killing their wives and claiming that they felt threatened and vice versa. Kids in school might have a fight with another student of teacher and shoot them claiming they felt threatened. Get rid of the Police Chief and the stupid, idiotic law NOW.

The person should not have been in that GATED neighborhood! He went to the store to get skittles and decide to cut through the GATED neighborhood to see what he could steal. The neighborhood probably has alot of retired older people that are vunerable to young people like this person. He shouldn't have been there and the guy that shot him should not prosecuted.

To the state of Florida - I will not be visiting your state until you get rid of this stupid law. I do not want to be standing in a line and have someone shoot me because I'm black. So my NOT visiting your state means I will spend my tourism dollars elsewhere.

Don't give them Skittles, most of those cops are obese already. Lets see........ Ahhhh so are the medical medicine men and....................Ahhhhhhhhhh!

From the headline I assumed the protest was against Skittles, glad to find I was wrong. I love this idea and will be sending a bag soon. The local police need to be held responsible along with the murder.

I see nothing wrong with this law but if you shoot anyone you better damn well have a good story and a throw down gun to cover your butt.

My family vacation is now going to be in Charleston, South Carolina not in Florida as planned. I have cancelled all of my Florida reservations and made new ones in South Carolina. Sorry Florida I will not support your state with my money while you have this stupid law on the books.

it's settled. we've got eyewitness accounts and thorough media reports that say this Zimmerman came racing out of his vehicle full of rage, screaming "get out of here you dirty negro", guns blazing and bullets flying. undercover video tape showing he paid off the police chief to not investigate. open and shut case. cold blooded vigilante murderer and his police chief co-hort hanging out at the local bar laughing about it. America take notice of the signs at the Florida state line that says "Florida, home of "stand your ground" negros beware"

are people serious? why dont we let the authorities investigate this tragedy in accordance with the laws, and quit buying into the emotion, propaganda, and media reporting? none of us have the facts, only partial accounts fed to us. and most are clueless about the law...

Most unfortunate. I Feel for the family. What I want to know is why all the outrage for this, when the weekend before on the south side of Chicago a 6 year old girl shot dead while playing in her own yard. In fact 10 shot dead and 39 wounded in a 48 hour period! Where is the outrage? Al Sharpton gets involved only when it suits his racist agenda.

White man kills black man = racism, hate and mass media reporting

Black man kills white man = simple crime, back page article

Could someone post a link that has ALL of the police evidence that you guys are commenting on. I can't find it. So far all I've found is the media spin.