Racial Vigilantism and the Martin Homicide

We were discussing this in the comments, the idea of what right Trayvon Martin may have had to punch and beat George Zimmerman. There seems to be bubbling beneath the surface talking points of many on the political and racial left that if Martin was beating Zimmerman, he had a right to do so, a right which Zimmerman violated by shooting him.

Was George Zimmerman acting as a racial vigilate that night? Everyone asks that question.

Here's the question no one asks: Was Trayvon Martin acting as a racial vigilante that night? Was he administering his own form of Street Justice in response to Zimmerman's alleged racial profiling?

And is it seriously being contended that the first form of vigilantism is a crime worthy of prison while the second is, what? Understandable? Defensible? Laudatory?

@rbpundit has some similar thoughts over at the Right Sphere.

Oh, and while it's cheery news that Zimmerman might sue Florida or that monstrous hag Angela Corey, Allah's skeptical about the chances for such a suit.

posted by Ace at 11:31 AM

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