George Zimmerman was found not guilty in the shooting of Trayvon Martin. Protests have been staged, both in person and digitally. Most have focused on race, but my thoughts have turned to the type of society/culture we are becoming.
So I will take leave from my Equity Team training (realizing, even as I do so, that it is a privilege that is afforded me) and take race out of the equation. Strip away, too, descriptors of gender, profession, motivation, age, and appearance. Consider the essence of the case and its outcome: an armed person may stalk and harass another person who, if he confronts and/or threatens that person, then may be legally shot.
Stand your ground. Just be sure that you're the one with the gun out first. Not guilty.
