An Innocent Death

A men should take his atonement when he went against the law and especially if he took someone’s innocent life.  And this is not an exception to Zimmerman-who killed Trayvon Martin (17-years-old, African American). Life is an only one chance and Zimmerman just took that only one chance from a young boy who was in an age to dream about his future.  When Martin was coming back from the supermarket with a skiddle and an ice tea on his hands-which are totally not overawe, Zimmerman called the police, saying that a black man looks “suspicious”; the police told Zimmerman to stay still and do nothing, and they will mobilize, but Zimmerman shot Martin.

The effect of “prejudice” in justice is major. People might take a wrong side-which there was a misunderstanding and after a misunderstanding, most will be highly influenced by his stereotype. Human are a weak creature, they get agitated.  And when they start to feel unrest, there won’t be a fair trial. The trial might incline to one side-which might be beneficial or disadvantage.

The individuals have a responsibility to protect the innocent by: being educated about how one’s life is precious and you never take one’s life without justification and also make the steps of gun ownership more complicated. It is hard to illegalize gun ownership because many Americans see gun ownership as much of a civil right as freedom of speech, religion and freedom of the press. They should intense the education of one’s life to the teenagers also the adults.

Gender can stereotypes influence people’s behavior by the outlook. Most of the people have a stereotype that men are strong and women are weak and men have to protect them. Usually men are the criminals when it causes force. Also when a man wears a criminal looking clothes, people will think that they are an actual criminal and starts to flatter-trying to look good so they won’t be harmed. On the other hand some people might call the police or move their body to a safe place. But when a woman wears her clothes like a criminal, people might think that she’s a prostitute. And treat her low-which means not treating like a human. They will think that they can beat her because she’s a woman.

Although Zimmerman is saying that he was self-defending, I think he knows that he is wrong. He should feel guilty for what he has done and people should learn that one’s life is something they will never get again and they must respect the others. Martin’s death is not a vain anymore to me. I deeply learned that you should never ever take one’s life, and people must have realized that they should never do what Zimmerman did. So Martin saved at least one life – which is very precious.