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BJD wrote: ”...Of course, the shooter is going to try to fabricate a story of attack, but assuming that Trayvon has no record of violence and is otherwise known as a model student, then that story probably wouldn't stand up under scrutiny...” Unfortunately, in today’s renewed atmosphere of racism and distrust of the “other,” I’m afraid that even if “the story probably won’t stand up under scrutiny,” Zimmerman will probably still get off scott free. If NRA/Tea Party types can get away with carrying (apparently loaded) guns into a public meeting with the President, ANYTHING could happen. Ignorance and bigotry have no limits - especially if they are reenforced by people and/or organizations that stand to gain by keeping a significant proportion of the population ignorant and bigoted. Apparently at least 25% of all voters STILL believe that Obama isn’t an American citizen - and that he is Moslem. I wish it were otherwise (and I’m working to make it so), but we seem to be at a major tipping-point in continuing the American constitutional system - including protection of First, Fourth, and Fifth Amendment rights. The growth of bigotry and ignorance has been accelerated by use of online “sources,” Fox News, and Big Corporations - who are revelling in their new status as “people” thanks to the evil “People United” Supreme Court decision.