Cancel 2018. 3
<-- sched 2, MJ sched 1
All these facts being the same, if a cop saw him in a neighborhood with a ridiculous number of unsolved robberies and initiated a stop for that reason, he would have no probable cause. The fact that GZ does not know him does not give rise to a belief that he is about to commit a crime or has committed a crime. The fact that he does not know him gives him LESS reason, not more to be suspicious. If he had seen him in the neighborhood repeatedly, consistent with times that robberies were committed he might have some suspicions. But to see someone you don't know, black and wearing a hoodie and become suspicious? Why? Was it the hoodie, lots of kids AND adults wear hoodies. GZ saw a black kid and became suspicious. Was it overt racism or unconscious? Who knows? Even Jessie Jackson admitted that when he was walking down the street and someone was walking behind him he would be relieved that it was not a young black man. Stereotype become ingrained, and as Jessie Jackson shows, the stereotypes are not reserved to just white people. All I know, is that if a young black man shot George Zimmerman, then claimed self defense, there would be a hell of a lot more investigation than there has been in this case.
1. a private citizen is not held to the same duty as a police officer. see - confessions etc...made to a private citizen not acting on the behalf of the state.
2. you have no proof that he was suspicious of him solely because of his skin color. i honestly expected more from you.
3. pure speculation based on zero facts.