Trayvon Martin: un cas troublant

J'ai laissé plus tôt aujourd'hui une caricature soulignant le décès du jeune afro américain Trayvon Martin. Martin est mort après que George Zimmerman, prétextant la légitime défense, eut ouvert le feu sur lui. La loi en Floride permet le recours à une arme si on se sent sérieusement menacé. Selon Zimmerman, c'était le cas. Pourtant le jeune martin ne portait aucune arme. D'autres intervenants croient que la question raciale est en jeu.

 "Nearly one month ago, few people knew the name Trayvon Martin.

The teen, who was walking to the house of his father's fiancée in Sanford, Florida, with a drink and Skittles in hand, was shot by George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch captain who had called police to report suspicious activity. If you had looked on February 26, it would have been hard to find much discussion or major national coverage about the shooting.

 On its face, that day, it was simple: Zimmerman told police that Martin, who was unarmed, attacked him, so he shot Martin in self-defense, which can be a protected activity under Florida law.

 But now, this case, at least in terms of the conversations swirling around it, is anything but simple. And Trayvon Martin's name has now become part of the vocabulary of a debate on attitudes about race.

What began as a local shooting has turned into a global story that you couldn't miss, even if you tried. It is a story that has sparked outrage, cries of racism, accusations of vigilantism and questions about gun laws and whether police properly investigated the case. It has in many ways turned into a full-scale moment of reflection for Americans, of all races, as to whether we as a nation have moved forward in our quest for equality among races."

Pour tout l'article sur CNN:
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/03/22/trayvon-martin-case-sparks-dialogue-on-racial-inequality-meaning-of-justice/?hpt=hp_c1