There could be justice for Trayvon Martin after all... [View all]

By now almost everyone is familiar with the slain 17 year old Florida resident Trayvon Martin. He was murdered by a vigilante posing as a self styled 'neighborhood watch leader' (armed with a gun) on february 26th. The so called 'watch leader' was not part of any registered neighborhood watch group, possessed a firearm, and stalked Martin after being told by authorities to desist. Martin attempted to break contact with the murderer, George Zimmerman, but was pursued, accosted and then shot.

Due to a new law in Florida called 'Stand Your Ground', an individual may use, under any circumstances save during the commission of a crime, to use deadly force against an attacker with only the justifier that they 'feel threatened'. Americans are tired of crime but this law is tantamount to a 'license to kill'. Zimmerman maintains that the boy made him feel threatened despite the fact that Martin was unarmed and attempted to extricate himself from the situation in a non violent manner and was then stalked.

New leads are coming to the light of day that is allowing the case to be examined in finer detail. So far no arrests have been made.

Read the whole story here:

http://gma.yahoo.com/trayvon-martin-killing-friend-phone-teen-death-recounts-063243901--abc-news.html

Let us hope that the new circumstances coming to light in this matter will allow zimmerman to be arrested and prosecuted as what he is-a vigilante and cold blooded killer who took the life of a promising young man guilty of nothing other than being 'black in a white neighborhood'.
There are a number of petitions in circulation demanding justice for Mr. Martin and his family. Protests are ongoing. I urge you to join in the cause of Mr. Martin and his family so that they see justice and also so that this does not send a signal to other would be murderers that they have the law behind them as a shield. I call on fellow Christians to pray and ask God that His will be done in this case and that His Spirit see it through to justice.

If you have an interest in seeing this 'license to kill law' put down then I urge you to sign my petition at ipetitions.com and make others yourself. I already have ten signatures. I wish as many as possible. If you live in Florida I especially urge you to sign this petition especially if you are outraged by what happened to Mr. Martin.

The Petition can be found here:

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/fl_syg_law/

Thanks for signing!