... if an 18 year old white boy was shot by a black man we would be baying for justice.... We might, but the national media wouldn't. Just recently there's been quite a few hate crimes against white kids, rapes, murders, even as far as being set on fire.     It's important to note that nothing that happens before the fight between Zimmerman and Trayvon matters at all towards Zimmermans guilt or innocence, legally.    Once Trayvon was on top of a man who had a gun, beating on him, Zimmerman had a right to defend himself with that gun under florida law. being on top of someone and wailing on them is NOT a grounds for self defense on Trayvon's behalf. So even if it had started with self defense on Trayvons part (which it most likely didn't), he legally shifted it from self defense to aggressor. Self defense doesn't mean you have the right to beat the hell out of someone continuously.     I don't care what race Zimmerman is, the black community will be thirsty for blood either way. the black community gets blood thirsty when a black guy who robs a store and pulls a gun on cops in broad daylight and recorded video, gets gunned down himself. And that's something that needs to be addressed and exposed.