The death of any young man, regardless of race, cannot be summed up simply by the word “tragic.” There are no words to describe the loss of Trayvon Martin’s life – a life still to reach its prime.

Trayvon Martin killer George Zimmerman was a Neighborhood Watch volunteer

At the very least, it appears that President Barack Obama is attempting to use the wasteful death of 17 year old Trayvon Martin as an opportunity to pour salt into the unhealed laceration of an American racial divide for political gain, and at the very worst stoke the embers of civil unrest into roaring flames.

“If I had a son, he’d look like Trayvon,” were Obama’s first comments about the shooting – acknowledging the sensitive racial element in the case. “Obviously, this is a tragedy,” the President told reporters, and continued by saying “I can only imagine what these parents are going through. And when I think about this boy, I think about my own kids.”

The mainstream media appears content to run with the narrative that the individual responsible for Martin’s killing, a 28 year-old “White Hispanic” Neighborhood Watch volunteer named George Zimmerman, is guilty of a racially-motivated hate crime in the incident that took place in Sanford, Florida, in February. Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law allows people to use deadly force in self-defense. Until all the facts are in we must withhold judgement, but at least one witness has come forth claiming that Zimmerman may have indeed acted in self-defense.

To squeeze more lighter fluid onto the aforementioned smoldering embers, the Black Panthers have offered a $10,000 bounty for the “capture” of George Zimmerman.

Is this tragic event being used by the powers that be to potentially ignite civil unrest in the United States; in an effort to help accelerate the collapse of the nation? This writer cannot help but think that the elites will use a compliant news media and entertainment industry to spin this sad story to further divide us by racial, cultural, and geopolitical lines – whereby creating chaos and dangerous upheaval at the worst, or simply to rally support for President Obama’s reelection through polarization similar to that which was used to put him in office in 2008.

A young man is dead and as of this writing more facts need to be presented – and yet where the media and popular culture are concerned the case has already been tried and closed on racial lines. In the court of public opinion, a vigilante White Hispanic with a criminal history has been charged as guilty for the killing of a black teen-ager carrying only a cell phone and some Skittles.

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