Opinion

Simply My Take On Things

It never cease to amaze me how ignorant and downright simple-minded some folks get when an opportunity to be in the [media] spotlight come along to shine upon them, such as in the case of Geraldo Rivera, who've obviously forgotten his roots.  

Although I believe Rivera was trying to be sincere in explaining why Trayvon was killed by Zimmerman, his wordings were detrimental and very careless.  

In fact, I cannot help to think that perhaps he is trying to defend the shooter since he has Hispanic roots, but somehow, Geraldo realized quickly that an attempt to make 'distinctions' between Blacks and Hispanics will be a career suicide because he knows deep down that both Blacks and Hispanics are actually each others brothers and sisters, and as a native Bronxite myself, I'm not falling for the hokey doke, and neither of my black and hispanic brothers and sisters will not fall for it!

So, as an end result, he tried to skirt it, use the 'hoodie' as an excuse, and ultimately his reasoning became thwarted and hateful.
 
So, I sincerely hope that Rivera was not going in that direction   

I just watched "Drive" the movie starring Ryan Gossling (a fantastic movie I might add) yesterday, and he wore a hoodie in the film.  

During the Winter months, millions of people wear a hoodie to help keep their head warm, and from becoming blistered from the sharp blows of wind.  

Hell, the Ku Klux Klan have been wearing hoodies for decades killing Black folks, and somehow no one had the guts to gun any one of them down because of them wearing hoodies.  

In fact, there are numerous online stores that sell 'hoodies' for racists, non-racists, and so forth, such as "Redneck" Sweatshirts & Hoodies, for example, yet no brow raising is being done in this case.

It's not the nutty neighborhood who killed Trayvon.  It was George Zimmerman.  It was not the hoodie who killed Trayvon.  It was George Zimmerman.  It wasn't because Trayvon had some Skittles on his person.  Young Trayvon was followed and murdered because George wanted to follow and murder Trayvon.  Plain and simple!
 
Trayvon was murdered by a "Wanna Be" because he 'Couldn't Be,'  and now he's 'Totally Free' to repeat the same with a gun that hasn't been taken away him!  What's up with that?

Young Mr. Martin was tested for drug use, but not George Zimmerman.  Young Trayvon did not have a gun, yet George is somewhere in the world with a gun by his side.
  
I say to everyone "Stand Your Ground" and hunt to find George Zimmerman, and bring him back to the public forefront, so that he can get locked-up to face murder charges against young Trayvon Martin.

And for the record, there are many more instances such as this tragic event that happens daily.  To date, there is still no justice for a man who was 'murdered' in the town of Eutawville, S.C. last year by an local police officer, whose whereabouts is also questioned.  

Every day there are injustices being made based on, and against, the hue of a person's skin, their religious affiliation, age, gender, life style, education, class, and/or origin of birth.  

Geraldo Rivera: Hoodie Is As Responsible For Trayvon’s Death As Zimmerman

“When you see a Black or Latino, particularly on the street, you walk to the other side of the street to avoid that confrontation. Trayvon Martin, God bless him, an innocent kid, a wonderful kid, a box of Skittles in his hand, he didn’t deserve to die, but I’ll bet you money that if he didn’t have that hoodie on that nutty neighborhood watch guy wouldn’t have responded in that violent and aggressive way.”