Good question

This president of ours asked this question yesterday.

"Do we actually think that he would have been justified in shooting Mr. Zimmerman who had followed him in a car because he felt threatened?"

Actually, that is a very, very good question.  Here's why.  Martin punched Zimmerman for the very same reason that he gave in the question.  So, does Martin have the right to punch Zimmerman because he was followed and he felt threatened?  The answer should be HELL NO.  So, if it is wrong to punch Zimmerman out for following him, it is certainly wrong to shoot at him.

But the question may be seen as a threat.  He may be inferring that this court outcome now gives blacks the right to shoot if they feel threatened in similar situations.  That would be the wrong lesson to learn from this.  The lesson should be to refrain from violence if at all possible and that includes hitting people.  Because if you hit someone it can escalate into something much worse.

Of course, he could have said that all of that better, but he didn't.

When he said that Trayvon could have been himself 35 years ago, well, does that mean that he would have punched Zimmerman?