Trayvon Martin Persuasive Speech
12 July 2013
Persuasive Draft
This Could’ve Been You
Imagine leaving your house and never returning back. Imagine being assaulted and killed by neighborhood watch, in an unfamiliar area to you. Is that how the gated communities keep down the crime? Killing young innocent teenagers, does that set the tone for any future crimes? When it’s raining outside, do you wear a hood on your head too if be available? Imagine being profiled as a burglar or on drugs because of this hood you had on in the rain. When you look in the mirror every morning, do you think to yourself, I hope I don’t die today? Trayvon Martin was a 17 year old boy that left his father’s house on June 26, 2012 and never had the opportunity to return back home. Trayvon …show more content…
This was defiantly not a reason not a reason to open fire on a child. In the autopsy report for Trayvon Martin, there was evidence was of Marijuana in his system. I assume this made Zimmerman 's assumption sought out to be true. After this dispute Zimmerman refused to the medical attention that had arrived to the crime scene. This makes the public think, if he was so brutally harmed, why did he deny the medical attention? A lot of things took place on the night of June 26, 2012 in the dispute between George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin. No one knows exactly what happened on this night besides the two individuals involved. I believe since Trayvon Martin is now dead and is unable to tell his story; he needed people to fight for his justice. After a trial ruled by 6 women on the jury stand, George Zimmerman was acquitted of his charges of the killing of Trayvon Martin. I believe Zimmerman should have been guilty for the killing of Trayvon Martin. I believe the fact that Zimmerman was found not guilty makes it appear okay to the public to open fire on people when in an altercation. Trayvon Martin’s family fought hard for his justice, although it was not served, it made people aware of the things taking place in our
Persuasive Draft
This Could’ve Been You
Imagine leaving your house and never returning back. Imagine being assaulted and killed by neighborhood watch, in an unfamiliar area to you. Is that how the gated communities keep down the crime? Killing young innocent teenagers, does that set the tone for any future crimes? When it’s raining outside, do you wear a hood on your head too if be available? Imagine being profiled as a burglar or on drugs because of this hood you had on in the rain. When you look in the mirror every morning, do you think to yourself, I hope I don’t die today? Trayvon Martin was a 17 year old boy that left his father’s house on June 26, 2012 and never had the opportunity to return back home. Trayvon …show more content…
This was defiantly not a reason not a reason to open fire on a child. In the autopsy report for Trayvon Martin, there was evidence was of Marijuana in his system. I assume this made Zimmerman 's assumption sought out to be true. After this dispute Zimmerman refused to the medical attention that had arrived to the crime scene. This makes the public think, if he was so brutally harmed, why did he deny the medical attention? A lot of things took place on the night of June 26, 2012 in the dispute between George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin. No one knows exactly what happened on this night besides the two individuals involved. I believe since Trayvon Martin is now dead and is unable to tell his story; he needed people to fight for his justice. After a trial ruled by 6 women on the jury stand, George Zimmerman was acquitted of his charges of the killing of Trayvon Martin. I believe Zimmerman should have been guilty for the killing of Trayvon Martin. I believe the fact that Zimmerman was found not guilty makes it appear okay to the public to open fire on people when in an altercation. Trayvon Martin’s family fought hard for his justice, although it was not served, it made people aware of the things taking place in our