Story 1: (the media) George Zimmerman, a white Hispanic (and therefore doubly evil), captain of the neighborhood watch, (always evil) with a history of calling in complaints against minorities, (which makes him racist, even though he is a minority himself) while completely unprovoked, shot and killed an innocent African-American boy.
Story 2: (media, revised) George Zimmerman, White Hispanic, while claiming to be acting in self defense, shot and killed an innocent young man, who happened to be walking home from picking up snacks.
Story 3: (media, re-revised) George Zimmerman, white Hispanic (see how calling him white lends credence to calling this an unjust shooting, bordering on a hate crime), shot a young African-American man walking back to a relative's house through a "cut through" (read "someone else's un-fenced yard"), after a confrontation, resulting from Zimmerman following the man, which a 911 dispatcher advised against.
Story 4: (George Zimmerman) A young man was spotted trespassing, and looking in windows while behaving strangely. While attempting to follow on foot, the man was lost from sight. The man then jumped, Zimmerman from behind, and attacked him viciously for a short time, until George Zimmerman regretfully shot him, killing him.
Story 5: (the evidence) Trayvon Martin was visiting a relative. He was found, upon autopsy, to have large amounts of THC-COOH, a marijuana metabolite, as well as fresh THC in his system. While this does not tend to make people violent, it may induce paranoia. He was walking in an unfamiliar neighborhood, and seeing a worn path, not knowing that he was trespassing, took said path. Possibly staring into windows for an inordinate amount of time, as he was at least partly buzzed. Enter George Zimmerman. He sees an obviously stoned person, looking in windows, acting confused. He attempts to follow this person, as he feels is his duty as watch captain, (subjective, obviously) and is attacked by the very person he felt was acting suspiciously. Being a Floridian, he was carrying a gun, (a stereotype that normally holds true) While acting in defense of his life, pulls and fires his weapon, killing his attacker. Police and prosecutors eventually decide to not pursue charges, as the evidence and witnesses all agree with Zimmerman's story, as he reported it. This leads us to...
Story 6: (the internet) Racist Floridian shoots innocent black boy, for no reason, and gets away with murder. Outrage ensues.
Story 7: (current evidence) Evidence is released to the public in an effort, by the judge, to counteract the barrage of incorrect information portrayed by amateur reporters (read "bloggers") on the internet. The story is exactly the same as story 5, except that as reported by the "professional" media; George Zimmerman is still a "white Hispanic" (which should mean he is from Spain, yet does not), and the un-fenced yard is still a "cut-through", as this presents the story in such a way as to make them look less ridiculous.
The end result? The prosecutor currently working in the Zimmerman case now is advising to not pursue charges, as all of the evidence points to Zimmerman's story being true. Witnesses, police reports, and evidence all apparently agree with this story as well.
Despite his innocence, George Zimmerman will now have to spend the rest of his days hiding, lest some ill informed person, seeking revenge, try to take his life. I say innocence; since there is no law stating that one adult may not approach another adult, for any reason. Had he shot another "white Hispanic" everyone would have assumed the self-defense shooting to be a last resort. His "crime" was being attacked by someone of a different race.
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Keep it clean and well thought out.