Editor, Times-Union: Responding to the April 4 letter to the editor: Mr. Metzger, sorry I just don’t agree with your views on the Trayvon Martin case.
First of all, here you have a young man walking home in the dark, Zimmerman sees Trayvon, and in an instant he assumes Trayvon is up to no good. Is the way we walk and the time of day we walk and what we are wearing and the color of our skin single us out to be harassed or shot? Could Zimmerman really see the color of Trayvon's skin?
I’m sure it was very dark at the time of the incident, and I’m not saying Zimmerman should not have protected himself if he truly had to. I think a fair trial is in order here. Zimmerman broke a direct command – do not get out of your car – so Zimmerman chose to take the law into his own hands that night.
My question to you, Mr. Metzger, should we let a jury decide Zimmerman’s case, or should we just throw on our robes and burn him at the stake? Please let justice be served so that Trayvon’s family can hear and find the truth about that night they lost their child.
