How Did George Zimmerman Transition From Cold Blooded K!ller to Celebrity?

by Yvette Carnell

http://breakingbrown.com/2014/02/how-did-george-zimmerman-transition-from-cold-blooded-kller-to-celebrity/

As George Zimmerman prepares for a celebrity boxing match with rapper DMX, many of us are left wondering how George Zimmerman, who gunned down unarmed teen Trayvon Martin, transitioned from cold blooded killer to celebrity? What kind of society allows a man to capitalize on gunning down a teen who was on his way back from the store with Skittles and iced tea.

In a sense, you can't dismiss the role American culture plays in both Zimmerman’s acquittal and his acceptance back into the mainstream. In an article up at The Nation entitled “F*ck George Zimmerman and the Culture He Rode in On”, Mychal Denzel Smith gives voice to this frustration:

"This is one of the most disgusting things ever. It’s not enough that Zimmerman killed Trayvon in cold blood, not enough that he walked away from it without being arrested immediately, not enough that it took thousands of people across the country marching and protesting to bring charges against him, not enough that he was acquitted and not enough that he remains free to accumulate more domestic violence charges. No, he has to also become a celebrity, built on his “career” of killing black children and abusing women."

Yes, you can kill a black boy and walk away without so much as a backward glance by mainstream America. Even worse, you'll be rewarded for causing that teen’s death with hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations and celebrity status. That’s the country black people inhabit.