Comments:Zimmerman stands before judge for the Trayvon Martin shooting

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You don't hear Zimmerman return to his car when the 911 dispatcher tells him" we don't need you to follow him." If you listen closely you can hear him loading his gun by the clicking sounds. He had to have already "cocked" before he started to follow Trayvon. So for him to shoot him in self defense he had to have time prep the gun and take it from wherever he was concealing it. And the autopsy stated "intermediate" not close proximity.

Garbage how this is a mexican who killed the black and now White kids all over are paying for the two's engagement...40 year old men are being beat cause they are white. Blacks have been looking for something to lash out every chance they get. Very troubling race. Statistics prove it..Shame on you.

Why is Suspicious in quotes? That doesn't sound like neutrality to me. And according to the 911 call, Zimmerman called in the character in question before following him. Why then, in this article, is it written the other way around? Not saying Zimmerman is innocent, but as I recall, the US was about "innocent until proven guilty"

Has it ever occured to you that "suspicious" is in quotes because (shock horror!) it's a quote? Also, I believe you may need to learn the meaning of 'and'. You seem to be confusing it with the altogether different 'then'.