Killing brings up questions

A few weeks ago our country was rocked with a story that happens far to often in our society. One man killed another man. This story would not have made headlines except for the circumstances surrounding it. Trevon Martin was a high school upper class man, and while walking home, he was shot and killed in a gated community. They killer is George Zimmerman, he has already confessed to the shooting but he claims the killing was in personal defense, while the family is pressing for murder charges. So the challenge for police is which side to believe and what punishment to give out. The uproar in media attention comes from the fact that Trevon was an african american and many people believe that George made ridiculous racist decisions as to whether or not Trevon was dangerous. The murder should not have happened and that is a fact but now that it is over and a punishment has to be given out officials need to look at allt he evidence. George was a latino man and I believe that he would not gun down an innocent high schooler regardless of race. George kept watch regularly in his community and he had a gun for protection. He had been arrested 5 years earlier for domestic problems. This makes George look like the perfect killer, a prior record, a racial discrimination case, the media would have a frenzy with this. And they did. The killing has been the start of marches and public gatherings around the nation. It even goes as high up as the president.

But when something gets this much attention this

fast and with the media showing an extreem bias towards Trayvon's side of the case, is it really fare? Trayvon was not a star student, he had disciplinary problems. So it is just as plausible that, a student that acts up in school will start the confrontation, as it is that George killed for racial reasons. George called the police when he saw Trayvon walking home. The police told him not to follow the student but after he hung up, he continued to follow him. So we do not know what happened but we can be sure that most of the public is in favor of max punishment for George because of what the media has turned this into. There are many points that people need to know,

First the media does a nice job of picking great photos to show

people. Trayvon is a smiling happy young kid in a football uniform. This was a younger picture and he has grown up from the baby faced child he was in that photo. George's picture was of course the one of him in an orange jump suit 5 years ago when he was arrested. Both of these photos are very unfair.

Second the media only uses part of the cell phone conversation between Police dispatchers and George, In the tape played by most media, The call goes like this:

George: I'm following him now

Dispater: Sir don't do that, you do not need to follow him

George He's black

The real conversation goes like this.

George: Im following him now

Dispatcher: Sir don't do that, you do not need to follow him, could you just describe him.

George: He's wearing a hoodie, he's black.

The one line where that asked George to describe Trayvon makes a huge difference in the portrait of George. The media has made a huge difference in the case. Whether or not George killed in cold blood or in self defense is not for the public to decide. It will be settled in court and I hope that the media has not clouded judgment of officials.

Tattoo to remember

If I were to lose my memory tomorrow and only go off what is tattooed on my body, I would make sure to put important information. I would put my name, and date of birth on my back. I would put my social security number on the bottom of my foot. I would put the quote, "you may not remember what love is, but when you feel it, you will will know that you found someone truly special" on my chest. These things would help me figure out who I am and help me live a better life.

The death of a Giant.

It was recently announced that the World renowned information collection, The Encyclopedia Britannica will not be releasing a printed version of its 200 some year old book collection.

The Britannica company has taken many steps to try and help the once best selling books get back on the shelves, but with the age of technology upon us, it was to little to late. There is still an online version of the information collection. Sadly, they knew that it would come to this one day, but they were surprised it came so fast. Wikipedia has been the underlying cause of the the collapse of the printed encyclopedia. This is because it is not only free but also, nearly all homes have a computer. Students find it easier to type a word into a search bar and click enter and get millions of answers for what they are looking for, instead of going to the library and searching for a heading in a book where there will only be a paragraph under your topic. It is faster and you get more than one view on the topic. The Encyclopedia has seen its fair share ups and downs but this down may be one that it will not recover from.