Justice

• http://www.change.org/petitions/prosecute-the-killer-of-our-son-17-year-old-trayvon-martin
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  Justice. What does justice mean to you? Well, according to Webster's dictionary, justice is defined a, "The quality of being fair and reasonable." I strongly agree with this definition. So when looking under #socialaction, I noticed a puzzling article that is pleading for justice on a young victim who was murdered.

  
  

  According to this article, 17-year-old Trayvon was walking to a convenient store to retrieve skittles for his younger brother when he was shot by the appointed neighborhood watch leader. Over two million want Justice for Trayvon, but they have yet to determine the fate of the shooter. Whats ironic is the  Stanford police are defending the killer because he's a "college grad, who took a class in criminal justice."

  
  
  
  After reading this article two thoughts run through my mind. First is acknowledging how bad our society has turned to where neighborhoods need a watchmen and who can we trust if we can't trust our own neighbors to where we need a watchman. Trust the "watchman" himself, and the police if they can't bring justice to the victimized citizen. Its not right to just blow it off as a accident. The watchman was told to not address Trayvon and yet he did other wise. It doesn't matter of what education he had, obviously not enough to take orders and put down the gun. He took a life of a human being, there should be some sort of justice for the his loved ones.
  
  I think our class can learn from this because its a real issue that is happening right now. What makes this okay. 2 million people want justice, how much more do they want?