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Structural Forces Leading to Trayvon Martin's Death Trayvon (Mass…

- - - - Given Suspension - School's Guidelines give suspension only is offense is "serious or habitual"
    - - Given suspension - School's Guidebook had no suspension for his offense
    - - Given 10 days suspension - School gives suspension between 1-10 days
    - - Snowballs and justifies stiff penalty for ACTUAL offense
- - - - Retreat at Twin lakes sat on threshold
    - - Increases White Flight
    - - 3/45 attempted burglaries in 14 months before Trayvon's death were carried out by Black men
      - Residents describe community full of black criminals
        
        "There were black boys robbing houses in the neighborhood. That's why George was suspicious of Trayvon Martin."
        
        Neighborhood burglaries were being committed by "young, black males"
        
        Twin Lakes decides to form a neighborhood watch
      - Zimmerman continually called police about black men that looked suspicious
        
        Showed a paranoia in Twin Lakes and Country
- - - - Racial disparities are products of black individuals' behavior
        
        Primes people to search for evidence to prove disparity
- - - - "A Man's Home is His Castle"
      - If there is an intruder in your home, you are allowed to kill that person even if you can escape
    - - White on Black Homicides are 2.5 times more likely to be seen as justified
        
        Whites are 3.5 times more likely to be seen as justified in SYG states
    - - Details about physical struggle made law inapplicable
      - Jurors used "racially inflicted logic" in aquittal