Murder charge is filed in killing of Trayvon Martin

George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer in Florida, is charged with second-degree murder in the death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.

Zimmerman had taken a vigorous interest in the safety of his neighborhood, which had suffered a rash of break-ins in the weeks leading up to the evening of Feb. 26, when he spotted Martin, 17, returning from a convenience store with a bag of Skittles and an iced tea.

Zimmerman was driving out of his gated town-home development on his way to the supermarket, when he called police and reported Martin as "a real suspicious guy" who looked like "he's up to no good or he's on drugs, or something."

The police dispatcher asked Zimmerman whether he was following the youth. When Zimmerman replied that he was, the dispatcher told him, "We don't need you to do that." Moments later, Zimmerman — armed with a 9-millimeter weapon — got out of his car.

Zimmerman has said he shot Martin in self-defense after the youth struck him in the face, knocked him down and began pounding his head into the ground. Others suspect Zimmerman was the aggressor, one who overstepped the legal bounds of a concerned citizen.

Coverage of the case was largely limited to local media until the call between Zimmerman and the dispatcher was made public, along with a 911 call that one resident made just before the shooting. In the background of that call, someone can be heard yelling for help. Martin's parents insist that voice belonged to their son. Zimmerman has said the voice was his.

With the bounty on his head, and Black Panther types out to kill him, I can fully understand why he would go into hiding and try to stay out of contact, even with his lawyers.

BTW his lawyers questioned this guy's sanity and mental state. Now let's see if one por gun on this list would show concern that Doofus Nutterman was allowed to keep his gun.

Yeah but he wanted to go onto hannitys show, obviously scared for his life

oh yeah and these lawyers had never met him face to face, they only had contact with him through other means, so this whole "hes too afraid" doesnt make sense. You cant suddenly be afraid of CALLING your lawyer unless youre mental.

We get it, you don't like Zimmerman. Your perpetual bleating 'doofus' has reached hackneyed status quicker than the trite accusation of 'a moment of unintended honesty'
Do you have anything substantive to add or do you just want to continue to wax prosaic?

No doubt. He's probably not thinking rationally at this point.

Having the president and his hit squad after you could do that.

Speaking of people not thinking rationally

Didn't you know that Obama is the head of the New Black Panthers..... cause he's black, ya know.