Travyon Martin Would be Alive if George Zimmerman Followed the Wisdom of the "Parable of the Good Samaritan"

There are so many hurt feelings about the George Zimmerman "not guilty" verdict in his murdering of Trayvon Martin. Not surprisingly, the empathy of many on the Right who have embraced George Zimmerman as a hero, and he who wields the gun in defense of "innocents" i.e. white people like them, are more concerned about how Zimmerman will "heal" as opposed to the harm he has done to others.

Again, white racism demonstrates its power to make the unethical into the righteous and wicked deeds into those which are just. White racism is a sickness. The Ann Coulters and Fox News types who dance on the grave of Trayvon Martin are proof of its mania.

I am not a religious person. I am also not what one would consider a traditional "Christian." But, I try to take wisdom from wherever I can find it. Moreover, a good story that has been around for thousands of years in various forms is one that I try to reflect and meditate on.

Much of the dismay towards the jury's decision in the George Zimmerman murder case is rooted in the shock of how a man can disobey police instructions, stalk another person with a gun, kill them, lie about the events that took place, plead self-defense, and then walk free.

As summed up by so many folks, "if he had just stayed in his truck none of this would have happened."

I agree.

Other observers have offered up another question and scenario that we should consider as well: what if George Zimmerman, instead of assuming a black person was an imminent threat who should be confronted with lethal force for the "crime" of being in Zimmerman's self-appointed kingdom without "permission", simply introduced himself, and offered Trayvon a ride home so he wouldn't have to walk in the rain?

Zimmerman's bigotry and ego would have still motivated his actions. But maybe a small amount of empathy and humanity would have encouraged Zimmerman to see this black stranger as someone like him, with rights, freedoms, and liberties that should be respected. And such a small gesture could have perhaps dissuaded him getting out of his truck, with a bullet in the chamber, ready--or perhaps wanting to--shoot down in cold blood a young black man.

Remember that Travyon Martin was not a human being to George Zimmerman in that moment of decision to harass, pursue, threaten, and stalk. He was one of those "fucking punks" that "always gets away." Trayvon was an empty vessel full of all of the stereotypes and racism about and towards black people that Zimmerman had learned in his home, from his parents, the mass media, and American culture at large. In much the same way that militaries talk about "targets" and "collateral" damage in order to create emotional distance for facilitating the act of killing, Zimmerman did the same thing.

It is easier to kill those nebulous blacks, especially black men, when they are reduced to being "thugs" or "niggers" or "coons" or "bucks" or "boys" or "Uncles". One can kill a "black thug" much easier and with greater calm (see Zimmerman's cold demeanor in court and his utter lack of remorse during his interview with Sean Hannity), than if said person had a name, be it Trayvon, Jerome, Michael, James, Jonathan, or Jermaine.

Ultimately, for all of their empty yammering about "Jesus" and America being a "Christian" nation, wouldn't it be great if the White Right, as well as George Zimmerman, actually took some advice from the Bible and tried to live the best of its truths?

If George Zimmerman--and Conservatives more generally--read the Parable of the Good Samaritan and applied it to Trayvon Martin, how different would events now be?

The Parable of the Good Samaritan

25 On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
26 “What is written in the Law?” he replied. “How do you read it?”
27 He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’[a]; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[b]”
28 “You have answered correctly,” Jesus replied. “Do this and you will live.”
29 But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
30 In reply Jesus said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he was attacked by robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. 31 A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. 32 So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. 33 But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. 34 He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him. 35 The next day he took out two denarii[c] and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Look after him,’ he said, ‘and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.’
36 “Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?”
37 The expert in the law replied, “The one who had mercy on him.”
Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.”

Travyon would be alive; Zimmerman would still be a nobody with a cop fetish. Maybe it was "God's will" as Zimmerman divined it to kill another human being so that he could fulfill a fantasy? Zimmerman will have to take that up with whatever and whoever is running the afterlife: I would think that such an entity, if IT exists, would have many questions about George Zimmerman's actions on the night he shot and killed Travyon Martin.