It's a story because zimmerman killed a guy and seemingly was not seriously investigated.
And that also seems to be why many people, including many on this board, are so quick to demonize Zimmerman. It
seems that he was not thoroughly investigated, and that he should have been arrested, and that race played an angle in the shooting and subsequent decision not to arrest. These suspicions are borderline.
According to evidence presented in trial yesterday,
in the prosecution's case on cross exam, Zimmerman was considered by the Sanford PD to be an exemplary neighborhood watch captain. He had a long history of reporting suspicious behavior in a professional manner. The Sanford PD thought so highly of him that they offered to make him a Citizen on Patrol, or quasi police officer, a position that Zimmerman declined. Hardly the act of a vigilante. Put that together with Zimmerman's injuries, which were consistent with his story, which was generally consistent with the scant eye witness interviews, Zimmerman's demeanor, and the fact that he passed a lie detector test, and the Sanford PD did not believe they had probable cause to arrest.
So maybe instead of bitching and moaning about whether Zimmerman should have been arrested, we should just follow the trial, learn some more about the case, and see if he's guilty.