Cecilie1200
Diamond Member
It was the US government that brought the trial on. The parents are humans that were hurt and have a pain that will stay with them until the day they die. They loved their child like any parent would.
I'm very sorry they're unhappy, but let's be honest. They raised their son to be a violent, "cracker culture" thug. And judging by their behavior, they saw nothing wrong with that. Indeed, their behavior seems to indicate that they were offended by the idea that Trayvon was expected to behave in a more civilized fashion. You reap what you sow, and unhappiness is the harvest for those seeds.
I don't know if they raised him to be violent or not. I do know he was unsupervised when this even occurred. Having raised two myself, I know that it is imperative that adolescents not be left unsupervised to roam around at night. It isn't safe.
Insofar as he was only seventeen and he WAS a violent thug, I'd say it's safe to say they raised him that way. And certainly their behavior lends credence to that assumption.
My oldest son is seventeen, and he DOES NOT leave the house after dark unless he's in a car with an adult. Not even to run down the block to the Circle K.