Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute

March 28, 2012

Asked about the shooting death of Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Florida, President Obama remarked: ?If I had a son, he?d look like Trayvon.?

If it were possible to give human form to Mr. Obama?s philosophy of lethal force, the result would resemble George Zimmerman, the vigilante who pursued and eventually shot Trayvon Martin.

Zimmerman, who aspired to be a police officer and had taken part in a citizen?s patrol sponsored by the local Sheriff?s Office, called 911 to report that Trayvon ? an invited guest in the gated community who was minding his own business ? appeared ?suspicious.? Told by a police dispatcher not to follow Trayvon, Zimmerman did anyway. He confronted Trayvon, provoking a fight he apparently began to lose before pulling a gun and killing the unarmed teenager. Despite the fact that he was the unambiguous aggressor, Zimmerman claimed to act in self-defense, and wasn?t arrested.

Millions of people are understandably outraged by the needless death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. How many of them have heard of 16-year-old U.S. citizen Abdulrahman Al-Awlaki, who was murdered in a missile strike ordered by Barack Obama? That crime resulted from a decision-making process not much different from the one followed by George Zimmerman, with such tragic and unnecessary consequences.

Let us take back the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.