If I gave the impression I agree with what they're doing, I apologize. That's simply the tactic they're using. Make Trayvon look like a future scary black man, play upon racist tendencies (both subconscious and otherwise), try to create the image that he's more
The Wire than
The Cosby Show, etc. Even if the picture was of the correct Trayvon Martin, it would still be nothing more than using some of American culture's lingering racism in order to create a smokescreen that obscures the relevant facts of the case.
the difference between 17 and 28 on a strength level and just hardiness level is huge, as is 100lbs. Fuck he could have just smothered the kid.
While I get your point, isn't this the kind of mindset that makes it harder for male victims of domestic violence to be taken seriously? Completely different context, of course, but focusing on physical size as the measure of a threat when it isn't exactly that simple.