I didn't know he was hispanic, so that's ignorant on my part. However, given how many times I heard Zimmerman and "racist" put together, I can't blame myself for making the assumption.
You're right on point. It's a tragedy that a teenager was murdered, but it made the news because of the obvious racial undertone.
You'd think 49 murders would be a bigger story than one, but it's so much better when you can rile up the whole nation.
Yup - too bad all those dead black kids in Chicago weren't killed by an evil white man, because then maybe someone would give a fuck.