After Trayvon Martin got himself shot while assaulting George Zimmerman, President Obama unwisely jammed himself into the story by suggesting that if he had had a son, he would have looked like Trayvon.The purpose of that – or at least the result of that – was to make sure that “race” was front and center in the story about the confrontation between a black person and a “white Hispanic” person, where one of ’em got shot and killed.
Well, might this hypothetical son of Obama’s also maybe possibly might’ve looked like one De’Marquise Elkins? Here we have another case of a confrontation between a black person (Elkins) and a “white Hispanic” person (Antonio West). Except in this case, it appears Elkins, 17, shot West, 13 (months, not years) dead in the face in the course of a robbery.
Will Obama insert himself into this story?