It's impossible to ignore race in the wake of Trayvon Martin's death, but prosecutors would have to prove the shooting was racially motivated in order to charge George Zimmerman with a hate crime. So far, the most damning piece of evidence is Zimmerman's 911 call, where it sounds like he says "fucking coons."
Zimmerman's friends and family insist that he isn't racist, and legal experts say that more evidence would be required for him to be charged with a hate crime:
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