Trigger happy Why is there so much outrage over Trayvon Martin's shooting and hardly any over 74 people shot in Chicago last weekend? As Stalin said, 'One death is a tragedy, a million is a statistic' There is as much outrage about the murders and shootings in Chicago It's because Trayvon's death was racially motivated That's a good question. I have no idea It's because low-information news consumers are the majority these days It's because black Americans tolerate black-on-black killings within their own communities It's because the Trayvon incident has been hyped as racially motivated, though it was not The public focuses on what the press focuses on, and right now the press is obsessed with the Trayvon Martin case The outrage over Trayvon was manufactured when Obama compared him to his hypothetical son Other View Results Loading ...