And this post (mine) is where this thread starts gaining traction.

I've read several articles on this case, and I've been leaning toward the side of Trayvon Martin. There's a heck of a lot of people in his court (rest his sole) that have the potential of seeing a FirstBit of 1Trayvon..............a4cV if a Bitcoin donation site were established and such a vanity address created.

Bitcoins for Trayvon

or

Bitcoins 4 Trayvon

~Bruno~

Good point, Andrew.

Regardless which side bitcoiners take in this case, it may shine a bad light on Bitcoin if the wrong side were chosen.

~Bruno~

Gross.  You want to help raise funds for the racist asshole who chased after a kid with a gun for wearing a hoodie?  The cops told him to stay inside, and he chased the kid.  

George Zimmerman, who has a history of legal trouble, which his judge father kept him out of.  

False portrayals in the media?  How the hell do you know?  Did you listen to the 911 tape?  Did you hear the story of the person who was talking on the phone with Trayvon just before he was murdered?  Why would Trayvon charge at someone with a gun?  Yeah, that is really the most plausible explanation  Even if he did charge at him, Zimmerman unequivocally created the situation when he should not have, by chasing him down the street in a threatening manner.

Why the hell would you want to support this scumbag?  

You mean the 6'3" young man that had Zimmerman pinned on the ground?  As was mentioned earlier, take a step back before you believe what the manipulative media is feeding you.

Donating to the EFF was a publicity booster.

Tell me how would this boost bitcoin into the media?

The currency of drugs and now lynching! Hmmm. Are there bitcoin lynching services that might boom as a result of this publicity? If not, then I suggest you shelve your marketing idea.

So a "shooting victim" in the US of A is the person who killed the other person and now might get in legal trouble for that? Interesting point of view at least...

If you want to convince this guy to accept BTC, just write him a mail and pitch it to him or his lawyer. You don't really suggest any action like this in your OP other than generally donating for this cause... I think the "Bitcoin Discussion" forum might be the wrong one for a thread like this personally.

I agree that there is some uncertainty as to exactly what happened but I'm not going to ignore the facts that have come out like much of the media likes to do.  There is a reason that someone is innocent until proven guilty and I'm quite disturbed to find so many people sentencing him before he gets a proper trial.

The constitution isn't just  the paper and its amendments, but a whole set of precedent and interpretation applied to them. The court is really the only thing that prevent the USA from turning outright into a mob ruled government. You may even say that it's probably the only reason why the US government have any legitimacy.