The Zimmerman Trial

So I'm sure we've all heard about the "not guilty" verdict that was handed down to George Zimmerman on the Trayvon Martin case. There has been a lot of people on both sides speaking out, both happy and unhappy with the verdict. Personally I am not only unhappy with the verdict and I am angry at the justice system and American media over this case. The fact is that George Zimmerman followed around a teenage boy, who was unarmed, and instigated a fight until that teenage boy ended up shot and dead. The police told him NOT to follow Trayvon Martin and he ignored them. He not only blatantly went against what the police said but he killed someone because he was an overly zealous neighborhood watchman.
First off, I would like to address people saying Zimmerman was not told to stand down. There is audio evidence provided by 911 and the police where it is clearly stated that he did not need to follow Trayvon Martin and that he needed to wait for the police. Instead Zimmerman continued to follow him and instigate a fight. Secondly, Zimmerman started the conflict so it wasn't self defense. Yes, there is evidence that Zimmerman was beaten by Trayvon BUT (and this is a big but) Zimmerman followed Martin down the street and confronted him for essentially walking and wearing a hoodie. Zimmerman was the one who began following and threatening Trayvon Martin and Trayvon defended himself against Zimmerman and was shot for it. The fact is, Zimmerman committed the most wrongs in the scenario and is not being held accountable for any of the things he did. Now I would like to discuss the matter of race that has been brought up time and time again during this trial.
A lot of people are saying that this case was about racial profiling, but honestly, I think Zimmerman was found not guilty because of so many people screaming "racial profiling." What he did was clearly wrong, as long as he is convicted for his crime why should we worry about whether or not he's a racist? The answer is the issue of race should have been dealt with after the trial was over. I think that because people became so caught up on the subject of racial profiling that they forgot they were judging the crime and not the morals of the accused. In this country, like it or not, you cannot get into trouble for being a racist because it is a matter of personal opinion which is protected in the US (even if it is a huge problem and a bad thing). Zimmerman may or may not have been racially profiling Trayvon and decided to confront him based on his race but we will never know. Zimmerman himself was biracial so it is up for debate as to whether or not he stopped Trayvon because of his race. The fact is the court, media and the jury should have focused on only what took place and not whether or not Zimmerman did any of this because of racial prejudice. As for me, I believe that Zimmerman is guilty and that because of the way the media covered the case, a killer is walking free.