You so need to stop watching Fox news and reading the drudge report. You talk of media hoax, when you, yourself are not taking in all the information from all sides.
Martin was not a thug, just a teenager. Yes he had been in some trouble at school, but if that makes a person a thug, then most teens are.
He may very well have attacked Zimmerman, after Zimmerman had followed him for some time, after Zimmerman for some reason had left his vehicle and gotten close enough to be attacked.
Zimmerman crossed the line and went outside of his duty. He should not have confronted the teen. He should have left that to the police.
One may conclude from that alone that Zimmerman did not act in self defense and had in fact started the fight that lead to the shooting by harassing the teen. Stand Your Ground does not apply.
The media is overblowing this, that is true..when Alexandria Pelosi released footage of the actual New Black Panthers (a group of about 20 people) who were down there protesting with others, and a (yes 1) neo-nazi patroling the community..(actually just his own block) it slowed the medias attempt to blow that into something more than it was.
Oh, and by the way, you are racist..Whitey.