Was the Trayvon Martin case at heart just a local shooting that has been escalated to national prominence by outsider agendas?

The following essay by a professor at the Cardozo School of Law seems to suggest something like this.
http://verdict.justia.com/2013/07/18/the-facts-the-verdict-and-the-role-of-the-department-of-justices-community-relations-service-crs-in-the-zimmerman-trial

I am reminded of Thomas Wolfe's novel "The Bonfire of the Vanities," in which a wealthy investment banker is involved in a hit-and-run killing of a promising kid from the Bronx.  Wolfe is masterful in demonstrating how the prosecutors, the mayor's office, the news media and a host of third parties interjected themselves into the case in order to pursue their own agendas.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bonfire_of_the_Vanities

http://www.amazon.com/The-Bonfire-Vanities-Tom-Wolfe/dp/0312427573

There was also a film:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099165/

The Zimmerman trial begins to look like an example of life imitating art.

Just look at some of the groups that are using the case to further their own agendas:

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