Trayvon Martin
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- Josev0
Some good points on the daily beast:
http://www.thedailybeast.com/art…“They didn’t even bother to put yellow tape around the murder scene when he died,” Rev. Jackson, who has been counseling Martin’s parents, told The Daily Beast. “That’s how much the police did to find out what happened to this young boy. But now we hear about his school record and everything else he may have done. It’s a classic case of putting the victim on trial. They drug-test the boy—but not the man who shot and killed him. George Zimmerman has a police record. Trayvon does not. So why are we putting Trayvon on trial? There is no violence in his background.”
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I love that wagist story posted above -- asking if he was a drug dealer and pointing to evidence such as tattoos (one was his mother's name), and his twitter account and twitpics. Click through and you'll see photos of scooby doo candy, new tennis shoes, pics of his tattoo and two girls. QBN must be full of drug dealers based on those identifying behaviors.
- ohhhhhsnap0
so much pain man... so much.
- BonSeff0
i think they are also trying to figure out on the 911 call if the shooter called him a fucking coon or a fucking punk. but he yelled it crazy and sketchy.
- randommail0
Guns don't kill people. People kill people.
- i hope you are sarcastic. this is the stupidiest line ever.benfal99
- People with guns kill people. If you have it for any reason other than sport in my opinion it's cause you're waiting for the day you might need itGlitterati_Duane
- you might need it. And that day is very hard to define if you're easily intimidatedGlitterati_Duane
- piano wires kill people too.moldero
- and shoes http://1.bp.blogspot…Eighty
- Josev0
and speaking of the media, the photo of Trayvon supposedly flipping the bird is not him (as sherm posted earlier) and was spread by Michele Malkin's website:
"Yesterday a right-leaning website called Twitchy ran a picture of George Zimmerman in a suit and tie next to what they claimed was a picture of Trayvon Martin with no shirt and sagging pants. Twitchy is owned and operated by Michelle Malkin, a conservative pundit who is a frequent guest on Fox News. The picture of Zimmerman was real, but the picture of Martin was not. After Eric Boehlert, senior fellow at the left-leaning organization Media Matters, tweeted a screenshot of the article Twitchy posted the following correction:
“Correction, 8:56 pm ET March 25, 2012: We made a mistake. The photo on the right is not of the Trayvon Martin who was shot by Zimmerman. We apologize to our readers and to the Martin family.”
"- I mean, fucking Michele Malkin. Talk about culture wars.Josev
- randommail0
Ok ok. So I actually have seen first-hand a situation where someone had a gun. It was a drunken verbal fight at first with posturing and name-calling. Idiot #1 pushes the guy and is about to throw a punch. Idiot #3 pulls out his gun.
Everyone instantly shuts up and runs away.
THAT'S what happens when one guy has a gun and the other doesn't.
Even if Zimmerman was attacked with the bag of Skittles, as soon as he brandished his gun, Trayvon would have instantly stopped and backed away.
SO... yeah, Zimmerman is lying and murdered the kid. Case solved.
- I was Idiot #2 and am not proud of it.randommail
- not if he was being grounded and pounded.lambsy
- albums0
so far, the moral of the story; kill or be killed, speak softly & carry a gun.
- colin_s0
more evidence florida needs to fall off into the ocean.
in all seriousness, if the kid who got killed would have been a white a/b student who never got into trouble and not a black one, there'd be an arrest already made.
- BonSeff0
black kid in my neighborhood... better call 911, not racist at all
- omg0
Reports suggests that Trayvon was at his Dad's girlfriend's house in Twin Lakes watching the NBA game. During the break, Trayvon runs to get a bag of Skittles. [source: wiki] However on Feb 26 at 7pm the day Trayvon was shot, the Western/ East All Star Game wasn't scheduled to start til 7:30pm.
Now there is a mall about a mile away. At 7pm on a dark and rainy night, in a neighborhood that rates 3 out of 100 (100 being the safest) Trayvon chose to go to the 7-eleven. The closest 7-Eleven is two miles away from Twin Lakes. [source: googlemaps]
- well, clearly he planned to rob the 7-11, stake out some houses, and sell crack to some kids on his way back. Glad we know now.monkeyshine
- know the truth now.monkeyshine
- clearlyRamanisky2
- If you look at the distance on the Google map you'll see that the 7-11 is closer than the mall. It's also possible that the mall was closed at that time.Josev
- was closed at that time.
http://maps.google.c…Josev - The 7-11 is on Rinheart Rd where it's marked "Sams Club". Trayvon came from Oregon Avenue across from Beverly Elementary.Josev
- Elementary.Josev
- Just took a look at street view. Def a 7-11 in the strip mall next to the Sam's Club marking.ETM
- you're right.. the mall closed at 6pm. 2 mile round trip would have placed him back at 7pm...omg
- time he got shot.omg
- ETM0
Regardless of what happened, Zimmerman got out of his vehicle against the 911 dispatcher's instructions, was the instigator/aggressor in the situation and decided deadly force against an unarmed person was the way to get out of any issues his confrontation resulted in. Arrest the bastard.
Stand your Ground law or not, it's the same as walking up to someone, starting a fight and shooting the guy cause he kicked your ass. That is not self defence. And in this case, I highly doubt the kid, who weighed 60lbs less, could defend himself regardless.
Now had the kid shot this Zimmerman, who was following him on the street and provoked an altercation without due cause, that would be more in line and spirit of the stand your ground law. Assuming he had no other course of action to escape safely.
- Dillinger0
A cop told me once "own a gun, and if you have to use it then don't leave any witnesses"
- A cop told me if someone is in your house, shoot them, then put one in the floor or ceiling after and say it was a warning.ETM
- I'm not shooting someone because they're stealing stuff, only if they're threatening to kill my family - am I alone in that ?mikotondria3
- CygnusZero40
Hmmm so there was a 13 year old witness that said Zimmerman was lying on the grass moaning and crying for help, and that Trayvon was going for his gun, and Trayvon has recently been suspended from school for pot.
Sounds like an innocent angel to me. >_>
- Yet, this 13 year still thinks Zimmerman should be arrested....ETM
- ETM0
It brings up the question, if Zimmerman noticed Trayvon while he was on a trip to the grocery store, why did he have his gun? Does he keep it on his person? Does he stash it in his vehicle? What are concealed weapons laws like in Florida? Just because his gun was licensed, are you allowed to just walk around with one?
- FL: no to open carry.m Yes to travel carry, but must be in glove box
http://www.opencarry…locustsloth - though FL has concealed carry if certain criteria is metlocustsloth
- http://en.wikipedia.…locustsloth
- FL: no to open carry.m Yes to travel carry, but must be in glove box
- mg330
- shit, thought i was in vid of the day thread.mg33
- HAHAHARamanisky2
- douche.TNDAP
- Ramanisky20
??
- the hoodie is as responsible? jesus christcolin_s
- Hey, man its the same for girls that wear skimpy outfits theyre just asking to get raped. *sarcasmJackRyan
- I don't like to agree with anything on Fox, but Geraldo he has a valid point.utopian
- so fucking asinine.mg33
- no, utopian, he doesn't.colin_s
- dude were do live, Utopia?utopian
- Ramanisky20
Sanford Police Chief Bill Lee announced Thursday he is stepping down "temporarily" as head of the department, which has been criticized for its handling of the shooting last month of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin by a neighborhood watch volunteer.
temporarily?
- waterhouse0
I really don't understand why this gentleman is free. I suppose I need to read some more on this...
- ohhhhhsnap0
http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/21/ju… story is so ridiculous
- You were there to know that Trayvon didnt threaten him?CygnusZero4