Trayvon Martin
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- mg330
I just wish they would stop showing the photo of him as a 12 year old. I know I sound like I'm accepting that this is being tried in the media, but showing a photo of him at that age forces people to think of him as a defenseless, sweet little kid, rather than a young adult much larger, taller, and perhaps more capable of physical harm either in an offensive or defensive situation.
I know that sounds crazy... but I hope you know what I mean. My point is, whatever happened in that portion of time that we don't know about was not committed by a 12 year child. Whatever happened or didn't happen was committed by a a person five years older than the photo that's being shown.
- _niko0
Just heard the audio, Zimmerman's voice sounds very high, almost feminine, screaming sounds like him. We need to hear Trayvon's voice to compare.
- dobre0
its all for ben stiller!
- fooler0
so "traces of THC" were found in his blood stream... you do know that stuff can stay in your blood for up to 3 weeks and even if he was blazing a joint right in front of him there is no reason to shoot him dead.
- _niko0
I'm afraid this isn't going to end well for Obama .
- BattleAxe0
Just a trial is all that is needed here , and a good look at self defense laws , not black vs white which is what everyone wants to see right away and that is where the issue escaltes . Cause Im this color I will feel like this , or that. Just be fucking human and let the justice system take a good look is all people want .
- omg0
- omg0
Sanford, FL safety rating gets 3 out of 100 (100 being the safest)
(source) http://www.neighborhoodscout.com…
- CygnusZero40
- they offered me this freelance gig. thank god i didnt take itCALLES
- I dunno what kinda fall produces trails like that. looks shopped. That should have been HI RES...
sherm - Why can't this be seen on the police station tape? Would paramedics usually clean you up that well?ETM
- For a head wound, this isn't alot of blood.goldieboy
- _niko0
Seems like a perfect storm of errors.
Security guard stalks Trayvon, assumes he's up to no good.
Trayvon thinks Zimerman is up to no good, probably trying to rob him.stand off ensues mix in fear/bravado/adrenalin and struggle ensues, shot is fired. Teen dies.
Should have went something like:
Zimmerman: this is security, please identify yourself
Trayvon: My name is Trayvon Martin, my father lives at XXX his name is xxxZimmerman: what are you doing out here alone?
Trayvon: just getting some snacks from the store. would you like some skittles?Zimmerman: Ok thanks, have a nice night.
everyone lives happily ever after.
- Taste the rainbow...omg
- Zimmerman was not security. He was a volunteer community watch person.ETM
- Who carried a licensed gun.ETM
- volunteers can be security toomonospaced
- _niko0
- first day in court when they bring him to trial: http://www.youtube.c…_niko
- sherm0
Photoshop battle?
- prophetone0
random thought - i have to wonder how all of the online discussion surrounding this, incl. this thread, will affect a trial situation, if it comes to that. talk about a tainted jury pool...
- Rodney King all over again.waterhouse
- yea cuz nobody beat Rodney king within an inch of his life, and there was no tape (proof) either.sherm
- those cops convicted themselves.sherm
- ohhhhhsnap0
- this is what's up.
- Wow. The comments are disheartening and bordering on scary.monkeyshine
- She sounds defiant playing over dubstepalbums
- haven't seen the comments... maybe i should stay away.ohhhhhsnap
- monkeyshine, just took a look at some of those comments. sounds like America to me.ohhhhhsnap
- ohhhhsnap...is that supposed to be comforting? :)monkeyshine
- no... it's actually so sad. it's that deep seated hate too that comes out on the web.ohhhhhsnap
- ETM0
..."they just said there is no evidence in existence who started the fight..."
A man (regular citizen) leaves a vehicle (against Police request), takes his gun from his glovebox, approaches an unknown male and demands to know what he's doing in the community.
So when you leave a vehicle with a gun to confront a suspicious person you have no idea that things could go wrong?? Approaching a person while carrying or concealing a weapon is not confrontational? Please.
It's already been said he was not even an official part of the official Neighborhood Watch program, he just started his own in the community (and I am sure he did great things). But he is unclear on what the word 'watch' means and that the actual organization's philosophy is never to interfere.
Now, I would consider him leaving the vehicle with a weapon a proper action if someone's life was at risk (i.e. Trayvon was attacking a person, raping a woman etc.) but all he had was someone looking suspicious. Even if Trayvon was witnessed stealing, it was only property and no life was ever in danger until Zimmerman interfered.
Zimmerman created the situation that put his own life at risk and created the situation that forced him to kill a person.
Plenty of culpability there and deserves to be punished.
Do we know how well trained Zimmerman was with a gun, or how he reacts under pressure with it. What is he fired and missed and killed an innocent person, a kid, someone in their living room? There is SO much wrong with the events he chose to initiate on his own.
- youngdesigner0
There are no heros