Anyone Want To See Some Real Journalism On The Trayvon Martin Case???? Check Out This Report From The United Kingdom.
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Our media has completely failed on the Trayvon Martin case.
Check out what the real reporting is like.
Just a few things we are not told about Trayvon. (By the way, that picture that is all over every report is a picture from when he was 12)
Suspended THREE times for drugs, truancy and graffiti and 'caught carrying a burglary tool': New picture emerges of Trayvon Martin (and did he attack a bus driver too?)
It was also revealed that he might have attacked a bus driver, according to a Twitter account that it is claimed belonged to the teen.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2120504/Trayvon-Marti...
Check out what the real reporting is like.
Just a few things we are not told about Trayvon. (By the way, that picture that is all over every report is a picture from when he was 12)
Suspended THREE times for drugs, truancy and graffiti and 'caught carrying a burglary tool': New picture emerges of Trayvon Martin (and did he attack a bus driver too?)
- The teen was suspended from school three times
- He was on suspension when he was shot in February, after officials caught him with a 'marijuana pipe' and a baggie with drug residue
- Trayvon was kicked out of school in October for graffiti after he was allegedly caught with a 'burglary tool' and a bag full of women's jewelry
- Officials also suspended him once for skipping school and tardiness
It was also revealed that he might have attacked a bus driver, according to a Twitter account that it is claimed belonged to the teen.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2120504/Trayvon-Marti...
Read More: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2120504/Tr...
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Farnsworth 2012/03/27 17:55:23
you did not ASK.. IT WAS not a question.. you stated a fact.. big difference.
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George Zimmerman, Son of a Retired Judge, Has 3 Closed Arrests
11:25 AM EDT 3/27/2012 by Danielle Canada34,005 Views SHARE
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Did George Zimmerman have help from his father, a retired judge, in clearing his name in three separate arrests?
That’s the question that’s being asked now that more information on Trayvon Martin’s 28-year-old killer is being revealed. Robert Zimmerman, a former Orange County magistrate judge, recently wrote a letter to The Orlando Sentinel defending his son, who’s been dragged through the mud for shooting the unarmed 17-year-old last month. In the letter, the senior Zimmerman asks people not to jump to conclusions and insists that his son didn’t follow the young boy home as he walked through their gated community.
“He would be the last to discriminate for any reason whatsoever. The media portrayal of George as a racist could not be further from the truth. At no time did George follow or confront Mr. Martin. When the true details of the event became public, and I hope that will be soon, everyone should be outraged by the treatment of George Zimmerman in the media,” wrote Robert Zimmerman.
Now more info is being dug up on his “victimized” son through public records and revealing his checkered past.
According to a ...
George Zimmerman, Son of a Retired Judge, Has 3 Closed Arrests
11:25 AM EDT 3/27/2012 by Danielle Canada34,005 Views SHARE
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Did George Zimmerman have help from his father, a retired judge, in clearing his name in three separate arrests?
That’s the question that’s being asked now that more information on Trayvon Martin’s 28-year-old killer is being revealed. Robert Zimmerman, a former Orange County magistrate judge, recently wrote a letter to The Orlando Sentinel defending his son, who’s been dragged through the mud for shooting the unarmed 17-year-old last month. In the letter, the senior Zimmerman asks people not to jump to conclusions and insists that his son didn’t follow the young boy home as he walked through their gated community.
“He would be the last to discriminate for any reason whatsoever. The media portrayal of George as a racist could not be further from the truth. At no time did George follow or confront Mr. Martin. When the true details of the event became public, and I hope that will be soon, everyone should be outraged by the treatment of George Zimmerman in the media,” wrote Robert Zimmerman.
Now more info is being dug up on his “victimized” son through public records and revealing his checkered past.
According to a records search on George, he was previously arrested for domestic violence, resisting an officer without violence and most shockingly, resisting an officer with violence — a felony charge that surely could have landed him in prison.
All three of those arrests, however, were mysteriously closed with no semblance of charges for the Florida resident. So how was someone with a violent past including that of battery against an officer able to carry a 9 mm handgun? Maybe that’s a question Robert Zimmerman should answer …
I'm not saying he was a great kid, or a bad one.
But the facts are these:
Trevor went to the store and bought some snacks.
Trevor was on the way to his dad's fiancee's house in the area.
Zimmerman, who carried a gun and went on frequent patrols, called the cops because he saw a young man walking through the neighborhood and thought he looked 'suspicious'.
Zimmerman was told to stop.
He followed Trevor anyway, disregarding the police.
A fight ensued, whether from Zimmerman attempting to detain Trevor or Trevor not wanting to be followed. We will likely never know which.
After getting into and losing the fight, Zimmerman pulled a gun and shot Trevor.
That is not self defense. Zimmerman initiated contact and followed a man because of how he looked.
It doesn't matter if Trevor had been tossed from school, smoked pot, etc. What matters is he wasn't doing anything when Zimmerman started the altercation and ended up dead because Zimmerman was too busy playing cop to listen to them.
and this was no helpless little 12 yr old as in the picture you folks have posted.. here is the real picture of him and his tattooed body.. all 170 lbs of him..
Even if the kid was a pot smoking drop out who jumped Zimmerman to beat him up, he shouldn't have been shot. If I was being followed and didn't know who it was and tried getting away but was still followed, I'd probably punch the guy in the mouth and knock him down too.
Zimmerman was likely going to get his butt kicked. He should have. That doesn't warrant killing anyone.
Facts.
Zimmerman had bleeding from the back of his head and his nose was broken..
trayvon was 170 lbs..not as reported here at 130 or 140..
Zimmerman, if he was protecting himself, was within the laws of Florida, in the right.
The law protects EVERYONE. You, me, 17 year olds carrying iced tea and candy - even if they are black. And even if they smoke pot and got kicked out of school.
The kid was probably tough and didn't know why he was followed. He was probably protecting himself, or thought he was. He did nothing wrong - he went to the store and was heading back - and was being followed. If some guy follows me around, I'll knock him to the ground and punch him too. The point is that Zimmerman started it by following the kid. He was told to stop by police and admitted he did not. The kid ran away, but Zimmerman couldn't let it go. He caused this all to happen, and then when he is losing a fight he shoots the unarmed kid. Sorry, but there is a BIG difference between that and shooting a robber trying to come into your house, or shooting someone who was following you and starting trouble.
Zimmerman started it. He alone caused it. He needs to pay for what he did. He was only protecting himself if he was jumped for no reason and had reason to be afraid for his life. If he initiated and caused a situation then shot an unarmed kid, he is wrong.
In the end.. it is a sad situation.. the "right to defend" law doesn't help either.. I will wait for the investigation to be finished..
He armed himself and followed people he didn't think 'looked right'. This was not self defense. This was a guy getting in over his head and killing to not get the beating he deserved.
Don't miss The mother of Trayvon Martin has applied to trademark some of the rallying slogans being used in the wake of her son's shooting death.
She must be a pretty good capitalist, lol...