Back when the Trayvon Martin shooting came to national attention, I inferred from the first police tape I heard that Trayvon was “suspicious” because he came into the gated community (around 7 PM) by going through a hole in the perimeter security. Trayvon lives in Miami, 250 miles away. His mother had just kicked him out of the house because he was suspended for 10 days at his school for being caught with women’s jewelry and burglary tools. His father also lives in Miami and had come up to the Orlando area to have an evening of “Adult Activities” with his girlfriend, who lived inside the gated community, and Trayvon came along. The shooting was on a Sunday night – the sun set about 6:25 PM. [source] The 7-eleven where the family’s narrative says Trayvon went to get an Ice Tea and Skittles” is over a half mile away
The Neighborhood:
1) Where Trayvon’s Dads girlfriend lives
2) The Front Gate
3) The 7-Eleven
4) The Back Gate
5) Where Travon died
6) The Hole in the Fence
This account from Tampa Bay answers many of the questions:
http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/crime/a-look-at-what-happened-the-night-trayvon-martin-died/1223083
Trayvon’s hoodie was grey. George Zimmerman is married and had worked as an insurance underwriter, and was wearing a red jacket. The Skittles and Ice Tea information came from the police chief.
When police arrived, Travon was on the ground face down. There was only one gunshot – to Trayvon’s chest from a 9mm gun.
How exactly does a 5’9″ 240 pound man in his 20s catch a 17 year old 6’3″ 140 pound teen running away from him (he can’t and didn’t per the 911 tapes) – unless the teenager returns looking for trouble and a confrontation. Trayvon could have been inside his father’s girlfriend’s house in about 15 seconds assuming he is able to run and call 911 himself if he thought he was in danger.
The media bias in this case stinks. Every picture of Zimmerman is in “County Orange” While the punk is shown as a sweet smiling little 13 yr old kid. For the longest time I couldn’t understand why a sweet-young-adorable 13 yr old was shot by this mean individual. Only when the layers of this story are peeled you can “see” the real story. What has happened to fair journalism?
Don’t worry. The UN is now involved, demanding reparations for the victims (after a fair trial, of course)
Zimmerman is apparently hiding now. A police car outside Zimmerman’s house was shot at.
One direction this could head is not the way the White House is hoping to steer things – as I wrote before, there are significant existing tensions between Blacks and Hispanics (not just Mexicans). The “race war” people sense may be coming may not be blacks vs rich white republicans, but blacks vs Hispanics (and maybe other minorities with their own civil rights shields of invulnerability)
The Cherokee Indian shooter in Tulsa was only 15 when Barack Obama was elected. Having large numbers of unemployed single young men with nothing to do is tinder just waiting for someone to light a match.
Another important detail – the can was not iced tea, it was Watermelon Fruit Juice Cocktail
Important to set the record straight.
Bill O’Reiley still refers to people as “drinking the Kool Aid” rather than “drinking the Flavour Aid” only because my email correcting him bounced years ago because his fox news email address was full per the returned email’s error message.