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Trayvon Martin was shot by an over-zealous racist.
All the credible evidence points to this.
The cops are desperately trying to cover this up, since they botched the whole thing badly.
Trayvon Martin was pretty much a typical teenager, which includes a couple times he got into a little trouble.
He didn't need to be shot though.
gateley
(62,683 posts)no_hypocrisy
(46,117 posts)Stuff like several other complaints about Zimmerman, the police were notified, they should have taken away his gun, had his license revoked, and they didn't. The police knew a situation like Trayvon Martin was a predictable scenario.
ingac70
(7,947 posts)Dude is a crackpot, that called 911 over the most miniscule crap, like potholes in the road.
no_hypocrisy
(46,117 posts)certification to allow him to become an officer. That's why they gave him a free pass in the past and another free pass for Trayvon Martin.
ingac70
(7,947 posts)given the cop investigating wanted to arrest him for manslaughter and the state attorney's squashed the idea right away.
Who gets away with calling 911 over potholes and such without getting in trouble?
Quixote1818
(28,943 posts)Based on who these two people were which is well known, who would you expect to lose their cool and shoot someone?
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arcane1
(38,613 posts)You got Trayvon's weight wrong by about 100 pounds, you repeat the LIE about Zimmerman being beaten into the pavement (yet somehow had no injuries), and you repeat the falsehood that the person who starts an altercation can claim self defense.
You're doing a fabulous job of satirizing a right-wing idiot. Well done!
Ineeda
(3,626 posts)"...It was life or death and one man came away..." And I hope you're also wrong about: "George zimmerman will not go to jail."
Spazito
(50,349 posts)and a pathetic wannabe cop who shot an unarmed 17 year old in cold blood. You might want to at least get Trayvon Martin's actual weight right seeing as even that is completely false in your post.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)The very real video at the police station? Where in this story does the tucked in clean shirt fit?
uppityperson
(115,677 posts)http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-57407115-504083/trayvon-martin-shooting-what-do-we-know/
There is some inconsistency in reports of Martin and Zimmerman's height and weight. In the original police report, Martin is described as being 6' tall and weighing 160 pounds. But his family told CBS News that he was 6' 2" and between 140-150 pounds. Zimmerman is described in the police report as standing 5' 9" tall, with no weight listed. In a 2005 police report, Zimmerman's ex-fiance describes him as 5' 7" and according to the Miami Herald he weighs about 200 pounds.