On Mar 22, 9:46 am, plainolamerican <plainolameri...@gmail.com> wrote:
> you forgot one ... he's a spic with black family members and has a
> jewish name.
>
> the racist left wishes he was white
>
> On Mar 22, 9:30 am, Tommy News <tommysn...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
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> > 20 Things You Need to Know About the Tragic Killing of Trayvon Martin
> > The Department of Justice, the FBI and the U.S. Attorney announced
> > they were launching "a thorough and independent review" of the
> > shooting -- will there be justice?
> > March 20, 2012 | LIKE THIS ARTICLE ?
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> > On February 26, 2012, a 17-year-old African-American named
> > Trayvon Martin was shot and killed in Sanford, Florida. The shooter
> > was George Zimmerman, a 28-year-old man. Zimmerman admits killing
> > Martin, but claims he was acting in self-defense. Florida's "Stand
> > Your Ground" law, passed in 2005, allows people to use deadly force if
> > they believe they're in imminent danger. Three weeks after Martin's
> > death, no arrests have been made and Zimmerman remains free.
>
> > FBI tells ABC News they are monitoring the Trayvon Martin
> > investigation and have been in touch with local authorities. Late
> > Monday, March 20, after a letter from the NAACP, the United States
> > Department of Justice, the FBI and the U.S. Attorney announced they
> > were launching "a thorough and independent review" of the shooting
> > death of Trayvon Martin. The Florida state attorney has sent the
> > Trayvon Martin case to a grand jury. The Seminole County grand jury
> > will be called to session on Tuesday, April 10.
>
> > Here's everything you need to know about the case:
>
> > 1. Zimmerman called the police to report Martin's "suspicious"
> > behavior, which he described as "just walking around looking about."
> > Zimmerman was in his car when he saw Martin walking on the street. He
> > called the police and said: "There's a real suspicious guy. This guy
> > looks like he's up to no good, on drugs or something. It's raining and
> > he's just walking around looking about… These a**holes always get
> > away" [Orlando Sentinel]
>
> > 2. Zimmerman pursued Martin against the explicit instructions of the
> > police dispatcher:
>
> > Dispatcher: "Are you following him?"
> > Zimmerman: "Yeah"
> > Dispatcher: "OK, we don't need you to do that."
>
> > [Orlando Sentinel]
>
> > 3. Prior to the release of the 911 tapes, Zimmerman's father released
> > a statement claiming "[a]t no time did George follow or confront Mr.
> > Martin." [Sun Sentinel]
>
> > 4. Zimmerman was carrying a a Kel Tel 9 millimeter handgun. Martin was
> > carrying a bag of Skittles and a can of iced tea. [ABC News]
>
> > 5. Martin weighed 140 pounds. Zimmerman weighs 250 pounds. [Orlando
> > Sentinel; WDBO]
>
> > 6. Martin's English teacher described him as "as an A and B student
> > who majored in cheerfulness." [Orlando Sentinel]
>
> > 7. Martin had no criminal record. [New York Times]
>
> > 8. Zimmerman "was charged in July 2005 with resisting arrest with
> > violence and battery on an officer. The charges appear to have been
> > dropped." [Huffington Post]
>
> > 9. Zimmerman called the police 46 times since Jan. 1, 2011. [Miami Herald]
>
> > 10. According to neighbors, Zimmerman was "fixated on crime and
> > focused on young, black males." [Miami Herald]
>
> > 11. Zimmerman "had been the subject of complaints by neighbors in his
> > gated community for aggressive tactics" [Huffington Post]
>
> > 12. A police officer "corrected" a key witness. "The officer told the
> > witness, a long-time teacher, it was Zimmerman who cried for help,
> > said the witness. ABC News has spoken to the teacher and she confirmed
> > that the officer corrected her when she said she heard the teenager
> > shout for help." [ABC News]
>
> > 13. Three witnesses say they heard a boy cry for help before a shot
> > was fired. "Three witnesses contacted by The Miami Herald say they saw
> > or heard the moments before and after the Miami Gardens teenager's
> > killing. All three said they heard the last howl for help from a
> > despondent boy." [Miami Herald]
>
> > 14. The officer in charge of the crime scene also received criticism
> > in 2010 when he initially failed to arrest a lieutenant's son who was
> > videotaped attacking a homeless black man. [New York Times]
>
> > 15. The police did not test Zimmerman for drugs or alcohol. A law
> > enforcement expert told ABC that Zimmerman sounds intoxicated on the
> > 911 tapes. Drug and alcohol testing is "standard procedure in most
> > homicide investigations." [ABC News]
>
> > 16. In a cell phone call moments before his death, Martin told a
> > teenage girl that he was "hounded by a strange man on a cellphone who
> > ran after him, cornered him and confronted him." "'He said this man
> > was watching him, so he put his hoodie on. He said he lost the man,'
> > Martin's friend said. 'I asked Trayvon to run, and he said he was
> > going to walk fast. I told him to run but he said he was not going to
> > run.' Eventually he would run, said the girl, thinking that he'd
> > managed to escape. But suddenly the strange man was back, cornering
> > Martin. 'Trayvon said, 'What, are you following me for,' and the man
> > said, 'What are you doing here.'" [ABC News]
>
> > 17. Zimmerman told the police "he had stepped out of his truck to
> > check the name of the street he was on when Trayvon attacked him from
> > behind as he walked back to his truck." "He said he feared for his
> > life and fired the semiautomatic handgun he was licensed to carry
> > because he feared for his life." [Miami Herald]
>
> > 18. Zimmerman was not a member of a registered Neighborhood Watch
> > group. Zimmerman also violated basic Neighborhood Watch guidelines by
> > carrying a weapon. [ABC News]
>
> > 19. Sanford police chief Bill Lee planned to wrap up the case last
> > Monday without bringing any charges, because, he said, "there is no
> > evidence to dispute the shooter's claim of self-defense," which is a
> > sufficient claim under the "Stand Your Ground" law. [Miami Herald]
>
> > 20. In the first five years "Stand Your Ground" was in effect,
> > justifiable homicides tripled, and the law was a factor in at least 93
> > cases involving 65 deaths. An investigation of cases from the law's
> > passage in 2005 to 2010 found that charges were dropped or dismissed
> > for 57 people, and 7 others were acquitted. [Tampa Bay Times]
>
> > A petition created by Trayvon's parents to investigate his killing has
> > been signed by over 500,000 people.
>
> > More:http://www.alternet.org/story/154624/20_things_you_need_to_know_about...
>
> > --
> > Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time.
> > Have a great day,
> > Tommy
>
> > --
> > Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time.
> > Have a great day,
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