Re: Trayvon Martin Shooter Told Cops Teenager Went For His Gun

False.

Was Trayvon Martin "standing his ground" and protectiing himself from
white-Latino Zimmerman?

On Mar 27, 3:56 pm, plainolamerican <plainolameri...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm still confused as to how this was, "racial"
> ---
> because the victim was black
>
> had he been white it wouldn't have made the news
>
> On Mar 26, 6:53 pm, Keith In Tampa <keithinta...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>
>
> > I'm still confused as to how this was, "racial"......That guy Zimmerman,
> > (and I believe PlainOl had a more apt description for him!  <Grin>!)  is a
> > mulatto with a Jewish last name....
>
> > Go figure.....
>
> > On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 7:37 PM, THE ANNOINTED ONE <markmka...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
> > > Tommy,
>
> > > Wear that hoody in my neighborhood.... you'd get the dogs sicked on
> > > you at every house. Especially if it was 80 degree weather...as it was
> > > in Sanford that day and more so if you're a Gringo like that kid was.
>
> > > Just another hot dog druggy taken out by his own paranoia and a
> > > physical attack on someone trying to be nothing more than a good
> > > neighbor.
>
> > > On Mar 26, 11:34 am, Tommy News <tommysn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > I guess black boys in hoodies holding threatening bags of skittles
> > > > candy are "a reasonable belief of a threat" to some racists. How very
> > > > sad.
>
> > > > Im memory of Trayvon Martin, I wore my Grey Hoodie, hood up, to do the
> > > > grocery marketing, and got a number of stares from white men. One
> > > > nearly turned his head around like Linda Blair in The Exorcist as he
> > > > passed me. -T
>
> > > > Trayvon Martin Shooter Told Cops Teenager Went For His Gun
>
> > > > George Zimmerman Defense
>
> > > > George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch crime captain who shot dead
> > > > 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, originally told police in a written
> > > > statement that Martin knocked him down with a punch to the nose,
> > > > repeatedly slammed his head on the ground and tried to take his gun, a
> > > > police source told ABC News.
>
> > > > Zimmerman had claimed he had called police about Martin, whom he found
> > > > suspicious, then went back to his car when Martin attacked him,
> > > > punching him.
>
> > > > The new information is the most complete version yet of what Zimmerman
> > > > claims happened on the night of Feb. 26 when he shot and killed the
> > > > teenager.
>
> > > > In addition, an eyewitness, 13-year-old Austin Brown, told police he
> > > > saw a man fitting Zimmerman's description lying on the grass moaning
> > > > and crying for help just seconds before he heard the gunshot that
> > > > killed Martin.
>
> > > > The initial police report noted that Zimmerman was bleeding from the
> > > > back of the head and nose, and after medical attention it was decided
> > > > that he was in good enough condition to travel in a police cruiser to
> > > > the Sanford, Fla., police station for questioning. He was not
> > > > arrested.
>
> > > > Martin's girlfriend had said in a recording obtained exclusively by
> > > > ABC News that she heard Martin ask Zimmerman "why are your following
> > > > me, and then the man asked, what are you doing around here." She then
> > > > heard a scuffle break out and the line went dead.
>
> > > >   Phone records obtained by ABC News show that the girl, who is 16 and
> > > > asked to remain anonymous, called Martin at 7:12 p.m., five minutes
> > > > before police arrived, and remained on the phone with Martin until
> > > > moments before he was shot.
>
> > > > ABC News has also learned that Martin was staying in Sanford at the
> > > > time because he'd been suspended from Krop High School in Miami after
> > > > being found with an empty bag of marijuana. He was staying at his
> > > > father's fiance's house in Sanford.
>
> > > > Family spokesperson Ryan Julison confirmed to ABC News that Martin was
> > > > suspended for an "empty baggy that had contained pot."
>
> > > > "It's irrelevant to what happened on Feb. 26, does not change material
> > > > facts of the situation, specifically that had George Zimmerman not
> > > > left his vehicle and heeded the police dispatcher's guidance, we
> > > > wouldn't be here today," Julison said.
>
> > > > During Zimmerman's call to 911, the dispatcher asked him if he was
> > > > following the teen. When Zimmerman replied that he was, the dispatcher
> > > > said, "We don't need you to do that."
>
> > > > The new information in the emotionally charged case could complicate
> > > > pressing charges against Zimmerman, which one veteran prosecutor has
> > > > already said could be difficult.
>
> > > > "The stand-your-ground law is one portion of justifiable use of deadly
> > > > force," veteran State Attorney Angela Corey told ABC News. "And what
> > > > that means is that the state must go forward and be able to prove it's
> > > > case beyond a reasonable doubt… So it makes the case in general more
> > > > difficult than a normal criminal case."
>
> > > > Zimmerman shot Martin dead the night of Feb. 26 after following him
> > > > for several minutes. Zimmerman told police Martin looked suspicious
> > > > because he was wearing a hoodie, and when he confronted him the two
> > > > fought -- ultimately resulting in a single bullet in Martin's chest.
>
> > > > Zimmerman claimed self defense and this weekend the lawyer counseling
> > > > him, Craig Sonner, told ABC News that he was likely to invoke
> > > > Florida's controversial stand-your-ground law in his defense.
>
> > > > Video and more here:
>
> > > >http://abcnews.go.com/US/trayvon-martin-shooter-teenager-gun/story?id...
> > > > --
> > > > 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,
> > > > Tommy
>
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