Trayvon Martin: 'Shoot first' law under scrutiny

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Very easy if Trayvon didn’t know he had a gun. Trayvon was doing the ground pound on Zimmerman - unless Zimmerman screamed out he had a gun Trayvon wouldn’t know it until he actually saw it - you don’t concentrate on a person’s waist band when you are pounding their head in.
Too bad that ol’ George decided to follow the boy.
 
It’s likely the picture of the younger Trayvon is a copy
of one cherished by his parents - and given to the press.
I was about to mention the same fact.
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The question is why are they not using more recent pictures?

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So obvious.
You can ask "them" though.
Suit yourself.
 
Lets assume the kid looked a thug? So what? He had a hoodie and his hands were in his pockets. He is 6’2 and 160lbs and 17.

The question that begs to be asked if, IF he was white would he have been followed? And would this incident have occured?
Zimmerman’s recent 911 calls indicate he was tracking blacks not whites.
Still doesn’t prove he’s a racist.

It does prove he followed this boy against 911’s directives and he killed him
 
This website wagist.com/2012/dan-linehan/was-trayvon-martin-a-drug-dealer has pictures of a Trayvon with golden teeth and tattoos, who apparently associates with gangstas and drug dealers.
Probly so, it still doesn’t equate to justified homicide. Equal applied force is always the question. Never is excessive force, self-defense. Fairy Tale in the minds of those who “think” this exists. And in some south countys it may be the case. I wouldn’t count an any of that in the Tri-State area or Mass, and would be very cautious how one “thinks” of this law as a defense applies.
 
Whether or not that is a picture of Martin, I don’t know.

But I do wonder, has this “boy” not had his picture taken for the past 6 years? :confused: The only pictures I have seen are when he was 12 or younger.
Have you considered that he simply has a baby-face? What are you expecting him to look like?

http://www.wtsp.com/images/640/360/2/assetpool/photogallery/245743/Trayvon-Martin-001_540x405.jpg

Here is Trayvon in his “hoodie” - which Geraldo Rivera wants to blame instead of Zimmerman for Trayvon’s murder. I notice that the hoodie has become a symbol of solidarity for those who are supporting his family.

Trayvon was suspended because a bag containing marijuana residue was found in his backpack at school. Marijuana is hardly the sort of drug that drives people into a violent frenzy. 🤷
 
abcnews.go.com/US/trayvon-martin-shooter-teenager-gun/story?id=16000239#.T3DpRRFmKBa

Trayvon Martin Shooter Told Cops Teenager Went For His Gun

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.
 
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