Posted on 04/27/2012 1:49:34 PM PDT by Mark Mayberry
The picture is featured above and is also goes on to state that it was a meeting held by the NAACP on my college campus on April 4th. Now this flyer got me thinking as I stood in line to return my books and if you have never returned books on the last day of the semester, let me tell you, I had a lot of time to think.
I decided that even though most people want to believe otherwise, most of us are not Trayvon Martin at all. As a matter of fact, I am nothing like Trayvon nor would I want to be. It leads me to ponder this question, what does it say about America that so many people think they want to be like Trayvon Martin?
My parents were fairly strict on me as a child and although I hated it when I was younger, I now understand why they were and it is driven home a little more every time I see a cautionary tale such as this. I was never in trouble outside of the normal realms of being a bored teenager. For that reason I never found myself in a strange neighborhood after dark being pursued by a member of the neighborhood watch. I would have never dreamed of bringing drugs or stolen property to school mostly because I was raised with a strict code of decency and in my community we were all good people who didn’t take part in such things. Also the fact that even at the age of seventeen I am fairly sure my father would not have been opposed to snatching me up for such deeds didn’t hurt as a deterrent.
This story involved my parents quite a bit and I didn’t even realize it until I started to frame out the article. Much of the things that have been unearthed about Trayvon Martim since his death are a result of absent parenting in my opinion. My father always instilled in me to respect everyone but most of all women. For that reason I would never issue public Internet statements through various social media sites using disparaging and misogynistic terms. I was raised in an atmosphere where that was not permitted and if you broke that rule there was a consequence.
From the time I was young my parents both taught me that there was something to be said for hard work and honest living. My parents, both of whom are successful in their respective fields of employment were great role models to support their claims. Because of that influence and example I am now on my way to being a successful person in my chosen field and never once have I thought it would be cool to dress in baggy jeans with a hood covering my face. Not to say that I don’t own any hoodies but the hood is more of a useless addition to the sweatshirt and not to be worn. I am a firm believer that how you dress sways people’s initial opinion. I try to dress my best when I am around town and meeting people so I am taken seriously in public. For the same reason that I assume the guy wearing a badge is a police officer, I also assume the guy walking around with his pants falling down and wearing an oversized hoodie is a criminal. If you don’t want to be known as a criminal then don’t wear the uniform.
I have no middle finger pictures online nor do I own any gold teeth and although I do have one tattoo it is covered a majority of the time and no one is any the wiser. The point I am trying to make here is that Trayvon went to great lengths to convince people that he was a thug, living the lifestyle of a ghetto super star and there are consequences to this decision.
If I had to choose, I would say that I am George Zimmerman. George Zimmerman is a devoted husband who works diligently and does volunteer work with disadvantaged people and at risk youth. He also volunteered in his neighborhood and most people only have good things to say about him. Zimmerman has goals and career dreams that he hopes to attain much as I do and because of that I can understand the hard work that goes into pursuing a dream.
Much like Zimmerman I volunteer in my community and do what I can to help out. Until I moved to Tennessee for school I was a volunteer firefighter and still take part in many activities to help out those less fortunate.
Also I am a concealed weapons permit holder and this is the reason that this case was originally of particular interest to me. It wasn’t until later when Zimmerman was crucified in the media with lies and omissions that I took up the cause. (Check out my story on the media bias in the Trayvon Martin case.) Anyone who carries a gun (legally) understands the responsibility and the risk you take in defending your own life. Because of this I know that unless some new unforeseen evidence surfaces, Zimmerman didn’t shoot Martin on a whim or for kicks, as some would have you to believe.
So I will ask again in closing, are you really Trayvon Martin? Do you want your kids to be Trayvon Martin? I for one, try everyday not be Trayvon Martin and to live my life as a productive member of society and a point of pride for my parents not a point of failure.
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And, God knows, strangers with guns who follow you in the night would never do anything illegal.....
What color is the sun on your planet?
All that matters is who started this fight...and, in spite of the legions of freepers who claim otherwise, only two people know the answer...the guy who died and the guy who killed him.
Seems like freepers are going by what evidence they have seen so far versus flapping lips of race baitors who are looking for a good lynching.
If you have special evidence showing Zimmerman started the fight and is a liar, let us bad freepers in on it. The judge and jury has to look at the evidence and can’t go on how they feel it might have gone down based on the charged statements and manipulations of the press and race baitors.
When the prosecution submits her evidence against Zimmerman, then we can debate the validity that. But currently, I have seen nothing.
All that matters is who started this fight...and, in spite of the legions of freepers who claim otherwise, only two people know the answer...the guy who died and the guy who killed him.
Seems like freepers are going by what evidence they have seen so far versus flapping lips of race baitors who are looking for a good lynching.
If you have special evidence showing Zimmerman started the fight and is a liar, let us bad freepers in on it. The judge and jury has to look at the evidence and can’t go on how they feel it might have gone down based on the charged statements and manipulations of the press and race baitors.
When the prosecution submits her evidence against Zimmerman, then we can debate the validity that. But currently, I have seen nothing.
When you or any of the other freepers who have written on this and other threads that there are corroborating neutral eye-witness statement(s) that support his claim, can find them, then post them. Heck, if so many of you have seen them it should be easy.
For my money the most damning thing against Trayvon was the ABC interview of his friend DeeDee. As I recall, she said that Trayvon said something to the effect: “Why are you following me?” To which George said: “Why are you here?” Then she heard no more conversation and the phone went dead.
It doesn't pass the smell test for me to think that George would have slugged Trayvon. It seems much more plausible that Trayvon would have responded to George's question by punching him.
Also, remember that the original investigators did not find discrepancies between what George said happened and the physical evidence and the earwitnesses. George didn't know what the evidence would find or the witnesses would have heard when he talked to the police, so he would have been on shaky ground if he had started to make things up that could have been disproven.
Also remember that there doesn't seem to be any evidence of George confronting suspicious people before and he did call the cops. If he was planning on doing something illegal, it seems odd that he would have called the cops.
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You're right --- I missed the link to the witness who stated that he saw martin jump zimmerman --- and I just can't find it --- Do you know where it is? I bet you don't.
There is one witness that has made a statement to the effect, TM struck GZ from behind knocking him to the ground and etc.. The police and the prosecution have that statement. That witness will not be required to take the stand.
Bingo, if you said George Zimmerman!
LOL, you are a piece of work. :)
You should have followed the case and then you would know what was written about what witnesses to the police they saw. :)
You can go back through all the earlier threads that you missed and find the reports. Better than making stuff up about Zimmerman’s guilt.
A witness saw trayvon on top of Zimmerman.
>>A witness saw trayvon on top of Zimmerman.<<
Unfortunately, that only proves that Zimmerman was losing the fight. It doesn’t prove who started it.
For the record, I believe Zimmerman’s story, and have contributed to his defense fund.
I followed the case from day one -— that is how I know that you can not produce any witness statements that say that martin jumped zimmerman, not a single one...there aren’t any...and you know it.
If you have a link to a neutral corroborating itness then please provide it.
If you have a link to a neutral corroborating witness then please provide it.
Then why didn't George Zimmerman just shoot Sweet Widdle Twayvon when he first spotted him, rather than going through the trouble of calling 911?
Why don't you just admit that you know with every fiber of your being that George Zimmerman is an evilracistsexisthomophobe who goes around shooting People of Color for fun?
Next?
I’ll give you a clue, one more time. You, the race baitors and the prosecution, are the accusers. In our justice system it is up to you to prove him guilty. Where is your evidence that the mess did not go down as Zimmerman told the cops?
That is the last time I will ask and if you have no evidence, you should give it up until you do. If you keep pounding the table with no evidence, you are a kook who disrespects the justice system and I won’t pay attention to you anymore. :)
A lot of freepers swear that there is a witness statement that says TM attacked GZ.
Funny thing though, nobody, including you, can produce it. Why is that?
I agree. What's more, I think Trayvon’s friend DeeDee inadvertently supported Zimmerman's side of the story in her ABC interview. She said that Trayvon asked Zimmerman why Zimmerman was following him, and Zimmerman responded by asking why Trayvon was there. Then she heard no more conversation and the phone went dead. It makes more sense to me that Trayvon would have answered Zimmerman's question with a punch than that Zimmerman would have asked a question and then punched Trayvon without waiting for an answer.
Unfortunately, that only proves that Zimmerman was losing the fight. It doesn’t prove who started it.>>:A witness saw trayvon on top of Zimmerman.<<
Starting a fight with a stranger is a brash act; how do you know that the guy you are picking on isn’t a karate master, or heavily armed? Assuming that the older man was heavier than the 17yo, it would seem more likely that Martin would have gained his advantage by surprise than by force. And given that Zimmerman knew the police would arrive in the immediate future, that seems like an unlikely time to be committing a felony, especially not knowing that none of the neighbors would see. Martin was wearing a hoodie and was not well known in the neighborhood; he presumably believed in his own anonymity. Zimmerman knew that if he engaged in a fight, no matter what the outcome of it he would not be anonymous.For the record, I believe Zimmerman’s story, and have contributed to his defense fund.On the other side of the ledger, we have the fact that Zimmerman is not backed up by the Associated Press journalism monopoly and his opponents are. And the fact that my suppositions are not absolute proof - and that is what you need when journalism strips you of your presumption of innocence.
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