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Mother of Trayvon: 'The very thing that caused my son to lose his life was the color of his skin'
The Grand Rapids Press ^ | January 19, 2015 | Heidi Fenton

Posted on 01/21/2015 9:14:14 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

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To: Tilted Irish Kilt
> (from the article) :"Trayvon Martin had an average American family upbringing in southern Florida. He had his faults, but was no criminal, his mother said." Thank goodness you found out that it was the color of his skin that caused his death. Otherwise , it might have been the stolen jewelry in his backpack recovered ,unmarked , at school, or the crank juice he was bringing home, or the weed that was already in his blood system, or his assault on a "White-Hispanic" in MMA style , or the folks that he was running with in the streets , or, the photos of him holding a gun and lots of money , or the fact that he wasn't missed for a day by either parent.

A +...: )

21 posted on 01/21/2015 10:17:39 PM PST by jsanders2001
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To: windsorknot

Yes, when a black person isn’t killed by another black person, it is certain to be a hate crime and premeditated murder.


22 posted on 01/21/2015 10:20:08 PM PST by windsorknot
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To: hoagy62
your son was in the neighborhood with his skittles and "whatever" because he was kicked out of school, and apparently that has happened many times before, what with him and his stolen jewelry....

and you,dear mother, let him become nothing but a street thug...yes YOU did this.....

23 posted on 01/21/2015 10:44:23 PM PST by cherry
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
'The very thing that caused my son to lose his life was the color of his skin'

Well, uh, NO Mrs. Martin, I'm sorry to have to break it to you, but it was the way YOU raised him, ma'am.

You didn't teach him respect for others, nor did you teach him self-discipline. You didn't teach him "Thou Shalt Not Steal" and apparently many other things, like how not to resolve arguments with your fists.

His death, ma'am, I lay at YOUR feet.

Considering the cost to society in fires, riots, wholesale invasions and thefts from local businesses...if I were in charge, I'd make you pay $$$ for all of it, my dear.

Any profits from your T-shirt sales and web site exploitation of your son's death would go to pay back the city of Ferguson via the Chamber of Commerce.

Be thankful I'm not governing over you, ma'am.

24 posted on 01/21/2015 10:56:52 PM PST by sauron ("Truth is hate to those who hate Truth" --unknown)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

He couldn’t help but rough up asian shop keepers and battle with police when he’s called out for jaywalking all because he was “born that way”?

BS

His mama brought him up wrong, that’s the problem.


25 posted on 01/21/2015 11:15:55 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Shickl-Gruber's Big Lie gave us Hussein's Un-Affordable Care act (HUAC).)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Sorry, thought it was the Michael Brown mother.

He had no choice but to attack a “creepy ass cracker” because he was born that way (and his ‘girlfriend’ encouraged him to do so)?


26 posted on 01/21/2015 11:17:25 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Shickl-Gruber's Big Lie gave us Hussein's Un-Affordable Care act (HUAC).)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

It is probably true. If a black kid does well in school and tries to improve him or herself—they’re accused of trying to be white.Gangsta is respectable and anything much further from that and the kid is trying to be white.

It is sad. Some blacks make the prison bars out of their own skin color and keep locking themselves inside this self made prison. Trayvon’s mother wasn’t always there for him but she has decided to mother him in death.

It would have been more helpful for her to have all this concern before Trayvon went off the rails. Black people have the key and only they can free themselves. All the anger and ranting at white people isn’t going to change a damn thing— they’re spinning their wheels.


27 posted on 01/21/2015 11:17:28 PM PST by Irenic (The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheelbarrow)
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He had his faults, but was no criminal, his mother said."

He was on suspension because he was a victim of circus pants.

28 posted on 01/21/2015 11:18:23 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Shickl-Gruber's Big Lie gave us Hussein's Un-Affordable Care act (HUAC).)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Zimmerman smeared his own nose all over his face?
29 posted on 01/21/2015 11:18:51 PM PST by RichInOC (No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
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a fool in paradise:" He was on suspension because he was a victim of circus pants."

Obviously a slight oversight as neither parent was aware of his suspension from school.
Now that is what I call 'effectie parenting'.. (not!)

30 posted on 01/21/2015 11:27:11 PM PST by Tilted Irish Kilt
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt

‘effectie parenting’.. = ‘ effective parenting’


31 posted on 01/21/2015 11:28:33 PM PST by Tilted Irish Kilt
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Attacking someone and beating their head into the concrete had nothing to do with it?

She needs to confront her delusions and stop making a public fool of herself.


32 posted on 01/21/2015 11:35:30 PM PST by Ray76 (al Qaeda is in the Oval Office (and John Boehner is their craven servant))
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

And it had nothing to do with his behavior... little angels they all are!


33 posted on 01/21/2015 11:37:01 PM PST by GraceG (Protect the Border from Illegal Aliens, Don't Protect Illegal Alien Boarders...)
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To: hoagy62

Ditto. Color has nothing to do with it, its the CULTURE. Amazing how the parent totally gives a pass to the thug behavior. I’ll save my sympathy for Zimmerman who had his life ruined by the media whipping up the crowds with the help of the activists. It is my observation from listening to years and years of complaints ad nauseum that many of that culture do not want to blend, melt, or mainstream. The logical conclusion is stand apart and be prepared for the action your behavior instills. There is allot of “hate & resentment” being taught behind some of those closed doors. Laws attempt to direct and modify behavior but 80% must be the will of the individual. Lose the victim mentality and appreciate the opportunities provided by God / then use them!


34 posted on 01/21/2015 11:52:49 PM PST by chit*chat
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To: icwhatudo

LMFAO!!


35 posted on 01/21/2015 11:54:25 PM PST by chit*chat
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To: hoagy62

I think she means he had a typical BLACK family upbringing. What part of it is american? Hey holder, do you have the guts to discuss this without falling back on the old racism cry?


36 posted on 01/21/2015 11:58:03 PM PST by chit*chat
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“The very thing that caused my son to lose his life was the color of his skin.”

Hogwash. Let’s assume, for the sake of argument, that Zimmerman did racially profile Martin. Let’s also assume, for the sake of argument, that Zimmerman is a wannabe and had dreams of being the big hero that night when he got out of his vehicle to pursue on foot, which in turn made confrontation inevitable.

Fine. Does *any* of that change the evidence that Martin was on top of Zimmerman and pounding him into pudding when Zimmerman shot him in self-defense?

No, it does not. The moment Martin began battering Zimmerman, he became the bad guy, and lost any possible claim to being the victim in that situation. It was about a hot-headed kid using his fists and the pavement on another human being, not skin color.


37 posted on 01/22/2015 12:28:56 AM PST by DemforBush (I don't want no communists in my car!)
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To: ozzymandus

I seem to recall that she and the father were divorced long ago and that Trayvon was raised by another woman from about the age of two.

That lady finally got fed up with his misbehavior in school and crimes and drug use and kicked his ass out on the street.

He was then living with his father, who was shaking with another woman, in a different city, when he decided to try a beatdown on someone and got killed.

Both parents and their crooked lawyers should be put in stocks in the city square and pelted with rotten vegetables for about a week or two. ...They’ve never admitted that Trayvon was a loser and have exploited his death to make $$.


38 posted on 01/22/2015 12:38:52 AM PST by octex
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Still today, Sybrina Fulton tries to reconcile resurrect her "Dead Son Franchise" by rehashing fake the memories she has of her son with his death by gunfire in a gated community, as he walked to his father's home from a nearby convenience store.

There. Fixed it.

39 posted on 01/22/2015 2:09:32 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Sounds like “Travon” t-shirt sales are lagging a bit


40 posted on 01/22/2015 3:08:16 AM PST by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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