Posted on 04/03/2012 12:06:59 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
George Zimmerman's Sanford, Fla., neighbor, said the neighborhood watchman protected his residence from a potential burglary several weeks before the shooting of Trayvon Martin.
Frank Taaffe, a former neighborhood watch captain, told CNN that his house was in the process of being robbed on Feb. 2, but Zimmerman called Sanford police, who thwarted the robbery.
"My house was being robbed, and George on his nightly rounds watched this burglary in progress, called Sanford P.D., waited for them, and helped ensure that nothing bad happened to my house," Taaffe said. "And it's documented in the 911 call for February 2. That was my residence that George Zimmerman helped stop." Zimmerman shot and killed Martin on Feb. 26.
"Neighbor-hood, that's a great word," Taaffe said.
Taaffe said that "young black males" were the perpetrators in the attempted robbery of his home. "We had eight burglaries in our neighborhood all perpetrated by young black males in the 15 months prior to Trayvon being shot," Taaffe said. "It would have been nine."
Taaffe denied that he told the New York Times that burglaries were done by "Trayvon-like dudes with their pants down."
"I never said that," he said. "I never used that term."
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Well, he could have. It would have been accurate. "Trayvon-like dudes" perpetrate crime and violence in our cities every stinking day.
I wonder if the national media is telling about this?? I guess blacks robbing white's homes aren't newsworthy, but a white shooting a black because he's being beaten up is!!
You have to expect burglaries and theft when the “kids” are being taught in our so called schools that if anyone has anything nice, it was stolen from those who don’t have anything. These thieves are just taking back what they have been told belongs to them. It’s a “hope and change” thing.
all of whom would have looked like you, barak Obama, if you'd have had a son.
There, fixed it.
How does one rob a home??
Which means you used that term according to the laws of the MSM.
BTW, they said Trayton had Iced tea and Skittles on him. Did he pay for it or rip it off? Show me the video tape of the store when he was there.
I meantion that because when someone shoplifts they are very paranoid afterwards which obviously he was.
“How does one rob a home??”
I think that the distinction may be that if someone breaks into a home that is not occupied at the time then it is considered a “burglary”. If the home is occupied at the time then it automatically becomes a “robbery”.
Fake, but accurate.
At common law, a “burglary” must happen at night.
Seems like Obama's sons are waging a massive crime spree in that particular neighborhood.
Well... I guess we are both half correct. Fl. Has a home invasion robbery charge and a burglary of occupied dwelling charge. The former involves a forceful taking.
“Trayvon-like dudes with their pants down.”
From now on I will refer to the currnet occupant of the White House as that “Trayvon-like dude.” Very descriptive phrase. In todays news, the Trayvon-like dude in the White House threatened the Supreme Court. The Trayvon-like dude in the White House attacked the Republicans.
“Taaffe said that “young black males” were the perpetrators in the attempted robbery of his home. “We had eight burglaries in our neighborhood all perpetrated by young black males in the 15 months prior to Trayvon being shot,” Taaffe said. “It would have been nine.””
It may have been 10 or 11 if Trayvon had not been stopped.
We should refer to Omoslem as “Trayvon Sr.”
I would not be surprised if the real reason he was walking around was to case houses for burglary.
“At common law, a “burglary” must happen at night.”
When you reference “common law” is that for Florida or all of the states?
For example, in Louisiana, laws are, more or less, based upon “Napoleonic” law. Not so in other states.
I like to learn.
You know, this is a really good point that I don’t think has ever been addressed.
Watch out, his family may have trade marked that phrase / s
But, Obama’s a white-black. His son would be a white-black-black.
I live in Queens New York city across the street from a Duane Reade drug store that is VERY easy to rip off, and every so often when I walk to work and pass it, I hear the “beep” of someone passing through the detector which means they just ripped off something.
And the people who work there just do not care. So what happens, is the person who just shoplifted walks out (99 times out of 100 it is a black woman) and I follow them. Not because I am Mr. Cop wannabe, but because that is the way I walk to work.
And I cannot tell you how many times they look behind their back while walking. I have it down to a science...Every 10 seconds....Walk walk...look behind....walk walk...look behind. (How many times do you look behind you when walking in broad daylight?) And some of them will stop thinking I’m following them but I just keep walking.
That’s exacly what happened here. Trayvon got paranoid, saw the “rent a cop” get on the phone, then he tried to do a “one punch” on Zimmerman which is a gangsta macho fad to see if you can knock out someone with one punch.
Only Zimmerman didn’t get knocked out and you can take it from there.
I heard somewhere that he has $22 in cash on him when he died. Any change or just paprer bills? If he had $22 even, my bet would be he stole the soda and Skittles since it's unlikely they came to an even amount.
This story is making me sick to my stomach. If blacks dont want to be profiled - well then they need to stop feeding into every negative stereotype out there.
I think your theory is very plausible.
“I heard somewhere that he has $22 in cash on him when he died. Any change or just paprer bills? If he had $22 even, my bet would be he stole the soda and Skittles since it’s unlikely they came to an even amount. “
There has been no evidence whatsoever that he actually paid for the tea and Skittles, leaving the only possible evidence is that he stole from that store.
Perhaps. . .but not all jurisdictions adhere to that standard and burglary is burglary no matter time of day.
You say t stole the tea and skittles from a store.
I say he mugged someone for it.
That being said, a great many states have superceded a lot of common law by statute, so that a lot of states have dropped the "at night" requirement.
Oddly, that is not what Mr. Taffee said in this Fox43 video interview that was posted on YouTube on March 13th.
The same way that one robs you.
Robbery is the unlawful taking by force. People are mistaken by terminology. Especially journalists... you can’t rob a concrete object. Factually a moron report.
Well, then, The New Yorks Times made a dead-on inference, and felt duty-bound to ascribe it to Taafe.
I see no problem there.
Nuff said.
It's time for some news outlets to put out the truth about crime. I talking numbers - not 'feelings'.
the fact it doesn’t matter whether this neighbor or even zimmerman are PC-sensitive enough for the media.
What matters is that zimmermans account makes sense, and that it is supported by the evidence. Therefore if there ever is a trial and IF (big if here) it was a fair trial, zimmerman would go free based on reasonable doubt.
the fact is it doesn’t matter whether this neighbor or even zimmerman are PC-sensitive enough for the media.
What matters is that zimmermans account makes sense, and that it is supported by the evidence. Therefore if there ever is a trial and IF (big if here) it was a fair trial, zimmerman would go free based on reasonable doubt.
I still haven’t heard what young master Traaaayyyyvonnn was doing in the “gated” community at night in the rain, with hoodie and “just a box of Skittles” Bullsh!t.....
AZ Tea and Skittles are both street names for illegal drugs.
Have not seen either mentioned by anyone but the family. Wait till the toxicology report is made public to make a judgment.
Reported yesterday by Z’s lawyer that Zimmerman passed a “voice stress” test. IIRC it’s another name for lie-detector test.
The 90 year old war veteran husband was beaten and his jaw broken. He was shot in the face numerous times with a BB gun and sent to the hospital in critical condition.
The 85 year old partially blind wife was RAPED and then BEATEN TO DEATH.
Can you just imagine the pain, the humiliation, the horror that dear old lady experienced being gang raped by that pack of feral animals?
(the autopsy states she was raped. Don’t think all of these animals didn’t all participate)
And can you imagine the pain, the horror of that dear old husband having to witness this?
There’s a lot more involved here than a home invasion and robbery.
WHERE ARE THE CHARGES OF A RACIAL HATE CRIME??
90 year old husband’s jaw broken and shot in face with a BB gun numerous times?
85 wife year old semi blind wife RAPED and BEATEN to death??
Why does it take a foreign press to enlighten America as to this henious crime?
Where is the outrage?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2117695/Brutal-home-invasion-Oklahoma-couple-ends-65-year-romance-meeting-blind-date.html
The same way one robs a bank.
Anyone else wonder about the dearth of coverage—actually TOTAL LACK OF MENTION— of the alleged fiance, her alleged house, whether Trayvon was allegedly there, the alleged kid he allegedly went to get the alleged skittles for? And of course, there is no surveillance video from the alleged 7-11 he allegedly went to, and no receipt (either in his possession or on the register records) for his alleged purchase. And what about the tox screen?
And if Trayvon’s drug use and suspensions from school were irrelevant and unrelated, then why are the media all over Zimmerman’s arrest for hitting a cop (subsequently dropped) and alleged violent domestic disturbance?
Personally, I think Trayvon was a burglar.
He was previously caught with burglar tools and stolen jewelry.
The store’s surveillance tapes could be very revealing, and not just to confirm if a purchase was made. How TM appeared mere minutes before GZ called the police might put a whole new spin on this (either way). Tends to make you think they either don’t exist, show nothing, or are prejudicial to the Martin side. (If the Skittles and Iced Tea story came from the family lawyer, maybe the police would not have even known to look for tapes or verify the Skittles story until weeks after the shooting. Was it mentioned in the initial police reports?)
Another pure speculation would fit your “guilty/paranoid” scenario: selling (or looking to sell) rather than buying/using drugs.
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