The Story Unravels: New Questions about Trayvon Martin's Final Hour

American Thinker ^ | April 9, 2012 | Jeff Lipkes

[2ndDivisionVet]

It was a fable for our times:

Once upon a time, a nice young man set off from his dad's fiancée's home before the NBA All-Star game to buy some Skittles and Arizona Tea for his stepbrother. Although the lad was seventeen, he looked like a cute twelve-year-old. Along came a burly ex-con racist vigilante who didn't like the idea of a young African-American male walking around his gated community at night. The cop-wannabe stalked the frightened boy, cornered him, and then shot him. But the racist police didn't arrest the murderer. The conscience of the nation was stirred. Protests erupted from coast to coast. The gunning down of young, unarmed black males by white Rambos -- and the occasional "white Hispanic" -- is an all-too-common occurrence in the US of A.

Now the MSM narrative is unraveling, thanks to Al Gore's nifty invention, the internet. The average MSNBC viewer may not have the smarts and curiosity to do a Google search, but other people do. A lot of the searches wind up at the sites of the Orlando Sentinel and the city's Fox affiliate, Channel 35, both of which have provided good coverage.

Now other local papers are running stories about the "complexity" of the case.

We've learned a little more about Trayvon Martin. Since his record of suspensions and his posts and pictures, with tats and grill, from his Myspace and Twitter accounts surfaced on the web, columnists are less likely to enthuse about him, as a WaPo blogger did on March 18:

By all accounts, Trayvon was a good kid[.] ... He had dreams of becoming a pilot. He was good at math. ... Trayvon's English teacher described him "as an A and B student who majored in cheerfulness."

"So what?" the left responds....

[2ndDivisionVet]

Is that the new Special Operations cartridge for urban fighting?

[EDINVA]

I think you’re giving way too much credit for their ability to plan, organize and implement a plan.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Historically there's never been a black president or black attorney general.

[calex59]

Up yours.

What a great rebuttal. All that evidence to prove I'm wrong, how can I refute that? /SAR

[tacticalogic]

A whole lot of what I like to call “saloon courage” mentality going on in here. If they move their rioting, looting, etc., to the suburbs, rural areas, they aren’t going to be empty handed. They will be armed to the teeth.

I don't see that working out for them. They're out-numbered in the general population by about 8-1, but only seem to be able to operate effectively in situations where the have about a 5-1 advantage. As far as being "armed to the teeth", if the come out to the rural areas they'll be taking pistols to a deer rifle and shotgun fight.

[dragnet2]

Now the MSM narrative is unraveling, thanks to Al Gore's nifty invention, the internet.

Be very aware of those who attempt to discredit the Internet.

The fact is, television is the biggest lying manipulative propaganda medium ever created.

[Sea Parrot]

Some people can’t grasp irony, so next time just for you, I will do outright sarcasm.

[Sea Parrot]

Some people can’t grasp irony, so next time just for you, I will do outright sarcasm.

[RipSawyer]

I wear a hoody if the weather is cold because my hair is thin and I can’t stand cold weather without a head cover. Why on Earth anyone wears one for any other reason other than to avoid recognition is beyond me.

[Rearden]

Correct. It was developed buy a group of special operations armorers and operators. The upper assembly swaps out for the 5.56, uses same mag well but does need it’s own mag.

Balisticly it is vey similar to 5.56 x 45 and 7.62x51 out to 300 yds. After 300 it degrades very quickly, but up to that point, it will deliver 46% more terminal energy than a 5.56 and I understand that terminal performance is on par with the 7.62 with the 6.8 SPC delivering much more internal damage. I can’t wait to test that on a live torso, deer or maybe even a panther, lol.

This rifle is usually assigned to a Designated Marksman. They call it the 200 yard sledgehammer because that’s the way the enemy reacts when hit, he is dead before he hits the ground. It fires a .270 caliber bullet at a relatively slow speed of around 2600-2700 fps.

[wiggen]

I wear them but i don’t put the hood up unless weather dictates. I also always wear a cap since my hair is,in certain areas,well beyond thin.

[CottShop]

[[I have a feeling they’ll head for the suburbs, exurbs and rural areas this time, thinking that Mr. Obama in the White House will keep them from being punished for looting, mayhem, rape and carjacking. Will we acquiesce or fight?]]

I’m afraid the left and black comunity is abotu to see just what it means to ‘stand your ground’ when the left goes o ntheir innevitable rampage through the city- this IS goign to get VERY ugly! But, apaprently that is what the left wants- and that IS what IS goign to happen because that IS the ONLY outcome the main stream media wil lbe satisfied with- They have hyped the lies so badly nowe that there IS NO walkling this issue baqckwarsd now- IF zimmerman IS NOT convicted, there WILL BE riots and civil disobedience by the massses all across this country- not just in florida