Excuse me.....playing Devil’s Advocate here.
I’ve made threatening posts online...including some here...One got me a warning by JimRob. Albeit mine were anger and dramatic flourishes possibly fueled vy one too many shots of a single malt.
So what’s said online isn’t necessarily what the poster really meant.
That’s why the defense wants Trayvon’s school records as well.
I think Martin’s online posts, coupled with his school discipline record, is instructive in painting a portrait of Martin’s character.
And remember - comments on this board are anonymous; and, people may be a little more superlative than they would be in real life. Martin’s Facebook posts (and photographs) were not anonymous.
Nor was there the ‘safety’ of distance. Presumably many of his Facebook friends were people who lived close by, and at least one I remember was a close relative.
I do not think his Facebook posts reflect an alterego at all...most likely a very accurate portrayal of his character.
This case was initially tried in the media - we were treated to photos of an almost prepubescent boy, and told he was hunted down by a racist whose only concern was his race (thank you NBC) and gunned down. You might remember that many people were quite confident he had been shot in the back. Almost any potential juror, who hasn’t been living under a rock, has been tainted by this. I do not blame the defense one bit for trying to correct that narrative, even if it means ‘trying the victim’.