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Trayvon MartinĀ“s legal troubles reportedly covered up by police
The Washington Times ^ | 07/01/2013 | Joseph Cotto

Posted on 07/02/2013 8:16:47 AM PDT by safetysign

On a cold late February evening in 2012, unarmed seventeen-year-old Trayvon Martin was fatally shot by neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman.

Zimmerman claims he killed Martin in self-defense.

Since then, Martin’s history of truancy, firearms-related issues, and marijuana use, among other things, has come to light.

After a special prosecutor was commissioned, Zimmerman was charged with second-degree murder and is currently standing trial.

Evidence indicates that Zimmerman suffered head injuries the night Martin died, though exactly how and why remains a mystery. What can be certain, however, is that the shooting’s aftermath has been highly polarizing.

It has also drawn considerable attention to the oft-overlooked central Florida port city of Sanford, where the shooting took place.

(Excerpt) Read more at communities.washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: coverup; georgezimmerman; race; trayvonmartin; zimmerman
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To: safetysign

I have a bad feeling about this: I think Zimmerman is going to get nailed no matter what.


41 posted on 07/02/2013 9:40:44 AM PDT by Mr. C (Take Back America!)
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To: Dilbert San Diego
These race baiters were too stupid to know that Zimmerman was Hispanic, but when that inconvenient truth came to light, the media declared that he was a white Hispanic, so they could continue to play up the racist angle.

They still are ignoring Zimmerman's black ancestry.

42 posted on 07/02/2013 9:59:26 AM PDT by bgill (This reply was mined before it was posted.)
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To: Hot Tabasco

Wow...funny....apropos....marvelous....kudos


43 posted on 07/02/2013 10:09:34 AM PDT by diogenes ghost
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To: Dilbert San Diego

The media has another agenda. They know that the more-than-likely acquittal of Zimmerman will lead to riots, which they will then cover.

It is, and always was, the media that drummed this up in the first place.


44 posted on 07/02/2013 10:14:35 AM PDT by Retired Greyhound (.)
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To: circlecity
"...I have heard nothing about ballistics evidence in this case."

All the physical evidence backs up Zimmerman's version of events. According to the State (and FBI) ballistics reports, the firearm was right up against Martin's sweatshirt when it was discharged, but several inches away from Martin's body... as though Martin had been in a prone position above Martin with his sweatshirt hanging well away from his body when the shot was fired...

...precisely as Zimmerman has testified, and as Mr. Good (eyewitness to the beating) has reinforced with his own independent testimony.

Zimmerman was the victim, and Martin was the perp. Period.

;-\

45 posted on 07/02/2013 10:21:29 AM PDT by Gargantua (America's starting to smell like a steaming pile of Obama.)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Yup. If Zimmerman had been black, or if Martin had succeeded in killing him, this story wouldn’t have made it beyond local news.

I’m not holding out a lot of hope on Zimmerman being acquitted, but I think he’s innocent of murder. And either way I won’t shed a tear over a dead ghetto thug.


46 posted on 07/02/2013 10:24:51 AM PDT by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (The average American voter is an idiot. Which is how the Dems want it.)
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To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers
Zimmerman is partly black. Facts do not matter to the press.
47 posted on 07/02/2013 10:26:29 AM PDT by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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To: safetysign

I understand special prosecutor Corey has made a special request for Dade-Miami county to conceal “sit on” trayvon martin’s criminal history.


48 posted on 07/02/2013 10:32:02 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: safetysign
Evidence indicates that Zimmerman suffered head injuries the night Martin died, though exactly how and why remains a mystery.

Some mystery!

49 posted on 07/02/2013 10:45:53 AM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed &water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS, NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: safetysign
MSM reportedly didn't do their homework.

They haven't done their homework for decades, why should they start now?

50 posted on 07/02/2013 10:48:44 AM PDT by Mark17 (My heart is in the Philippines, and soon I will be too.)
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To: safetysign

what gun related issues did Trayvon have?


51 posted on 07/02/2013 10:52:40 AM PDT by hecht (america 9/11, Israel 24/7)
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To: RoosterRedux

The Port of Sanford is located on the St Johns River.


52 posted on 07/02/2013 11:05:48 AM PDT by Ingtar (Everyone complains about the weather, but only Liberals try to legislate it.)
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To: Ingtar

Thx...I see that now.


53 posted on 07/02/2013 11:08:01 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (You can't eat Sharia)
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To: Ann Archy
"Did Trayvon have any injuries other than his gunshot wound?"

I read he had injuries to his knuckles.

54 posted on 07/02/2013 11:39:40 AM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: longtermmemmory

Trayvon Martin’s mother is a long-time county employee, and it’s possible the school police covered up his crimes because of it. I’d like to know if he got preferential treatment.


55 posted on 07/02/2013 11:43:33 AM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: safetysign

How could that young innocent child do that?


56 posted on 07/02/2013 1:02:27 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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To: Retired Greyhound

Also, they want the rights so Obama can call martial law. I do believe we are living in Evil times and the main stream media is complicit in the evil. I know there is nothing more the media would like then having Obama once and for all “shut the opposition up”.


57 posted on 07/02/2013 1:25:00 PM PDT by crazydad (Obamamohamed is a traitor)
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To: circlecity
"anges = angles"

I knew you meant angles. Now, if you had typed "angels," I would have seen this guy:



(Sorry, I couldn't resist.)
58 posted on 07/02/2013 1:48:41 PM PDT by Peet (Come back with a warrant.)
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To: mass55th

“the low end government employee community” is so far to the left it is ridiculous. I have an aquantance who reported POLL WORKERS wearing pro-obama t shirts DURING the last election.


59 posted on 07/02/2013 2:22:38 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: toldyou

I had the same reaction when I heard this.
How many times do we say “Is that what I sound like?”
I just hope the jury can pick up on this.


60 posted on 07/02/2013 8:47:14 PM PDT by JMOH
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