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Question: HOW MANY BREAKINS Has There Been In THE RETREAT AT TWIN LAKES Since Trayvon Martin ?
July 16, 2013
Posted on 07/16/2013 4:56:09 PM PDT by Yosemitest
I'm serious!
HOW MANY BREAK-INS has there been in "THE RETREAT AT TWIN LAKES" 260-unit gated town-home community in Sanford, Florida, since Trayvon Martin died?
We know this from the Shooting of Trayvon Martin:
The Retreat at Twin Lakes is a 260-unit gated townhome community in Sanford, Florida.[59][60] The population in the development at the time of the shooting, was about 49% non-Hispanic white, 23% Hispanic (of any race), 20% black, and 5% Asian, according to Census figures.[47] Both George Zimmerman and Tracy Martin's fiancées were renting homes in the development when the shooting occurred. At the time of the shooting, Martin had been staying with his father's fiancee at The Retreat.[22]From January 1, 2011 through February 26, 2012, police were called to The Retreat at Twin Lakes 402 times.[47] During the 18 months preceding the February 26 shooting, Zimmerman called the non-emergency police line seven times. On five of those calls, Zimmerman reported suspicious looking men in the area, but never offered the men's race without first being asked by the dispatcher.[61][62][63] Crimes committed at The Retreat in the year prior to Martin's death included eight burglaries, nine thefts, and one shooting.[64] Twin Lakes residents said there were dozens of reports of attempted break-ins, which had created an atmosphere of fear in their neighborhood.[32]
In September 2011, the Twin Lakes residents held an organizational meeting to create a neighborhood watch program. Zimmerman was selected by neighbors as the program's coordinator, according to Wendy Dorival, Neighborhood Watch organizer for the Sanford Police Department.[4][4][65]
Three weeks prior to the shooting, on February 2, 2012, Zimmerman called police to report a young man peering into the windows of an empty Twin Lakes home. Zimmerman was told a police car was on the way and he waited for their arrival. By the time police arrived, the suspect had fled. On February 6, workers witnessed two young black men lingering in the yard of a Twin Lakes resident around the same time her home was burgled. A new laptop and some gold jewelry were stolen. The next day police discovered the stolen laptop in the backpack of a young black man, which led to his arrest. Zimmerman identified this young man as the same person he had spotted peering into windows on February 2.[32]
Zimmerman had been licensed to carry a firearm since November 2009. In response to Zimmerman's multiple reports regarding a loose pit bull in the Twin Lakes neighborhood, a Seminole County Animal Services officer advised Zimmerman to "get a gun", according to a friend, rather than rely on pepper spray to fend off the pit bull, which on one occasion had cornered his wife.[32] Although neighborhood watch volunteers are not encouraged to carry weapons, Sanford Police Chief Bill Lee acknowledged that Zimmerman had a legal right to carry his firearm on the night of the shooting.[47]
We also know that had the situation been handled different by Trayvon Martin, he might still be alive. For instance, what if it had gone like null and void suggested ?
TRAYVON MARTIN: - Hey, are you following me?
GEORGE ZIMMERMAN: - Ummm, yes.
TRAYVON MARTIN: - May I ask why?
GEORGE ZIMMERMAN: - Well, uh, we've had a number off robberies in this neighborhood lately, and I don't recognize you...
TRAYVON MARTIN: - Oh, well, I'm Travon Martin, I'm spending the summer at my uncle's in unit 12. I expect you'll see a lot of me this summer.
GEORGE ZIMMERMAN: - OK, thanks, good to know. I'm George Zimmerman, by the way.
They shake hands.
TRAYVON MARTIN: - No, thank you for keeping an eye out for your neighbors!
But, NO !
It DID NOT go that way.
Now what do we know that might have prevented this?
5thGenTexan stated to most relevant point
: Don't go for George Zimmerman's handgun.
Alex Murphy added : Learn to plan ahead. Don't wait until the last minute to buy your Skittles.
Dan from Squirrel Hill's Blog made some excellent suggestions.
Step #1: Don’t pin George Zimmerman down on the ground.Step #2: Don’t break George Zimmerman’s nose.
Step #3: Don’t give George Zimmerman two black eyes.
Step #4: Don’t repeatedly slam George Zimmerman’s head on the pavement.
But he missed some steps: -1. Don't get suspended from school for possessing traces of marijuana.
-2. Don't steal 12 pcs of ladies jewelry, and a mans watch.
-3. Don't keep a flat head screwdriver described as a burglary tool, in your backpack.
-4. Don't have a criminal past of theft, hiding and acting suspicious.
-5. Don't encourage ... fellow thugs to commit murder with the tweet, Plzz shoot da #mf dat lied 2 u!.
-6. Don't have a police record FOIA Sunlight And More Trayvon Martin Police Records.
-7. Don't have Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin for parents, who didn't discipline their unruly son, when he needed it.
Then they refused to admit to themselves, at each step along the way toward this disaster, that their son, Trayvon Martin, had a real problem and needed professional help!
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So I ask again:
HOW MANY BREAK-INS has there been in "THE RETREAT AT TWIN LAKES" 260-unit gated town-home community in Sanford, Florida, since Trayvon Martin died?
I'll bet it's a lot less, even without George Zimmerman patrolling his own community since Trayvon Martin died by acting like the criminal he was!
To: Yosemitest
LOL! That is an important question.
My guess is zero.
I don’t think it even occured to Rush to ask this.
I don’t know why, but your question leaves me laughing.
I hope he reads FR and talks about this tommorrow.
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posted on
07/16/2013 4:58:54 PM PDT
by
Balding_Eagle
(When America falls, darkness will cover the face of the earth for a thousand years.)
To: Yosemitest
Question: HOW MANY BREAKINS Dis be breakins news.
Fo shizzle.
3
posted on
07/16/2013 5:00:08 PM PDT
by
humblegunner
(Creepy Ass Cracker)
To: null and void; 5thGenTexan; Alex Murphy; grundle
Ping.
Thank you all for the comments I quoted from.
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posted on
07/16/2013 5:01:41 PM PDT
by
Yosemitest
(It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
To: humblegunner
On the Opie and Anthony Show they were saying 400 Police calls from 200 houses in a year.
Compton had 23 breakins per 1000 and Sanford had 60 breakins per 1000.
To: Yosemitest
I don’t remember who came up with it but add to the list that if you are on the ground getting pummeled and yelling for help, make sure you include your name. After all of this, that’s somehow important now.
6
posted on
07/16/2013 5:04:35 PM PDT
by
Hillarys Gate Cult
(Liberals make unrealistic demands on reality and reality doesn't oblige them.)
To: Yosemitest
Oh, well so far Y-test, up to the present moment, I’ve spotted nearly........ ooh, nearly one.
7
posted on
07/16/2013 5:06:21 PM PDT
by
Mygirlsmom
(My tagline seems to be missing.......PEOPLE!!!! PEOPLE!!!!!)
To: Yosemitest
The silence from the media on that speaks volumes. If the break ins stayed the same or got worse they would be rubbing our face in it.
8
posted on
07/16/2013 5:06:52 PM PDT
by
Hillarys Gate Cult
(Liberals make unrealistic demands on reality and reality doesn't oblige them.)
To: Yosemitest
Most of the media keeps talking about Trayvon walking along a public street.... This is a gated community. I'll be a dollar to donut that the street is part of the CC&R's and is really a PRIVATE street. .
.
Only a Florida FREEPER will have the right answer on this one....
9
posted on
07/16/2013 5:08:08 PM PDT
by
ptsal
(Repubicans swallowing more kool-aide from Rove & Kristol)
To: Yosemitest
Trayvon was a troubled youth.
I hope that, despite his bad behavior, that he knew Jesus.
To: Yosemitest
-Don’t imitate MMA. Participate in some sort of organized sport offered at your school. Often times these sports will keep one out of trouble just because you are just too tired to go buy Skittles on rainy nights.
11
posted on
07/16/2013 5:09:54 PM PDT
by
Gamecock
(Member: NAACAC)
To: Yosemitest
It would be interesting to know, but GZ did not follow TM because he KNEW he had a history, but just because he acted suspicious. So the coverup of TM’s deeds did not influence GZ because he had no knowledge of them.
12
posted on
07/16/2013 5:12:03 PM PDT
by
informavoracious
(We're being "punished" with Stanley Ann's baby. Obamacare: shovel-ready healthcare.)
To: Yosemitest
Geesh, this is probably the 5th thread asking this I’ve seen just this afternoon+. 2 within 4 threads of each other.
13
posted on
07/16/2013 5:12:54 PM PDT
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
To: Yosemitest
How many of those break ins was the junkie, Trayvon Martin responsible for? That’s the million dollar question.
14
posted on
07/16/2013 5:14:17 PM PDT
by
RC one
To: Retired Greyhound
As sad as it is for someone entering eternity, I have serious doubts that he knew Jesus, or he wouldn’t be pounding Zimmerman’s head in the cement.
15
posted on
07/16/2013 5:15:20 PM PDT
by
Catsrus
(`)
To: Yosemitest
HOW MANY BREAKINS Has There Been HOW MANY BREAKINS Have There Been
On Fr some of us, at least, try to avoid ghetto English.
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posted on
07/16/2013 5:17:04 PM PDT
by
arthurus
(Read Hazlitt's EcomT"ics In One Lesson ONLINE http://steshaw.org/econohttp://www.fee.org/library/det)
To: RC one
How many of those break ins was the junkie, Trayvon Martin responsible for? Since the question was qualified by the phrase "since Trayvon Martin died?", I would guess, but that's only a wild quess, the answer is zero!
17
posted on
07/16/2013 5:17:19 PM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
To: Yosemitest
Trayvon Martin, had a real problem and needed professional help!Are there professional social workers who give ass whuppins to unruly kids? Parents aren't competent to do that?
18
posted on
07/16/2013 5:20:56 PM PDT
by
arthurus
(Read Hazlitt's EcomT"ics In One Lesson ONLINE http://steshaw.org/econohttp://www.fee.org/library/det)
To: ptsal
Most of the media keeps talking about Trayvon walking along a public street.... This is a gated community. I'll be a dollar to donut that the street is part of the CC&R's and is really a PRIVATE street. .Plus GZ first sees TM standing on the property of a home that had been burglarized the week before. He was standing in the yard. .in the rain.
Oh. . but wait. . .that would be racist.
19
posted on
07/16/2013 5:24:25 PM PDT
by
McBuff
To: arthurus
Thanks for the correction.
Anger got the better of me.
20
posted on
07/16/2013 5:25:08 PM PDT
by
Yosemitest
(It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
To: ObamahatesPACoal
Yo, homey.. check yoself before you wreck yoself..
“Breakins” isn’t a word.
21
posted on
07/16/2013 5:26:22 PM PDT
by
humblegunner
(Creepy Ass Cracker)
To: Yosemitest
22
posted on
07/16/2013 5:26:48 PM PDT
by
Nevadan
To: arthurus
HOW MANY BREAKINS Have There Been by Trayvon Martin since the incident ... 0
Before ? good question
23
posted on
07/16/2013 5:26:48 PM PDT
by
clamper1797
(Evil WILL flourish when good men WILL not act)
To: Balding_Eagle
I hope Rush covers this question, also.
And I hope he has the answer.
And just maybe ... someone from that community will give us that answer before tomorrow.
24
posted on
07/16/2013 5:26:58 PM PDT
by
Yosemitest
(It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
To: humblegunner
Well maybe someone will tag it as "Breaking News".
But since I can't find the answer, I don't know if if would qualify as "Breaking News".
25
posted on
07/16/2013 5:28:47 PM PDT
by
Yosemitest
(It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
To: Yosemitest
Trayvon was looking to burglarize a unit that night and responded with violence against Zimmerman because HE'D BEEN CAUGHT RED-HANDED.
Trayvon was probably going to score himself some Robitussin DX (or a substitute cough medicine) from a neighbor's unit, to go along with his skittles and watermelon tea.
To: Hillarys Gate Cult
"if you are on the ground getting pummeled and yelling for help, make sure you include your name.
After all of this, thats somehow important now."
Good catch.
I agree
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posted on
07/16/2013 5:31:30 PM PDT
by
Yosemitest
(It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
To: Mygirlsmom
Nearly one?
Hummmm, very revealing ...
28
posted on
07/16/2013 5:33:28 PM PDT
by
Yosemitest
(It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
To: RC one
He lived 250 miles away in Miami so probably none. The place to look is Miami.
29
posted on
07/16/2013 5:38:58 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
("No man left behind" is more than an Army Ranger credo it's the character of America.)
To: Hillarys Gate Cult
Sounds logical.
I'd bet you're right.
30
posted on
07/16/2013 5:42:11 PM PDT
by
Yosemitest
(It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
To: ptsal
Maybe a Florida FReeper will answer my question.
31
posted on
07/16/2013 5:43:09 PM PDT
by
Yosemitest
(It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
To: RC one
Finger prints from the crime scene could answer that question.
32
posted on
07/16/2013 5:45:10 PM PDT
by
Yosemitest
(It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
To: arthurus
If the parents believe and read the Bible, they’re qualified!
33
posted on
07/16/2013 5:47:34 PM PDT
by
Yosemitest
(It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
To: humblegunner
My doings, not ObamahatesPACoal's.
34
posted on
07/16/2013 5:49:06 PM PDT
by
Yosemitest
(It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
To: clamper1797
Before's covered in the initial post.
35
posted on
07/16/2013 5:50:45 PM PDT
by
Yosemitest
(It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
To: Nevadan
Thanks, the question was really bugging me.
36
posted on
07/16/2013 5:51:47 PM PDT
by
Yosemitest
(It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
To: Yosemitest
Tough.
N00bs need to learn to write properly, regardless of poorly worded source material.
Otherwise, we all be talk like de hood like Jeantel be talk like.
And she had done tole you. You be listen?
37
posted on
07/16/2013 5:54:47 PM PDT
by
humblegunner
(Creepy Ass Cracker)
To: GeorgeWashingtonsGhost
About his intent, I think you're correct.
Whether Trayvon "scored himself some Robitussin DX (or a substitute cough medicine) from a neighbor's unit" ...
could be found out by the security video from the store he supposedly purchased it from.
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posted on
07/16/2013 5:55:08 PM PDT
by
Yosemitest
(It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
To: Revolting cat!
How many of those prebiousbreak ins was the junkie, Trayvon Martin responsible for?
39
posted on
07/16/2013 5:56:53 PM PDT
by
RC one
To: humblegunner
Sho 'nuff!
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posted on
07/16/2013 5:56:59 PM PDT
by
Yosemitest
(It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
To: Yosemitest
If racial unrest follows Zimmerman jury decision, blame it on Activist Obama
Saturday, July 13, 2013 12:08:14 PM · 18 of 26
mosesdapoet to rktman
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3042477/posts
This is reference to an editorial run in Canada Free Press. The Canadians got it right.! Too bad half of the so called conservatives talk show hosts Ive been listening to cant seem to be willing to connect the dots to what a heavy hand his imperious highness played in this example of socialist justice meted out to serve the policies of the state . Turning this into a show trial replete with wall to wall tv coverage.
.For certain since the not guilty verdict has been rendered the facts of this case are still being concealed by the media such as pictures of both side by side they look like cousins. The mixed area that Zimmerman was a “watch captain” in was struggling with single and groups of young blacks on the prowl.,In some instances armed, preying on homeowners.in his area..That area wasn’t even examinined because it wouldn’t fit their agenda.. Which if done , if true journalisim existed, because that might explain his action of surveilance . In many watch areas that’s done frequently when the subject disappears from view they may leave their vehicle and continue surveilance on foot.. WHAT THE DEMO-COMS HAVE DONE IS PUT THESE SUCESSFULL PROGRAMS BECAUSE OF ITS IDEOLOGY IN JEPORADY....
Even after learning the shooter was a staunch Obama supporter, not Jewish, and a very dark skinned “hispanic” Obama did nothing to curtail the hyperbole or tone down his edict creating this as a racist episode. The socialists controlling the media propaganda machine oblidged.. They began claiming the neighborhood watch captain was a white hispanic .or used a picture of a 12 year old Martin instead of the 6 foot 165 pound person he was vs the smaller 140 pound lttle fatty neighborhood watch captain. Worse yet allowed his US Attorney General to use questionable activities to promote a show trial and ignored using a threat of prosecution to black militant groups threatening the watch captains life.
Meanwhile attacks by black groups on selected happless white victims which wind in their death get ignored by the mainline socialist messengers MSM service and black on black killings many of the age of the so called victim is likewise same-o same-o.
Do not confuse todays politicians and their ahearants in the press and academia as followers of “Liberalism”. . These are die hard God denying I’m right you’re wrong socialists incapable of independent thinking running todays media.. Devising political campaigns of lies and manipulated inflamatory languange disguised as “news or reliable information” designed to destroy any opponent or group to what is edicted by their leader. You must wind up goose-stepping in unison protecting the collective otherwise we will through the use of government step on you and squash you like some insect.. Until the quashers are quashed this will continue..
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posted on
07/16/2013 5:59:30 PM PDT
by
mosesdapoet
(Serious contribution pause.Please continue onto meaningless venting no one reads.)
To: ptsal
I am on the board of my HOA.
We talked about gating our community. We were told by the city if we did that, we would be responsible for the upkeep of the streets and sidewalks, essentially assuming ownership.
So yes, Trayvon was walking on the private communities property, not public property.
42
posted on
07/16/2013 6:00:43 PM PDT
by
Crusher138
("Then conquer we must, for our cause it is just")
To: mosesdapoet
I agree that Obama, the ILLEGAL ALIEN IN CHIEF most definitely is trying to start a RACE WAR, using Trayvon Martin to inflame the situation any way he can, to divide and conquer.
But the more I see the LAWLESS ONE'S actions, knowing that he's trying to use George Soros, as much or more than Soros is using him, the more I have reason to believe that there is truth to that line of thinking.
I've read this line of thinking several times from several different sources, and gave it little credit.
Read it for yourself, and give it the credit you think it deserves.
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posted on
07/16/2013 7:08:38 PM PDT
by
Yosemitest
(It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
To: mosesdapoet
" Do not confuse todays politicians ... and their adherents in the press and academia ... as followers of Liberalism.
These are die-hard, God-denying, "Im right, youre wrong!" socialists... incapable of independent thinking ... running todays media.
Devising political campaigns of lies and manipulated inflammatory language disguised as news or reliable information ... designed to destroy any opponent or group ... to what is edict-ed by their leader.
You must wind up goose-stepping in unison ... protecting the collective;otherwise we will ... through the use of government ... step on youand squash you like some insect.
Until the squasher are squashed ... this WILL continue. "
I couldn't agree with you ... more!
But it reminds me:
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posted on
07/16/2013 7:46:01 PM PDT
by
Yosemitest
(It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
To: Yosemitest
Regarding the photo: “No, F you trayboy.”
45
posted on
07/16/2013 8:39:54 PM PDT
by
rktman
(Inergalactic background checks? King hussein you're first up.)
To: Hillarys Gate Cult
Seems that if the breakins got worse, it could be because a diligent Community-Watcher had been removed from the scene and any others would be afraid to keep an eye on suspicious strangers - now that any Hoodie now has the MSNBC right to bash in the head of a person who tries to watch them as they scope out resident’s doors and windows.
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posted on
07/16/2013 9:25:34 PM PDT
by
Rainier1789
(My Constitution has a 2nd and 10th Amendment)
To: TChad
ADDITION FROM
ANOTHER THREAD:
To: Yosemitest
Question: HOW MANY BREAKINS Has There Been In THE RETREAT AT TWIN LAKES Since Trayvon Martin ? It doesn't matter.
I presume you are trying to make the case that the shooting reduced the number of break-ins,
but you can't separate the influence of the shooting from other factors.
The area has received intense national attention, which has probably caused a huge increase in visitors to the area -- reporters, gawking tourists, etc.
It may be a gated community, but people can get in if they really want to.
Locals are probably concerned about Black Panther types showing up to attack residents who testified, so they are probably paying extremely close attention to strangers.
Shooting or no shooting, the Retreat at Twin Lakes is about the last place that any Florida thief wants to visit these days
if he hopes to avoid being noticed.
25 posted on Wednesday July 17, 00:38:12 GMT-0500 2013 by TChad
My Response:
WRONG!
It absolutely matters, and is STRONG circumstantial evidencethat "Trayvon Martin was GUILTY of many of the recent break-ins before he died."
As for your presuming:" I presume you are trying to make the case that the shooting reduced the number of break-ins,but you can't separate the influence of the shooting from other factors."
First, I am presuming that "Trayvon Martin was GUILTY of the break-ins!"
Second, while your point about "the shooting" is a consideration, YOU CAN SEPARATE the shooting from other factors.
But "LIBERALS" CAN'T COMPREHEND FACTS!
If "the Retreat at Twin Lakes" truly IS a GATED COMMUNITY, then they do control who comes and goes in and out of their community.
"Locals are probably concerned about Black Panther types showing up to attack residents who testified,
so they are probably paying extremely close attention to strangers."
What is this?
Some kind of veiled threat?
"Shooting or no shooting, the Retreat at Twin Lakes is about the last place that any Florida thief wants to visit these daysif he hopes to avoid being noticed."
What?
Do you think that community has any more money today, to fund greater, increased security?
Since it's a GATED COMMUNITY, the local police don't patrol it, but only respond to calls they receive from its residence.
With all the financing that community had to raise for Zimmerman, I'd guess they don't have the security they had BEFORE this shooting happened.
You need to THINK, not feel, your way through all this evidence.
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posted on
07/16/2013 11:13:41 PM PDT
by
Yosemitest
(It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
To: Yosemitest
Archived article
Shooter of Trayvon Martin a habitual caller to cops"In all, police had been called to the 260-unit complex 402 times from Jan. 1, 2011 to Feb. 26, 2012."
Archived from
http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/03/17/v-fullstory/2700249/trayvon-martin-shooter-a-habitual.html
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posted on
07/16/2013 11:52:28 PM PDT
by
Yosemitest
(It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
To: Yosemitest
So give me an exact answer ... how many?
49
posted on
07/16/2013 11:58:07 PM PDT
by
clamper1797
(Evil WILL flourish when good men WILL not act)
To: Yosemitest
50
posted on
07/17/2013 12:00:41 AM PDT
by
Yosemitest
(It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
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