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Trayvon Martin Dogged By Disciplinary Problems at School
Good Morning Amerika! ^ | 27MAR2012 | Matt Gutman

Posted on 03/27/2012 1:04:03 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine

Trayvon Martin, the Florida teenager shot dead during a scuffle with a neighborhood watchman, was suspended from his Miami school three times over the past year, according to the family attorney.

The revelation that Martin, 17, was dogged by disciplinary problems at school was the latest salvo in a war of leaks meant to bolster each side amid rising tension over the Feb. 26 shooting. Martin's parents, Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin, will appear before a House panel today and rallies continue around the country demanding that George Zimmerman, the 28-year-old watchman who shot Martin, be arrested.

Martin may have cut a more imposing figure than previously known. Recent pictures on the web and social media show him with gold dental grill and making obscene gestures to the camera. In addition, Martin's Miami school records show that he has been suspended three times. Family attorney Benjamin Crump confirmed to ABC News that Martin had been slapped with a 10 day school suspension after a bag with suspected marijuana was found in his backpack.

Last year Martin was suspended for spraying graffiti on school grounds. The Miami Herald reported that the school guard who stopped him searched his backpack and found 12 items of women's jewelry and a flathead screw driver that the guard believed to be a "burglary implement." But Martin was never charged or specifically disciplined for the incident. Crump alleged that the Sanford police had leaked damaging information about Martin into order to muddy the case, calling it a "conspiracy."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: discipline; martin; problem; trayvon; trayvonmartin; trayvonsuspension
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Conyers is saying that Trayvon’s family has asked them to walk with them out to meet the press with them. That is odd...
Done.


81 posted on 03/27/2012 2:36:11 PM PDT by Irenic (The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheel barrow)
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To: Jack Hydrazine
More embarrassing facts keep coming out. But am I the only one who finds this headline absolutely typical of the way the lamestream media lies to its audience?

Trayvon Martin Dogged By Disciplinary Problems at School

He is "dogged" by "problems"? Like, these "problems" keep following him around as he tries to escape them, and and they bite him in the ankles?

No. He was disciplined repeatedly for his own poor choices, and sometimes his criminal choices. The headline makes him sound like some kind of passive victim. Pure bad luck. No, he is the perp, by his own bad choice.

82 posted on 03/27/2012 2:36:15 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: isthisnickcool

“The South Side Skittle Snatchers”


83 posted on 03/27/2012 2:36:46 PM PDT by hawkboy
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To: Red Badger
Obviously you have read the teets.

Yes, why yes I did.......I love to read them every chance I get..........

What I especially like is that if your eyesight is poor, they'll automatically switch to braille.

84 posted on 03/27/2012 2:38:04 PM PDT by sjmjax (Politicans are like bananas - they start out green, turn yellow, then rot.)
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To: sjmjax

Was wondering how the way this is being protrayed, Obama et. al.s responses, actions, and will effect the White Hispanic vote. Woner if they will see how they sit in the pecking order at the DNC.


85 posted on 03/27/2012 2:38:55 PM PDT by blitz128
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To: sjmjax

Was wondering how the way this is being protrayed, Obama et. al.s responses, actions, and will effect the White Hispanic vote. Woner if they will see how they sit in the pecking order at the DNC.


86 posted on 03/27/2012 2:40:05 PM PDT by blitz128
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Oops. Spike Lee gave out the wrong address for the vigilantes to lynch Mr. Zimmernan.

Could you imagine a bunch of Black Panther vigilantes showing up on your doorstep???

The director is accused of inciting racial violence with his retweet of the alleged whereabouts of George Zimmerman.

3/27/2012
Spike Lee tweets incorrect Zimmerman address
WIth a $10,000 bounty on Zimmerman, just how irresponsible was it for Spike Lee to tweet what he thought was Zimmerman’s address? How bad is it that Lee gave out someone else’s address? From the Daily Caller:

Filmmaker Spike Lee tweeted the wrong home address for George Zimmerman, the Sanford, Fla., man who many are claiming should be arrested for shooting and killing Trayvon Martin. The tweet could have potentially put the woman who actually lives at that address in danger. . . .

http://johnrlott.blogspot.com/2012/03/spike-lee-tweets-incorrect-zimmerman.html


87 posted on 03/27/2012 2:40:33 PM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: Irenic

they are upset because the “media’ is trashing his reputation.

WHAT REPUTATION? ha>>ha?

THEY MUST BE SO PROUD OF THE LIFE OFTHEIR SON.


88 posted on 03/27/2012 2:41:44 PM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie (NEWT in 2012)
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To: KeyLargo
Because there was no internet, few people saw the entire tape of the incident, nor knew what an animal King was.

This appears to be right out of the Scott Olsen mold (remember him? I had to google it).

89 posted on 03/27/2012 2:44:29 PM PDT by End Times Sentinel (In Memory of my dear Friend Henry Lee II)
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie

Reading through tweets and looking back through Trayvon’s photo’s and all, it looks a little like his family let him down, maybe the school, too. If the school didn’t report to Trayvon’s parents that he had stolen goods at school. It seems unlikely that the school would not have but that is what his parents claim—they know nothing of it.

It really does seem Trayvon started out with such a bright future and you can see where he started going off track. sad.


90 posted on 03/27/2012 2:49:52 PM PDT by Irenic (The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheel barrow)
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To: Mears

bfl


91 posted on 03/27/2012 2:59:33 PM PDT by Mears (Alcohol. Tobacco. Firearms. What's not to like?)
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To: JoeProBono

LOL! Nice job on the pic!


92 posted on 03/27/2012 3:22:41 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici (The Democrat Ku Klux Klan is alive and well under the banner of diversity and tolerance)
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To: Cicero
Trayvon Martin Dogged By Disciplinary Problems at School

Trayvon Martin Dogged By Disciplinary Problems at School He is "dogged" by "problems"? Like, these "problems" keep following him around as he tries to escape them, and and they bite him in the ankles?

I know, I noticed that too.

"Trayvon kept trying to do right, but every time he started to get himself together, why, those darned Diciplinary Problems would crop up again, and down he go. Seemed like wherever he went, those Disciplinary Problems were just waiting for him."

"I told him many time, Trayvon honey, you just gotta stay away from those Disciplinary Problems, don't let'em get you, don't let'm bring you down! And Trayvon, he say I know Mama, I'm tryin' hard. They doggin' me Mama, they doggin' me."

Another non-judgemental phrase the MSM likes to use is "caught up in," as in "Tyrone wanted to play for the NBA, but he got caught up in the street-level drug business when he was in the eighth grade, according to his great-grandmother."

93 posted on 03/27/2012 4:15:59 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Obama goes on long after the thrill of Obama is gone)
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To: Dilbert San Diego
Is the media upset that Trayvon was apparently headed down the wrong road? Or are they upset that their rush to judgement is making them look foolish in retrospect?

They were hoping to stir this up into a Long Hot Summer of riots, which only Obama would be able to control. They didn't count on the real facts getting out there so quickly.

94 posted on 03/27/2012 4:58:16 PM PDT by PapaBear3625 (In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. - George Orwell)
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To: stephenjohnbanker
Looks like he was a burglar in REAL LIFE.

I know punks like Martin. These friends of mine are poor, barely getting by after they lost their home and jobs (which was their all their fault). Anyway, their teenage son always manages to have the best things in his possession, clothes, stereos, games, etc., despite never having a job. (Wears pants below his shorts etc.) The parents give him nothing. The parents say Junior is real smart and knows how to barter to get what he wants. Hmmn. His older brother had done time in juvenile detention for burglary. But the parents insist Junior is just smart.

95 posted on 03/27/2012 5:11:36 PM PDT by roadcat
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To: roadcat

” Junior is real smart and knows how to barter to get what he wants. “

Barter/Burglar...whazza diff ?

LOL!


96 posted on 03/27/2012 5:15:31 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (God, family, country, mom, apple pie, the girl next door and a Ford F250 to pull my boat.)
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To: Jack Hydrazine
Trayvon's family legal team.
97 posted on 03/27/2012 5:16:13 PM PDT by Daffynition (On Andrew Breitbart: In his honor, I'll fight harder...He'll be back and he'll be millions.)
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To: Daffynition

Looks like affirmative action for Whitey needs to be applied to them.


98 posted on 03/27/2012 5:28:23 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

The truth is a conspiracy?


99 posted on 03/27/2012 5:33:54 PM PDT by A CA Guy ( God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: A CA Guy

It’s also a weapon of terror. Didn’t you know?


100 posted on 03/27/2012 5:37:10 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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