[mupcat]

Just curious-—this was a “gated community” wasn’t it? If so, most of those communities that I have come across were either “manned” by someone in a gatehouse, or at the least a literal gate that you used either a key pad or some other method to gain access. So if that’s the case, unless he lived there or had friends who invited him, wasn’t he trespassing?

[Sherman Logan]

I don’t think you’ve been paying attention.

Trayvon was staying with his dad, who was living with his girlfriend there. He had every legal right to be where he was.

Could have been planning to do something illegal, but his actual actions, so far as we know them, were perfectly legal.

[visualops]

he was staying at with his dad at his dad’s girlfriend’s house, in the gated community.

[BerryDingle]

Just curious-—this was a “gated community” wasn’t it? If so, most of those communities that I have come across were either “manned” by someone in a gatehouse, or at the least a literal gate that you used either a key pad or some other method to gain access. So if that’s the case, unless he lived there or had friends who invited him, wasn’t he trespassing?

My thoughts also. I always regarded Winter Park as a "gated Community" near Orlando. The 1981 sinkhole where the garage with 6 sports cars fell into the sinkhole.

[cynwoody]

Just curious-—this was a “gated community” wasn’t it? If so, most of those communities that I have come across were either “manned” by someone in a gatehouse, or at the least a literal gate that you used either a key pad or some other method to gain access.

This joint is a low-end gated community. The back entrance actually has a gate. The front entrance (leading to the 7-Eleven) does not. There is a wall around the periphery. It was constructed quite recently. Most of the occupants appear to be transient renters.

Take a tour: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVGeFAvzqyA (Uploaded Mar 28, 2010).