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Trayvon's Skittles, Arizona Iced Tea and something called 'Purple Drank'
Examiner ^ | 7/13/13 | Timothy Whiteman

Posted on 07/14/2013 1:18:44 PM PDT by blueyon

Media speculation as well as internet buzz are openly querying if Trayvon Martin's purchase of Skittles and Arizona Watermelon Fruit Cocktail Juice on the night he died were just to satisfy a young man's sweet tooth or were they two of the three ingredients in a dangerous codeine-based concoction, as reported by the pop culture news portal RashManly.com on July 12, 2013.

Martin has been portrayed by his supporters as an innocent youth armed with nothing more than a bag of Skittles candy and a can of Arizona Iced Tea on the night he was killed by neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman..

During the course of the trial, State Prosecutor John Guy made it official when he identified to the jury Martin's personal possessions found on his body by police, to include an "unopened bag of Skittles" as well as a "full can of watermelon-flavored drink," as reported by Central Florida News 13 on June 25, 2013.

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To: blueyon
Why not just drink cough syrup?

Plenty of kids do but it tastes awful. I have trouble just taking a dose of the nasty stuff.

41 posted on 07/14/2013 2:42:19 PM PDT by muggs (Hope and Change = Hoax and Chains)
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To: Lancey Howard

This is the first time I have read anything in-depth on this. It would seem that there would be headlines or time devoted to the concoction especially if this was part of his social media. A child. . .going to get skittles and a drink. Parents should be made aware if their so called children are partaking!

Besides. . .when I get the urge for my favorite candy and drinks, I certainly don’t wait to get home and open them up!


42 posted on 07/14/2013 2:43:52 PM PDT by Maudeen (Proverbs 3:5-6)
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To: bigbob

Because ‘Lean’ is what happens to a person’s balance after consuming this mixture.

Videotape at the 7-11 shows Trayvon Martin wasn’t coordinated in his movements and kept leaning while paying for his candy and watermelon drink.

The problem with ‘Lean’ or ‘Purple Lean’ (also called ‘Purple Drank’) is that it affects the brain, resulting in violent behavior. Shrinks refer to is as a “psychic break”.

Trayvon had a 5-yard walk to where he was staying. Instead, he circled around and attacked George Zimmerman, sucker punching him in the face. Then he straddle the recumbent, smaller victim, and punched him repeatedly in the face while saying. “I’m going to kill you!”.

Does that sound like a rational, sober teenager to you?


43 posted on 07/14/2013 2:48:33 PM PDT by SatinDoll (NATURAL BORN CITIZEN: BORN IN THE USA OFCITIZEN PARENTS)
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To: blueyon
Related

The Picture Of Trayvon On Night He Was Shot, buying the Skittles and ice tea

Trayvon Martin, Burglary Tools, and PCP-style Drug Cocktails


44 posted on 07/14/2013 2:49:54 PM PDT by opentalk
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To: cyn
For those who wonder how Trayvon made the descent, showing his online activity relating to increasing drug culture contact: "What were the last 18 months like for Trayvon Martin?" -- from conservative treehouse Done over a YEAR ago. Welcome to the party, lamestream.
45 posted on 07/14/2013 2:53:52 PM PDT by cyn (Benghazi.)
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To: muggs

Same here, I have swallowed a full dose cup (about 30 ml) of DM to get to sleep when nothing else works and it always makes me a little nauseous, but then fall asleep. Definitely nothing euphoric for me. I’m sure the kids take far more than that.


46 posted on 07/14/2013 2:56:19 PM PDT by steve86 (Acerbic by Nature, not Nurture™)
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To: cyn

“...instead, an innocent man was persecuted.”

YES! An innocent man has been persecuted...his name is George Zimmerman...a Hispanic whose grandrather was BLACK.


47 posted on 07/14/2013 3:13:17 PM PDT by GGpaX4DumpedTea (I am a Tea Party descendant...steeped in the Constitutional Republic given to us by the Founders)
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To: blueyon
george zimmerman trayvon martin media bias cnn
48 posted on 07/14/2013 3:48:59 PM PDT by Bon mots
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To: blueyon
Purple Drank is commonly used by Southern Rappers and "wannabe suburban teenagers" according to Urban Dictionary.

I thought I first read somewhere that this stuff was called "Purple Dank". It should be because Purple Dank sounds a lot more menacing and that's what that demography usually wants.

49 posted on 07/14/2013 3:50:02 PM PDT by Will88
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To: bigbob

Although called a tea in nearly every report I’ve read or heard, the Arizona Watermelon drink is a fruit juice cocktail. Sprite is apparently the original beverage used but it’s not a required one.


50 posted on 07/14/2013 4:47:00 PM PDT by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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To: txgirl4Bush

So the nation traded smoking cigarettes and a little bit of beer for this stuff? Incredible.


51 posted on 07/14/2013 4:54:29 PM PDT by gitmo ( If your theology doesn't become your biography it's useless.)
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To: Maudeen
It would seem that there would be headlines or time devoted to..

LOL!
No. That kind of story would not fit the Democrat "mainstream" newsroom narrative of a racist, "white Hispanic" wanna-be cop cold-bloodedly gunning down a black child who was simply skipping home from market with a bag of candy, now would it?

52 posted on 07/14/2013 5:02:04 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: blueyon

Yes, it is true. It is known as Purple Drank or Lean and several other names as well. The Watermelon drink is to make the flavor palatable.


53 posted on 07/14/2013 5:27:42 PM PDT by calex59
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To: cyn

So the schools are complicit in handing out two of the ingredients! !!???!!!

Words fail me....


54 posted on 07/14/2013 6:56:39 PM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57 returning after lurking since 2000))
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To: muggs; blueyon; tanknetter

Re: cough syrup

I to this day must hold my nose just to down two teaspoonfuls of the stuff...

Blech!!!!


55 posted on 07/14/2013 6:59:28 PM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57 returning after lurking since 2000))
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To: hoosiermama

Ironically it was Z who was reaching out to troubled black youth,...
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Why didn’t the Defense bring that out in testimony to demonstrate to the media and jury that GZ was not racist in any way? (rhetorical) Just having a couple of the parents of the black youths mentored by GZ testify might have really offset the Prosecutors’ contention that GZ was racist.


56 posted on 07/14/2013 7:18:38 PM PDT by octex
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To: octex

Judge wouldn’t let kids testify anonymously

It and the case where Z took on the police force in the attack of homeless Blackman
Would be used if DOJ try to bring charges


57 posted on 07/14/2013 8:03:09 PM PDT by hoosiermama (Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then!)
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To: octex

Dads were doing life. Moms not functioning. George and Shelly continued to tutor even though the program was dropped because of funding


58 posted on 07/14/2013 8:05:47 PM PDT by hoosiermama (Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then!)
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To: blueyon

Don’t be distracted. The Federal government is going to use sleight of hand, to keep our attention focussed on riots and demonstrations like the ones in Oakland, San Francisco and elsewhere, to try and give Boehner and Cantor breathing room to force amnesty for illegal aliens down our throats. DON’T LET THEM DO THIS!!


59 posted on 07/14/2013 10:24:44 PM PDT by Piranha (We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst.)
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To: blueyon

gives new meaning to Obama’s & MSNBC’s “Lean Forward”


60 posted on 07/15/2013 3:58:52 AM PDT by stylin19a (Obama -> Fredo smart)
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