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Anonymous Witness Police Used Tells Orlando Station Trayvon Martin Attacked George Zimmerman
Mediaite ^ | March 24, 2012 | Frances Martel

Posted on 03/24/2012 3:38:33 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

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To: muawiyah; PhatHead

muawiyah, in your little abbreviated timeline, you conveniently leave out that Zimmerman told the dispatcher he had lost sight of Miller.

Why is that? Surely you’ve listened to Call 1 on the City of Sanford’s web page on this event? Are you taking lessons in reporting from the mainstream media?


181 posted on 03/24/2012 8:46:00 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: cynwoody

The dartboard picture was there and a couple of others which looked innocent enough. Early in the case, a couple of days ago, I read that Martin had been suspended for 5 days and for tardiness, that’s all.


182 posted on 03/24/2012 8:48:59 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: Krankor
There's a report that the school is claiming privacy laws prohibit their saying anything.

RAINING on that parade, the dude is dead. There is no more privacy. The school officials are PROTECTING THEMSELVES ~ an reasonable conclusion when they do this sort of thing.

So, why would the school people want to protect themselves? DID they expel the kid for little or no reason?

183 posted on 03/24/2012 8:48:59 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: FreedomPoster
That's Zimmerman's statement ~ about his own behavior ~ so why do you imagine he said that?

Main timeline is Zimmerman follows Martin. Zimmerman shoots Martin.

184 posted on 03/24/2012 8:50:41 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: muawiyah

So what is your court of media attention verdict? This situation is guarded by police oversight. If this is invalid then all police oversight is invalid. Make up my mind already.


185 posted on 03/24/2012 8:50:58 PM PDT by eyedigress ((zOld storm chaser from the west)/?)
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To: MaxMax

Wanted Dead or Alive Poster Issued for George Zimmerman by New Black Panther Party
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2863075/posts


186 posted on 03/24/2012 8:51:48 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (Ich habe keinen Konig aber Gott)
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To: cynwoody

You are absolutely correct: “wannabe gangsta” is my conjecture, that’s all. No evidence thus far.


187 posted on 03/24/2012 8:53:59 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: eyedigress
You are out of line. Just go to my posts on this matter and read them all. I am not following the MSM party line ~ and folks here'd be wise to avoid following the "ST or M fr 0 N+" party line as well.

Not everybody supporting Martin's right to self defense are voting Democrat.

188 posted on 03/24/2012 8:56:30 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: muawiyah

OK, thanks. That tells me I can ignore you from here on out.


189 posted on 03/24/2012 8:57:49 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: 101stAirborneVet

That a witness saw Martin on top of Zimmerman and pummeling him, in combination with Zimmerman telling the dispatcher he had lost sight of Martin, seems key to me, but yet we have people here ignoring it entirely. Crazy.


190 posted on 03/24/2012 9:00:20 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: muawiyah

If you would bother to read the story, you would see that it says:

Published : Monday, 27 Feb 2012, 4:55 PM EST

Now I’m *REALLY* going to start ignoring you.


191 posted on 03/24/2012 9:02:18 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Jonty30

Well, George had no authority at all. Trayvon was walking through a neighborhood in which he was a guest, with signs at the entrance saying “neighborhood watch - all suspicious people will be reported” (or something like that.)

The really tragic thing is that I can see myself doing exactly what both of them did - up to a point.

Once he hung up the phone, Zimmerman clearly went down the walkway behind the buildings - I think in order to try to spot Martin. Bad judgment? Yeah, maybe. But “these assholes always get away” and he clearly wanted to be able to tell the police when they arrived where they could find the suspicious person. Would I have done that? Yeah, maybe.

Trayvon is headed for his dad’s place, and suddenly sees this guy coming down the path. Instead of running (he told his girlfriend he didn’t want to) he turns to confront the guy. “Why are you following me?” That’s how the conversation started.

Poor judgment? Yeah, I think so. Would I have done the same thing? Yeah, probably.

How it came to blows I do not know, and my account above is only speculation. But everything I have described to this point fits the known facts. Nothing I have described to this point is an illegal act by either person.

But there is only one living witness to what happened next, and he says the shooting was self-defense. The police say they have found no evidence to contradict his claim.

I’m not sure why so many people who know less about it than the police have reached a different conclusion.


192 posted on 03/24/2012 9:03:50 PM PDT by PhatHead
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To: muawiyah

Also, why did the father take Trayvon 250 miles away? I’m betting because whatever Trayvon did, he did with a bunch of other kids. Why didn’t Trayvon just stay at his mother’s house, where he lived? Because the mother worked and she didn’t trust Trayvon to stay at home alone. She recruited the dad to take Trayvon out of town and away from his homies.


193 posted on 03/24/2012 9:04:40 PM PDT by Krankor (eenie meenie, chili beanie, the spirits are about to speak.)
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To: muawiyah

That’s not an after the fact statement, as you imply, it is his recorded voice talking to the emergency call center operator.

You are leaving things out in a way I call _____ing by omission.

You fill in the blank. Our media does it all the time. You seem to as well.


194 posted on 03/24/2012 9:05:45 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: muawiyah

Give me some time. I did post without a full dissertation of your answers. I did detect you following a line of fact without knowing or having the facts. This is disconcerting.


195 posted on 03/24/2012 9:06:20 PM PDT by eyedigress ((zOld storm chaser from the west)/?)
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To: muawiyah

Yes, I am drawn to it, also. In my case it is because I can easily place myself in either person’s shoes, and can easily envision a scenario fitting all the known facts - right up until the first punch gets thrown - where I might have done the exact same thing as either one of them. And up until that point, it is likely that neither one committed any criminal act.

It’s just really tragic. And it is entirely reasonable to believe both that Martin was innocent, and that Zimmerman committed no crime. Or even that he might have, but there’s no evidence to prove it.


196 posted on 03/24/2012 9:09:02 PM PDT by PhatHead
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To: RummyChick
"dang..everyone is making it sound like it just happened!"

Sure are. And all the images of Martin make him look like he's 12 years old. Geez, hussein's campaign must be in more trouble than we thought.

197 posted on 03/24/2012 9:17:31 PM PDT by moehoward
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To: Krankor

I really don’t get what you’re trying to say here. It is undisputed that Martin was legally in the neighborhood, and resided (as a guest) in the neighborhood. It is entirely possible to believe that Zimmerman acted in self-defense, even though Martin was a basically good kid, who certainly does not deserve to be dead, as a result of a tragic chain of events involving poor (but not criminal*) judgment by both parties.

I don’t see how trying to dredge up dirt, or fabricate it, from either person’s background changes anything about what happened that night. I apologize if I’ve misinterpreted your intent.

* I recognize that whoever swung first committed assault, but I think we’ve all been in fights.


198 posted on 03/24/2012 9:24:01 PM PDT by PhatHead
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To: PhatHead

My point is, the media has gone to great lengths to portray Zimmerman in as bad a light as possible, while showing Trayvon as almost angelic- to the point of posting pictures that are years old. Everyone takes as gospel Trayvon was not acting suspiciously and was only targeted because he was black. But how do we know that. I’m pointing out inconsistencies that don’t make sense.


199 posted on 03/24/2012 9:51:26 PM PDT by Krankor (eenie meenie, chili beanie, the spirits are about to speak.)
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To: VeniVidiVici

Not necessarily, no. :)

But even if the kid bought an ounce or something, that is hardly worth anything anymore.


200 posted on 03/24/2012 10:05:55 PM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults.)
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