Posted on 04/17/2012 1:01:47 PM PDT by jazusamo
“That evening Martin walked to a nearby 7-11 Store where he purchased a can of iced tea and some Skittles.”
Was it ever determined that the boy purchased these items? The last I’d heard (some weeks ago) was that the store’s records of purchase for that time had been checked and there was no record of these items being sold.
Did a quick look via goggle maps. The nearest “7-11 store” is a mile away and requires you to walk under I-4 going and coming. Quite a distance to walk for a bag of skittles and a drink. Nominal time to cover this distance would be 30 minutes with in consistent sidewalks (not always present, on one side of the street or the other, etc.).
My wife and I watched Corey’s press event announcing the indictment. She was arrogant, smug, was obviously politically motivated, and sickening. I hope she gets indicted for false arrest.
Is walking a crime?
Affidavit Ping
If Corey is up for reelection in a few months, why was she appointed to this investigation/prosecution? Are there no other prosecutors in FL who could have handled the case and who aren’t facing an election?
Interesting observation.
According to post #10 she isn’t running for reelection.
Nice to read such an excellent fisking of this trashy affidavit. I would love to see this thing end in a career-ending contempt charge for Corey a la Nifong.
I have yet to see anything about the source of that claim or evidence that it did or didn't happen.
And she has accused him of profiling and we KNOW that's nbot true. I hope she's out in the street next week. She's a fool.
I have asked that question in the past.
Somebody here pointed me to a story, in which a spokesman for 7-11 states that there is indeed a tape of a black man buying those items, at that store. The spokesman stated that it had been turned over to the police.
When asked what time the purchase occurred, the reply was 6:00 to 6:30.
I find that a little interesting, since Zimmerman first spots him at the clubhouse at 7:09...or at least 39 minutes for Martin to travel a mile back from the 7-11. A brisk walk would get you there in 15 minutes. A liesurely walk would take around 20 minutes. And this is on a cold wet night. To me it supports Zimmerman’s statement that he ‘was wandering around’...or not going from point A to B directly.
I have a theory...completely unsubstantiated, or course, but here it goes: St. Skittles decided to go for a walk, to the 7-11 and back...because he wanted to ‘smoke’ a little. You know, a little of that stuff he had just gotten suspended for. And, he probably wasn’t allowed to stink up Dad’s girlfriend’s place. So, he goes for the long walk, buys the munchies, and is taking it long and slow, so he can finish his smoke. Zimmerman sees him - he can’t compute why somebody would just be loitering in the bad weather, he even states to the 9-11 operator that Martin might be on drugs,...and the rest is history.
Who knows.
Or unless you think not charging now will lead to a riot, but that if your case is thrown out in six months or so thing will have calmed down. Either way it is a political decision that is disquieting.
Yes it was reported that the 7-11 does have tape of a person fitting Trayvon's description purchasing items. It was also reported that the tape has been subpoenaed.
What is interesting is that the media, which normally will quickly obtain copies of this type of footage from a gas station or convenience store and show it on the air, have not done so here.
Could it be that it would show a rather large person (6'2") in a hooded sweatshirt, and not the young boy whom they have created for purposes of their narrative?
Zimmerman was measured at his booking at only 5'8".
Yet the media narrative has always been of a much bigger full-grown man gunning down a young boy half his size.
Thanks for the ping.
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Duke was worse because they were arrested even though nothing happened, and every single piece of evidence pointed that way.
“The Story Unravels: New Questions about Trayvon Martin’s Final Hour”
The public relations director could not specify the exact time of the purchase but said it was between 6:00 and 6:30.
The 7-Eleven, according to maps.google, is 0.8 miles from the entrance to The Retreat at Twin Lakes, a 16-minute walk. There is not much to see or do on Rinehart Road on a Sunday night, and it was raining hard. Even if he was not bringing the tea and Skittles to his stepbrother but was eating and sipping en route, Martin should have arrived back at his dad’s fiancée’s place before 6:50, and much earlier if he left the store closer to 6:00 than 6:30. According to logs (now deleted from the department’s website), Zimmerman called the Sanford police at 7:09:34.
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