Posted on 05/21/2012 9:58:35 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Ever since Trayvon Martin was gunned down by George Zimmerman just moments from his front door, some people have been trying to make Trayvon look like a trouble making 17-year-old black kid who started a fight with a man who was only doing his job. That's crap!
Regardless of what they say, I know in my heart that wasn’t the person he was. I’m not saying he was an angel because no one is perfect, but he’s not what people are trying to make him out to be. I consider that totally disrespectful for anyone to slander anyone else’s name when they’re no longer breathing to defend themselves. I believe it’s a cowardly and disrespectful move. So what if he was suspended from school for having a baggie with marijuana residue in it and he has THC in his system at the time of death, you can’t judge someone for something you have done or still do. Here are four reasons why Trayvon’s marijuana usage should be completely irrelevant.
1. You can’t judge someone for something you have done or still do.
Everyday people of all ages, races, and social statuses fire up blunts, smoke joints, and hit bongs in hopes of easing their minds and obtaining that good feeling. Though everyone in the world doesn’t smoke weed, the average person does smoke or has at least tried smoking. Those who smoke can tell you that they more than likely started smoking as a young kid, teenager, or in their 20’s. If anyone has tried smoking, it was usually during the previously mentioned time that this experience took place. May I remind you that The People’s Son, as I would like to call him, was only 17-years-old? No one walking this earth is perfect, so people need to put their fingers down.
2. Marijuana Does Not make you aggressive.
THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, has been proven to make the user the complete opposite of aggressive. Anyone who uses common sense knows that weed is considered a downer and not an upper, which means that it’s going to slow you down and calm you before it makes you aggressive and prone to violence. After smoking any amount of weed, no one really wants to fight; they just want to eat and chill out. Alcohol is the strongest pharmacological link to violence and it’s the one that’s actually legal.
3. People use drugs and alcohol use to paint imperfect pictures of people.
People are always so quick to use toxicology reports against other people to make them seem like a less than adequate person. If you drank a beer or two, would you like it if people called you an alcoholic? I don’t think you would appreciate it very much. Ok, now imagine you were deceased. How would you feel, so to speak, and how do you think your family and friends will feel when they know you good and well you were nothing of the sort? Reports say that Trayvon’s THC and THC-COOH levels were so low that they can’t be connected to intoxication. Even if he was stoned out of his mind from smoking the best weed ever grown, he still wouldn’t have been in an aggressive state because weed is a downer and not an upper.
4. Drug use of any type is irrelevant because Trayvon was minding his own business while was he was on his way home.
It doesn’t matter if Trayvon was smoking weed or smoking crack, the point is that he was in his own zone minding his own business while he was on his way to his place of residence. He never took it upon himself to go mess with George Zimmerman, Zimmerman took it upon himself to mess with Trayvon. Trayvon could have been blowed out of his mind, but he wasn’t bothering anyone. If he was high at the time he was killed, he was just going home to finish watching the game and enjoy his high. He didn’t want any trouble, but trouble sure sniffed him out like a rabid bloodhound.
It’s been almost three months since Sybrina and Tracy saw or talked to their son. I know what it feels like to want to hold your child, but realize that all you can hold is a picture and your memories. Sometimes people just want to report the facts or get their point across, but don’t always stop to realize that this isn’t just a news story; this is an innocent life that’s gone and a family that’s hurting. People are quick to report someone else’s shortcomings, but work twice as hard to hide their own.
And people use their drug and alcohol use as an excuse for breaking laws and acting badly.
Essentially, yes.
If we want to debate whether drug use leads to criminal action, fine.
But that is not what caused this incident.
Martin went back to 'beat down' the 'security' guy for a reason. I doubt it had anything to do whether Martin was 'carrying', or 'using'. I suspect it was more important. That Martin didn't want anyone 'watching' him on his survey of the 'new' neighborhood.
If true, then Martin PLANNED to ASSAULT Zimmerman. If Zimmerman's statement that Martin sucker punched him in mid-sentence is true, then it seems obvious that Martin wasn't looking for an answer anyway. Just the opportunity to catch the guy off guard.
A popular practice among a certain culture (don't mistake 'culture' for 'color') which used to be considered unmanly, and outright cheating. Now it is a big hit on YOUTUBE.
Of course, so is dancing on the casket of your children in return for trinkets from the ruling elite.
Again, a practice among a certain culture. Cindy Sheehan for instance.
That flick is hilarious.
Please provide a link to any reliable witness or other verifiable source (CCTV) that states or shows that Martin assaulted Zimmerman. I’ll come back later to check it out. Thanks.
It's called ASSAULT. It's illegal. If you walk up to a person and the you sucker punch them in mid sentence, then beat their head on the curb without any apparent provocation, then that is ILLEGAL.
Now, if someone did this to you, would you consider it illegal?
I think it might be more that they’re Africans that grew up around savages, more than weed smoking.
“Gunned down” huh?
Liberal drivel.
My name is Ursula Brantley and I'm a 26-year-old single mother from Shreveport, LA.
It was April 29, 1992 and the city of Los Angeles was in complete disarray. The entire black community had taken its last pimp slap to the face , and the reaction to the vivid abuse was pure anger and destruction. After four white police officers were acquitted of charges for the beating of African-American Rodney King, the city went haywire, breaking out into riots which left 53 dead, nearly 3,000 injured, and a trail of damage adding up to over $1 billion.
Fast forward 20 years, and instead of a grown man being the icon of racial tension, the symbol is now a young boy who wasn’t even yet legal, Trayvon Martin. In 1992, media coverage was nowhere near what it is now, so most of the black community’s education on social issues came from hip-hop artists. Now we get breaking news alerts sent straight to our smart phones. Cities and towns across America held protests to show their support for the young boy, who instantly became a part of our families. We all let our voices be heard, expressing our opinion about how 28-year-old George Zimmerman seemed to receive a free pass from the Sanford, Florida Police Department.
Everybody, including President Obama, had a thing or two to say about the case, but it was the hip-hop community and social networks that made Trayvon Martin such a viral phenomenon.
It does make you stupid and paranoid though. Two factors that could have easily influenced Trayvon's judgement and the outcome that followed.
I've never tried marijuana, don't currently use marijuana nor do I ever plan to smoke marijuana (or any recreational drug out there).
I guess I'm free to judge the little thug.
Now, had he been drinking alcohol or on a coffee buzz...I'd be out of luck
Jus' imitatin' da moves he learn in da local Fight Club.
Are you saying that Zimmerman's injuries are not proof of an assault?
Who is it, you think, that assaulted Zimmerman? Was there someone else?
All the evidence supports the witnesses statements that Martin was on top of Zimmerman, beating on him.
Were they lying?
The only other conclusion one could have is that some mysterious, unnamed, undescribed, THING occurred or was SAID, that CAUSED Martin to assault Zimmerman.
So maybe you could offer your guess as to what that was? If so, provide proof, a link or something where Martin has the EXCUSE and/or RIGHT to ASSAULT another citizen.
How about this...instead of SHOUTING and posting pictures that only show there was a fight you post any reliable link that proves that your supposition that Martin sucker punched Zimmerman. You seem to know what happened so it should be easy.
Rodney King / Trayvon Martin.
Oddly, both cases had a common factor.
I agree with you wholeheartedly. I won’t deign to discuss the link between drug use and crime.
Exactly what the locals and the parents knew for a month after this happened. Then, word of this got passed through channels to political bigwigs and the entire story changed.
...you post any reliable link that proves that your supposition that Martin sucker punched Zimmerman.
It is in Zimmerman's statement to police at the scene. There seems to be no contradictory 'evidence'. Even the 'witness' (Trayvon's girl friend) said the phone was dropped in mid sentence.
Again, what do you think caused Martin to beat on Zimmerman?
If a pot head is in an unfamiliar city and is jonesing for some marijuana, he knows that the quickest way to find it, is to head to the most violent part of town, where it is ubiquitous.
I would be careful about using the GF's statements about what she heard -- she has Zimmerman still following Martin which kind of kills the "he was going back to his truck" stuff.
I can think of a number of reasons why Martin might have "beat on" Zimmerman, but the one that springs to mind first is that Zimmerman was a strange adult male who got out of his car to follow him. If Zimmerman showed or reached for the gun then Martin would have been fighting the strange adult man with a gun who was following him.
Maybe that happened and maybe it didn't. The thing is that I'm not swearing that it did, whereas you and a bunch of others are swearing that Martin jumped Zimmerman without provocation. I say prove it.
Whatever the case, the weed certainly didn’t keep them chilled out on the sofa.
I agree. I was just stating that weed doesn’t turn one into a homicidal sociopath.
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