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'Ballad of Trayvon Martin' opening at Philly theater
AP ^ | May 11, 2016 | Associated Press

Posted on 05/12/2016 12:52:53 PM PDT by PROCON

Trayvon Martin has often been in the thoughts of playwright and activist Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj in the four years since the 17-year-old unarmed black boy was shot and killed after a confrontation with neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman.

He has wondered about Martin's dreams, his life and the moments before he died.

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KEYWORDS: blm; georgezimmerman; trayvonmartin
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To: WENDLE

Looking back on this I can honestly say what I said at first. This is the biggest non story of my life. If GZ wasn’t armed, the real story would be he was a victim of the knockout game and maybe still alive. Article would be a couple of paragraphs in the local paper then forgotten, most likely omitting the knockout game part of the story. It was a simple case of self defense no matter how the left wants it to appear.


41 posted on 05/12/2016 1:51:28 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (Liberals make unrealistic demands on reality and reality doesn't oblige them.)
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To: PROCON
> He has wondered about Martin's dreams, his life and the moments before he died.

How about what he'd been doing with his life before the shooting? I'm sure Trayvon was just doing his part redistributing people's wealth ...

42 posted on 05/12/2016 1:53:02 PM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: PROCON

In this Tuesday, May 10, 2016, photo, cast members Amir Randall, from left, Angel Brice, Donna Cherry and Christopher David Roche rehearse a scene for The Ballad of Trayvon Martin at the New Freedom Theatre in Philadelphia. The play, about the death of .....

43 posted on 05/12/2016 1:55:05 PM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING ’VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: PROCON

“playwright and activist Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj “


Uh,huh !

A future Tennessee Williams. :-)

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44 posted on 05/12/2016 1:58:38 PM PDT by Mears
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To: LostInBayport

Ah, yes, the young lady that “don’t do cursive.”


45 posted on 05/12/2016 1:59:16 PM PDT by PROCON
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult
If GZ wasn’t armed, the real story would be he was a victim of the knockout game and maybe still alive.

That "knockout game" theory comes from Jack Cashill, who hasn't exactly been the most reliable source for truth. It doesn't fit well with the circumstances of the shooting and Cashill had to stretch things to come up with his theory.

46 posted on 05/12/2016 2:03:06 PM PDT by x
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To: PROCON

Oh, a “confrontation” we’re calling it now? I thought we had other words for when someone who sucker-punches someone, throws them to the ground, beats the crap out of them MMA style and cracks their head on the edge of a concrete sidewalk till they are afraid for their lives.


47 posted on 05/12/2016 2:10:12 PM PDT by A_perfect_lady
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To: x
That "knockout game" theory comes from Jack Cashill, who hasn't exactly been the most reliable source for truth. It doesn't fit well with the circumstances of the shooting and Cashill had to stretch things to come up with his theory.

Yes, but remember Rachel Jenteal's interview with Piers Morgan. She said Trayvon wasn't going to kill Zimmerman; he was "just gonna do a little whoopass on him". The implication was that if GZ had merely submitted to Trayvon's "whoopass", everything would have been fine. So, granted, it may not have been "knockout game", but it was "whoopass time".

That interview did not get a lot of play, and Jenteal pretty much was never seen after that.

48 posted on 05/12/2016 2:32:09 PM PDT by Sans-Culotte ('''Political correctness is communist propaganda writ small''~ Theodore Dalrymple)
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To: PROCON

Hot diggity dog. I can’t wait to see it. /s


49 posted on 05/12/2016 2:33:14 PM PDT by ataDude (Its like 1933, mixed with the Carter 70s, plus the books 1984 and Animal Farm, all at the same time.)
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To: Sans-Culotte
Okay, that's a more plausible theory. If the point is that Zimmerman's being armed saved his life that's certainly possible.

The "knockout game" depends on an audience or at least one observer. It's not something people do when they're out alone at night in a suburban neighborhood. Cashill's theory was that Jeantel was Martin's audience or observer or co-player, but that didn't make much sense.

50 posted on 05/12/2016 2:41:54 PM PDT by x
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To: dirtboy
He was dreamin' of lean.

Maybe lean, maybe just something leaner than Rachael Jaental.

51 posted on 05/12/2016 2:44:04 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine (The would-be Empress has no clothes. My eyes!)
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To: x

The audience was Jenteal. She was on the phone with Trayvon during the incident. They were talking about GZ following Trayvon, and that GZ ‘might be gay’. Jenteal joked ‘he goan rape you, Trayvon ‘. So, Trayvon may have been inspired to show off for Jenteal, and he may have been a ‘homophobe’ attacking a perceived gay man.


52 posted on 05/12/2016 3:41:29 PM PDT by Sans-Culotte ('''Political correctness is communist propaganda writ small''~ Theodore Dalrymple)
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To: Sans-Culotte

Whatever happened, it wasn’t the knockout game.


53 posted on 05/12/2016 3:47:45 PM PDT by x
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To: PROCON

Projectile vomiting here....

His “dream”???

His dream was to write in cursive to the parole board....


54 posted on 05/12/2016 3:48:49 PM PDT by Enchante (Hillary Clinton: Hamas puts its rockets and ammo in schools and hospitals because Gaza is small)
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To: PROCON
Don't take your skittles to town son. - The Ballad of Trayvon
55 posted on 05/12/2016 3:58:47 PM PDT by Idaho_Cowboy (Nationalism is power hunger tempered by self-deception. - George Orwell)
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To: PROCON

George shot the Trayvon, but he did not shoot the deputy.


56 posted on 05/12/2016 4:41:21 PM PDT by MUDDOG
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To: MUDDOG
+1

You're hired :-)

57 posted on 05/12/2016 4:45:04 PM PDT by PROCON
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To: PROCON

Come and listen to a story bout a thug shot dead.


58 posted on 05/12/2016 7:30:54 PM PDT by Old Yeller (Calling Obama a POS is a major insult to S.)
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To: PROCON
"Trayvon" by Maya "dead" Angelou
59 posted on 05/12/2016 7:37:23 PM PDT by Dr.Deth
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To: Dr.Deth
LOL, +1025
60 posted on 05/12/2016 7:40:47 PM PDT by PROCON
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