Posted on 03/28/2012 4:49:03 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
* The teen was suspended from school three times * He was on suspension when he was shot in February, after officials caught him with a 'marijuana pipe' and a baggie with drug residue * Trayvon was kicked out of school in October for graffiti after he was allegedly caught with a 'burglary tool' and a bag full of women's jewelry * Officials also suspended him once for skipping school and tardiness * Tearful parents say their son is now the victim of a smear campaign * New poll shows 73 percent of Americans think Zimmerman should be arrested
Trayvon Martin was suspended from school three times in the months before he was shot dead by a neighborhood watchman, it emerged today.
It was also revealed that he might have attacked a bus driver, according to a Twitter account that it is claimed belonged to the teen.
The Miami Herald claims that in October, he was caught with a 'burglary tool' - a flathead screwdriver - and 12 pieces of women's jewellery. Martin insisted that they did not belong to him.
Earlier, he had been suspended for skipping school and showing up late to class. And most recently, in February, he was suspended again when officials found a 'marijuana pipe' and an empty baggie with traces of the drug.
The fresh claims are likely to be seized upon by supporters of George Zimmerman who say the teenager launched an unprovoked attack on the neighbourhood watch volunteer moments before Trayvon was shot dead.
The revelation about the suspension in October, in a school report obtained by the Herald, was condemned today by Trayvon's family as part of a campaign to smear their dead son.
The boy's mother said: 'They killed my son and now they're trying to kill his reputation.'
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
I knew you could.
From petty burglary and drug use and distribution to attacking a bus driver.
Young thug sneaks off to burn one and gets spotted so he decides to attack the "fat, little cracker" and ends up ventilated.
"Act like a thug, die like a thug."
This is the true lesson to be learned here.
“They” = all “white” people.
Though I’ve never seen a truly “white” person.
Everything about him is considered normal in the hood.That’s
why his mother is saying that they’re trying to ruin his
reputation.
Doesn't someone in the WH vet these "victims" before they send Barry out to make his proclamations?
New picture: This image taken from a Twitter account that reportedly belonged to Trayvon, shows an older image of the teen - just as new reporting is casting a different light on his behaviour
“Normal” = in accordance with the prevailing local culture.
This is rather what “critical race theory” is about. The rules of the larger American culture deem these behaviors as unacceptable, though they are completely “normal” within the subculture in question.
That is why the larger culture and the laws that extend from those mores are deemed “racist”, because the laws criminalize what is “normal” within the subculture.
That witness saw the end of the fight, not the beginning.
Again, the left will say Zimmeran got physical first, maybe even flashed his pistol. Martin feared for his life and tried to disarm Zimmerman and was shot in the process.
Do you get it now?
Quote: We concluded that the suspect must have stolen the candy and tea." (Sanford Police Chief Bill Lee)
At one time this was termed the "Law of the Jungle" but that was during the unenlightened pre-rainforest days.
All this must have sent Skittles stock through the roof.
Casey trial was 50/50.
The same "they" that killed Nicole Simpson. "They" are still out there.
Only a fool would try to disarm someone. That stuff only works in da movies.
You are kinder than me. I want to see them indict Al "Bullhorn" Sharpton, Jessie "Ebonics" Jackson, and Spike "Twitter" Lee for incitement.
If not the same argument, at least the same mentality -
“we don’t want to comply by your rules, and we’re going to play on your culture’s inherent sense of compassion to let us get away with violating your rules.”
Rabbit trail warning...
I think the coolest “disarm” scene ever, in any movie, was in one of the Lethal Weapon movies where the antagonist took the slides off of the cops’ guns “in one deft move”.
duh....He insisted they did not belong to him....If they were stolen they DID NOT belong to him.
The Sanford police’s preliminary reports are found at:
http://sanfordfl.gov/investigation/trayvon_martin.html
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