Trayvon Martin's parents re-live a 'nightmare' (Must read)

Madison Times ^ | March 28, 2012 | George E. Curry, NNPA Special Contributor

[trappedincanuckistan]

http://www.wagist.com/2012/dan-linehan/was-trayvon-martin-a-drug-dealer

Close ups of Martin’s multiple tattoos taken from MySpace and Twitter.

[Scoutmaster]

Close ups of Martin’s multiple tattoos taken from MySpace and Twitter.

Respectfully, neither of those photos show Trayvon's face and there's no guarantee that they're Trayvon Martin's tattoos. I believe the one that says "Sybrina" is likely his, because that's his mother's name, but I've never seen a photo of Trayvon that shows his inner wrist, and that tattoo is clearly on an inner wrist. Therefore, we can assume that it's Trayvon Martin's tattoo, but we don't know that for certain.

As for the other, large, tattoo, I don't know that it's Trayvon's. It's on a right upper arm and says "Nana." I don't see that tattoo in the photo I posted above of a shirtless Trayvon. He clearly appears to have a tatto on his left upper arm, but you can't see a tattoo on his right upper arm.

Remember that Trayvon Martin posted photos of other people on his MySpace page - he's posted photos of two rappers that people have mistaken for him. Until we have a photo that shows his face and his upper arm with that tattoo, it's only an assumption that the large tattoo he posted a photo of his tattoo.

[little jeremiah]

The thread about Trayvon Martin’s second twitter has a photo of Martin with the dartboard in the background and his upper arm is visible with a tattoo on it. Comment 7.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2866397/posts

[little jeremiah]

Sheesh, I saw your comment before looking up the thread, you posted it right up above my comment!

I should read more and post less....

[trappedincanuckistan]

Yes that picture from Trayvon’s Twitter show his face, and the upper arm tattoo (which matches the one close up).

[Scoutmaster]

You'll note that I'm making few declaratory statements myself. With respect to tattoos, I'm taking the position that it's likely the Sybrina tattoo is Trayvon Martin's, but we don't know for certain. And I'm taking the position that people cannot say with certainty that Martin had no tattoos. You've seen the photo I posted above. Now look at this photo.

I just found this - on Martin's MySpace. You can't see the inside of his wrists. In one photo you seem to see a tattoo on his upper left arm, but not on the other. Compare the two photos and tell me definitively, if you can, whether Trayvon Martin has tattoos. You don't know when the two photos were taken with respect to each other, or when he was supposed to have gotten tattoos. Me? I'll wait until the coroner's report is released and then I'll know when I read the report (not somebody else's analysis of the report). Currently, I have opinions and I've made assumptions about tattoos - but I'm not passing them off as facts.

Then I find photos like this on that 'Trayvon Martin" MySpace account. Its title: "my dog red."

I see it and I think: is somebody setting us up? How stereotypical is this. Some people are painting Trayvon Martin as a 'thug' wannabe and there's a pit/pit-mix dog on his MySpace account, listed as 'his dog, Red.' It's as if somebody is playing around with the knee-jerk 'Trayvon was a thug' people and is tweaking the MySpace account, yet the photo has 11,000+ hits, similar to the photos of Martin himself, so it appears to have been there all along.

There are going to be people suggesting that the shooting was righteous because Martin may have owned a pitbull, which they'll interpret as proof Martin was a thug, which they'll interpret as proof that Zimmerman's account is true. (Note: That wasn't me taking a position. That was me pointing out that for some people the presence of a pitbull on the MySpace page will be evidence that Martin attacked Zimmerman.)

[trappedincanuckistan]

I believe (but don’t know for certain) Trayvon has a large tatto on his upper left arm. He doesn’t have one in the pic you’ve posted, but he is a few years younger (than in the picture of him with the upper left arm tattoo taken from Twitter). The close up picture of the tattoo on his upper arm (taken from MySpace) appears to be the same tattoo that he has on his upper left arm in the picture taken from Twitter. Does that make sense?

[Scoutmaster]

The close up picture of the tattoo on his upper arm (taken from MySpace) appears to be the same tattoo that he has on his upper left arm in the picture taken from Twitter. Does that make sense?

Not unless somebody reversed the photo in an image processing application. The large tattoo in the MySpace photo appears to be on a right upper arm, not a left upper arm, doesn't it?

[moehoward]

"He is proudest of his 4-year campaign to win the release of Kemba Smith,"

"While attending Hampton University, Smith became involved with a drug dealer who "was a major figure in a $4 million crack cocaine ring"............. Smith was sentenced to 24½ years in prison, serving 6½ years before President Clinton's order of clemency."

Sounds like a very open-minded reporter /s

[trappedincanuckistan]

Hmmm...interesting. The close up from MySpace is a right arm. The tattoo from his second Twitter account is on his (it’s definitely Martin) left arm. The tattoos do appear to be the same though (the word written above the tattoo; it’s even sloped the same way).

[trappedincanuckistan]

I just noticed that if you click on his Twitter picture (appearing at DC) it enlarges a bit and there is script that says it is the same tattoo that appears in the close up of the MySpace picture (at wagist).

[CAluvdubya]

Not unless somebody reversed the photo in an image processing application. The large tattoo in the MySpace photo appears to be on a right upper arm, not a left upper arm, doesn't it?

Unless he took the picture himself and it's an image from a mirror. I've seen people post pictures on Face Book that they've taken of themselves in a mirror to get the angle they want. Just a thought....

[Scoutmaster]

Hmmm...interesting.

Yes, because if you used Photoshop, Fireworks, or another imaging program to flip the photo horizontally (turn it into a mirror image), you would go from a left shoulder to a right shoulder . . . but you would also cause the word 'Nana' to appear as a mirror image. It's spelled correctly in the close up - which should mean the photo showing Trayvon's face was the photo that was flipped. Is the writing on Trayvon's hat mirror imaged, or does it read correctly (I'm currently working off my phone's browser)?

[trappedincanuckistan]

The picture of the tattoo and Martin’s face (from Twitter) is taken from too far away to tell exactly what the word says. You can only tell that it is a word, and is sloped in thee same way (from high to low towards the chest).

[trappedincanuckistan]

This is the script that appears below a slightly enlarged Twitter picture at the DC. You have to click on the picture in the article to get the enlarged picture.

Trayvon Martin on Twitter, 2011: This image is the photograph the late Trayvon Martin used to represent his Twitter identity in late 2011, under the screen name “T33ZY_TAUGHT_M3.” Although the Twitter account was deleted, The Daily Caller retrieved it from the social analytics website PeopleBrowsr. The upper-arm tattoo in the image matches one in a close-up photograph on Martin’s MySpace page. (Image: Twitter)

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/03/29/second-trayvon-martin-twitter-feed-identified/#ixzz1qq4W2hPh

[Scoutmaster]

If those are his tattoos, Trayvon Martin has his mother's name and 'Nana' tattooed on himself. Just noting that for the "he has tattoos, therefore he's a thug" crowd.

I watched a few minutes of Lockdown last night and very few of the inmates at Folsom had Nana and their mother's name tattooed on their skulls, necks, or forearms. I don't know that Martin's tattoos are dispositive on the wanna-be thug question; maybe another brick in the wall with the pitbull, Twitter name, content of Tweets, graffiti on lockers, marijuana pipe and bag, stolen women's jewelry, 'burglary tool,' etc.

[trappedincanuckistan]

I’m not so big on the tattoo angle. I have six and the worst I do is play poker, and have a few beers with friends occasionally.

[Scoutmaster]

Per the Daily Caller: "The upper-arm tattoo in the image matches one in a close-up photograph on Martin’s MySpace page."

Well . . . the tattoo's on the left arm in the photo that show the face, and on the right arm in the close up. And the closeup's not flipped horizontally, because the word "Nana" can be read correctly. So . . . either DC needs to tell me the facial photo is flipped or the tattoos don't really match.

[Scoutmaster]

I’m not so big on the tattoo angle. I have six and the worst I do is play poker, and have a few beers with friends occasionally.

I hope you can tell from my posts that I'm not big on the tattoo angle either (I don't have any tattoos, but I have friends with multiple tattoos, including neck tattoos, and one of the women who works with the church youth mid- and senior high group with me easily beats your six tattoos just on the areas that I can see (upper back, arms, ankles, feet).

I'm just doubly irritated. Irritated at those who saw tattoo and said "aha! Trayvon Martin was a thug!" Irritated at somebody posting photos of Martin in a shirt, not showing his inner wrists, stating as fact (essentially) 'these photos prove Martin had no tattoos.' Whole lot of speculation being passed off as fact when it comes to Zimmerman and Martin.

[TheBattman]

Who is “they”? Then again, you start promoting illegal activity and no wonder they might not get 9 members to admit membership.