SImilar thoughts, except my opinion is that parents were in denial about the child’s darker side. A person using can become very manipulative, particularly if they are playing one parent against the other.
Tray knew how to play the game, he was a decent student and was involved in community activities as a youth. He had promise. Drug use can ruin all that promise very fast.... in just months, weeks and it only takes one person’s influence to start the ball rolling.
All the rationale of his behavior, blaming others etc are pretty typical in disfunctional/substance abuse families.
I also question the parents role. Were they using Tray as a pawn. He shows all of the signs.
That's certainly true, and may be responsible for what to others looks like a cover up on their side. The photos are a perfect example. Even in the father's first statement, he gave the police a picture two weeks old, yet gave the press a picture two years old. Was it deceitful, or just delusional?
Did you see Brown Deer’s photos of Martin’s father with the gangsta rap gents? It’s on some thread or other...if you search Brown Deer’s name for posts you’ll easily find it. (No courtesy ping because I pinged him back up the thread).
Hey hey - I found the thread, three photos, starting around comment 179, they should be posted on this thread, since they show the father and a group of friends too:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2864453/posts?page=150#150
Police: Zimmerman story is ‘consistent’ with evidence in Trayvon Martin shooting
Fox News ^ | March 27, 2012
Here is an interesting thing I learned today, about the Skittles, and it being a drug reference. Who introduced the Skittles and tea into the story? It was the elder Martin's lawyer, a few days after the incident. It doesn't come from a police report. I do not believe Trayvon actually asked permission to leave, as he waited till his dad was gone before he left, but he may have asked earlier, and used the Skittles then.
But the interesting part is that it came from the lawyer, who got it from the father. And I don't think they would have added it to the story if they knew there was a drug connection to it. So they didn't understand the double meaning. Which leaves Trayvon using the reference with his dad as a cocky 17 year old, laughing at his square dad not understanding that his son is directly telling his dad he is going out to buy drugs.