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The Story Unravels: New Questions about Trayvon Martin's Final Hour
American Thinker ^ | April 9, 2012 | Jeff Lipkes

Posted on 04/09/2012 12:23:58 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

It was a fable for our times:

Once upon a time, a nice young man set off from his dad's fiancée's home before the NBA All-Star game to buy some Skittles and Arizona Tea for his stepbrother. Although the lad was seventeen, he looked like a cute twelve-year-old. Along came a burly ex-con racist vigilante who didn't like the idea of a young African-American male walking around his gated community at night. The cop-wannabe stalked the frightened boy, cornered him, and then shot him. But the racist police didn't arrest the murderer. The conscience of the nation was stirred. Protests erupted from coast to coast. The gunning down of young, unarmed black males by white Rambos -- and the occasional "white Hispanic" -- is an all-too-common occurrence in the US of A.

Now the MSM narrative is unraveling, thanks to Al Gore's nifty invention, the internet. The average MSNBC viewer may not have the smarts and curiosity to do a Google search, but other people do. A lot of the searches wind up at the sites of the Orlando Sentinel and the city's Fox affiliate, Channel 35, both of which have provided good coverage.

Now other local papers are running stories about the "complexity" of the case.

We've learned a little more about Trayvon Martin. Since his record of suspensions and his posts and pictures, with tats and grill, from his Myspace and Twitter accounts surfaced on the web, columnists are less likely to enthuse about him, as a WaPo blogger did on March 18:

By all accounts, Trayvon was a good kid[.] ... He had dreams of becoming a pilot. He was good at math. ... Trayvon's English teacher described him "as an A and B student who majored in cheerfulness."

"So what?" the left responds....

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: crime; florida; georgezimmerman; msm; trayvonmartin; zimmerman
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Ruh-roh. Mr. Zimmerman might be a multi-millionaire before this is all said and done.
1 posted on 04/09/2012 12:24:02 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I’d love to see him owning a certain network.


2 posted on 04/09/2012 12:50:12 AM PDT by Ronin (Sarah.... We really need you now!)
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"Ruh-roh. Mr. Zimmerman might be a multi-millionaire before this is all said and done."

That would be cool. And better, if so many of the MSM pundits get their ass handed to them.

I'm kinda up about this media mess after reading the police report. Once the grand jury decides there is no evidence to indict, I'm going buy more ammo while laughing my ass off.

I know it's not right, but I want to see the no-loads burn their cities down again. Think how that will piss off the independent voters.

Better, if you watched the televised reports of the Koreans standing on top of their stores with rifles during the 1992 Rodney King Los Angeles mayhem, multiply that by a 10 thousand fold. Got question as to why gun and ammo sales are through the roof? Thought not.

The race-baiters really want to keep pushing against us who have no concern for pigmentation? Okay. Bring it. This "hood" is ready...

3 posted on 04/09/2012 12:53:09 AM PDT by A Navy Vet (An Oath Is Forever)
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I have a feeling they'll head for the suburbs, exurbs and rural areas this time, thinking that Mr. Obama in the White House will keep them from being punished for looting, mayhem, rape and carjacking. Will we acquiesce or fight?
4 posted on 04/09/2012 12:59:50 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (Ich habe keinen Konig aber Gott)
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To: A Navy Vet
2011 Smashes Sales Record for Guns

Dec 27, 2011

This was a banner year for guns -- 2011 is set to smash the record for gun sales. The record for a single year was set just last year,...

http://www.opposingviews.com/i/society/guns/2011-smashes-sales-record-guns

5 posted on 04/09/2012 1:02:07 AM PDT by Ken H (Austerity is the irresistible force. Entitlements are the immovable object.)
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It drives me crazy when they keep having politicians or groups in “hoodies” like that's what made Zimmerman shoot him along with his skin color. Every kid in my neck of the woods wears a hoodie almost everyday. If you look up and down my street before the bus comes all you see is kids in hoodies. They're in style right now,does any reporter know this? You can buy ones with Spongebob on them for goodness sake. No one shoots anyone over a hoodie or my daughters entire middle school would be a target!
6 posted on 04/09/2012 1:03:48 AM PDT by MacMattico
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When whites go vote in November, should wear Hoodies, like white ones.


7 posted on 04/09/2012 1:11:17 AM PDT by Sea Parrot (Nations are only truly great when it's people are struggling against all odds, growing and expanding)
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To: Ken H

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8 posted on 04/09/2012 1:13:26 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (Ich habe keinen Konig aber Gott)
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"I have a feeling they'll head for the suburbs, exurbs and rural areas this time..."

With all due respect.....no, they won't. The reasons are very simple: There is strength in numbers, and they tend to be quite cowardly (it's actually quite rare to read of a black-attacking-white story where it's a 1-on-1). They will stay where they can maraud en mass, meaning the cities.

Venturing into the burbs does two things that they don't want: First, they dilute the 'power' of their numbers congregated in one locale, and second....they face a LOT of white homeowners armed to the teeth.

Oh yes....and there's that little detail of "how would they actually GET to the 'burbs......".

9 posted on 04/09/2012 1:14:59 AM PDT by RightOnline (I am Andrew Breitbart!)
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And he’ll lose it all within four years.


10 posted on 04/09/2012 1:16:33 AM PDT by Oztrich Boy (This world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel - Horace Walpole)
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Stolen cars, SUVs, busses, their own vehicles, pickups with 15 in the back like Somalia, hijacked semi trucks (fill the trailers with armed vandals) and stolen police vehicles.
11 posted on 04/09/2012 1:22:18 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (Ich habe keinen Konig aber Gott)
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First; They performed the Honkification of Zimmerman..
Then they came for me..

A question all whites should be asking themselves..

That nice little kid was beating the snot out of Zimmerman..
Then Zimmerman capped his ass.. poor little thugg..


12 posted on 04/09/2012 1:25:02 AM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole...)
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To: Sea Parrot

I wear hoodies most every day. I own white,gray and black.


13 posted on 04/09/2012 1:34:02 AM PDT by wiggen (The teacher card. When the racism card just won't work.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Not enough. From the ‘60’s on, we’ve seen the pattern in these riots. Major crowds; hiding among their “peers” with no fear of being individually identified (as a suspect or as a target). Not worth the trouble.

No, they’ll stay where they are....in their ‘hoods. They may venture into “downtown” but they are not organized. Your suggestions imply organization and planning.


14 posted on 04/09/2012 1:45:57 AM PDT by RightOnline (I am Andrew Breitbart!)
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To: hosepipe

Honkification!

I shall add to my vocabulary! Ha!


15 posted on 04/09/2012 1:48:56 AM PDT by MacMattico
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"Your suggestions imply organization and planning."

OWS, New Black Panthers, SEIU, ACORN, DNC, Int'l ANSWER, Weather Underground, Anarchist Groups, Van Jones' organizations, CP-USA, Nation of Islam, etc...

16 posted on 04/09/2012 2:06:49 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (Ich habe keinen Konig aber Gott)
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To: RightOnline

In the 1960’s, Ike, JFK, LBJ and Nixon were in the White House. Mr. Obama is a whole different breed of cat.


17 posted on 04/09/2012 2:08:39 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (Ich habe keinen Konig aber Gott)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Martin was not a disciplined child which is why I am endorsing Hillary.


19 posted on 04/09/2012 2:26:20 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Someday our schools will teach the difference between lose and loose.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I see your point about those groups.....but let’s see how “organized”, able to mass “troops”, and finally.....how brave they are when real bullets start flying at them.

They’d fold like pup tents. Libs are cowards. Rioters are cowards. It’s easy to preen and puff and threaten and scowl and show “muscle” to the media; whole different thing to take on an armed and determined populace.

No, I just don’t see it at all. They’ll pick their targets, natch....but they will only hit where they’ll A) get the most exposure via the media, and B) where they have the best chances for “success”.

Hitting Joe and Jane American in their quiet suburban neighborhood won’t cut it and they know it.


20 posted on 04/09/2012 2:29:36 AM PDT by RightOnline (I am Andrew Breitbart!)
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