Posted on 07/16/2013 4:56:09 PM PDT by Yosemitest
From January 1, 2011 through February 26, 2012, police were called to The Retreat at Twin Lakes 402 times.[47] During the 18 months preceding the February 26 shooting, Zimmerman called the non-emergency police line seven times. On five of those calls, Zimmerman reported suspicious looking men in the area, but never offered the men's race without first being asked by the dispatcher.[61][62][63] Crimes committed at The Retreat in the year prior to Martin's death included eight burglaries, nine thefts, and one shooting.[64] Twin Lakes residents said there were dozens of reports of attempted break-ins, which had created an atmosphere of fear in their neighborhood.[32]
In September 2011, the Twin Lakes residents held an organizational meeting to create a neighborhood watch program. Zimmerman was selected by neighbors as the program's coordinator, according to Wendy Dorival, Neighborhood Watch organizer for the Sanford Police Department.[4][4][65]
Three weeks prior to the shooting, on February 2, 2012, Zimmerman called police to report a young man peering into the windows of an empty Twin Lakes home. Zimmerman was told a police car was on the way and he waited for their arrival. By the time police arrived, the suspect had fled. On February 6, workers witnessed two young black men lingering in the yard of a Twin Lakes resident around the same time her home was burgled. A new laptop and some gold jewelry were stolen. The next day police discovered the stolen laptop in the backpack of a young black man, which led to his arrest. Zimmerman identified this young man as the same person he had spotted peering into windows on February 2.[32]
Zimmerman had been licensed to carry a firearm since November 2009. In response to Zimmerman's multiple reports regarding a loose pit bull in the Twin Lakes neighborhood, a Seminole County Animal Services officer advised Zimmerman to "get a gun", according to a friend, rather than rely on pepper spray to fend off the pit bull, which on one occasion had cornered his wife.[32] Although neighborhood watch volunteers are not encouraged to carry weapons, Sanford Police Chief Bill Lee acknowledged that Zimmerman had a legal right to carry his firearm on the night of the shooting.[47]
TRAYVON MARTIN: - Hey, are you following me?
GEORGE ZIMMERMAN: - Ummm, yes.
TRAYVON MARTIN: - May I ask why?
GEORGE ZIMMERMAN: - Well, uh, we've had a number off robberies in this neighborhood lately, and I don't recognize you...
TRAYVON MARTIN: - Oh, well, I'm Travon Martin, I'm spending the summer at my uncle's in unit 12. I expect you'll see a lot of me this summer.
GEORGE ZIMMERMAN: - OK, thanks, good to know. I'm George Zimmerman, by the way.
They shake hands.
TRAYVON MARTIN: - No, thank you for keeping an eye out for your neighbors!
5thGenTexan stated to most relevant point
Dan from Squirrel Hill's Blog made some excellent suggestions.
Your sarcasm is outstanding!
LOL!
TRAYVON MARTIN: [dials 911 on Obamaphone] Hello? 911?
911: Yes, what is the nature of your emergency?
T.M.: My name is Trayvon Martin, I am spending the summer in The Retreat At Twin Lakes living with family and I am nervous.....
911: Why are you nervous sir?
T.M.: I am being followed and....
911: Do you know who is following you?
T.M.: No Ma'am. He appears to be a Creepy Ass Craka.
911: OK sir. We have a unit in route. Please go to a well lit area and I'll stay on the line with you until help arrives. Don't approach the Creepy Ass Craka and certainly don't take matters into your own hands by pummeling his head into the sidewalk.
T.M. That is certainly good advice. Much better than what was given to be by my good friend, Rachel Jenteal. Oh. The police have arrived. Thanks for your advice. [phone goes dead]
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=b4KcfsZL3iI&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Db4KcfsZL3iI
You might find this Manning video interesting
How can you criticize Sabrina for not disciplining her son? LOL She wasn’t even around to care for her son, much less discipline him.
This woman, who claims she loves her son so much, gave him away to another of Tracy’s girlfriends when he was a toddler. She either had no time for him or possibly was not fit to care for him. When the next girlfriend refused to take in Tray-von, he was sent back to live with Sabrina - the same ‘mother’ who rejected him 15 years earlier. She then threw him out of her house two days before he was shot.
Talk hosts should be blasting the facts out instead they’re letting the propaganda mills set the parameters and respond to them. I could scream when they go on the defensive and hear “Well I don’t know the facts”. They have staffs which could examine what a neighborhood watch does and report how it operates and then go from there. When “hoodies” go into those places they know the rules and probably even the scheduled patrols made by the volunteers.
Time and again that’s how they respond
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Thanks for the info because of tech stuff am unable to download vids until tech takes a look at watts wrong in my tower. But if it shows area and includes warning signage will reccommend it.
Personally I think the chief and the rest of his creeps that run the regime look down on neighbohood type involvement. What probably triggered the response was Zims rich jew last name (the talkies even tred lightly on that one). What the facts are means defication to them because they don’t make mistakes. As they make up facts and compare notes as and then get their cookies off when the zombies repeat it. Even to let the guy get martyrized for their twisted cause.
Talk hosts should be blasting the facts out instead they’re letting the propaganda mills set the parameters and respond to them. I could scream when they go on the defensive and hear “Well I don’t know the facts”. They have staffs which could examine what a neighborhood watch does and report how it operates and then go from there. When “hoodies” go into those places they know the rules and probably even the scheduled patrols made by the volunteers.
Time and again that’s how they respond
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Thanks for the info because of tech stuff am unable to download vids until tech takes a look at watts wrong in my tower. But if it shows area and includes warning signage will reccommend it.
Personally I think the chief and the rest of his creeps that run the regime look down on neighbohood type involvement. What probably triggered the response was Zims rich jew last name (the talkies even tred lightly on that one). What the facts are means defication to them because they don’t make mistakes. As they make up facts and compare notes as and then get their cookies off when the zombies repeat it. Even to let the guy get martyrized for their twisted cause.
Watch Jesse Lee Peterson analyze(!) the role of stepmother Alicia Stanley in Trayvon's life vs that of his mother. You can watch Alicia Stanley's full interview with Anderson Cooper here. Seems like Trayvon's demise has actually been more windfall than tragedy for his parents.
Was mom in jail or
Rehab
Why was he not in her life?
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