Posted on 07/20/2013 11:04:51 AM PDT by kristinn
Men acting as security for the Trayvon Martin rally in Miami, Florida today accosted Miami Herald reporter David Smiley and confiscated his notebook.
The incident took place as Martin's father Tracy was leaving the rally and entered a vehicle. The security accused the reporter of writing down the license plate of the vehicle.
Smiley reported the incident on Twitter along with photographs:
Tracy Martin gets into black aescalare as Wilson speaks, surrounded by bodyguards. Crowd chants "Stay Strong." pic.twitter.com/24ZEjmOKTf
Curry's people, after snatching my notes and accusing me of writing down Martin's tag # ... Stay classy pic.twitter.com/lchrUfltwl
Fellow Herald report Marc Caputo described the picture:
The @NewsbySmiley pic of Tracy Martin's heavies examining his Miami Herald ID before returning notebook they swiped pic.twitter.com/YVHxqg3IM3
For the record, the Herald reporter is white.
An irate Caputo posted several more tweets about the incident.
Profiling white reporter, bodyguards for Trayvon's dad, Tracy Martin, snatch @NewsbySmiley's notebook, accuse him of writing down car tag #
They were big and intimidating people. He's one reporter. he got it back.
Hey. @NewsbySmiley was doing his job, had his property temporarily stolen, his ID examined. Want unity? Don't act like bullies
To be clear: heavies who profiled @NewsbySmiley, wrongly wrested his notebook were affiliated w/Rev. Bishop Curry (were guarding Mr. Martin)At that moment, yes. Scrum of people, @NewsbySmiley only one singled out though others were taking pictures, mobbing Mr. Martin
He got off easy.
Zacly and stand your ground laws need to go so we assault you over and over with out the risk of being killed
Loving the SEIU purple worn by the gang members. The Nazi black while classic, was so, shall we say, unimaginative. We’ve definitely made great strides in gang colors.
Is that a purple SEIU shirt on that one heavy? Aren’t those their colors? Seems likely.
Where were the police?
The Knockout King brigade.
Barack Hussein Obama is no longer the POTUS in reality. Oh...yes...he remains the titled POTUS....but full blown “Lame Duck, Black Racist” is a more factual title for this now exposed America Hater!!!
Sybrina Fulton is Treyvon’s mother
She bought a new house with the proceeds>>> What proceeds you might ask? From the non stop speaking tour of black churches >>>> her new house>>>>>
http://www.bcpa.net/RecInfo.asp?URL_Folio=513936025250
Cindy Sheehan....now in black.
I wonder what the deal was with the license tag??? Just whose vehicle was it that they didn’t want anybody to know about.
This explains why the defense had such a difficult time getting anybody in Martin’s circle of friends to agree to testify. The intimidation and threats keep even the big black reporters in line.
“I wonder what the deal was with the license tag??? “
NOTHING! Just thugs being thugs. Because they can.
Probably a rental vehicle. Wouldn’t be surprised if a trace links it to a U.S. DOJ employee.
She’ll lose it to back taxes within two years.
WEre his notes in Cursive?
Why write it down? Just grab a photo.
bttt
Call the police. They’ll arrest you for violating the civil rights of the poor, aggrieved downtrodden etc etc.
There is a $$$ threshold for felony theft. You have assault (putting you in fear of being hurt), simple battery in touching him and targeting because of his race. He was apparently the only white person there and the only one picked on.
Whitey has to go sit in the back of the press bus.
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