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Where will Trayvon Martin's hoodie end up?
MSN News ^ | July 31, 2013 | Eli Epstein

Posted on 07/31/2013 12:57:32 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

After the courts are through with Trayvon Martin's sweatshirt, which he was wearing when he was killed, will it wind up in an evidence locker...or a museum?

Long after the trial ends, the evidence remains.

Sometimes, it's returned to family members. Other times, if it's valuable, it's auctioned off. And then, if there's no more room for it in the court house or police station and the case is long closed, it's destroyed.

In the case of Trayvon Martin's iconic black hooded sweatshirt, which he was wearing the night neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman shot and killed him in 2012, there will be no return to a family member, appearance at an auction or trip to the incinerator. At least not yet.

Last week, the Washington Post reported, Sanford, Fla., police removed the infamous garment from the frame it had been displayed in when prosecutors showed it to the jury during Zimmerman's trial. Zimmerman, who was charged with second degree murder and manslaughter in Martin's death, was acquitted last month.

After the trial, the hoodie was placed in an evidence bag and driven by Sanford Police to a Justice Department office in Orlando, along with other items Martin possessed on the night of his death, including a bag of Skittles and an AriZona brand beverage....

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: ericholder; saintskittles; trayvon; zimmerman
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To: SECURE AMERICA

“The trash sounds fine......”

Jim, this is why we need a like button.


21 posted on 07/31/2013 1:39:29 PM PDT by rhubarbk
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

What is Trayvon’s mom doing today and where is she?


22 posted on 07/31/2013 1:42:50 PM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

In Detroit.

Right alongside Howdy Doody for which the city paid $300,000.

The Question is how much will “The Hoody” be worth one day?


23 posted on 07/31/2013 1:45:29 PM PDT by A'elian' nation ("Political Correctness does not legislate tolerance; it only organizes hatred." Jacques Barzun)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I thought it smelled really bad, due to it not having been dried out after collection? That’s why it was placed in the frame.


24 posted on 07/31/2013 1:52:40 PM PDT by Andy'smom
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

Figuring out how to make $$$ of said hoodie.


25 posted on 07/31/2013 1:57:54 PM PDT by Pigsley (Ca)
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To: Red Badger
When I was just out of college, a group of us took a trip to Boston. I had wanted to go to a Yankees/ Red Sox game but we couldn't schedule it for a time they were playing.

We (group of four 23 year old girls) walked into a bar and I wore my Yankees T-shirt! Little did I know, a Yankees/Redsox game had been rescheduled due to rain for that night! My friends wanted me to put my shirt on inside out! I said no!!

One guy asked if he could send us over a pitcher of Sam Adams for my bravery! I said only if I can watch it being poured and carry it to the table myself! Which I did!

26 posted on 07/31/2013 1:59:33 PM PDT by MacMattico
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I think everyone here would agree 100% on where Al should put it


27 posted on 07/31/2013 2:03:53 PM PDT by molson209 (Hillary Clinton)
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To: MacMattico

My grandsons,age 8 and 10 at the time were verbally harassed by kids at LAX waiting for a flight.

My guys had Red Sox Tees on and the others had Yankee shirts on.

It’s an on-going rivalry.

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28 posted on 07/31/2013 2:05:19 PM PDT by Mears
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Hmmm.... This has me thinking of placing a can of Arizona Watermelon fruit juice and a few boxes of Skittles into a sealed dog urine filled aquarium. I’ll call my art piece, “Muggers Last Stand”.

Look for it on eBay.

Now on a serious note, this entire conversation is recidivous.


29 posted on 07/31/2013 2:07:13 PM PDT by Gator113
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To: Gator113

recidivous= ridiculous


30 posted on 07/31/2013 2:10:55 PM PDT by Gator113
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Nailed to a cross and on display as High Art, probably.


31 posted on 07/31/2013 2:19:09 PM PDT by A_perfect_lady (The only uniform Obama respects is the hoodie.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Hung on the wall of the Oval Office bathroom where Klintoon got Lewinski’d.


32 posted on 07/31/2013 2:19:44 PM PDT by VRWC For Truth (Roberts has perverted the Constitution)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Auctioned off to the highest bidder - mama needs moe money.


33 posted on 07/31/2013 2:24:41 PM PDT by rockabyebaby (We are sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo screwed!)
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To: Uncle Chip
Maybe they can also display the bag of Skittles and can of uhhhmmmm Watermelon Juice and lighter and grass stained pants and will find his shoes by then too. The RATL might even let them have the concrete from his last bash.

They MUST also display the "wet grass" that ms. I can't read cursive "heard" over the phone.

34 posted on 07/31/2013 2:28:53 PM PDT by rockabyebaby (We are sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo screwed!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

But—But—Chicago PD has hundreds of hoodies worn by DEAD black children.


35 posted on 07/31/2013 2:41:54 PM PDT by Mark (Obama is more confused than a hungry baby in a topless bar)
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To: rockabyebaby; All
Who would want it now? Its got a hole in it.

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36 posted on 07/31/2013 2:43:17 PM PDT by Bronzewound (Lost Hope & Loose Change)
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To: Mears
Where I live (in NYS) there are mostly kids with Yankees shirts but quite a few Red Sox fans as well. They usually just joke with each other and what ever team is ahead in the standings is brought up. I have relatives that love the Red Sox and bought my youngest a Red Sox T-shirt when she was 5. She loved it because it was “red”. It was really big so we made it her paint smock at school. :) it came home covered in blue paint!
37 posted on 07/31/2013 2:54:46 PM PDT by MacMattico
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Small pieces will be put in reliquaries for veneration at shrines dedicated to Saint Trayvon and will be objects of pilgrimage by liberals. Although I expect Al Sharpton to be waving the blood stained hoodie while delivering a stem winding speech at the 2016 Democratic convention.


38 posted on 07/31/2013 3:01:37 PM PDT by The Great RJ (construction)
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To: MacMattico

I have a son,born and raised in MA,who has been working in NYC for 20 years.

In 2004 during the ALCS I asked how he kept his joy in check when the Sox won.

He said that he tells everyone that he’s a diehard Mets fan and doesn’t like the Yankees.

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39 posted on 07/31/2013 3:10:48 PM PDT by Mears
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To: Bronzewound

Duct tape it!


40 posted on 07/31/2013 3:21:13 PM PDT by rockabyebaby (We are sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo screwed!)
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