Where does one begin to refute an article that contains so many half-truths, distortions, untruths, and proven lies?
1 “why did this killer of Trayvon Martin escape justice in Florida?”
George acted in self-defense against a violent aggressor. He was falsely accused of murder, yet acquitted by a jury, who unanimously agreed that there was no case against him. He did not escape justice. He acted with justice.
2 Florida’s Stand Your Ground law was invoked
No. It was never invoked. George never had the option to retreat from his attacker.
3 Florida’s Stand Your Ground law was invoked
No. The victim was George Zimmerman.
4. 17 year-old Trayvon Martin visiting his father
No. His father left him, unsupervised for the weekend, at the house of his mistress, while the father and the mistress went to a convention in Orlando.
5. bought ice tea and Skittles
No. He bought Watermelon Fruit Juice Cocktail, not tea. He had a history of using “lean”, a mixture of cough syrup, Watermelon Fruit Juice Cocktail and Skittles. He had liver damage as a result.
6. George Zimmerman saw Mr. Martin and decided he was “suspicious.”
True. Martin was standing near a house in the rain, looking into a window.
7.”This guy looks like he is up to no good or he is on drugs or something.”
True. Martin was on drugs at the time. And he had been using marijuana and “lean” very heavily for the past year.
8. Many argue the charges of racial profiling in this case are unwarranted. But ... it’s clear he did profile Trayvon.
No. The FBI concluded that there was no racial profiling. The continued accusation of “profiling” (without the word “racial”) is just an attempt to perpetuate a false accusation of racial profiling.
9. Zimmerman reiterated, unasked, that Trayvon was a “Black male”
No. George was clarifying his prior answer to the dispatcher (He “looks” black), when Martin came closer.
10. he told the dispatcher “he’s coming to check me out, he’s got something in his hands.”
Both were true statements.
And so it goes... Endless, tiresome lies and distortions. This article continues in wild speculation, repeating the same old discredited lies of a malicious prosecution, even after the prosecution failed.
I always thought this was the big elephant in the room.
If Trayvon was just going directly home from the convenience store to his dad's apartment, GZ wouldn't have "thought he was suspicious".
Why would he?
And the fact that Martin was black wouldn't have raised an eyebrow, because the entire neighborhood was diverse.
Lots of black people lived there.
I've seen diagrams of where the store was, and his dad's apartment is, and Trayvon was taking a rather odd route getting home. It's likely Martin WAS acting "suspiciously".
Cold, rainy night, wouldn't a normal person want to get home as quickly and simply as possible?
Not meandering around looking in windows.
Black, white, or purple polka-dotted, that's strange and SHOULD arouse suspicion.