What Happened to Trayvon Martin? - "Str8Talkr" - Mar 5, 2012
When police officials arrived, Martin was dead by way of a single gunshot wound and Crump says the boy was unarmed. "What do the police find in his pocket? Skittles," Crump said. "A can of Arizona ice tea in his jacket pocket and Skittles in his front pocket for his brother Chad."
Makes me wonder, again, why we haven't heard much about brother Chad, and why brother Chad doesn't enter into the recounting of Trayvon's father, Tracy.
Anyway, I don't think Crump made up "Skittle and Arizona brand Iced Tea" out of thin air. Too much risk, if he cares about credibility even in the public / non-courtroom realm.
I have noticed the media continue to feed the situation, as if pressuring prosecution is the 'right thing' to do.
I still think if the police and DA thought there was a case against Zimmerman, it would have moved forward.
In the absence of that, the media villifying an individual (which has been done before) nationally, and using the incident to stir up broader civil unrest may be heady stuff for the media folks, but they are playing with fire.