walking while black - Trayvon Martin

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Hey fella, he was jumped. Pretty hard to retreat when dude's on top of you pummeling your face.

I thought you were smarter than you're letting on.

How do you know he was jumped? That's a BIG assumption.

ETA: we know for a fact though that G was following T.

What if it went this way:

Trayvon notices Z following him and decided to confront him face to face.

Maybe something like this:

T- Why you following me, man?

Z- Keeping an eye on your ass while you're in this neighborhood.

T- Takes quick swing at him and knocks him to the ground, and proceeds to get on top and continues to punch.

Z- Pulls gun, and kills him instantly with one shot.

Is that scenario any better for your client (T)?

Would you be cool with some adult male not in any uniform following your 17 y/o kid around a neighborhood without identifying himself? He's not that age yet, but I imagine my son would be scared. He'd probably either think the guy was going to hurt him or he was some creepy perv. Neither good.

First of all, my kid would never be 'profiled' since white teens are about 10 times less likely to be committing the crimes in that neighborhood.

Here's what surprises me about you defenders of Trayvon. You all say that he had every right to be where he was that night and was doing nothing wrong.

What if he was getting ready to case something? Ever thought about that? I mean, his dad thought he was with his cousin. Maybe he was the perp in earlier crimes in that neighborhood? Criminals don't like to have people watch them. Makes them nervous. Somebody with nothing to hide wouldn't think anything of it. Especially if they were heading straight home.

He was no innocent kid. There's a reason no one wants his MySpace/FaceBook pics made public. He was a wannabe thug. I still haven't been able to verify that he assaulted that bus driver. Funny, but the ACLU and every other bleeding heart I'm sure would like to keep that quiet. That would blow his 'innocent little kid' cover.

I copied your post in to here so we could continue our chat in the right location.


George was a thug before he was a cop wannabe, right? Plus, he's a liar as HotD pointed out. You have a lot of "maybes" in your post. Plus, you say criminals don't want to be watched/followed. Innocent people (myself included) don't either!

I'm not saying Trayvon was an angel but George could have handled the whole situation VERY differently and nobody would be dead. He could have stood back as suggested, he could have identified himself...something. He was hoping to bust somebody in the act and ended up killing the kid.