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the racist left wishes he was white On Mar 22, 9:30 am, Tommy News <[email protected]> wrote: > 20 Things You Need to Know About the Tragic Killing of Trayvon Martin > The Department of Justice, the FBI and the U.S. Attorney announced > they were launching "a thorough and independent review" of the > shooting -- will there be justice? > March 20, 2012 | LIKE THIS ARTICLE ? > Join our mailing list: > Sign up to stay up to date on the latest headlines via email. > On February 26, 2012, a 17-year-old African-American named > Trayvon Martin was shot and killed in Sanford, Florida. The shooter > was George Zimmerman, a 28-year-old man. Zimmerman admits killing > Martin, but claims he was acting in self-defense. Florida’s “Stand > Your Ground” law, passed in 2005, allows people to use deadly force if > they believe they’re in imminent danger. Three weeks after Martin’s > death, no arrests have been made and Zimmerman remains free. > > FBI tells ABC News they are monitoring the Trayvon Martin > investigation and have been in touch with local authorities. Late > Monday, March 20, after a letter from the NAACP, the United States > Department of Justice, the FBI and the U.S. Attorney announced they > were launching “a thorough and independent review” of the shooting > death of Trayvon Martin. The Florida state attorney has sent the > Trayvon Martin case to a grand jury. The Seminole County grand jury > will be called to session on Tuesday, April 10. > > Here’s everything you need to know about the case: > > 1. Zimmerman called the police to report Martin’s “suspicious” > behavior, which he described as “just walking around looking about.” > Zimmerman was in his car when he saw Martin walking on the street. He > called the police and said: “There’s a real suspicious guy. This guy > looks like he’s up to no good, on drugs or something. It’s raining and > he’s just walking around looking about… These a**holes always get > away” [Orlando Sentinel] > > 2. Zimmerman pursued Martin against the explicit instructions of the > police dispatcher: > > Dispatcher: “Are you following him?” > Zimmerman: “Yeah” > Dispatcher: “OK, we don’t need you to do that.” > > [Orlando Sentinel] > > 3. Prior to the release of the 911 tapes, Zimmerman’s father released > a statement claiming “[a]t no time did George follow or confront Mr. > Martin.” [Sun Sentinel] > > 4. Zimmerman was carrying a a Kel Tel 9 millimeter handgun. Martin was > carrying a bag of Skittles and a can of iced tea. [ABC News] > > 5. Martin weighed 140 pounds. Zimmerman weighs 250 pounds. [Orlando > Sentinel; WDBO] > > 6. Martin’s English teacher described him as “as an A and B student > who majored in cheerfulness.” [Orlando Sentinel] > > 7. Martin had no criminal record. [New York Times] > > 8. Zimmerman “was charged in July 2005 with resisting arrest with > violence and battery on an officer. The charges appear to have been > dropped.” [Huffington Post] > > 9. Zimmerman called the police 46 times since Jan. 1, 2011. [Miami Herald] > > 10. According to neighbors, Zimmerman was “fixated on crime and > focused on young, black males.” [Miami Herald] > > 11. Zimmerman “had been the subject of complaints by neighbors in his > gated community for aggressive tactics” [Huffington Post] > > 12. A police officer “corrected” a key witness. “The officer told the > witness, a long-time teacher, it was Zimmerman who cried for help, > said the witness. ABC News has spoken to the teacher and she confirmed > that the officer corrected her when she said she heard the teenager > shout for help.” [ABC News] > > 13. Three witnesses say they heard a boy cry for help before a shot > was fired. “Three witnesses contacted by The Miami Herald say they saw > or heard the moments before and after the Miami Gardens teenager’s > killing. All three said they heard the last howl for help from a > despondent boy.” [Miami Herald] > > 14. The officer in charge of the crime scene also received criticism > in 2010 when he initially failed to arrest a lieutenant’s son who was > videotaped attacking a homeless black man. [New York Times] > > 15. The police did not test Zimmerman for drugs or alcohol. A law > enforcement expert told ABC that Zimmerman sounds intoxicated on the > 911 tapes. Drug and alcohol testing is “standard procedure in most > homicide investigations.” [ABC News] > > 16. In a cell phone call moments before his death, Martin told a > teenage girl that he was “hounded by a strange man on a cellphone who > ran after him, cornered him and confronted him.” “‘He said this man > was watching him, so he put his hoodie on. He said he lost the man,’ > Martin’s friend said. ‘I asked Trayvon to run, and he said he was > going to walk fast. I told him to run but he said he was not going to > run.’ Eventually he would run, said the girl, thinking that he’d > managed to escape. But suddenly the strange man was back, cornering > Martin. ‘Trayvon said, ‘What, are you following me for,’ and the man > said, ‘What are you doing here.’” [ABC News] > > 17. Zimmerman told the police “he had stepped out of his truck to > check the name of the street he was on when Trayvon attacked him from > behind as he walked back to his truck.” “He said he feared for his > life and fired the semiautomatic handgun he was licensed to carry > because he feared for his life.” [Miami Herald] > > 18. Zimmerman was not a member of a registered Neighborhood Watch > group. Zimmerman also violated basic Neighborhood Watch guidelines by > carrying a weapon. [ABC News] > > 19. Sanford police chief Bill Lee planned to wrap up the case last > Monday without bringing any charges, because, he said, “there is no > evidence to dispute the shooter’s claim of self-defense,” which is a > sufficient claim under the “Stand Your Ground” law. [Miami Herald] > > 20. In the first five years “Stand Your Ground” was in effect, > justifiable homicides tripled, and the law was a factor in at least 93 > cases involving 65 deaths. An investigation of cases from the law’s > passage in 2005 to 2010 found that charges were dropped or dismissed > for 57 people, and 7 others were acquitted. [Tampa Bay Times] > > A petition created by Trayvon’s parents to investigate his killing has > been signed by over 500,000 people. > > More:http://www.alternet.org/story/154624/20_things_you_need_to_know_about... > > -- > Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time. > Have a great day, > Tommy > > -- > Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time. > Have a great day, > Tommy -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
