Trayvon Martin, And When A Black Man Deserves To Die | Media Personality | Bomani Jones

 

 

Good article by Bomani Jones. There is a cuss word or two in there.

the second he insinuated cops planned guns on someone he lost me

the second he insinuated cops planned guns on someone he lost me

 

 

That was on a case that has nothing to do with this case. It's about offering perspective. I get it though. Black journalists have a tougher time getting white people to understand perspective than white journalists do with blacks. I understand.

^ Are you sure? He called the police department, not 911.

 

I very well could be wrong. But most of the time dispatchers answer the phone. Even on non emergency lines.

Whoever was on the other end, is a trained dispatcher and told him not to follow, he was in the middle of a situation and may not have been thinking clearly, or had other intentions.

 

Unfortunately that trained dispatcher is probably not trained in criminal law and they have no authority. I don't believe he broke a law by disobeying that person. If he initiated the fight with Trayvon, then he did break the law.

Trayvon Martin Investigator Wanted to Charge George Zimmerman With Manslaughter - ABC News

Why does the media keep showing the old photo of Trayvon?

Zimmerman's version just doesn't make sense. If he went to the trouble to follow him, call the police, pursue him and then get out of the truck and confront him why would he just turn around and get walk back to the truck? It makes much more sense that he approached Martin who was frightened and possibly became aggresive. Here's the thing: while Martin was walking and Zimmerman was in the truck Martin was certainly no threat to him. Once Zimmerman approached Martin didn't the kid have the right to "stand his ground"? He was the one who was initially approached.

 

Like I said his story just doesn't make sense. Did he go through all of that trouble to pursue the kid and approach him just to get a better look at him? Doesn't hold water.

Here is Zimmerman's account of what happen

 

According to the Sentinel, here is what police disclosed to the newspaper:

Zimmerman was on his way to a grocery store when he saw Martin walking through his gated community.

Martin was visiting his father's fiancee, who lived there. Zimmerman called police and reported a suspicious person, describing Martin as black, acting strangely and perhaps on drugs.

Zimmerman got out of his SUV to follow Martin on foot. When a dispatch employee asked Zimmerman whether he was following the teenager, Zimmerman said yes. The dispatcher told Zimmerman he did not need to do that.

There is about a one-minute gap during which police say they're not sure what happened.

Zimmerman told them he had lost sight of Martin and was walking back to his SUV when Martin approached him from the left rear, and they exchanged words. Martin asked Zimmerman whether he had a problem. Zimmerman said no and reached for his cell phone, he told police.

Martin then said, "Well, you do now" or something similar and punched Zimmerman in the nose.

Zimmerman fell, and Martin got on top of him and began slamming his head into the sidewalk, Zimmerman told police. Zimmerman began yelling for help.

Several witnesses heard those cries, and there has been a dispute about from whom they came: Zimmerman or Martin.

Attorneys for Martin's family say Martin was the one yelling, but police say their evidence indicates it was Zimmerman. One witness, who has since talked to local television news reporters, told police he saw Zimmerman on the ground with Martin on top, pounding him, and the witness was unequivocal that it was Zimmerman who was crying for help.

Zimmerman then shot Martin once in the chest from very close range, authorities said, according to the Sentinel.

When police arrived less than two minutes later, Zimmerman was bleeding from the nose, had a swollen lip and had bloody cuts on the back of his head. Paramedics gave him first aid, but he said no to going to the hospital. He got medical care the next day.

Police leak details of George Zimmerman's account of Trayvon Martin shooting - Tampa Bay Times

 

At what point did he approach Martin? When did he confront Martin? He lost Martin then started heading back to his truck when Martin approached him. Again this is Zimmerman's side of it and could be 100% bull.

For me? No. It is a human issue, period. The fact that Zimmerman is Hispanic and Martin black does not matter to me. It may or may not have mattered to Zimmerman. It is a tragic situation all the way around. My guess is that when all is said and done, Zimmerman will be convicted of manslaughter or something of that nature. Due to the media template on this matter, he will have a hard time living a safe existence the rest of his life. I am of the opinion that Zimmerman did not set out to kill a black teenager, but due to his overzealous paranoia, a black teenager is dead. Does not matter to me that he is black, white, green, etc... Would you feel better if he were white?

 

I agree with this.

At the very, very, very heart of the matter, the police are responsible for what this has become. If an unarmed person is killed by a much bigger, armed person under questionable circumstances, at the very least, the person doing the killing should be questioned thoroughly. I don't believe any of the above happened, did it? Wasn't Zimmerman basically dismissed to go home? Was he even taken into the station to talk about the events?

 

The outrage in all this should be the improper handling of the case by that particular police department. I don't believe it was a murder, per se, as I don't believe Zimmerman intended to kill the boy. I do feel that his story has some questionable aspects, which could bring a charge of manslaughter (at the worst for Zimmerman).

 

I don't believe it was an event because of racial bias. I believe that it has become a racially charged issue because the police did not do their job correctly, and too many questions were left unanswered, and there are many willing people with little knowledge of the fact willing to step up and create an uproar.

 

On the bright side, the uproar has brought attention to a police department that has allegedly not been a stranger to conducting these kinds of sloppy investigations. At the very least, at least something may finally be done to correct the departments procedures.

Was he even taken into the station to talk about the events?

 

The outrage in all this should be the improper handling of the case by that particular police department.

 

I don't believe it was an event because of racial bias. I believe that it has become a racially charged issue because the police did not do their job correctly, and too many questions were left unanswered, and there are many willing people with little knowledge of the fact willing to step up and create an uproar.

 

On the bright side, the uproar has brought attention to a police department that has allegedly not been a stranger to conducting these kinds of sloppy investigations. At the very least, at least something may finally be done to correct the departments procedures.

Yes, he was taken to the station.

 

The lead investigator from that police department wanted Zimmerman arrested that night, but the Florida Attorney's office told him no.

At the very, very, very heart of the matter, the police are responsible for what this has become. If an unarmed person is killed by a much bigger, armed person under questionable circumstances, at the very least, the person doing the killing should be questioned thoroughly. I don't believe any of the above happened, did it? Wasn't Zimmerman basically dismissed to go home? Was he even taken into the station to talk about the events?

 

The outrage in all this should be the improper handling of the case by that particular police department. I don't believe it was a murder, per se, as I don't believe Zimmerman intended to kill the boy. I do feel that his story has some questionable aspects, which could bring a charge of manslaughter (at the worst for Zimmerman).

 

I don't believe it was an event because of racial bias. I believe that it has become a racially charged issue because the police did not do their job correctly, and too many questions were left unanswered, and there are many willing people with little knowledge of the fact willing to step up and create an uproar.

 

On the bright side, the uproar has brought attention to a police department that has allegedly not been a stranger to conducting these kinds of sloppy investigations. At the very least, at least something may finally be done to correct the departments procedures.

 

RM, do you believe that if it were a white female wearing a hoodie walking down the road that Zimmerman would have done the same thing? I feel Martin's race and sex were the main factors.

The reason it has become racial is from all of the publicty brought forth from Trayvons parents. And they have every right ot raise immortal heck, it was their son.

 

But now the NEW BLACK PANTHER PARTY has a 1,000,000 reward for the capture of Zimmerman.

 

Also add in the racist Rev. Jackson and Droopy Dog Sharpton.

^It became racial the second that racist Zimmerman used the term "coon" in his 911 call to describe Martin. How can you not see that?

RM, do you believe that if it were a white female wearing a hoodie walking down the road that Zimmerman would have done the same thing? I feel Martin's race and sex were the main factors.

 

In the dark, with a hoodie on, how would someone know what the sex OR race of the person was before actually getting close enough to tell? I don't think race was the initial motivation. I don't think race is the reason Martin was shot.

Video of black panther party offering a 1,000,000 reward.

 

It is at 3:48 on the clip.

 

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