Re: Is the age of a dead burglar,assailant,armed robber, attempted rapist/murder rela
Then why mention the "spleef"?
You're right, I should have said "blunt." Trayvon may have smoked a "blunt" just prior to running into Zimmerman. Marijuana can make some people feel "paranoid". So Trayvon may have been acting paranoid...or just stoned....and to Zimmerman that looked suspicious.
Zimmerman: Hey we've had some break-ins in my neighborhood, and
there's a real suspicious guy, uh, it's Retreat View Circle, um, the best address I can give you is 111 Retreat View Circle.
This guy looks like he's up to no good, or he's on drugs or something. It's raining and he's just walking around, looking about.
Dispatcher: OK, and this guy is he white, black, or hispanic?
Zimmerman: He looks black.
Dispatcher: Did you see what he was wearing?
Zimmerman: Yeah. A dark hoodie, like a grey hoodie, and either jeans or sweatpants and white tennis shoes. He's here now,
he was just staring.
Dispatcher: OK, he's just walking around the area…
Zimmerman: looking at all the houses.
Dispatcher: OK…
Zimmerman: Now
he's just staring at me.
No one deserves to die for smoking pot...please. That isn't the point...the point is, Trayvon's stoned behaviour is what alerted Zimmerman to notice him and not his race or what he was wearing.
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Do you think the public would have had as much sympathy for Trayvon if the media portrayed him as an adult instead of a child? Ask a pro-lifer, they refer to a ZEF as a child to invoke sympathy all the time.
The public outrage in the aftermath of the trial is whats relevant now and most of those who act the most outraged are still refering to Trayvon as a "little boy" or "a kid" and the media is still portraying him as such when in fact he was a full grown young man just a few months away from being considered a full fledged adult.