Update: Trayvon Martin 911 tape to be released next week; gunman who shot him had a past history of violence
Update, Mar. 10 @ 10:28 am:
Thanks to the combined efforts of the national media and concerned citizens, police will release the audio tape of a 911 call made by a Neighborhood Watch vigilante who shot and killed an unarmed teenager nearly a month ago.
ABC News reports that the Sanford police department in Orlando, Florida will release the tape to the media next week. The family of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin hopes the 911 tape will shed light on what really happened on Feb. 26, when Trayvon walked from his father’s house to a nearby convenience store to buy candy for his 13-year-old brother.
On his way back from the store, carrying only a bag of Skittles and a can of Arizona ice tea, Trayvon was spotted by 26-year-old George Zimmerman. Zimmerman was the self-appointed Neighborhood Watch “captain” of the gated community called The Retreat at Twin Lakes in Sanford, 20 miles north of Orlando.
Trayvon lived with his mother in Miami, but he was visiting his father and stepmother in the mixed race subdivision.
A police report indicates that Zimmerman called 911 to report a “suspicious person” in the area. The police dispatcher reportedly told Zimmerman to “stand down” and wait for backup to arrive shortly.
But Zimmerman, who is white, ignored that order and exited his vehicle to confront Trayvon, who is black.
A fistfight ensued and Trayvon apparently got the best of Zimmerman. Police found him standing over Trayvon, who was dead from a single gunshot wound to the chest. Zimmerman was bleeding from his nose and the back of his head. He was armed with a 9mm handgun which he was licensed to carry, according to the police report.
A police officer at the scene said Zimmerman stated, “I was yelling for someone to help me but no one would help me,” — probably an indication that Zimmerman was not well liked by his neighbors.
Police took Zimmerman in for questioning but, despite confessing to shooting Trayvon, he was released because police said he had a squeaky clean background, which included a college degree in Criminal Justice.
But ABC News did a little digging and learned that Zimmerman has a past history of violence. He was arrested in 2005 for resisting arrest and assaulting a police officer.
Trayvon’s father, Tracy Martin, said his son’s background was also clean. According to ABC News, Tracy Martin described his son, who loved sports and dreamed of being an aviation mechanic, as “a real mild-mannered young man,” who “never got in trouble, never had any trouble with the law.”
The family’s lawyer, Ben Crump, says the family is calling for Zimmerman’s arrest so that, in Tracy Martin’s words, “Justice can be served.”
Police had declined to press charges or to investigate the case any further until intense pressure from the media was brought to bear on them. The Sanford police dept. had also refused to release the 911 audio to the family despite repeated requests.
“He was a good kid,” Crump said in an interview with CBS.
“He (Zimmerman) didn’t have to get out of his car,” said Crump, who filed a lawsuit to force police to release the 911 tape. “If he never gets out of his car, there is no reason for self-defense. Trayvon only has skittles. [Zimmerman] has the gun.”
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This is really said and I assume the police are going to sweep this under the rug.
WHY SO MUCH PAIN, LOSS & SUFFERING~
MAY HE REST IN PEACE AND JUSTICE BE SERVED
Wow. Sad, sad, story. There has to be more to this story for them to just have let the shooter go. There just has to be. I’m not saying that Treyvon did anything wrong, but I just can’t fathom the police letting the shooter off with no charges.
I’m
for this family.
may this young man RIP & his family find justice
Trigger happy redneck prolly could not pass the exams to become a real officer so he decided to be the captin of the neighborhood watch, play cops are the worst. I’m :praying: for the family….
RIP TRAYVON
for his family during this tragedy
No words
This is disgusting. Who this Barney Fife think he is? He ASSASSINATED a young man like it was nothing. I guess the black-white ratio in that neighborhood is pretty low. I guess people need to start giving guests list out nowdays.
lady_cn
what more could it be? the man got OUT his car against advice of the police. he was looking for trouble & found what he considered it in the young man.
If they found a yt man guilty here in OK for using excessive force and killing a black boy who was attempting to ROB his store then surely they will find this man guilty of SOMETHING….Is he related to police captin there or something?
This is just tooo sad for me on a Friday.
for his fam
SOUNDS LIKE THE PERP WAS LOOKING FOR A REASON TO SHOOT HIS GUN, AND KNOWING THE VICTIM WAS BLACK & DEAD, THAT THE LAW WOULD MORE THAN LIKELY BELIEVE HIS VERSION OF THE STORY AND HE WOULD WALK FREE
JUST LIKE WHEN BEIGE WOMEN CRY RAPE AFTER CONSENTING TO SEX OR WHEN THEY CLAIM SOMEONE BLACK STOLE THEIR KIDS, ONLY TO FIND OUT LATER THEY MADE IT UP
THE COMMON DENOMINATOR IN ALL OF THESE STORIES, THERE ARE A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO KNOW THEY ARE INHERENTLY PERCEIVED AS CREDIBLE AND THAT IN ITSELF IS A LOADED GUN~
I can’t with this story.
This is EXACTLY why gun laws need to be changed. Any mother f*cker can walk the streets toting a gun and take a life for no damn reason.
reminds me of the time that yt man called 911 & kept them one the phone while he shot two criminals in the back bc they broke into his neighbor’s house. the police were on the way, u could hear the sirens in the background, but he went against what they said & shot them both dead. he got off too
I guess I won’t live to see that day when Whites stop shooting us down in cold blood. This was so unwarranted, this poor child. They better sue everybody possible.
Did anybody read the part where the officials said they “respect his background”? that is the reason he hasn’t been arrested..
The community needs to get in an uproar and force the police and DA to get this ish right…1st degree murder, fcuk that manslaughter ish…racist bastard needs to get ready to guard his asshole in prison…I’m so
oh, & in that case the shooter was yt, victims blk
Ummm wtf?! That’s murder….
THE RAPTURE IS SURELY COMING-WAY TOO MUCH INNOCENT BLOOD ON OUR HANDS
No words
RIP to the young man and prayers out to the fam
smh
@Naija, exactly! THIS should be protested with an uproar
horrible
I bet that tape will be on TMZ with the quickness, if this story makes it into mainstream media
INTENSE says:
THE COMMON DENOMINATOR IN ALL OF THESE STORIES, THERE ARE A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO KNOW THEY ARE INHERENTLY PERCEIVED AS CREDIBLE AND THAT IN ITSELF IS A LOADED GUN~
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don’t you have to present a threat in order for it to be considered self defense i.e. have weapon, lay hands, break into someone elses property…the exact opposite happend…ol’ dude got out of his car and invaded his space…Hold up someone get Al and Jesse nem on the phone…Better yet get Oprah on this one, so this can actually get acknowledged
Oh, I forgot FL has a Stand Your Ground Law, he not gone be charged.
Being black in a decent neighborhood can get you killed….I wish I could say I’m surprised but I’m not
RIP to this young man…..smh
This just broke my heart. He was a baby!
@Phro yes it was
lovezoe says:
Oh, I forgot FL has a Stand Your Ground Law, he not gone be charged.
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Please elaborate
The people of Orlando better GET UP, MARCH TO THAT POLICE STATION!
Folks will stand in phuckin line for j’s but won’t get their azz up for real shat…………..
@Fayla SMH…
@Rene
Hey Soror!!!
@Cheeks just think back to how many innocent black males have been killed at the hands of police and they had a wallet on them and you got this motherfcuker who thinks he’s the pd of their community…ugh…if there is anything for the NAACP and blacks in Florida to rally around this is it…still
yallcrazy says:
The people of Orlando better GET UP, MARCH TO THAT POLICE STATION!
Folks will stand in phuckin line for j’s but won’t get their azz up for real shat…………..
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lady_cn says:
Wow. Sad, sad, story. There has to be more to this story for them to just have let the shooter go. There just has to be. I’m not saying that Treyvon did anything wrong, but I just can’t fathom the police letting the shooter off with no charges.
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There IS more to the story…it’s called a cover-up. And I happen to be one of those who CAN fathom police letting the shooter off, it’s called racism.
YALL exactly!!! this saddens me
This use murder… Wtf? Bag of candy
@FAYLA yeah they used that castle doctrine in order for that white dude to get off here…even though they were robbing the neighbors house it was on some straight bullchit that dude got off…victims were mexican, speaks for itself….still
Where is Obama, when things like this happen? Sandra Fluke? did Obama call this boy’s family or the police department. Ya’ll keep supporting a president, that turns his head to the same folks that voted him into office. Also, if everyone is so outraged, call the SANFORD police dept and ask why this coward is still walking without any charges against him! People are quick to support KONY2012, but it’s like pulling teeth to have OUR people come together and stop this type of violence against young black males.
this really touches a nerve with me.
@Intense- In FL, TX, and now VA among other states maybe if your person, property, etc is threatened you have the legal right to shoot to kill without legal ramifications.
I should add that some states you can PERCEIVE a threat and be able to shoot to kill.
Why don’t Jesse and Al carry their asses to Florida for this and stop trying to preach the damn eulogy for every deceased celebrity… #COONS
Folks will stand in phuckin line for j’s but won’t get their azz up for real shat…
I feel so strange that this shyt has not even surprised me…it just goes to show how desensitized it is making us as a people…
We should be e-mailing CNN, MSNBC, Oprah….
WHERE ARE THE LEADERS? THIS IS JUST SAD…
And it’s super sad, because we have become accustomed to this madness…
@LOVEZOE, what is the stand your ground law?
How many of our youths do they have to take??
@Cheeks just think back to how many innocent black males have been killed at the hands of police and they had a wallet on them and you got this motherfcuker who thinks he’s the pd of their community…ugh…if there is anything for the NAACP and blacks in Florida to rally around this is it…still
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True…this is just so sad, what was going on in this man’s head where he felt the need to kill a kid? Like really, who does he know to be let off like that? If this is a gated community which is what I’m hearing then somebody has to have a recording of this, like an outside camera showing what went down
@Torae Obama is busy protecting the damn country,it isn’t his job to police our communities JUST because he’s black. It’s up to the LOCAL and NATIONAL NAACP and entities of that nature to handle race relations stop thinking Obama has to drop dime everytime something happens to us..He isn’t the BLACKS president,he’s American’s president! However,I agree we have more homeland issues to be concerned with rather than overseas non american issues to be caring about..
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JMO says:
yallcrazy says:
The people of Orlando better GET UP, MARCH TO THAT POLICE STATION!
Folks will stand in phuckin line for j’s but won’t get their azz up for real shat…………..
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try to do something!!
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Right! Make some signs, put that ish in the front yard, I’d have the popo’s spooked and ish riding through seeing community involvment!
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Fi we said the same thing 48/49…
Karma will get him eventually.
REALLY ANGERS ME ALL OF THE BLATANT RACISM,
FOLKS JUST TRYING TO LIVE THEIR LIVES, WORK HARD, TAKE CARE OF THEIR KIDS, STAY AWAY FROM THE COONERY AND WANNABE GANGSTAS, MINDING THEIR OWN DAMN BUSINESS, AND WHEN SOMEONE LOSES THEIR LIFE SIMPLY BECAUSE SOMEONE TOOK IT UPON THEMSELVES TO PLAY “GOD” AND DETERMINE WHO SHOULD LIVE AND WHO SHOULD DIE
JUST TIRRRRRRED OF THE LAME ARSE EXCUSES AND THE LOSS OF INNOCENT LIVES SOLELY BASED ON SOMEONE’S SKEWED OPINIONS & BELIEFS
I’M TIRED OF BLACK PEOPLE AND SPECIFICALLY YOUNG BLACK MEN BEING SEEN AS DANGEROUS AND A THREAT, BECAUSE OF THE OTHER JACKASSES WHO ACTUALLY ARE MENACES
REALLY ANGERS ME ALL OF THE BLATANT RACISM,
FOLKS JUST TRYING TO LIVE THEIR LIVES, WORK HARD, TAKE CARE OF THEIR KIDS, STAY AWAY FROM THE COONERY AND WANNABE GANGSTAS, MINDING THEIR OWN DAMN BUSINESS, AND WHEN SOMEONE LOSES THEIR LIFE SIMPLY BECAUSE SOMEONE TOOK IT UPON THEMSELVES TO PLAY “GOD” AND DETERMINE WHO SHOULD LIVE AND WHO SHOULD DIE
JUST TIRRRRRRED OF THE LAME ARSE EXCUSES AND THE LOSS OF INNOCENT LIVES SOLELY BASED ON SOMEONE’S SKEWED OPINIONS & BELIEFS
I’M TIRED OF BLACK PEOPLE AND SPECIFICALLY YOUNG BLACK MEN BEING SEEN AS DANGEROUS AND A THREAT, BECAUSE OF THE OTHER JACKASSES WHO ACTUALLY ARE MENACES
Paging KDUB,
GET ALL THE INFO FOR THIS POLICE STATION AND THIS MAN.
Yall know she can do it
Why don’t Jesse and Al carry their asses to Florida for this and stop trying to preach the damn eulogy for every deceased celebrity… #COONS
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@RYAN- It is basically a law that allows you to protect your property and person with lethal force.
@Smurfette
Yep, I saw that…it’s like it’s not even phasing folks anymore…
BYTCH ASS MOTHA FCUKA!
My father was shot and killed by a police officer in 2008. After that I saw that a cop is a criminal with a badge. We tried to pursue legal action but the city and state shut us down.
I think it’s up to WE THE PEOPLE to get riled up…
Cosigning #53
@Intense- In FL, TX, and now VA among other states maybe if your person, property, etc is threatened you have the legal right to shoot to kill without legal ramifications.
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SAD THING IS, THE PERP KNOWS THIS AND USE THIS LAW TO GET HIS SHIAT OFF
@Cheeks they make me sick!!!!!
Please get off President Obama…again this is a time for the community to get together and get action done
Rev. Al and Jessie only do stories that will get THEM on TV. Maybe if the story was big enough they would do something, but as of right now they gone sit back and spray their dry curls.
but it’s like pulling teeth to have OUR people come together and stop this type of violence against young black males.
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Well, something similar happened in Oakland and ppl protested until the cops invovled were charged w/ murder. They were only sentenced to 4 yrs though so ppl are still vying for a longer one.
So sorry to hear that Ryan
They’ll pay for their actions, way worse than they put out
@Zoe And I will continue to boo those lowlifes…
In FL, TX, and now VA among other states maybe if your person, property, etc is threatened you have the legal right to shoot to kill without legal ramifications.
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Same republican states w/ lax concealed weapons laws.
I don’t know what people think Obama can do about this. Try to pass yet another law? Make a statement that will fall deaf on the ears of those that most need to hear it? He’s spoken about racism before. This sht happens everyday in America. Is he supposed to take up each individual cause?
That Limbaugh sht is not even in the same category as this. Whatever. I guess every time a black person gets shot Obama should have been there to catch the bullet.
ryan
@YSo Exactly! And if he doesn’t he isn’t a President for OUR people…Stupid Muhfuggas!!!
lovezoe says:
Rev. Al and Jessie only do stories that will get THEM on TV. Maybe if the story was big enough they would do something, but as of right now they gone sit back and spray their dry curls.
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So sorry Ryan
I will say I don’t necessarily think Stand Your Ground is a BAD thing, I think it is used too often in suspect circumstances. More often than not, you don’t even need that law. Very few people will get charged if someone comes in their house and kills them. It’s this stuff and the case in TX that is overzealous.
@Ryan-
Thanks everyone, when it first happened I was just anger not even sad or mournful just angry. My father was who he was but at the end of the day he was my father and he was a damn good one. The cops tapped my phone and whole nine, prank calling my phone and chit, mind you I was 16/17 at this time.
Sorry to hear they @Ryan
I really do get frustrated when people think Obama should be involved in all black racial injustice in this country #kanyeshrug
My heart goes out for this family!!! I can only IMAGINE if it were me.
Some may feel I am wrong but it would have taken the jaws of life to get me off from beating down the man who did this if it were my child.
Another report would have immediately followed, the mother of so and so has just beaten the brakes off the alleged attacker!!! I don’t need a judge….. You will not breathe while my son no longer is!!! JMO
IT MAY NOT BRING MY SON BACK BUT I WILL FIGHT FOR MINE EVEN AFTER THEIR GONE. JUSTICE WILL SERVED VOLUNTARY OR INVOLUNTARLY!!! #REAL TALK
Not sure if anyone already said it, but there is more to the story. The reason the police are siding with this guy’s self defense claims is because Trayvon beat the sh*t out of him and in fact was on top of the guy pummeling him when he was shot. It is ok to be honest about that part. The fact remains that this young man realized he was being followed by a crazy white man at night who confronted him for no reason and he defended himself…..well. The fact that this idiot lost the fight he started doesn’t make this a case of self defense. It’s manslaughter at the very least.
REALLY HEARTBROKEN ABOUT THIS….
FOR HIM AND MANY OTHERS
@Ryan
Sorry for your loss and what you had to put up with…it is a shame how much intimidation those fukkers will use to get their way…
@ Fayla
No matter if he is white or black, he is in the wrong for shooting that young man. He should be punished to the full extent b/c this was senseless “MURDER” nothing but…
On topic, this is so, so, sad. I really need for the mainstream media to pick this story up, but just like the young ladies missing MI will never hear a peep about it. The media doesn’t care about us, period. The only time they care about us is if we’re the perpetrator and not the victim.
@Bird
Oh wow, I figured there was more to the story…but like you said, even still, there is no excuse to MURDER this young man…
damn why did he shoot ……..
THANKS BIRD FOR SHEDDING LIGHT ON THE SITUATION
THE SUSPICIOUS PERSON REPORT AND FOLLOWING HIM AND CONFRONTING HIM, IF ANYTHING HE WAS HARRASSING TRAYVON AND HE BEING SCARED ABOUT HIS INTENTION AND HE WAS NOT A “COP” PROBABLY LEAD TO HIS REACTION
EITHER WAY, THE SHOOTER WAS OVERZEALOUS
of course he’s wrong alabaster! blk OR yt. my point is that it’s likely he’s not sitting in jail right now BC he’s yt. u feel me?
Bird says:
Not sure if anyone already said it, but there is more to the story. The reason the police are siding with this guy’s self defense claims is because Trayvon beat the sh*t out of him and in fact was on top of the guy pummeling him when he was shot. It is ok to be honest about that part. The fact remains that this young man realized he was being followed by a crazy white man at night who confronted him for no reason and he defended himself…..well. The fact that this idiot lost the fight he started doesn’t make this a case of self defense. It’s manslaughter at the very least.
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SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS RYAN~
How is STAND YOUR LAW applicable if this guy got out and pursued the victim?
What else are we missing here?
Damn Bird!
@Bird WOW! But still….
Bottom line is this toy cop had a gun and was excited to use it…and even if he was getting his ass whooped by this young boy why not taser him or if he just HAD to shoot, shoot him in the leg? It’s so many questions that will be left unanswered…
@Smurfette
That’s what I’m saying too…this toy cop went looking for trouble when he FOLLOWED this boy…he should have just minded his business after he put the call in…
This is messed UP!
Can’t bring a gun to a fist fight…MURDER
@yall- That law can work in crazy ways. TRUST he will make it work for him. I believe in FL, even if your car is threatened you can use lethal force.
@fefe exactly 102
I’ve seen some foul sht up close and personal from the Chicago police but I still don’t hold all accountable for what some do. That’s the same sht they do to us.
This story is what happens when top flight security goes wrong. Fcker thought he was more than he was just because he had a tinfoil badge and a gun.
See this kind of mess really ticks you off
Sucks to him now though, looking over your shoulder, waiting for that bullet to hit you, and wondering where you’ll be when you or you and your family get confronted…
@Yall Exactly! Because it WILL be re-visited….
Fukkin’ Police Academy reject…
This is STILL sum BS! If a new post comes up somebody hit me up. Otherwise you all have a great weekend.
It’s so many questions that will be left unanswered…
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Exactly. I want to know why he felt the need to exit the car if the kid was so much of a “threat.” Why not wait until actual law enforcement comes?
yallcrazy says:
Sucks to him now though, looking over your shoulder, waiting for that bullet to hit you, and wondering where you’ll be when you or you and your family get confronted…
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My exact thoughts….
His days are numbered.
Oh, THIS ain’t nearly over
IF HE REALLY WAS A CONCERNED CITIZEN OR NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH ETC. THEN WATCH FROM A DISTANCE & WAIT FOR THE COPS, EVEN AFTER THE COPS ARRIVE AND HAD APPROACHED HIM AT LEAST HE WOULD “KNOW” THEY WERE THE COPS AND NOT SOME RANDOM PSYCHO WHICH OBVIOUSLY PUT HIM ON DEFENSE MODE
This is why I fuggs with YSO and PHRO I dont even have to voice my opinion its pretty much out there
He is a human being NOT A “PERSON”
I never answer to them when they ask me do you have this or that on your person, I always ask who are you referring too, they ask again I say who are you referring to, then they use my name. then i answer, it’s xtra time , but i dont belive in bowing down to this system, I just can’t
This damn kindle fire got me sounding way too formal. Ok i’m OUT!
Everyone have a great safe weekend :bi:
Yeah I’m out too…what a depressing way to end the day, but I’m about to get tipsy, so y’all have a GREAT weekend!
I’ll need more concrete details before I offer any more thoughts on this.
I live in Florida, this story is not a surprise. Cops and yt’s kill young black men for sport. @MsFashion, I agree with you. Hell I probably would have went insane and cut his heart out and handed it to the police about MY child. Sad. Smh.
So I can assume Mr. Zimmerman is yt and saw a black boy walking through his gated community. Mr. Zimmerman feared for his life yet he felt the need to leave his home (armed), get in his car, follow this child, pull a pistol and shoot him
I
that shyt like this doesnt happen to me and mine because I will flip the hell out 
They would’ve been picking Mr. Zimmerman’s azz up too 
This shyt is foul on so many levels
#jesustakethewheel
MP is that nene?
@MP
You got it @Ty.
Little buddy gave him a bloody nose too…thats why he shot him I bet.
I bet Zimmerman is short too. Bastard.
YSO
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND EVERYONE!!!!!
@lovezoe I have my CWP in FL, you can NOT protect property with lethal force only if its an occupied dwelling. At least that’s the law on the books but I’m not convinced its followed.
Everyone have a safe and great weekend
MP
yallcrazy says:
Paging KDUB,
GET ALL THE INFO FOR THIS POLICE STATION AND THIS MAN.
Yall know she can do it
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Im down for whatever. We have to take a stand for our kids because no one else will. I was front and center for Jena 6 and I have no problem with protesting for this young man also.
@Ty I’m with you. Post info, I’m there.
Have a good weekend you 5pmers!!
CookieMonsterZ says:
Exactly. I want to know why he felt the need to exit the car if the kid was so much of a “threat.” Why not wait until actual law enforcement comes?
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Because he was itching to use that 9 he was carrying around like a lunatic. The cops had the audacity to tell the family that the killer studied criminal justice for 4 years and they gave him the benefit of the doubt because knows the law. Witnesses saw the fight, but when the killer asked them to help him they didn’t. They called police, but they didn’t pull Trayvon off of him. I wonder why not? Maybe they thought he needed an azz whoopin. When cops got there his nose was bleeding, he had a bump on his head and his back was wet with grass on it. Trayvon was face down in the grass.
All this happened because he wanted to be a cop without actually being one.
Well whose all still here?
His wife and family is probably stupid too, I mean he probably “teaches” them his way, so I’d like to have a couple rounds with the wife, and then maybe an aunt or somebody.
#realtalk
ORLANDO, what’s up?
OutsidetheBox says:
You got it @Ty.
Little buddy gave him a bloody nose too…thats why he shot him I bet.
I bet Zimmerman is short too. Bastard.
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Girl they need to leave these damn kids alone. If lil dude tagged Mr. Zimmerman’s azz he was well within his right. U don’t run up on people like that. This shyt just pissed me off and those redneck azz police officers are covering for his azz.
MP
@BIRD
Wow. Just wow.
Hey SR
THis is a sad story and I hope that man is brought to justice I feel for his family and his little brother
Ty
Color of Change or somebody needs to start the petition for an investigation and if nothing is done by Monday, we need to seriously talk about what we can do/start…
Hi Choco
yallcrazy says:
Ty Color of Change or somebody needs to start the petition for an investigation and if nothing is done by Monday, we need to seriously talk about what we can do/start…
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*puts up bat signal for KDub*
@Ryan
Aight yall im out…
Everybody have a safe weekend.
Have a blessd weekend y’all
Maybe Zimmerman will get what he deserves when he leasts expects it. Karma has a way of doing the right thing.
@ Naijah I agree 100! Obama can’t save the world & you can’t place everything on his shoulder. This is a sad story but I need more details. Cops cover up for each other each day. Shyt.. Mississippi governor pardoned killers. Can’t get into the Black & white issue because I come from both but we do live in a messed up & unjustified world.
I will commend Sandra for putting it out there. Praying for the family. Have a good weekend
I’m I MISSING Something HERE Though… IS This YT FOOL under police protection or something ?!!? And This YT FOOL does still live in the Gated Community Right ?!!?
There is NOTHING ON THIS EARTH that would keep me from going up and BLASTING This YT FOOL (Until MY GUN Was EMPTY !!!) There is NO MF-ing WAY I would let a YT FOOL get away with MURDERING MY CHILD (WORD !!!)
And Y’all can call me WHATEVER The F-U-C-K Y’all Want To… NO WAY I’m living the REST OF MY LIFE and ALLOWING MY CHILD to be MURDERED IN VAIN (Not HERE, NOT ME…)
God rest his soul and give his family the comfort and strength they need.
On a SN: Why is it that FL has the most BAMIFIED, RACIST, BS WHITE TRAILER TRASH ISH GOING ON? This is like the umpteenth time in the last 10 years where you hear all KINDS of wrong doing and stupidity in FL. Just unjustified, undignified, racist, backwoods, country red-necking buffoonery going on!!?!?
ELOVE I’m right there with you… should any phuckery like this ever happen with my family, you best believe some rancid ish is going down for all those involved.
Big Daddy, we agree. Sucks to be that guy (WORD!)
WHAT are you doing to help the situation in your community????? Anytime you point your finger you have THREE coming back at you.
Sorry forgot to say earlier that I
for this familys faith and comfort in God…
We’re not gonna let this get swept under the rug…
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at all the Rev Al shade *
Something is really wrong with this country when the police release a man who started a fight with a kid and then shot him to death when he lost the fight. I thought this was America?
Phrozen1der says:
@Torae Obama is busy protecting the damn country,it isn’t his job to police our communities JUST because he’s black.
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But it’s okay for the president to personally call a woman on the phone and console her because Rush Limbaugh called her a slut on the radio? Why doesn’t Obama call me on the phone? I’ve been called worse than a slut on Twitter?
@Sandra Stop acting surprised this is America which is WHY the shooter was released ain’t much changed round these parts sadly.
Good Evening to all
Auntie thank you for posting this story. I read it on Huffington Post yesterday and then Yahoo. I hope we keep the pressure on the police department and state attorney to press charges
Sandra Rose says:
But it’s okay for the president to personally call a woman on the phone and console her because Rush Limbaugh called her a slut on the radio? Why doesn’t Obama call me on the phone? I’ve been called worse than a slut on Twitter?
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Oy vey, Sandra….
Remember, Rush Limbaugh is NOT an Obama fan! Everything revolves around politics and that person’s interest. We live in an even smaller world now, were we can connect instantly. So if I bashed you all day, then turned around and asked for your help, would you help me??? Probably not.. And I’d be afraid to call you and you start screaming in my ear. If I was in your shoes and I wanted justice, I would go to the Gala that Tyler Perry is having for President Obama and see if you can talk to him there. It’s not about kissing ass, it’s about rationalizing and keeping an open mind. You don’t have to like him, but you should RESPECT him. Even if it’s a brief meeting, especially since you don’t like parties. Change begins within you love. Like I said in my previous post, I was having mixed feelings about voting for Obama again. But my mother talked to me and said we need him because the others candidates aren’t for the middle class. In 2008, ironically, I talked her into voting for Obama, not Hilary and now the tables have turned. So if I don’t vote, then I can’t Kvetch!
I like you alot, Sandra! You are opinionated, funny, critical, harsh at times, yet fights for justice. Thats why I asked to join your blog.
I don’t know the entire story and I cannot get involved because I’m afraid I’ll lose my job. Look up Bonnie Watson Coleman (D) – New Jersey Legislature. She’s fiesty and may be able to call and talk to Obama for you…
Good Luck and the Martin family will continue to stay in my prayers. Nontika B.
Well said LJ
I reeeeeaaaaalllly like “Good Deeds”. Tyler Perry cannot go back to being Madea after that movie. Such an uplifting and inspiring movie. GO TP!!!!!!!!!!!!
Only in America can you kill a 17 year old for no reason and still be walking around free as a bird. I’d be willing to bet some serious paper if this victim was white this story wouldn’t have even been a story…
I’m so tired of hearing about stories like these. Whether it is an average citizen or a police officer, unless you are in a life and death situation, you should never just kill someone as your first reaction.
Ms.kaylamomma says:
I reeeeeaaaaalllly like “Good Deeds”. Tyler Perry cannot go back to being Madea after that movie. Such an uplifting and inspiring movie. GO TP!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I keep hearing good reviews about “Good Deeds”. Ever since Redbox came out, I don’t go to the movies unless my son wants to see something. Think Ima treat myself today. Thanks …
Help get justice for Trayvon!! Sign this petition. This is a senseless MURDER, and the family deserves justice.
http://www.change.org/petitions/prosecute-the-murderer-of-17-year-old-trayvon-martin?utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=share_petition&utm_term=own_wall#
OUTRAGE! this is so sad…
Sandra THANK YOU so much for covering this story. You know how I do. When I first read the story too many details were missing for me to even form an opinion, but the facts were out there if you did a little digging. The cops were hanging the whole self defense claim on the fact that Trayvon fought for his life against a stranger that was following him and confronted him at night. If I knew that, I’m sure other media outlets knew as well, but they kept leaving out the fact that Trayvon whooped this guy like that was gonna make the boy look bad. It made him look like a warrior to me and the murderer looked even more cowardly.
I promise you this, if the murderer is not arrested by the time I am in that area in a few weeks, I will organize a march my damn self. I for one will not sit around while the police let this man get away with cold blooded murder.
Makes me think of when I’m going threw the city next to mines on my jogging days.I be tired but don’t want to stop.I haven’t seen a black person besides myself there,ever really.they be looking at me like I’m not suppose to be there or like they are scared I’m casing out the joint or something…shidddd I be thinking I’m scared and just as suspicious of yall to.this is sad.I wonder what was said.howd they start fighting??and dude needs to go to jail!!he done killed somebody child.neighborhood watch my ass!!!!
This story makes me sick and more people need to pick it up and make it a national issue. Imagined gay slurs get more press, outrage and wannabe activists ready to boycott, march and protest than this story has
Something has to be done so that this boy gets justice and the next nutjob with a gun thinks twice before shooting an unarmed innocent black child
I just signed the petition. Thanks for providing that info @Trubeauty :thumsup:
Not alot of people have signed it, GET YALL AZZES THE PHUCK UP & GO SIGN IT…
@SR, please post the link as a story…
@lady_cn you sound like a coon, your statement makes absolutely no sense. He was shot because Zimmerman was trigger happy and felt that a young black child didn’t belong in that neighborhood obviously. If it was your child I wonder if you would make such a ridiculous statement.
Same ol’, same ol’.
It’s a shame that this kid had to lose his life this way. Racisim is alive and well. Hunting for negroes is in the blood of many anglos. Their foremothers and forefathers did it for freely for over 400 years.
Plus, it doesn’t help that black people have made themselves famous all over the world for referring to one another as n-words, bytches, and hoes—-for dollars. People are living pretty famously and fabulously off of money black people give these entertainers to travel around the world telling everyone that this is what they prefer to be called—-and call one another.
Can’t nobody hate a black person worse than another black person.
Please go and sign the petition y’all. I’ve signed it, and if we are all as outraged as we proclaim to be on here…let’s do something about it. Come on SR posters, Sandra’s blog has PLENTY of followers, that would count alot for the petition. It will take you less than 5 minutes. So please, if you care…sign.
God Bless
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TruBeautyPrsprs says:
Help get justice for Trayvon!! Sign this petition. This is a senseless MURDER, and the family deserves justice.
http://www.change.org/petitions/prosecute-the-murderer-of-17-year-old-trayvon-martin?utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=share_petition&utm_term=own_wall#
I’m literally sitting here in tears right now…this is soooooo sad…and the fact that I’m at work, in the office with a bunch of yt folks is only making it worse…anger would be an understatement of how I feel right now!