Trayvon Martin

[mrveggieman]

And there are pics coming out of Martin that reveal more than what is being presented. The media has presented Martin as this cute little kid. He was not quite as little or as innocent looking as the middle school football player they keep showing. There are pics starting to surface of him flaunting his gold grill, showing off his tattoos, standing up shirtless with his pants sagged "flipping the bird" with both hands...not the cute little boy we have been led to believe he was.

And what teenaged child has not done any of this before on facebook, myspace, twitter, etc? And does any of this justify him being murdered in cold blood like an animal by a blood thirsty pyscopath?

[ensbergcollector]

And what teenaged child has not done any of this before on facebook, myspace, twitter, etc? And does any of this justify him being murdered in cold blood like an animal by a blood thirsty pyscopath?

i love that in this case we have just thrown out the whole "innocent until proven guilty thing."

[mrveggieman]

i love that in this case we have just thrown out the whole "innocent until proven guilty thing."

Welcome to Politics and Religion. Enjoy your stay.

[mrveggieman]

that's all you can pick from that? you're losing your edge!!!!!


when does a beating turn into murder? when do you decide, this is just a fight, or this person is going to kill me? when your head is getting pounded into the pavement or when you're dead?

If I go following around some guy that I don't know who is minding his business and he kicks my backside then I deserved exactly what I got. Why should I be able to kill someone who I provoked in the first place?

[ensbergcollector]

Welcome to Politics and Religion. Enjoy your stay.

i think you meant welcome to the trayvon martin thread. enjoy your stay

[habsheaven]

Here's a pretty good summary of what we know:

http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/...black-teenager

That summary makes no mention of the phone call between Trayvon and his girlfriend that does not fit the facts being presented here. I wonder why?

[Star_Cards]

And what teenaged child has not done any of this before on facebook, myspace, twitter, etc? And does any of this justify him being murdered in cold blood like an animal by a blood thirsty pyscopath?

I don't think that pictures and tattoos make a difference. I also don't think it's fair to call zimmerman blood thirsty or a psychopath. If he was in fact beating zimmerman's head on the ground I don't know if that's being murdered in cold blood.

[Star_Cards]

If I go following around some guy that I don't know who is minding his business and he kicks my backside then I deserved exactly what I got. Why should I be able to kill someone who I provoked in the first place?

again, we don't know exactly how this pursuit went down. was it calm, was zimmerman yelling at him, was zimmerman grabbing him. we don't know exactly. To put the shoe on the other foot, if I'm walking behind you and just following you does that give you the right to attack me? If I call you a name, does that give you the right to attack me? I do agree that if you follow someone you should know that they could get upset at you and want to fight you, but if I'm following you and you turn around and beat the crap out of me you're probably going to have some charges.

bottom line is we don't know the details completely so I'm not sure why so many people have their minds made up about this case.

[tutall]

And what teenaged child has not done any of this before on facebook, myspace, twitter, etc? And does any of this justify him being murdered in cold blood like an animal by a blood thirsty pyscopath?

Seriously? I have never seen a single pic lie tat of any of the kids I am friends with on facebook.... I have 22 little leaguers that I require they add me so I can keep an eye on it and a few of my 15 year old brothers friends and I have never seen anything like that come across from any of them. I really think this has nothing to do with the story but Ill be honest... If I saw someone walking in my neighborhood that looked even a little suspicious at 3 AM I would probably question it too.

[duane1969]

And what teenaged child has not done any of this before on facebook, myspace, twitter, etc? And does any of this justify him being murdered in cold blood like an animal by a blood thirsty pyscopath?

If it is just typical, run of the mill "kid stuff" then why are his parents portraying him with innocent looking pictures from middle school and not using the current pictures of his showing off his tattoos and flipping the bird?