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Neighborhood watch captain shoots innocent black youth and doesn't even get arrested
http://news.yahoo.com/family-florida...044537742.html
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - The family of a 17-year-old African-American boy shot to death last month in his gated Florida community by a white Neighborhood Watch captain wants to see the captain arrested, the family's lawyer said on Wednesday. Trayvon Martin was shot dead after he took a break from watching NBA All-Star game television coverage to walk 10 minutes to a convenience store to buy snacks including Skittles candy requested by his 13-year-old brother, Chad, the family's lawyer Ben Crump said. "He was a good kid," Crump said in an interview, adding that the family would issue a call for the Watch captain's arrest at a news conference on Thursday. "On his way home, a Neighborhood Watch loose cannon shot and killed him." [Related: Fla. teen avoids deportation] Trayvon, who lived in Miami with his mother, had been visiting his father and stepmother in a gated townhome community called The Retreat at Twin Lakes in Sanford, 20 miles north of Orlando. As Trayvon returned to the townhome, Sanford police received a 911 call reporting a suspicious person. Although names are blacked out on the police report, Crump and media reports at the time of the shooting identified the caller as George Zimmerman who is listed in the community's newsletter as the Neighborhood Watch captain. Without waiting for police to arrive, Crump said, Zimmerman confronted Trayvon, who was on the sidewalk near his home. By the time police got there, Trayvon was dead of a single gunshot to the chest. "What do the police find in his pocket? Skittles," Crump said. "A can of Arizona ice tea in his jacket pocket and Skittles in his front pocket for his brother Chad." Zimmerman could not be reached for comment on Wednesday evening at a phone number listed for him on the community's newsletter. Crump said the family was concerned that police might decide to consider the shooting as self defense, and that police have ignored the family's request for a copy of the original 911 call, which they think will shed light on the incidents. "If the 911 protocol across the country held to form here, they told him not to get involved. He disobeyed that order," said Ryan Julison, a spokesman for the family. "He (Zimmerman) didn't have to get out of his car," said Crump, who has prepared a public records lawsuit to file on Thursday if the family doesn't get the 911 tape. "If he never gets out of his car, there is no reason for self-defense. Trayvon only has skittles. He has the gun." Since Trayvon, a high school junior who wanted to be a pilot, was black and Zimmerman is white, Crump said race is "the 600 pound elephant in the room." "Why is this kid suspicious in the first place? I think a stereotype must have been placed on the kid," Crump said. (Editing By Cynthia Johnston and Peter Bohan) Last edited by Bump; 07-12-2013 at 11:19 PM.. |
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So he was shot about 300 feet from home...and they didn't know about it for 3 days? W...T...F??
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OK...we're talking about churches, schools, hospitals, fed buildings, amusement parks, work, and bars. all of these places have been the location of some wacko shooting people at random. especially schools and churches. I do agree, you should be able to carry anywhere. the only one I think is a little squirrelly is bars. but if you are indeed obeying the law then you ain't getting smashed and carrying. the one that I DO always obey is fed buildings. you don't want that kind of trouble. I ain't saying I carry into a school. but it's interesting how many school shootings there have been huh? wish somebody had been there with a CCW and a gun. do I carry...at a high school football game for instance? you know what.....ain't none a yo damn bidness that's what! if I did, I'd be breaking the law. if I didn't, and the shizzle went down, I couldn't protect my people. I don't lose any sleep over the decisions I make when it comes to my CCW choices. EDIT - oh....by the way....work. really? I can't carry at work! most can't carry at work. man I hope some disgruntled ex-employee don't come in here shooting! we'll all be totally helpless. but hey, at least I'm following personnells stupid ****ing made up rule that basically goes against my rights as an American citizen. right? Nunya D.
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hey where's Bump? I'm curious what his thoughts are on this.
His first sentence in the thread is "This is some ****ED UP SHIT, they aren't sure if the racist neighborhood watch idiot should be arrested?" and with the media being what they are....I totally get that mindset. now that we know the media is really ****ed up.....we actually do know a little more now that when the post first hit....if only that the media lies.... Bump - do you still feel that way?
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