Joni wrote:
I wish there had been cameras the night of the Martin killing. We would then KNOW!! This IS a real mess aside from the political aspect. Z's statements and forensics.
Just wondering as many of us here do... If Trayvon was walking up a street and Z. parked further up - ON that same street, WAS Trayvon "checking him out" or was he just walking past him, as he HAD to do, to get home IF Z. positioned himself directly in his path? Just walking past the "positioned" SUV to get home? Would that be a "set up"? Z. was taking L.E. classes, Dad a Judge, SYG law, etc.??? He is not novice regarding the law. I think Trayvon was. he was 17 for 3 weeks.
Then did Z. say Trayvon was circling the SUV? Doesn't that sound strange?? Circling?
So - ummmm - don't get out. Right? Simple isn't it? I forgot he was looking for an address. I would think a Captain of the Neighborhood watch might know the street names, and could give a pretty good description of where this person was. BUT - - wat it WORTH escalating and dying for ... because of a GUESS that someone "looked" suspicious? Looks like a simmering volitale situation to me ...
Some things here just don't "fit" or sound right to me. Sounds like after the fact stories ... somehow. I am NOT saying my feeling are right ... they just are there and...
I Wonder, I Wonder
(Can't help it if I wonder...)
Have mercy here.
I don't need a camera to tell me what happened on that tragic night that has adversely affected two families, one of which has been effectively destroyed. All I need is commom sense along with George's statements that correlate with the known evidence that has been released so far. Aside from the political aspect, it is not a real mess. Add the "political pressure" and it becomes a HUGE mess!!
I agree with you that George was not a novice regarding the law. He had been taking criminal justice courses and had aspirations to become a magistrate like his dad had been before retirement. But the thing that really strikes me about George and the law is that he is and was an upstanding, responsible, law-abiding constructive member of society. And he went above and beyond that of most of his peers by volunteering to help his neighborhood in the crime watch program when his neighborhood really needed it.
I disagree with you where you state that you think that Trayvon was a novice when it came to the law. From evidence I have seen on twitter pages, myspace, videos, etc., Trayvon was beyond his 17 years with street-wise education...which, of course, includes tips on how to skirt the law.
Anyone who thinks it strange that a neighborhood watch captain does not recall certain street names in his neighborhood obviously knows nothing of human memory...and it's foibles.
It was not George's fault that Trayvon looked "suspicious." It is the duty of a neighborhood watch volunteer to notice suspicious people and things, and it is their duty to report their suspicions. It would not have escalated into a volatile situation had Trayvon not circled back and ambushed the guy who had been watching him.
So far, all the evidence or "story" sounds quite plausible to me. I don't see anything that doesn't fit. It was all cut and dried before politics entered inot it. JMO, of course.
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I found out decades later watching a program about it on A & E. I had NO idea drag street racing was so prevelent in the U.S. now did I know where she was killed, was a "self designated Drag Strip." He had 12 brothers who were cops and detectives. 'Nuf said.
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