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Trayvon Martin

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by Rocket River, Mar 10, 2012.

  1. Granville

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    That's the second witness that you are referring to. She compared who she thought was on the bottom by judging their size using the the photo of a young Martin in the hoodie. Which is exactly why those photos should not have been floated about by the media.

    What a dumbass witness.
     
  2. across110thstreet

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    GZ's previous 911 calls, allowed
     
  3. juicystream

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    I don't believe Zimmerman when it comes to the gun. It is a defense straight out of Chicago.
     
  4. Lil Pun

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    Who does this help/hurt more?
     
  5. giddyup

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    Any scenario is possible at this point with the lack of witnesses. That's why I keep asking about the ballistics. What do they show about the shooting range and the angle of entry... all that CSI stuff. It would seem that this will be huge in supporting or disproving GZ's claims.

    However, nobody seems publish any info on it... or even speculate about it.

    I don't know GZ but I tend to believe his story. If he has lied in a substantive way that changes the interaction between the two, I hope he gets what he deserves.

    Neither of these guys were choirboys. Quite sure that TM has spewed his fair share of lies as well.
     
  6. juicystream

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    Unfortunately, not recently.
     
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  8. FranchiseBlade

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    So you don't like the forensic evidence that goes against the idea that Martin was doing that?
     
  9. giddyup

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    What? A lack of DNA under Martin's fingernails? Don't you have to scratch someone to get that there?

    What forensic evidence is there that Martin was not going for the gun as GZ asserts?
     
  10. chrispbrown

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    Good god all of these witnesses have been r****ded
     
  11. Granville

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    Trayvon's friend said he identified what Zimmerman looked like to her on the phone as a "Creep ass Cracker". Wow. That's a pretty racist statement.
     
  12. FranchiseBlade

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    There was also a lack of blood spatter on Martin in general.

    I also didn't say anything about going for the gun. I was commenting on your post that mentioned one more head bash.
     
  13. FV Santiago

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    This would have happened to George Zimmerman had he not defended himself with the gun. The bodily injuries to Zimmerman's face and head support his position, as well as the witness accounts.

    Crowd Watches as Man Beaten Unconscious Outside Belmont CTA Station

    COOK COUNTY CRIMINAL COURTHOUSE — A crowd of people watched a man get beaten unconscious outside the Belmont Red, Brown and Purple Line Station early Sunday morning after he tried to take his cellphone back from a thief, prosecutors said.

    Morgan Townsend, 22, and Deondre Williams, 18, appeared in court Tuesday, charged with multiple counts of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, robbery and mob action after the attack.

    The victim, a 25-year-old man from Orland Hills, and a second victim were at the Belmont station, eyes fixed on their cellphones, when two unidentified thieves snatched the phones out of their hands and took off, Cook County Assistant State's Attorney Erin Antonietti said during a bond hearing Tuesday.

    The victims caught up with the suspected thieves in an alley adjacent to the CTA stop, Antonietti said. They were able to detain one of the alleged thieves and were waiting for police when the suspect "dropped the phone on the ground, and an unknown female came by and picked it up."

    Moments later, Townsend and Williams came into the alley and demanded the victims "let go of their friend," Antonietti said.

    The victims refused, Antonietti said. Townsend allegedly started throwing punches, and Williams picked up a piece of wood, breaking it as he used it as a weapon against one of the victims.

    At one point, between 15 and 20 people surrounded one victim as the two alleged attackers continued to beat him, Antonietti said.

    A witness on his way home from a party stumbled upon the scene.

    "He was knocked out, completely," said the 36-year-old witness. "He was on the ground, right by the alley. One guy hit him in the face, and another guy kicked him. It looked like he was going to die or something."

    When the witness rushed to aid the bleeding man, his attackers fled.

    The two victims were taken to Illinois Masonic Hospital.

    Williams and Townsend, arrested soon after the attack, were ordered held on $350,000 bond by Cook County Judge Adam Bourgeois Jr. Tuesday.

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    Morgan Townsend (l.) and Deondre Williams were charged with mob action Tuesday in connection with the beating of two people at the CTA's Belmont "L" station.
     
  14. giddyup

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    Don't the photos just show blood centrally located on the back of GZ's head? I'm not sure how blood is going to splatter around GZ's head and land on TM's sweatshirt.

    You quoted my entire response, so I naturally thought you were addressing everything contained therein.

    So are you contending that TM did not bash GZ's head? Have you uncovered any of the ballistic reports that deal with proximity and angle of fatal gunshot?
     
  15. FranchiseBlade

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    All I'm doing is talking about the evidence from the trial. When the evidence for the gunshot comes in I'm open to talking about that.
     
  16. HR Dept

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    Two guys would have stole his cell phone and beaten him to the brink?
     
  17. REEKO_HTOWN

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    Two? The article said at one point 15!! Was Trayvon a multiplier like Michael Keaton?
     
  18. Firebomb525

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    Why so surprised? Didn't you know its OK to throw out racial slurs directed at whites? But lawd forgive you if you drop the 'n' word.

    The fact that hundreds, if not thousands, of people over twitter are still convinced that Zimmerman is completely white and that Martin looked like a 13 year old child at the time of his death astounds me.
     
  19. Space Ghost

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    Don't be daft. Black people can't be racist.
     
  20. Space Ghost

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    Do you find Zimmermans alleged history of violence (dated back when he was 20... 7 years ago) more important than Martins current history of fighting?

    When has Zimmerman had a history of hyper-vigilance?

    Pointless 911 calls? Would you rather him attack someone who is following him or call 911 and run home?
     

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