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Originally posted by GrantedBail
reply to post by TKDRL
He was a kid. I don't care what you think.
I have taught my kids to run and scream from people that behave in that manner. It is what you have to do as parents in this day and age. You make way too many assumptions on the part of this young person.
Originally posted by ugie1028
reply to post by crazyewok
My father was jumped in his backyard by 4 teenagers at random. 1 spent almost 8 years in jail.
Teenagers do attack adults.
There were no gang affiliations, or tattoos, or body piercings. This was a boy that was being parented well.
Originally posted by GrantedBail
reply to post by hounddoghowlie
I think he thought he had lost the "pervert" and was kickin' it talking to his friend on the phone. That was until Zimmerman approached him.
Originally posted by IvanAstikov
reply to post by LadyGreenEyes
1. He used derogatory terms about him to a person he was speaking to on a phone. Z never made any indication that he knew Trayvon had said such a thing, so why even go there? If Trayvon's remarks were hateful, then so were Z's recorded - not remembered - utterances about Trayvon during the nen call. I don't think you want to be suggesting that Z's derogatory language to the dispatcher about a person who couldn't hear the comments, meant he had to hate that person and want to harm them.
Originally posted by IvanAstikov
2. Could Good have mistaken what was really one person trying to get up off another as the person on the bottom being attacked? Of course he could. He even thinks that being on the bottom is always a losing position, despite his supposed knowledge of mma-type activities. Could he have even lied for Z? Who know? Certainly not you. Oh, and there's ZERO evidence Trayvon was an experienced street fighter, or even that he'd ever fought a 40lb heavier opponent.
Originally posted by IvanAstikov
3. Could that have been because they were never really having a fight, and the only reason they were on the floor is because one of them slipped(I'm guessing the clumsy fat one) and they fell down together because they were having a standing wrestle? Again, I don't know for sure and neither do you, but it's not beyond the realms of possibility, and definitely sounds far more plausible than Z's tale of surviving a massive beatdown and then getting hold of his gun and sorting out the bad guy once and for all.
Originally posted by Pixiefyre
Originally posted by LadyGreenEyes
Remember, this guy had a lot of women's jewelry that wasn't his. The police in Miami didn't connect it to anything reported stolen THERE, but I wonder if anyone checked Sanford? Odds are good that they would find a match. Odds are even better that, if they did, we wouldn't hear about it.
I just felt the need to chime in regarding this issue and mention that if the jewelry was just costume flashy non-precious metals or gems, than this is a non-issue.
Where I live once a week Burlington Coat Factory dumps bags of the stuff in an open dumpster, some pieces are broken but some are cute and worth something to young people
Originally posted by GrantedBail
reply to post by ugie1028
. But not kid's of the caliber of Trayvon. You are talking about a good family here. . There were no gang affiliations, or tattoos, or body piercings. This was a boy that was being parented well. . Doesn't make him a bad kid. You forgot about being a teenager.
Martin's daddy was taking him around with him to visit his mistresses, quite possibly has gang ties.
Originally posted by GrantedBail
reply to post by hounddoghowlie
I think he thought he had lost the "pervert" and was kickin' it talking to his friend on the phone. That was until Zimmerman approached him.