Trayvon Martin's Murder

So we thought we knew what happened when Trayvon Martin was gunned down by George Zimmerman. But the more the media circus continues the less we know. While a lot of the rightwing blogs ran photos of Trayvon first posted on the neo-Nazi web page Stormfront making him look like a threatening black man and opined that he got shot because he wore a hoodie,weird other stories started to emerge about his killer George Zimmerman.


First, the photos, which were reproduced by Michelle Malkin and then BusinessInsider, were not of Trayvon Martin. A disclaimer appeared later.


Second, Geraldo Rivera said Trayvon was killed because he wore a Hoodie, which provoked countless displays of solidarity with his family--the 1 million hoodie marches in L.A. and Philadelphia, basketball teams with their head bowed down wearing hoodies. 


Third, the National Rifle Association is selling hoodies where you carry your concealed weapon. Tasty. Then I received from a right-wing man a posting that Obama was selling a hoodie to exploit the death of the poor black man.


And off we go into the apologies for the murderer and the trashing of the victim. 


But about George Zimmerman, a frail 250lb man with a firearm, we learn that he was going to a community college in criminal justice. He was a member of the neighborhood watch group. He constantly called 9-11. They released 47 pages of his 9-11 calls, which had him report "suspicious" 7 and 9 year old black children. The guy was obviously disturbed. We had testimony how he mentored black kids and his "alleged friends" said he wasn't a racist. However,on one call, he said we had to get "the fucking coons" or maybe as another friend alleged "goon's ,which was a term of endearment among teenagers.


But when you see "his friend" appear on another TV show, ask yourself does he actually know Zimmerman? No one in the town has ever heard of this guy except as some kinda media wannabe. No one can testify that this guy knows Zimmerman. And when you see his "attorney" ask yourself the same question--Is this guy actually Zimmerman's attorney? How do we know? He changes his story every appearance.


One small post appeared coming out of Florida. It suggested that Trayvon was murdered because Zimmerman thought he saw something he shouldn't have. The poster suggested that Zimmerman, who was not at his gated community, but in Trayvon's neighborhood was on watch duty for the police's robbery ring. The local police have a reputation as corrupt , not just racist. They are known to have a robbery ring as moonlighting. And George probably thought Rayvon saw them stealing something. Interesting.


But we do know that his body was found with his wallet and his cellphone. We know that his parents were not informed for three days after he had been killed. We know he was at the morgue for that time as a "John Doe" even though his identity was known. Why?


We know now that the police did want to arrest Zimmerman but never got the go-ahead from the D.A. Why?


We know that Zimmerman was not asked at the scene of the crime what happened or why he did it? The scene was not treated as a crime scene. Zimmerman got to go home with the blood-stained shirt but no one ever tested the blood. Zimmerman was said to be handcuffed in the police car and first-aid was applied, accounting for why he didn't go to an emergency room for treatment of a broken nose. Why was he let go?


The police leaked to the Orlando Sentinel the original police report and also the tantalizing factoid that Trayvon had been suspended from school for having a bag with possible marijuana in it. But there was nothing in the police report showing Trayvon had used any drugs and what relevance did that have when he only had Arizona Ice Tea and a bag of candy with him.For about a week, the police and the media suggested that Trayvon attacked Zimmerman and that Zimmerman, the 250 pound  weakling, defended himself.


Once Florida's Governor Rick Scott appointed a new prosecutor, things changed in tone. The prosecutor said she was inclined to indict Zimmerman before even the grand jury hearing. 


Then strange things started happening. It turns out that Zimmerman is the son of a retired judge. He also has a long arrest record for violent attacks on people, including a policeman and his girlfriend. If we wait long enough the story may flip again.


But a young black man still remains dead.