Crime

Revealed: Trayvon Martin’s Suspension Record, George Zimmerman’s Statement to Police

Further complications have emerged in the story of the mysterious death of Florida teen Trayvon Martin. Specifically, previous information about Trayvon Martin’s suspension – which was allegedly for “tardiness” – has now been reported to be incomplete by the Miami Herald.

Moreover, following a week of coverage suggesting the teen was spitefully attacked in cold blood, more details are now emerging as a statement by the shooter, George Zimmerman, suggests there may have been more of a confrontation than was believed at first.

First, Martin’s school suspension record. According to an investigation by the Miami Herald, Martin was suspended twice - once in October of last year for graffiti, and prior to the shooting for possession of a bag with traces of marijuana and a “marijuana pipe.” Martin was also found in possession of some jewelry and what the Herald describes as a “burglary tool,” though these items were not convincingly established as being owned by Martin himself, following an independent investigation by police.

Both offenses, which would fall under the umbrellas of “vandalism” and “possession or use of alcohol and/or controlled substances,” would be sufficient to merit ten day suspensions under district policy. Martin was apparently also suspended at an indeterminate time in the past for tardiness and/or truancy, though the Herald does not specify for how long.

Martin’s family and family attorney have dismissed the charges as attempts at “demonizing” him. As contrary evidence, they cite a previous school’s wish for Martin to remain there because he was a good student.

Second, after being universally blasted for his actions, George Zimmerman’s written statement to the police raises further doubts about what happened on the night in question. “Good Morning America” reports on Zimmerman’s explanation:

George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch crime captain who shot dead 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, originally told police in a written statement that Martin knocked him down with a punch to the nose, repeatedly slammed his head on the ground and tried to take his gun, a police source told ABC News.

Zimmerman had claimed he had called police about Martin, whom he found suspicious, then went back to his car when Martin attacked him, punching him.[...]

In addition, an eyewitness, 13-year-old Austin Brown, told police he saw a man fitting Zimmerman’s description lying on the grass moaning and crying for help just seconds before he heard the gunshot that killed Martin.

Zimmerman was treated for a head wound after the incident. How he received it has not been decisively established. Police have also told the media that while their investigation of the shooting may be completed in a few days, there will likely be no charges for weeks, if they come at all.

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  • Just in time
    Posted on March 26, 2012 at 9:57pm

    Thank you Treyvon for starting a second Civil War. Now who do you think will win this time? I know who I’m betting on!

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    • Dushman Kush
      Posted on March 26, 2012 at 10:38pm

      During the past sixty years, black children and black adults have killed at least ten thousand of their fellow Americans every year. Your statement makes me wonder if you‘ve considered there’s some catching up to do……

      Dushman Kush  
    • digger44
      Posted on March 26, 2012 at 11:32pm

      When are we going to see current pictures of Treyon…not the child photos!!

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    • oldguy49
      Posted on March 26, 2012 at 11:52pm

      douseman………..no we are just really hard to rile……….but get out of the way when we have had too much……..sorry no spell chek

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    • Jaycen
      Posted on March 27, 2012 at 2:20am

      You know, the more I hear about this situation, the more I agree that Trayvon could have been “Obama’s son”.

      What a sweet lad.

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    • cuinsong
      Posted on March 27, 2012 at 3:05am

      Wow this is perfect, now all he needs to do is get the OWS bunch out into the streets and kill a few cops then we can declare the constitution null and void!
      Next stop DICK-TATER!
      His song will be “The Devils Song” http://www.reverbnation.com/play_now/song_10789987

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    • magadog
      Posted on March 27, 2012 at 6:04am

      …no news coverage, vigils or trademarkxs for these two kids. No outrage from the black OR WHITE community.

      http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murders_of_Channon_Christian_and_Christopher_Newsom

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    • Liberal_Teacher
      Posted on March 27, 2012 at 7:14am

      @Digger: there’s a current picture of Martin in this link. BTW, turns out that the pictures being handed around of a young man giving the finger aren’t Martin, as was acknowledged by the source that ran the initial pictures.

      http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/03/26/452310/what-everyone-needs-to-know-about-the-smear-campaign-against-trayvon-martin-1995-2012/?mobile=nc

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    • SoupSandwich
      Posted on March 27, 2012 at 8:24am

      Think Progress dot org.? Sure, stick a pencil in my eye, then try to read what dribble is flopping from that site. Nothing worse that a lib teacher that likes the coolaide. Scary, scary times. Guessing a lib arts degree with zero life skills. Beaurocracy awaits you, don’t fall into that under appreciated role of lib teacher. Wait, zero appreciation for lib teachers, in fact, you need to get your cohorts together and hold a presser and take responsibility for the violence and lack of english and markmanship in our cities. Lib Teach you are Trevon and Zimmerman all rolled up into an unhappy troll.

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    • capitalismrocks
      Posted on March 27, 2012 at 8:24am

      Betting?!?!? What, do you think this is some kind of game??? This is an incident that the racist inciters and race baiters are feeding off of…. Sharpton, and Jackson and slobbering over themselves on this….

      I don’t recall Sharpton coming to the defense and the aid of all those people wounded and killed on the Long Island train when the black shooter got on and started yelling out about killing white people and shot dozens of white people in cold, pre-meditated blood, where were they to come to the white people’s defense?!?!?

      Again, this is a trajedy, but you know what… by the time you finish reading this comment, I’m sure 5-10 kids have just been shot and killed in some kind of gang or illegal violence in the country.

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    • SamIamTwo
      Posted on March 27, 2012 at 9:47am

      The lefties are eating this up like they would any disaster or chaotic event…great detraction…freaking ranchers are herding people like cows. mooooo

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    • Michael61
      Posted on March 27, 2012 at 10:36am

      Why did Al Sharpton declare the war against whites? George Zimmerman is a Peruvian immigrant, mostly Native American, and part Jewish.

      He is not WASP, thank god. Hard to imagine what riots would start if he was WASP.

      Hopefully, Latinos, Native Americans and Jews can stand their ground?

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    • AvengerK
      Posted on March 27, 2012 at 11:22am

      Martin was 6′ 3″ and 140lbs. When are we getting the actual photos and not the “innocent” ones his family is releasing?

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    • Michael61
      Posted on March 27, 2012 at 11:25am

      Looks like that poor innocent kid Trayvon Martin was a burglar and a thug after all.

      http://www.theblaze.com/stories/revealed-trayvon-martins-suspension-record-george-zimmermans-statement-to-police/

      According to an investigation by the Miami Herald, Martin was suspended twice – once in October of last year for graffiti, and prior to the shooting for possession of a bag with traces of marijuana and a “marijuana pipe.” Martin was also found in possession of some jewelry and what the Herald describes as a “burglary tool”

      http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-03-26/news/os-trayvon-martin-zimmerman-account-20120326_1_miami-schools-civil-rights-punch

      Police: Zimmerman says Trayvon decked him with one blow then began hammering his head

      With a single punch, Trayvon Martin decked the Neighborhood Watch volunteer who eventually shot and killed the unarmed 17-year-old, then Trayvon climbed on top of George Zimmerman and slammed his head into the sidewalk, leaving him bloody and battered, law enforcement authorities have revealed to the Orlando Sentinel.

      That is the account Zimmerman gave police, and much of it has been corroborated by witnesses, authorities say.

      Btw, George Zimmerman is a Peruvian immigrant, mostly Native American, part Jewish, and not a racist at all.

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    • AvengerK
      Posted on March 27, 2012 at 11:41am

      Yeah LIB TEACHER…we’ll take the word of a lefty blog like “thinkprogress” over credible eyewitnesses and police reports. Does this stuff work at Media Matters?

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    • Michael61
      Posted on March 27, 2012 at 11:48am

      Btw, George Zimmerman and his wife were mentoring black children in the neighborhood.

      What terrible racist people are they! Yes, let’s put a rope on the nearest tree branch and hang him high!

      Stupid Al Sharpton, stupid Black Panthers… Put foot in mouth, as usual…

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    • Stephen Markovich
      Posted on March 27, 2012 at 11:55am

      we shouldall b fighting against hate… against hate

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    • Bible Quotin' Science Fearin' Conservative American
      Posted on March 27, 2012 at 11:57am

      Where in this article does it mention that Zimmerman was charge in 2005 with assaulting an officer?

      Oh wait, that doesn’t fit the narrative that you are being fed.

      Watch the other hand, as they say. Apparently you’re fine with being told what to think as long as it reinforces what you want to think anyway.

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    • AvengerK
      Posted on March 27, 2012 at 12:20pm

      DAS KAPITAL QUOTIN LEFTY….sources please…and Media Matters doesn’t count.

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    • TEARS FOR AMERICA
      Posted on March 27, 2012 at 3:26pm

      Treyvon did not start the war…the minions who spout racial hatred in this country when it benefits their leftist agenda did.

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    • JesusLovesAmerica
      Posted on March 27, 2012 at 4:20pm

      You racists are loving this story. There is not going to be race war because the real minority is you ignorant dopes.

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    • SoNick
      Posted on March 27, 2012 at 4:34pm

      @justintime
      are you seriously blaming the dead kid? You are sick

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    • FreedomPurveyor
      Posted on March 27, 2012 at 5:00pm

      “Where in this article does it mention that Zimmerman was charge in 2005 with assaulting an officer?

      Oh wait, that doesn’t fit the narrative that you are being fed.

      Watch the other hand, as they say. Apparently you’re fine with being told what to think as long as it reinforces what you want to think anyway.”

      The irony of this statement is… palpable.

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    • Basharr
      Posted on March 27, 2012 at 5:30pm

      I too wonder what kind of logic you are using? Of course you may just write things for reaction, but if you took the time to view some statistics you would see hundreds of fellow Americans many of them children killed by Colored people. The fact that Sharpton and those enablers of Racism want to cause a firestorm is always the case. May be Americans should rise up against all killing instead of basing their ire on skin color.

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    • The_Eye
      Posted on March 27, 2012 at 6:38pm

      @BIBLE QUOTIN‘ SCIENCE FEARIN’ CONSERVATIVE AMERICAN
      Posted on March 27, 2012 at 11:57am

      When they do include that, should they include the part about how he was exonerated of those charges as well? And then where does that leave us? Oh yeah, with a guy with no criminal record. They should include all of that but it makes no difference to the case and the apparent fact that Trayvon physically assaulted a man and got what he deserved for it.

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    • casseopea42
      Posted on March 27, 2012 at 11:41pm

      “Martin’s family and family attorney have dismissed the charges as attempts at “demonizing” him.”

      Give me a break. And if Zimmerman had a parking ticket they would scream that it was proof of his horrible character.

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    • tbtall
      Posted on March 28, 2012 at 6:35am

      The motive to trump up this story can be more directly traced to an anti-gun lobby, and the explosive racism shown by automatically assuming the motives of why the shooting took place.

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    • blackyb
      Posted on May 11, 2012 at 10:38pm

      I read one comment where there was something about Trevon Martin hitting a bus driver of some kind. This party was saying he could not believe Trevon Martin hit a bus driver. I do not know what that was all about, but apparently they were, at the least talking about it. They were on a computer or some thing typing back and forth and the one Trevon was supposed to be typing to said that about he could not believe Trevon did that. Trevon was using that same blog name as seen on this blog in the messages that were copied here. Trevon was not who the media tryed to fry Zimmerman over. Trevon had some serious issues with authority. That is what started the whole thing. Anyway, it is necessarily slowed down, as the truth is beginning (it took long enough) to surface.

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  • BO_Bill
    Posted on March 26, 2012 at 9:56pm

    George ‘white male’ Zimmerman vs. Treyvon ‘skittles, a good boy, a very good boy’ (6’3”, football player, suspended from high school for possession, more photos to come).

    The only reason this is a story is because of George’s surname. Our Media Masters cannot go back. Alinsky Rule Number Four: “Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules. You can kill them with this, for they can no more obey their own rules than the Christian church can live up to Christianity.”

    40 shot in Chicago last weekend. Dead kids. The true victim of multiculturalism, when it is all said and done, will be white innocence.

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    • Liberal_Teacher
      Posted on March 26, 2012 at 10:06pm

      Nice try. If there were 40 people shot dead in one weekend in a city, it’d be all over the news. If racists are so sure they’re right, why do they always have to make up numbers?

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    • SoupSandwich
      Posted on March 26, 2012 at 10:16pm

      Lib
      Check a Chi paper, read something and digest. Two weekends ago it was half a dozen kids, in a weekend. And you though Chi-town was alread organized too right? Get outside of your comfort zone. Check a DC paper. Look at a Detroit paper of your choice on line. Look at Trenton maybe, sure Oakland too. Probably 150-200 black people are shot per weekend nation wide and people yawn. Don‘t look at the stats for check schedules and don’t ever focus on section 8 only. Kids get shot sleeping on a couch or in a bedroom- thugs don’t spray and say oops. Yo. Thank your NEA for most of it.

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    • BO_Bill
      Posted on March 26, 2012 at 10:19pm

      My apologies, my public teacher friend, it was not 40 Shot in Chicago last weekend.

      “More than 40 shot…”

      The invention of gunpowder heralded a quantum leap in human evolution several hundred years ago, for some. Now look at the silly people on treadmills. And go consult the compensation committee.

      Understand your guiders.

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    • martinez012577
      Posted on March 26, 2012 at 10:19pm

      @Liberal

      LOL I am guessing you teach something that doesnt require the internet or research. Do you teach study hall or drivers ed?

      http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/19/10-dead-chicago-shootings-_n_1362604.html

      40 shot, 10 dead in Chicago.

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    • SoupSandwich
      Posted on March 26, 2012 at 10:20pm

      Lib troll-from your trusted places no less. And, like their edumacations, the morons can’t shoot straight either.

      http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/19/10-dead-chicago-shootings-_n_1362604.html

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    • colt1860
      Posted on March 26, 2012 at 10:21pm

      Chicago Weekend Shootings: 10 Dead, At Least 40 Wounded
      http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/19/10-dead-chicago-shootings-_n_1362604.html

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    • Iamnotanumber
      Posted on March 26, 2012 at 10:28pm

      @LIB TEACHER- heres the proof for the huffpo, enjoy!

      http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/19/10-dead-chicago-shootings-_n_1362604.htm

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    • SoupSandwich
      Posted on March 26, 2012 at 10:34pm

      And the whole Lib Teacher thing is just flat out bs too. You are a sales hag. You have to sell that crap and then try to run before someone actually sees the poop for what it is. Sad and sick all at once. Enjoy your fiery summer brought to you this year in part by the NEA.

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    • TheSitRep
      Posted on March 26, 2012 at 11:10pm

      Hey Lib teacher, read it and weep
      Showing 38 homicides in March 2012
      « February 2012
      Name, age +
      Story Date +
      Time Block +
      Community area Cause +
      Locale
      Julio Cintron, 35
      > Read more 3/25/12 4000 W. Cortland St.
      Hermosa Gunshot
      Randy Streeter, 46
      > Read more 3/24/12 1800 W. 63rd St.
      West Englewood Gunshot
      Keland Robertson, 23
      > Read more 3/23/12 8100 S. Paulina St.
      Auburn Gresham Stabbing
      Daniel Walker, 23
      > Read more 3/23/12 7500 S. Parnell Ave.
      Greater Grand Crossing Gunshot
      Name Unknown, 39
      > Read more 3/22/12 5500 S. Bishop St.
      West Englewood Gunshot
      Ricky Brown, 30
      > Read more 3/21/12 700 W. 61st St.
      Englewood Gunshot
      Ramon Salgado, 22
      > Read more 3/21/12 2800 S. Kildare Ave.
      South Lawndale Gunshot
      Deon Freeman, 26
      > Read more 3/21/12 7100 S. Ashland Ave.
      West Englewood Gunshot
      Michael Gillespie, 24
      > Read more 3/20/12 1500 W. 91st St.
      Washington Heights Gunshot
      Andre Pierce, 34
      > Read more 3/19/12 2500 W. Lexington St.
      Near West Side Gunshot
      Bert Lindsey, 36
      > Read more 3/18/12 7500 S. Wolcott Ave.
      Auburn Gresham Gunshot
      Celestino Nuevo, 58
      > Read more 3/18/12 3500 W. Lawrence Ave.
      Albany Park Assault
      George Marrero, 27
      > Read more 3/18/12 1300 N. Pulaski Road
      Humboldt Park Gunshot
      Equilla Coleman, 24
      > Read more 3/18/12 5300 S. Loomis Blvd.
      New City Gunshot
      Jeremy Anthony, 24
      > Read more 3/17/12 6300 S. Ellis Ave.
      Woodlawn Gunshot
      Adrian Cruz, 24
      > Read m

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    • oldguy49
      Posted on March 27, 2012 at 12:05am

      liberal teacher…..yep 49 shootings over st paddy weekend and 10 were fatal which includes and infant girl

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    • Mateytwo Barreett
      Posted on March 27, 2012 at 12:47am

      @Libby
      Now just why would there be anything about forty SIX shot, ten dead. All you have to do in more the 10 from undecided to democrat. Honest to God, man! The welfare checks will still get cashed, the EBT run out to max and so will the VIC!

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    • Choctaw25
      Posted on March 27, 2012 at 6:48am

      Hey Lib teacher; where is your outrage for the innocent white MSU student that was gunned down in cold blooded murder by three black youths this past week????????
      Guess that doesn’t fit your narrative.
      Where is this story by the Blaze, it should be running everyday, just like the Trayvon story? And why is it that the Blaze has not dug up the most recent photo of the criminal Trayvon and posted it? Why is it that the media on both sides selectively prints what they want to print and never the real facts????????
      If you are going to continue Glenn putting yourself out there as the visionary for both sides of the coin, then let’s get started. In my opinion “The Blaze” has fueled the flames just as much with false and/or misleading information as the MSM.

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    • Liberal_Teacher
      Posted on March 27, 2012 at 7:19am

      “40 shot in Chicago last weekend. Dead kids. ”

      Nice try, Bo_Bill. Perhaps you’re just a terrible writer, but if you didn’t mean to be implying that 40 kids were shot dead in Chicago last weekend, you should try taking a correspondence course in Composition 101.

      Your cohorts should take a class in reading comprehension too. He didn’t write “38 Homicides in March” he wrote “40 shot in Chicago last weekend. Dead kids.”

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    • Mateytwo Barreett
      Posted on March 27, 2012 at 7:41am

      @Libby
      If you can‘t dazzle ’em , baffle ‘em? Yafuknputz!

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    • SoupSandwich
      Posted on March 27, 2012 at 7:56am

      Something about those that can’t, teach, or pick up a gun and say Yo teach, pass me da bong. Yay NEA and dumbass lib “teachers”. Again, the whole Lib teacher thing is a huge lie on its face, you peddle and sell your worthless view of how things should be failing, in the lib mind set. Again. Where again is this liberal Utopia? Where? Detroit, Chicago, Watts? Where is it at? Your only response to a dozen people trying to show you how upside down things were was to correct them on numbers? Dumb ass is too nice. Willfully doltish. I hope you get all the New Treyvons in your classes. Teach them real english please, and if you can impart real marksmanship as they shoot like they speak. Be proud Lib teach, this is the fruits of your labor.

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    • capitalismrocks
      Posted on March 27, 2012 at 8:25am

      Yes, they seem to be “white washing” the fact that he is not white – he’s hispanic, maybe they should call him Jorge Zimmerman….

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    • rabblechat
      Posted on March 27, 2012 at 8:59am

      Is it just me or do the pictures posted of Trayvon appear to be when he is about 12 years old?
      Whats the deal with that?

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    • robert
      Posted on March 27, 2012 at 10:16am

      Liberal_Teacher
      Posted on March 26, 2012 at 10:06pm
      “Nice try. If there were 40 people shot dead in one weekend in a city, it’d be all over the news. If racists are so sure they’re right, why do they always have to make up numbers?”

      Well, numnutz Bill O‘Reilly reported just exactly that on the O’Reilly Factor last night.

      And if you think black violence is widely reported in the news you’re not playing with a full deck, especially black on white violence.

      You have a brain that’s on a par with an experimental lab rat that has been conditioned to espouse radical leftist dogma. It‘s either that or you’re a rabid homosexual who thinks ushering in an era of liberal nonsense is going to open the way for the unqualified acceptance of your perversions in a new utopia.

      You’re spinning your wheels here my geeky adversary. No one will be fooled or buy into anything you say.

      Quit wasting your time and go down to the school grounds with your bag of candy and see how long you can get away with it before you’re picked up by the police.

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    • iamjustsayin
      Posted on March 27, 2012 at 10:19am

      to liberal teacher
      unfortunately u only believe what the liberal media tells you to…there were 49 people shot over the weekend in Chicago, from those shootings 10 deaths, including a 6 year old girl!! Tragic for sure, even more so when not reported by the liberal media in conjunction with this story because it wouldn’t feed the fire as much as they would like. disgusting. You just keep on living with your blinders on and believing only what you are told. by the way, here’s the link to the one story that I could find with those details, not a national news outlet for sure, I wonder why…. read it and weep…and take off your blinders! Of course this doesn’t change the Florida story, just puts it in perspective and shows the race baiting from the left, and the right is racist? Sorry I don’t see things in black and white and brown and red, but in right and wrong, good, bad, etc. These are all bad, evil, etc not just the one that “proves” a racist crime. Get all the facts and form your own opinioon about right and wrong instead of beating the liberal agenda drum and fanning the flames and just making race relations worse instead of better. You are part of the problem.

      http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-03-19/news/chi-chicago-weekend-shootings-killings-violence-crime_1_shooting-victims-south-winchester-avenue-west-rogers-park

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    • deeberj
      Posted on March 27, 2012 at 10:43am

      10 people were fatally shot in Chicago the weekend of 3/16 – 18.

      http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-emanuel-0327-20120327,0,6307392.story

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    • Liberal_Teacher
      Posted on March 27, 2012 at 10:49am

      I think it‘s interesting that commenters keep telling me I’m brainwashed by the “liberal media” when I’m signed up to receive The Blaze. Am I wrong about what website I’m on right now?

      I guess I‘m not seeing how the media failed to cover the story about the shootings in Chicago when there’s a story in the Tribune.

      The reason I’m signed up for this site is to learn. A majority of Americans now live in predominantly single-party districts. Liberals live with liberals. Conservatives live with conservatives. As people tell stories and amplify them, you end up with echo chambers and extremism. If we want to be a united country we have to get outside our comfort zones and that‘s the main reason I’m here.

      Bo_Bill’s statement that “The true victim of multiculturalism, when it is all said and done, will be white innocence” seems obviously racist to me. Not the multiculturalism part, but the “white innocence” part. Just wondering why it’s so easy for you to call me out on the basis of my username, but not one of your own for racial extremism.

      For the record, I’m a non-union, non-public school teacher and if you’re interested in my views on education, politics, and policy, you could just ask instead of making stuff up.

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    • Liberal_Teacher
      Posted on March 27, 2012 at 11:06am

      @IAMJUSTSAYIN Thanks for the link. It was very informative. As for race-baiting, there’s no doubt that it gets done by people across the political spectrum, including some commenters on this site.

      But simply talking about race isn’t race-baiting. From my perspective, George Zimmerman’s race is not really the issue, but Trayvon Martin’s race may have played a role in how the Sanford PD treated this case. The stereotype about young black men is that they’re aggressive criminal “thugs.” We can talk about where that stereotype comes from if you want to, and even if it’s an accurate representation of the average young black man. But when that’s the stereotype, it can get applied regardless of accuracy.

      The police who investigated that night did not know anything about Trayvon except that he was young and black. They couldn’t even observe his demeanor because he was dead. Did that factor into their decision to believe Zimmerman’s account of the events? Of course, we’ll never know, but there‘s so much about this case that we’ll never know and that hasn’t stopped people from discussing the possibilities.

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    • AvengerK
      Posted on March 27, 2012 at 11:33am

      LIBTEACHER…you’re an idiot. You “sign up” to get the blaze because Media Matters has hired you to monitor it. Oh what a mystery it is that the left has Glenn Beck in it’s gun sights. As if “signing up” to get the blaze is meant to convince anyone that you actually seek news from different sources. Typical juvenile lefty “logic”. You reflexively crowed “if 49 shootings happened over a weekend we’d know about it“ while spouting your garbage about ”signed on” to the blaze. When given the article..we get a foppish “very informative” from you and you go right back to your defensive posture and the liberal stand-by of racial politics. The blaze has been reporting these incidents as well as the ACTUAL racial assault of a 13 year old Kansas city boy that was doused with gasoline and set on fire by a group of black youths while they shouted racial slurs at him. You sickening leftist cur.
      http://www.theblaze.com/stories/you-get-what-you-deserve-white-boy-13-year-old-set-on-fire-in-horrific-racially-charged-attack/
      Where’s the outrage for this boy you lefty hack?

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    • Apple Bite
      Posted on March 27, 2012 at 11:37am

      Here you go Lib Teacher….
      http://www.mediatakeout.com/3990/wtf_in_chicago____40_people_were_shot____in_just_50_hours.html
      http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tag/40-shot-in-chicago
      http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=7364101

      It’s funny when Libs run off at the mouth (or in this case, the fingers…) without any facts to support their claims. It’s all talk, no walk with you guys over there. Glad I got away when I did.

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    • thecid100
      Posted on March 27, 2012 at 11:40am

      Lib Teach – Simply talking about race isn’t race-baiting, but making Zimmerman a “white-hispanic” is. Have you ever heard that term before? I haven’t. The press is making George Zimmerman’s race the issue, and that’s what a lot of us object to. But you think Trayvon Martin’s race may have played a role in how the Sanford PD treated this case? Why, because we’re all racist? I can tell you we are at least as principled as liberal teachers, except without the blinders on.

      The police who investigated that night did not know anything about Trayvon except that he was young and black? Wrong. They had prior contacts with him. I‘ve tried to tell you before that you have no way of judging how police work is done because you don’t know the first thing about it. When you make these kinds of stupid statements, you only show your ignorance. If you don’t trust or like the cops, perhaps you’d prefer mob rule or anarchy? Not me. Please, give it a rest.

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    • KevINtampa
      Posted on March 27, 2012 at 11:43am

      Lib Teacher Said:

      “Your cohorts should take a class in reading comprehension too. He didn’t write “38 Homicides in March” he wrote “40 shot in Chicago last weekend. Dead kids.”

      Are you really arguing semantics here? Dozens upon dozens of people killed, some of which are kids, and the most alarming aspect of comprehension skills? Thank God you don’t teach my son, you are a terrible person. Take off your blinders; you’re being ridden in a race to the bottom and your passion is the fuel. Marginalizing the deaths of dozens? Shame.

      http://homicides.redeyechicago.com/

      100 Homicides in Chicago (Dated March 21st).

      1.2 People Per Day
      or
      11.4 People Per Week
      or
      5.7 people Per Weekend

      Detroit http://www.detroitmi.gov/DepartmentsandAgencies/PoliceDepartment/CrimeStatistics.aspx

      As of March 25th 73 Homicides

      Your speculation marginalizes these deaths.

      Liberal Teacher Said:
      “I agree it’s all speculation. That said, if some commenters are going to speculate one way, I’m going to feel free to speculate a different way. And I’m a non-union private school teacher, but thanks for assuming.”

      And I will speculate that you are a terrible teacher. The fact you see yourself as a “liberal teacher” let’s me know you likely bring it to the the classroom, which is fine, I suppose, if your teach at say Progressive Prep. Somehow I doubt that’s where you teach, though, so yes, that makes you terrible. Not nice when people speculate about somethin

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    • Liberal_Teacher
      Posted on March 27, 2012 at 12:11pm

      @TheCid100 This is one of those signature differences that I don’t expect you to agree with, but from my perspective we’re all susceptible to bias, and that includes me. So for me, asking whether the Sanford PD might have been biased isn’t the same kind of insult that it is to you, I guess.

      If by “prior” contacts with the police, you mean that the police were called when Martin was suspended, then yeah, there were contacts. But those contacts wouldn’t say much about his capacity to kill a man. The Sanford Police could have really helped themselves and Zimmerman out if they had done some basic things, like take photographs of Zimmerman’s injuries, drug/alcohol test Zimmerman, or determine Zimmerman’s prior record of violence to provide context? Remember, Zimmerman’s priors are all for violent offenses. Martin’s are for nonviolent ones. Is it likely that they did that stuff but they’re not talking about it?

      I have not heard the term White-Hispanic before and it’s an insane categorization to me. I suppose maybe the point is to suggest that Zimmerman is ethnically Hispanic but looks like a white man? No matter what, it’s stupid, and Zimmerman‘s race shouldn’t be the issue here.

      I would not prefer mob rule or anarchy, but neither would I think it wise to live in a society where the police are above being questioned about how they do their jobs because that way leads to dictatorship.

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    • thecid100
      Posted on March 27, 2012 at 12:27pm

      Lib, you’ve been wrong so many times today, and you‘re the only person who doesn’t seem to notice. Yes, 40 people were shot in Chicago, and it wasn’t “all over the news,” as you said it would have been. You accused someone of making up facts, when you were simply wrong. You said the police didn’t know anything about Trayvon but his color, but in fact they did know a lot more about him – perhaps even that he had once been caught carrying burglary tools. You can also question the police all you want, but when you do it with no reason you look like an idiot. I’ve been on many shooting scenes, and sometimes it doesn’t take hours or days to figure out what happened. Accuse me of being racist in my conclusions, and I get offended. You would too. Finally, cops gather facts and judges hear the cases. It’s a good system. Don’t throw it out for mob rule.

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    • AvengerK
      Posted on March 27, 2012 at 12:34pm

      We appreciate your suggestions for Police PR strategies, LIB TEACHER..next time please be sure to tell (insert police department here) to publish the photos of any injuries incurred by the parties being investigated so that we don’t all put on hoodies in some weird expression of solidarity and go to lynchings..I mean “vigils” and “protests”. Oh wait…it’s just you lefties doing that. Care to explain what womens‘ jewelry was doing in Martin’s possession? Let’s see…drug use, womens’ jewelry and “burglary tools” all connected to Martin in the past. Oh he was such a nice boy though…wouldn’t hurt a fly. No rush to judgement here by the left…move along now.

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    • Trueblazer
      Posted on March 27, 2012 at 1:04pm

      @liberal_teacher. Before offering your biased speculation of what the Sanford PD did or did not do, why don’t you FIND OUT THE FACTS?? The original police report is available on the internet. You get a Failing grade for failure to research before engaging you mouth.

      Upon arriving at the scene, George was relieved of his weapon, Cuffed, and Stuffed into the squad car. He ignored his Miranda rights and made statements. The police went on to rope of and decontaminate the crime scene for the detectives. They interviewed 8 WITNESSES (names and descriptions recorded on the police report). Then they brough George to HQ for FURTHER QUESTIONING. Later the local district attorney ordered Georges release because there was not enough evidence to charge him with a crime.

      The PD was obtaining a warrant for the cell phone records before they even got a positive ID on Trayvon.

      George’s prior was an arrest with NO CONVICTION. Which means he was innocent, except on Planet liberal.

      Notice, Trayvon was CAUGHT AND SUSPENDED FOR stealing, Vandalizing, possessing illegal drugs, was a truant (casing homes?) But not a peep. Just focus on Georges non-convictions and join the madness why don’t you?

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    • Walkabout
      Posted on March 27, 2012 at 3:27pm

      Dear Liberal Teacher

      Do try to get out more

      Chicago Weekend Shootings: 10 Dead, At Least 40 Wounded
      http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/19/10-dead-chicago-shootings-_n_1362604.html

      More than 40 shot, four killed on South Side
      http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=7364101

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    • robert
      Posted on March 27, 2012 at 3:46pm

      Liberal_Teacher
      Posted on March 27, 2012 at 10:49am
      “I think it‘s interesting that commenters keep telling me I’m brainwashed by the “liberal media” when I’m signed up to receive The Blaze. Am I wrong about what website I’m on right now?”

      How utterly unintelligent. And it‘s coming from someone who is quick to point out a person or two here hasn’t a license to offer an opinion because he didn‘t cross his tees or dot his I’s.

      It‘s the height of imbecility for you to declare you can’t possibly spout liberal inanities, because you subscribe to The Blaze, as if that in itself offers all the logical reasoning necessary to qualify you as an objective free thinker, rather than a drive by troll who stupidly thinks that out of his mouth will come such brilliance it will change everyone into a rabid liberal like himself with just one swipe of his fingers across the keyboard.

      You’re steeped in conditioned, programmed thinking just as effectively as Miles Obrien in George Orwell’s 1984. And like all conditioned, mind-numbed zombies you vomit politically correct ideology on cue.

      There is an ability displayed on here that you’ll never have. It’s called common sense.

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    • Liberal_Teacher
      Posted on March 28, 2012 at 11:16am

      @TheCid100 I was mistaken in my reading of Bo_Bill’s initial response. I took him to mean that 40 children had been shot dead in Chicago.

      As other commenters have amply demonstrated, the shootings were covered by the media — that‘s why they’re able to post links to articles about it.

      Do you happen to know when police learned about Trayvon’s suspensions? Was it on the night he was killed, when they were interviewing witnesses, or was it later? I’m just asking because as I understand it, it took them 3 days to ID Trayvon, so I’m wondering how they could have found out about the suspensions when they were doing the initial investigation.

      I agree that we’ve got a good system here and think that a good system should be able to stand up to scrutiny. While there’s been a real media circus about this, Trayvon’s parents have been pretty reasonable in their approach and statements, in my opinion, allowing a little leeway for the fact that their son is dead.

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    • Liberal_Teacher
      Posted on March 28, 2012 at 11:28am

      @TheCid100 Forgot one point. I do hear you about being called racist and I‘m at an impasse with whether it’s possible to communicate on this point. When I talk about implicit racial bias, I’m talking about something that affects us all because we live in a media-saturated society where images of race are presented to us on a regular basis. When I ask questions or make comments about possible racial bias, I’m not implying that any person with racial bias is a card-carrying KKK member or Black Panther. But it is clear to me that when I do so, the vast majority of conservatives I meet immediately assume that I am calling them out. This is something I can understand because on the lefty blogs and forums I read, there are some commenters who do equate all Republicans or conservatives with racism.

      At the same time, though, I do feel like if we can’t discuss the fact that our perceptions are shaped on race by our media, upbringing, and community, just like they’re shaped on politics, gender, religion, and many other issues, then a legitimate aspect of the discussion is lost. Is there a way to discuss this without making conservatives feel that they are being attacked?

      That said, there are real racists on this site too — Bo_Bill’s concern about “white innocence,” like innocence is somehow a function of race, is a good example to me of the difference between a person who is a racist (Bo_Bill) and someone who has implicit racial biases (all of us).

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  • Itsjusttim
    Posted on March 26, 2012 at 9:56pm

    Whether men start it, an asteroid, or a solar flare, it’s gonna start, because only Satan loves keeping men occupied with mindless crap in captivity.

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  • The Third Archon
    Posted on March 26, 2012 at 9:55pm

    Ah yes–because now that we know he was a DREADFUL REEFER ADDICT, his murder is totally justified of course.

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    • TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
      Posted on March 26, 2012 at 10:00pm

      Chances are if he’s a reefer addict… he would have been moving on to harder drugs and Black on Black crime in the long run. His days may have been numbered anyways based on bad choices regarding drugs and lifestyle. Who knows right?

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    • FreedomWitness
      Posted on March 26, 2012 at 10:02pm

      Don’t bring Skittles to a gun fight.

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    • SoupSandwich
      Posted on March 26, 2012 at 10:03pm

      Not at all, but that and some one else’s jewelry and B&E tools do go to character. Or lack thereof.

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    • Shasta
      Posted on March 26, 2012 at 10:08pm

      We don’t know anything. Why can’t people just wait for the police to do their job? The Obama crowd won’t wait because this will push their agenda forward. Burt what about the rest of us?

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    • Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
      Posted on March 26, 2012 at 10:08pm

      I seen that movie “Refer Madness” It turns you into a werewolf.

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    • Murkman
      Posted on March 27, 2012 at 9:28am

      @Time_2_End…

      Wow. That’s really enlightened and helpful. Boy‘s got a few dregs of weed and a pipe so he’s automatically a reefer addict on his way to a life of hard drug abuse and crime. You’ve got no idea how many people that you know and respect that have taken a toke or two. Let‘s stick to the facts as your kind of generalizing and speculation isn’t helpful.

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    • Knight Templar
      Posted on March 27, 2012 at 10:14am

      So, are you the self-appointed one-man jury that has determined, by the evidence you have at hand, that this was, for sure, murder and not self defense. I take it you were there and you know.

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    • theaton
      Posted on March 27, 2012 at 2:26pm

      What’s way left is that NYT described Zimmerman as White-Hispanic. So Obama is White-Black? The left will use any method possible to make this about Whites hating Blacks yet they say nothing when Sharpton and Jackson espouse hatred of Whites. Where was Sharpton and Jackson when two blacks set a white kid on fire? How come there where no “hate crime” charges?

      Time_2
      Marijuana does not lead to harder drugs anymore than beer, whisky or wine do. You must be projecting your own character defects if you believe it does.

      Shasta
      Well said

      Darmok
      That explains this hair all over my body. The walls fell.

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  • canadianproud
    Posted on March 26, 2012 at 9:54pm

    try to get control of your mouth.

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  • Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
    Posted on March 26, 2012 at 9:52pm

    ITSJUSTTIM:
    If Siamese twins pleasure each other, is that self-abuse or incest? I heard you were an expert on that subject.

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  • Itsjusttim
    Posted on March 26, 2012 at 9:51pm

    The lord likes a good conqueror so much that the lord will EMP men if he has to to get the ball rolling.

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    • Liberal_Teacher
      Posted on March 27, 2012 at 10:53am

      LOL Soupsandwich. *I’M* belittling? You seem really angry about this. Maybe you should take a break from the computer and squeeze off a couple of rounds or something. Relieve some of that tension.

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    • AvengerK
      Posted on March 27, 2012 at 11:40am

      Or he could put on a hoodie (in a peurile show of solidarity), attend a “vigil” and demand a lynching right LIB TEACHER?

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  • Liberal_Teacher
    Posted on March 26, 2012 at 9:51pm

    “In addition, an eyewitness, 13-year-old Austin Brown, told police he saw a man fitting Zimmerman’s description lying on the grass moaning and crying for help just seconds before he heard the gunshot that killed Martin.”

    In other words, the boy didn’t see Trayvon on top of Zimmerman. He saw Zimmerman after he got a beatdown crying his lil eyes out and then deciding to get his revenge. Doesn’t sound like justifiable homicide to me any more, but go ahead and jaw all you want about how the kid smoked weed and how that means he deserves to die.

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    • AxelPhantom
      Posted on March 26, 2012 at 10:10pm

      - or the kid came back to beat on him again

      -or the kid came back to help him to the house

      - or to tell him that he called an ambulance for him

      -or to tell him that he called all of his friends to finish the job

      -or…..

      Do you see yet why all of this speculation is pointless and does far more harm than good?

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    • Liberal_Teacher
      Posted on March 27, 2012 at 7:20am

      I agree it’s all speculation. That said, if some commenters are going to speculate one way, I’m going to feel free to speculate a different way. And I’m a non-union private school teacher, but thanks for assuming.

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    • SoupSandwich
      Posted on March 27, 2012 at 8:07am

      Sorry, but your attitude went to character also. Pretentious, elitist, omniscient, belittling. Did any of the posted articles about a typical lib bastion weekend do nothing for you? You had no prior knowlegde, then passed it off as right wing rants…every weekend, in Philly, Detroit, Chi, Oakland, Trenton, and on and on and you yawn at 40-50 of your people getting shot for no reason other than the wrong look or color of a hat, yo. Well done there teach. Per city, 40-50 in a weekend and you yawn. Perhaps you really should peddle crack or heroin with your liberalism. But we have seen that in schools too, should we put you on the teacher dealer band wagon? You fit the mold. Go buy your hoodie, you cannot carry a handgun in the hand warmer, but go ahead and buy it and Lib on.

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    • RJJinGadsden
      Posted on March 27, 2012 at 9:20am

      I can easily see that LIBERAL_TEACHER is propagandist with an agenda in this matter. The more I read and hear regarding this incident I can only suggest that all sit back wait for the results of the investigation. Martin is anything but an angel and in my humble opinion likely attacked Zimmerman who was observing his lurking around inside a gated community who had appeared to him as an outsider. Zimmerman who has been reported to have been a police wannabe has had his problems too. Having been a policeman myself I have run across people like this in the past. I am starting to get a picture in my mind that this was the result of possibly two wrongs running into each other. Not holding my breath on that assumption either, but looking forward to the final story from the investigation. Or, the results of a jury trial.

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    • AxelPhantom
      Posted on March 27, 2012 at 11:06am

      Liberal Teacher,
      Pardon me, where precisely, did I bring up that I assumed you were a “union” teacher?

      Under your philosophy, when you see people acting badly you join in and throw fuel on the emotional fire by creating additional emotionally based friction? What does that portend to accomplish?

      That premise works wonderfully in an argument based on logic and reason but solves nothing when the argument is rooted in emotion. It only inflames the situation further and can result in some very bad behaviors theat results from emotion such as murder, rioting and destruction of property.

      By its very nature, that type of discussion does not result in a viable solution concluded through reasoned argument and therefore is destructive to the public discussion. In essence you are saying that you prefer to be part of the problem rather that the solution.

      I would hope this is not one of the life lessons you routinely foment in your classroom, as that would make you a poor leader of young minds regardless of your affiliation with a union.

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    • AvengerK
      Posted on March 27, 2012 at 11:37am

      What a pathetically juvenile little lefty shill you are LIB TEACHER…you’ll “speculate one way because others are speculating another way”. You‘re not a teacher at all you’re just another media matters dolt who’s mask keeps falling off.

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    • AvengerK
      Posted on March 27, 2012 at 11:52am

      You bleat about “scripts” LIB TEACHER while you just offered the idiotic- “I’ll speculate my way if everyone is speculating their way”. You’re sticking to your “script” while you denigrate others? You lefties really can’t help yourselves can you. No…we don’t do “compromise” or do “civility” with lefties. That’s the game lefties want us to play because they know convservatives will hobble themselves while the left says anything it wants to. We’ve seen the double standard play out too often. You yourself are demonstrating it here. You bleat about Huffpo and the “different” complexion of the comments there. Well of course…riots, protests, unrest and fomenting racial discord have been lefty staples for decades what’s new? The facts are that that Martin was 6′3″ and 140lbs. He could have easily taken down Zimmerman when Zimmerman was unprepared for a blow to the head and an eye witness corroborates Zimmerman’s story. And the picture now taking form is that Martin was a less than exemplary student that likely took part in criminal activity related to drug use. No you’ll just “speculate” your way..according to the lefty script. Idiot, you fool no one.

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    • Liberal_Teacher
      Posted on March 27, 2012 at 11:58am

      @AvengerK Who did I denigrate? You’re the one calling me an idiot. You seem really frustrated. Maybe you need to cool off for a bit?

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    • AvengerK
      Posted on March 27, 2012 at 12:26pm

      Who did you denigrate LIB TEACHER? How about SOUPSANDWHICH and your robotic lefty go-to-ism about “guns and conservatives”? Nah…you weren’t denigrating him when you were telling him to “squeeze off a couple of rounds”. You lefties really can’t help yourselves can you? Idiot.

       
    • AxelPhantom
      Posted on March 27, 2012 at 7:22pm

      Liberal Teacher,

      We cannot control the will of others only our own. The question I guess that I am posing to you is will you choose to stop stoking the fire in an effort to just keep it a little bit smaller?

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    • AxelPhantom
      Posted on March 27, 2012 at 7:42pm

      Liberal Teacher, I just wanted to add a couple of additional points.

      “It‘s being so convinced that you’re right that when you bump into a different opinion you freak out and get violent and try to force other people to agree or shut up.” -that is an emotional response and precisely the point I was making. A case can be discussed without ”freaking out”.

      It is when you use language like; “Doesn’t sound like justifiable homicide to me any more, but go ahead and jaw all you want about how the kid smoked weed and how that means he deserves to die.” That you are eliciting a response you must know will produce less than a positive response.

      In essence you have just accused me and everyone on this board (all YOU want) of passing judgment on this boy’s right to life because he smokes pot. And yes people take offense.

      As you believe that Treyvon had every right to “stand his ground” after being pursued by Zimmerman, most of these people believe the version that Zimmerman had started to return to his car and was jumped by Treyvon after he had turned back and thus had a right to defend himself.

      This was my point initially, that depending upon which “witness” you choose to believe (and it is a choice at this point as nothing is sworn testimony) or which portrayal of events you go with, both sides can be right and both sides can be wrong. It is being made by the media to be intentionally divisive and we are playing right along.

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    • Liberal_Teacher
      Posted on March 28, 2012 at 11:30am

      @AxelPhantom I hear you and I will think more about this issue. Thank you for talking to me with respect and decency even if I am…a liberal :)

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  • flatbrokeranch
    Posted on March 26, 2012 at 9:49pm

    Why is it the media including the Blaze continues to use a picture of Trayvon when he was 12 instead of one of the more recent pictures looking like an average thug? Just wondering…

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    • Itsjusttim
      Posted on March 26, 2012 at 10:00pm

      Hmm, because the Blaze is afraid of black people.

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    • SoupSandwich
      Posted on March 26, 2012 at 10:08pm

      Said the savant Just Tim…

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    • flatbrokeranch
      Posted on March 26, 2012 at 10:28pm

      Come on folks, don’t feed the trolls…

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    • osgeek
      Posted on March 26, 2012 at 11:11pm

      @Itsjusttim
      Have you been to Dallas? It has probably the highest concentration of black people in Texas…

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  • Itsjusttim
    Posted on March 26, 2012 at 9:48pm

    The lord likes a great conqueror.

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    • TulsaYeeHaw
      Posted on March 28, 2012 at 7:32am

      Is that what the Hebrews saw in 70 AD? I thought it was the roman empire.

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  • Ron
    Posted on March 26, 2012 at 9:48pm

    Shameless photoshop of Trayvon in a hoodie! http://ibdst.blogspot.com/2012/03/photo-journalism.html

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  • yourfriend
    Posted on March 26, 2012 at 9:47pm

    “Further complications have emerged in the story of the mysterious death of Florida teen Trayvon Martin”
    Complications? Only for those who seek to deceive the public. The rest of us call them truths.

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    • piiguissa
      Posted on March 26, 2012 at 10:22pm

      This story will go away as soon as they find out that Zimmerman voted for Obama…Nothing to see here folks…It’s all good, it was a misunderstanding…

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  • TRK
    Posted on March 26, 2012 at 9:47pm

    They were not sure if the pipe and burglar tools were his..reminds me of an episode of Cops, in which the suspect said”No sir that crack pipe that was in the crotch of my pants is not mine. No sir I do not know how it got there. Uh yeah right.

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    • Tutis
      Posted on March 26, 2012 at 10:40pm

      Has there been any report about the trajectory of the bullet?

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    • Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
      Posted on March 26, 2012 at 11:12pm

      from the gun, to the body. It may have been a magic bullet, after the media gets done with it, it will have come from the grassy knoll.

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    • Salamander
      Posted on March 26, 2012 at 11:20pm

      Somewhere, it said ‘bullet wound to the chest’, rather than ‘bullet wound to the back’, so it doesn’t sound exactly like he was hit while leaving the scene!

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  • SpeckledPup
    Posted on March 26, 2012 at 9:45pm

    only one thing has disappointed this entire 100% American family… that GLENN said [today again] that he believed the black guy was gunned down, murdered in cold blood.

    we wish Glenn had just sat back and stayed out of it altogether without ANY weighing in. what he said was as heavy and misguided as Sharpton and the rest.

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    • chips1
      Posted on March 26, 2012 at 10:13pm

      Glenn is not someone special. I enjoy listening to his shows; however he is worng on many things. He is just another human that explains things that fit his beliefs. He just put his foot in his mouth on this one. Look at all of the actors we like. Hanks, Asner, Penn, etc. Then they open their mouths and blow the whole thing. Someone once asked Elvis a political question, and he stated, “I’m just an entertainer”. He was good at what he did, and then the truth about his drug life came out.

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    • adeleeeee
      Posted on March 26, 2012 at 10:35pm

      His made his point clear that everybody is innocent before proving guilty. Maybe Trayvon Martin was murdered in cold blood or George Zimmerman did self-defense because Trayvon Martin did attack him. All fact should be investigated by the Juridical System not us. These whole thing is a set up! I think that’s what Glenn meant.
      I don’t care about Trayvon or George but I do care if the justice is served!

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    • Salamander
      Posted on March 26, 2012 at 11:24pm

      He was trying to make the point of supporting the investigation, charges, trial and conviction, if it went that way–but he overstated his ‘position’! He’s human. I believe in trying to make an extemporaneous remark, he placed himself square in the same pose he was criticising in others! BUT, he did so in trying to put out the fire and NOT while trying to fan the flames–there is a difference.

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    • loveoursoldiers
      Posted on March 26, 2012 at 11:30pm

      I agree. Glenn kisses butt with blacks. It is almost pandering. I imagine he thinks he is better and smarter and more understanding than the rest of us I don’t like that Glenn. I feel like he tries to balance his Obama/commie rhetoric by blindly taking sides with blacks. Self-serving it seems.. it is hard to explain. He so clearly sees some things and then appears to totally miss other things.

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    • Basharr
      Posted on March 27, 2012 at 5:33pm

      I too get tired of people with powerful voices weighing in on a case to which the investigation is not even completed yet. Why can’t they keep their trap shut instead of opening their mouths with an idea that may be 100% wrong?

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  • TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
    Posted on March 26, 2012 at 9:44pm

    I read on here the previous story’s The Blaze posted referencing this situation and was amazed at the comments on here from many who were ready to hang this guy right along with the Black Panthers, Rearend Sharpton and most of Black America who seem to have their ropes at the ready. Seems there might be more to this story as each day goes by and possibly NOT in Trayvon Martin’s favor as many thought… we’ll see. Both seem to be knuckleheads, but the bigger of the two might just be that supposed “innocent” kid with the picture of when he was 12. Jus‘ sayin’ maybe…

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  • Josiah914
    Posted on March 26, 2012 at 9:44pm

    It’s Duke LaCrosse fiasco all over again. The media is trying to grab onto anything it can to distract voters from seething over Obama’s failure as a President and stir up his brainwashed base! This kid was a “thug,” and Sharpton & Jackson are whoring around for typical attention and Obama’s pimping for votes.

    I wonder if he still thinks Trayvon looks just like his own son now, marijuana pipe and all?!?

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    • TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
      Posted on March 26, 2012 at 9:47pm

      “I wonder if he still thinks Trayvon looks just like his own son now, marijuana pipe and all?!?”

      Obama’s been there and done that. Seems to be proud of it. I say he would embrace the kid even harder knowing he’s might be a chip off the old block…

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    • chips1
      Posted on March 26, 2012 at 10:01pm

      Sure he does. He will probably have a big party when one of his girls comes home with a tramp stamp!!

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    • A-IS-A
      Posted on March 27, 2012 at 3:35am

      Right on JOSIAH914, And the talk show ENTERTAINERS that have put in their two cents worth should be chastised severely. No matter which side they came down on. Leave it alone until the Grand Jury rules. Then maybe to court. The whole country is treating this like entertainment. And a decision by the president, no less. I thought he was supposed to be an attorney. No wonder he’s not working there.

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    • hidden_lion
      Posted on March 27, 2012 at 7:13am

      They are trying to do the same thing to a situation in Wisconsin. A drunk black was killed creeping around a guys porch and was shot. The black guy was apparently trying to hide from cops busting up a party to avoid underage drinking charges. They are using these stories to go after the “castle” doctrine and gun rights. Unfortunately for them, there are no good examples of the castle doctrine being truly abused, so they have to twist these stories to fit their agenda.

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  • stang289
    Posted on March 26, 2012 at 9:43pm

    Yea and if I hear Glenn one more time say that Zimmerman is probably guilty or a racist Im done . last week he said it was Twanna Brawley and this week he sides with Sharpton ? Wait and do not pass judgement until all the facts are known Glenn .

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    • cessna152
      Posted on March 26, 2012 at 10:05pm

      dope. Glenn never took sides or rushed to judgement. He basically said if he is guilty then I am with you all but lets try this in a court of law What ever happened to innocent until proven guilty?. He never once said …get ‘em! Man oh man the guy is being honest and you think he is taking sides.

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    • theaton
      Posted on March 27, 2012 at 2:36pm

      Cessna, Glenn has said on his show several times that “it appears that Zimmerman is guilty.” You should take the time and listen to his show daily. I listen daily. I enjoyed it more when Glenn said he pledged his life, fortune and sacred honor. I believed he really cared about the country. Now I see that he just cares about his back account getting larger. That is fine, that is capitalism. I’m all for my bank account growing by leaps and bounds. However, when it comes to saving the country, money comes second.

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  • Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
    Posted on March 26, 2012 at 9:43pm

    That little boy was a saint. Come on the mean white, hispanic guy broke his own nose when the recoil of the gun smacked him in the nose. He then fell backwards and hit his head. Columbo would see through this in a second. After he shot him, he planted the Tea and Skittles, because you know under the new food police guidelines, those are considered contriband and leathal, especially around fat people. Zimmerman was just defending himself from the sweets, maybe he has type 2 diabetes.

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  • SoupSandwich
    Posted on March 26, 2012 at 9:43pm

    Oh no. All the alarmist black racists got some crow to chow on. Say it ain’ so Jesse, and Al, and Justice, and Spike/Shelton, and on and oh yeh them racists at NBPP, and OPP too.

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  • Mateytwo Barreett
    Posted on March 26, 2012 at 9:41pm

    The thought plickrns! Anybody got a line on what to do with a tarnished haol?

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    • Jase
      Posted on March 26, 2012 at 9:54pm

      Yaeh I dnot proogread snthing iteher.

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  • yourfriend
    Posted on March 26, 2012 at 9:41pm

    It seems the image of the little boy with the skittles is a little misleading. Suspensions, marijuana pipe, jewelry, gold teeth, oh and try a google search for his tweets.

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  • Gold
    Posted on March 26, 2012 at 9:41pm

    This story needs time to play out and the truth to surface. Here’s why we need to wait.
    http://www.carolegold.com/2012/03/26/tunisia-trayvon/

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    • Josiah914
      Posted on March 26, 2012 at 9:47pm

      Obama was right! I definitely see the resemblence to the Obama family now. Can’t wait for more historical data to come out on this precious, innocent lad.

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  • Gold
    Posted on March 26, 2012 at 9:40pm

    This story needs time to play out and the truth to e revealed. Here’s why we need to wait for that to happen.
    http://www.carolegold.com/2012/03/26/tunisia-trayvon/

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  • RightPolitically
    Posted on March 26, 2012 at 9:38pm

    Will the racist blacks ever be disappointed if indeed Zimmerman was justified. They’ll want to burn down the whole country if that were the case. Obama won’t like it either. He loves chaos too.

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    • Mateytwo Barreett
      Posted on March 26, 2012 at 9:45pm

      I think I’ll record “Morning Joe’ tmorrow. The blonde ditz is going to fall off the set if she tries o walk this back anymore.

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  • lukerw
    Posted on March 26, 2012 at 9:37pm

    The Angel… seems to have feet of clay!

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