I have to leave in a few minutes but I was briefed by several members on this board that Trayvon was a no good punk thug who initiated the confrontation with Zimmerman and attacked him, going for his gun, I'm running on their word with this.
I don't think the kid was that. He got busted with weed and was suspended. He seems to have attacked Zimmerman, too.
But, no, I wouldn't generalize him as that, at 17...just a kid who had bad judgement that got him killed. I can't say at my age I would have reacted much differently, either...except for physically attacking him.
Si when I was in high school I saw so many kids get busted with weed and suspended, even my dumb ass brother, that doesn't really tell me anything cause at that age alot of high school kids are experimenting with drugs and alcohol.
And burglary, don't forget burglary!
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In October, a school police investigator said he saw Trayvon on the school surveillance camera in an unauthorized area “hiding and being suspicious.” Then he said he saw Trayvon mark up a door with “W.T.F” — an acronym for “what the f---.” The officer said he found Trayvon the next day and went through his book bag in search of the graffiti marker.
Instead the officer reported he found women’s jewelry and a screwdriver that he described as a “burglary tool,” according to a Miami-Dade Schools Police report obtained by The Miami Herald."
"TrayvonÂ’s backpack contained 12 pieces of jewelry, in addition to a watch and a large flathead screwdriver, according to the report, which described silver wedding bands and earrings with diamonds.
Trayvon was asked if the jewelry belonged to his family or a girlfriend.
“Martin replied it’s not mine. A friend gave it to me,” he responded, according to the report. Trayvon declined to name the friend.
Trayvon was not disciplined because of the discovery, but was instead suspended for graffiti, according to the report. School police impounded the jewelry and sent photos of the items to detectives at Miami-Dade police for further investigation."
Multiple suspensions paint complicated portrait of Trayvon Martin - Florida - MiamiHerald.com
Apparently Zimmerman wasn't the only person who suspected him of burglary.
And it seems he may have attacked his bus driver:
"...correspondence with Martin on Twitter before he died alludes to an incident with a bus driver. "Yu ain't tell me you swung on a bus driver," Martin's cousin wrote to him on Feb. 21."
Trayvon Martin shooting: New details emerge from Twitter account, witness testimony | The Cutline - Yahoo! News
What I find impossible to believe is that his parents knew nothing of any of this. They apparently didn't realize, when he was suspended for TEN DAYS for vandalism and suspicious behavior, that the school cop had found the women's wedding rings and such and the screwdriver in his bag. I'm certain they have no idea what Trayvon's COUSIN was talking about when he tweeted that Trayvon attacked a bus driver.
Of course not! Cuz all this stuff has been made up by people who want to "destroy his reputation". What reputation would that be?
His online handle is "no-limit nigga". He had a gold grill.
He was either affiliated with a gang, or wanted to be.