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Old 03-29-2012, 07:11 PM   #236
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I actually didn't say his previous history had something to do with this shooting.

I merely pointed out this 6' 3" child, who had "No Limit Ni. . . . . " tattooed on his body, who sported gold teeth, who couldn't explain 12 pieces of women's jewellry and a flathead screwdriver he was caught with, who was caught with an empty weed bag, who had a cousin tweet him "You ain't tell me you swung on a bus driver" only a few days before the suspension for pot traces . . . . . . might not be the saintly child we initially heard about.

It seems to be important to some that he appear to be a defenceless child.

I pointed out the obvious . . . . it wouldn't be unusual for a neighbourhood watch to find him a likely candidate to phone in if they didn't know him and saw him strolling through the neighbourhood.

We can argue whether or not Zimmerman should have left it at that - and I agree with that point - but the action of profiling this "child" as a potential problem in a neighbourhood beset by burglary issues shouldn't really be as controversial as it has been.
I guess I don't understand this train of thought.

None of those bits of information that you find salient (the tattoo, the weed) would be available to Mr. Zimmerman at the time that he made his decision.

So how can you say that it is "obvious" to point out that Trayvon would be suspicious?
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