We’ve been talking a TON about the Trayvon Martin shooting. Looks like there will be a grand jury in the case.
The only information we’ve heard has been from the Martin family, and people with racial or political agendas. There has been a LOT of information that is unfounded or simply untrue presented, and a LOT of stuff that just isn’t there.
Here are a few big questions I have.
#1: How did Mr. Zimmerman go from watching a live Mr. Martin from inside his vehicle and talking with 911, to Mr. Zimmerman being injured and outside his car with a dead Mr. Martin on the ground?
The Martin side says Zimmerman charged and accosted, and possibly assaulted Martin, Martin defended himself and when he got the upper hand Zimmerman shot him.
Zimmerman has claimed he left his car to verify the street sign (which makes sense to me as in the 911 call he doesn’t seem particularly alarmed by Martin, just deeply suspicious, and its often easier to step out of a car to read a sign than start and shimmy the car around for a better look. Also This is a Florida housing development, where ALL the houses and streets look the same, so not knowing what street he was on seems quite possible) and Martin jumped him from behind.
#2. I want to see Mr. Martin’s Autopsy report. First I’m curious why it seems the majority of pictures of Mr. Martin I’ve seen have been of a boy of about 12-14 years old, and a single B&W head shot of an older martin with a wispy mustache wearing a hood. Was he really 6’4″ and 140lbs, or was he much bigger than that?
Also were there drugs and alcohol in his system? I’m not going to speculate too much, when I was his age I was WELL known for taking walks at odd times just for the sake of getting out of the house and getting away from the adults in my life which I think is a universal frustration of teenagers and young adults. Still he went out in the rain after dark for skittles and Iced tea? Could be, but might not be.
#3. Mr. Martin was visiting relatives because he was under a 10-day suspension from his school. Why was he suspended. This seems like a fairly major suspension. Granted schools these days suspend students because its much easier than thinking. Still if this is for something like drug use or fighting might lend credibility to Mr. Zimmerman’s claim of being assaulted without provocation.
Some people are saying that this might bring Florida’s Castle Doctrine under fire. Nothing is impossible, but Mr.Zimmerman is facing some VERY serious charges, I fail to see what the Castle Doctrine has to do with any of this.
Be interesting to hear the facts as they are presented in the court of law.
**UPDATE** Bob has a similar post with his own questions and observations. Go give it a read.
