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Daalalou

(54 posts)
Mon May 21, 2012, 02:46 PM May 2012

Why hadn't Trayvon Martin arrived back home?

I keep seeing this question from Zimmerman defenders and it drives me nuts. They say that because Zimmerman saw Martin running two minutes before the end of his 911 call, Martin had plenty of time to get home. But they never address these issues:

1) Why hadn't Zimmerman arrived back at his truck? Zimmerman's 911 call ends 3-4 minutes before the screams begin. He had plenty of time to walk back to his truck, as he claims he was doing, and re-enter it safely, yet he hadn't. Why not?

2) If Zimmerman was indeed looking for a street sign (which I think is ridiculous, since the complex had three roads and he had patrolled the streets for two years), then why was he behind the buildings when the altercation took place?

3) There are several reasons why Trayvon might not have arrived back home. A Zimmerman defender even wrote this on another thread: "Of course another thing is probably true. At least in my view, if you are being followed by some threatening person, you do NOT want to lead them to your home. You do NOT want them to know where you live. ... But it is usually easy enough to cut through a neighbor's yard (maybe all the way through) and slip in your own back door undetected."

I responded: That presumes that Trayvon had a key. But we know he didn't have a key. The police report which documents what he had on him mentions no keys. Therefore, to get in the house, he would have had to ring the doorbell and have his future stepbrother let him in.

So Trayvon, by going straight home, would have led a creepy guy to a house in which the only occupant at the time was a 14 year old boy, since Trayvon's father and father's fiancee were out to dinner. Is it any wonder why he didn't go straight home?

4) Another reason why Trayvon might not have arrived back home: he might have gotten lost. Remember, this is a complex in which all the units are identical, and Trayvon was visiting. It was raining, it was night, he was being chased, and was under stress. DeeDee says he had to slow down to catch his breath. He may have also had to get his bearings, and wasn't sure he was so close to home.

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Why hadn't Trayvon Martin arrived back home? (Original Post) Daalalou May 2012 OP
I'm fairly certain he didn't arrive back home due to his deadness. Warren Stupidity May 2012 #1
Zimmerman defenders don't care about any of this Cali_Democrat May 2012 #2
Seeing as Z was already asked what his problem was, AT HIS TRUCK WingDinger May 2012 #3
 

Warren Stupidity

(48,181 posts)
1. I'm fairly certain he didn't arrive back home due to his deadness.
Mon May 21, 2012, 02:56 PM
May 2012

His deadness was almost certainly caused by a racist gun nut who thought it was his job to make sure that any black person walking through his neighborhood "didn't get away".

 

Cali_Democrat

(30,439 posts)
2. Zimmerman defenders don't care about any of this
Mon May 21, 2012, 02:59 PM
May 2012

They want to defend their rights to shoot unarmed teenagers, facts be damned.

 

WingDinger

(3,690 posts)
3. Seeing as Z was already asked what his problem was, AT HIS TRUCK
Mon May 21, 2012, 03:04 PM
May 2012

and answered, no, I am NOT following you, I would hide, watch. If the guy that just said he was not following me, did so, I would kill his stupid lying ass, with one punch, if possible. If he laid a finger on me, prompting me to say, get off, get off, I would lay his stupid lying ass out, and I would deck him till he lay motionless, then, determine whether to continue. Z asked for, and got all he deserved. Whether or not he TOUCHED T.

In particular, if Z touched him, he should be up for murder two.

Noone should be chased with a gun. I was chased by burglars I witnessed rob a school. I hid in bushes. then, when they were on us, I busted into a party.

One of us, were confronted later by one of the burglars, with a knife. My guy stabbed his stupid ass, in the stomach. Try playing hardass, and you will kill or be killed.

Justice would be, Z getting his in prison. They dont like snitches. Neither did HR, who fired his ass during his bullying the middle easterner phase.

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