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Trayvon Martin, Who believes this teen is innocent?

Why is it all the media is hyped up about this Trayvon being innocent without any evidence to support his innocence?

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  • Anonymous
    9 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    Who cares, one less criminal

  • 9 years ago

    First off, the media messed with some of the facts such as the 911 call and the video of Zimmerman. They both contradicted earlier reports and ended up supporting Zimmerman more than anything else. I do think he was wrongfully killed, but I'm starting to think that Zimmerman may have been attacked first. Maybe Trayvon did freak out about seeing the gun on the guy, but attacking him first when he wasn't being attacked puts Trayvon as guilty of instigating the conflict. I think Zimmerman may have been suspicious of a person walking alone in the middle of the night with his hood up, as many people would be if they were on guard duty that night. I think Zimmerman took it too far by killing Martin, but I do see more credibility now in the self-defense side

  • ?
    Lv 6
    9 years ago

    I think there is plenty of evidence. He was walking home from the store. He bought Skittles and ice tea.

    Zimmerman spends about 4 minutes with a 911 dispatcher. He is describing Trayvon as being on drugs and something is wrong with him etc. But he is never saying anything specific about what Trayvon is doing wrong. Zimmerman describes how he is walking toward him and about 2 minutes into the phone call Zimmerman tells the 911 operator that Trayvon is running away. Why would Trayvon be walking toward Zimmerman and then suddenly take off running in the direction toward the back entrance? UNLESS he saw something that startled him. I think he saw the gun on Zimmerman and panicked.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9A-gp8mrdw

    Later witnesses called 911 and the the audio of the 911 screams for help were NOT the voice of George Zimmerman. George originally said he did all that screaming but voice analysis experts don't believe that. So who else was it?

    http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/01/10963...

    Trayvon was talking to his girlfriend on the cell phone (head set type) almost the entire time that Zimmerman is on the phone with 911. But Zimmerman doesn't seem to notice that. He is just fishing for something bad to say about this kid.

    Witnesses who live there give conflicting reports as to how the attack happened.

    If you haven't heard those screams they are not your ordinary yelling. They are desperate screams for help and then there is a gunshot and the screaming stops. Why would George shoot someone screaming for help like that? George claims that the boy was pounding his head in the pavement just before he shot him but after lying about who was screaming then I don't think Zimmerman can be entirely believed.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmHRbD0AgY0

    The media is just spinning in this story so it's hard to tell what to believe but there are some facts. Zimmerman's 911 phone call will be considered evidence. The voice analysis has been used in court before and is scientific evidence. Zimmerman side of the story after the shooting has less credibility now that it's known that he lied about who was screaming for help.

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    Zimmerman spends about 4 minutes with

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  • 9 years ago

    The issue with this case was not handled properly by the police, and the city's prosecutor preferred to step down instead of investigate it.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    9 years ago

    He was never charged with anything so by default was innocent. Was he an innocent kid? Heck no, he had some very real issues with violence. Had he not been killed, however, he'd of likely been charged with first degree assault.

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