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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFamily Statement about Trayvon, marijuana, and his suspension:
GottaLaff (@GottaLaff)
3/26/12 1:09 PM
NewsAlert: Family spokesman: Trayvon Martin was suspended from school because of pot residue in book bag
And on the story rolls......
Every mistake or problem Trayvon had will be exposed and used as proof of his character. It won't matter the circumstances or how long ago.
Few people could withstand such scrutiny. I couldn't.
Cirque du So-What
(25,941 posts)Well, I guess that makes it 'justifiable homicide' then
warrior1
(12,325 posts)body was drug tested an it came out negative.
X_Digger
(18,585 posts)"Of course he didn't use his own product. What businessman would?!?"
eta: Oh look, a troll is already doing that in post #7. PPR'd
uponit7771
(90,347 posts)anti-alec
(420 posts)It takes up to 6 weeks (or more) for the cannabinoids to completely disappear from your body.
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blogslut
(38,002 posts)wow.
Mz Pip
(27,451 posts)IIRC it takes about a month for it to completely leave the system.
JonLP24
(29,322 posts)For light use more like a week. I've passed tests after 1 week.
Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)So, he might have smoked pot. That is not a capital crime last I looked. Nor is having tatoos. Or swearing. Or having a twitter account. Or having a face book page. Or being black or being a teenager. Or being a black male teenager wearing a hoodie. I would think it just as tragic if Treyvon had even been in the process of committing an actual crime so long as that crime was not violent, there is no reason to resort to violent force. What if he had been in the possession of say a stolen wallet, you shoot him? Really that seems like the solution to a stolen something anything? Seriously, these people complaining about Treyvon having drug residue in his backpack better be squeaky clean, before they start throwing stones.
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Are_grits_groceries
(17,111 posts)He is neither as good nor as bad as he has been painted. He was followed even though he wasn't doing anything. He didn't deserve to be shot, and Zimmerman should have stayed in his SUV.
NOTHING you posted has bearing on this. 17 year olds posture and talk to friends differently. No relevance, because it proves nothing except in your twee mind.
the tower
(5 posts)And that is why those who wanted to portray him as squeaky-clean went horribly wrong. Even if it comes out that he was dealing weed, so what? It certainly doesn't warrant death. But the juxtaposition of that little boy's pic (not current) with the big, overweight menacing mug of George's (not current) was UNFAIR, as was the depiction of Trayvon in the first place. I smelled a rat with the suspension contradiction between his mother and father. His mother went out of her way to say that the tardies were her fault and caused him to be suspended; the father claimed he was in an unauthorized area but would not elaborate. As soon as I read that, I knew he was hiding something and it was because he probably didn't want Tray to seem more suspicious to Zimmerman.
People are tired of the crime in their areas. I lived over a crackhouse for a year and became a Gladys Kravitts as a result, due to all the strange people going in and out. I didn't know exactly what was happening until one of the customers held someone up at gunpoint and the victim followed him to our apt. complex. I could have called the police long before then, I suppose, but I don't believe in locking people up in prison for selling any drugs. However...It was a nightmare. And the customers stole my bike, a stained glass window in the lobby...
Zimmerman might have been overly anxious about strangers in his little gated community and the gun sure didn't help. Arrest him. Let the courts deal with it. But the other side was wayyyy too eager to make this about race and that was not right, IMO.
(By the way, telling me to "go away" isn't really nice or open-minded... :hi )
Are_grits_groceries
(17,111 posts)I'm not nice! You are a troll of the worst order.
It WAS about race moran! Zimmerman called him a coon. You can tell yourself it wasn't until the end of time. Trayvon wouldn't have gotten a second look if he was white.
BTW most people portray their loved ones to the outside world as the best. It's human nature especially if they have passed.
You are viewing this through your experiences. Don't judge everybody by the problems you had t one place and time.
GROW UP!
noiretextatique
(27,275 posts)zimmerman, and zimmerman alone "made this about race" when he choose to stalk and murder Trayvon Miller...because he was Black. zimmerman was more than "over-anxious," he was a self-appointed vigilante, who against police advice, decided to be judge, jury and executioner. the bastard is a murderer who deserves to rot in hell.
Rex
(65,616 posts)Really? That is the BEST you can do? Make up stories that have nothing to do with the crime commited by Zimmerman?
Sad, pathetic and wrong.
Why don't you guys go bug Gush fans or sumthing?
backscatter712
(26,355 posts)Paging MIRT, cleanup in aisle 3...
Rex
(65,616 posts)Last edited Mon Mar 26, 2012, 03:20 PM - Edit history (1)
2 post troll...
EDIT - THANK YOU Stinky the Clown (MIR)!!!
TROLLS you don't stand a chance! Give it up already!
the tower
(5 posts)X_Digger
(18,585 posts)Thanks, MIRt.
Ruby the Liberal
(26,219 posts)Trayvon is apparently tweeting from behind the grave.
https://twitter.com/#!/mrmonopolskee
Rex
(65,616 posts)Like mixing oil and water. I can only wonder how much more pathetic they are going to get, before they give up and move on to their next target of hate.
noiretextatique
(27,275 posts)troll infestation eradicated.
Rex
(65,616 posts)Why am I not surprised!?!? You fools can say whatever you want to and you know it...the poor kid is dead and buried, he cannot verbally fight back since he was murdered by a gun nut. So go ahead...the more bullshit you guys make up, the more pathetic Zimmerman is going to look.
Oh yeah...here layth a troll, he trolled very VERY poorly (2 posts). Troll, know now that though you lurk and cannot reply to my post...your ugly thoughts are cancelled out here by the truth.
DisgustipatedinCA
(12,530 posts)I want to know which members think it's ok to execute a kid because of residue.
the tower
(5 posts)Response to Rex (Reply #12)
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noiretextatique
(27,275 posts)it shouldn't be long now...
noiretextatique
(27,275 posts)by claiming you were Gladys Kravitz living near a crack house
Rex
(65,616 posts)Besides, trolls live under bridges so we know that was a lie.
noiretextatique
(27,275 posts)so many morans trolling today. i was just in a huge battle with trolls at HuffPo.
samsingh
(17,599 posts)WI_DEM
(33,497 posts)drugs.
jwirr
(39,215 posts)nothing to do with the murder of this child.