The brand of drink in his pocket, which was described by police (I've read the report) as "Arizona Iced Tea" is irrelevant. What is relevant is that it was the closest thing to a weapon and it never left his pocket.
Martin was not actually a suspected burglar, and none of his suspensions were for violent activities. One of them was for marijuana seeds in a baggie. Seems like he was a victim of zero-tolerance laws.
You are alleging, with zero evidence, that Martin used drugs other than marijuana. That's doubly irrelevant, in that he wasn't being followed for drugs nor was he chemically impaired at the time. YOu are also incorrect about Martin's Facebook page - many of the pro-Zimmerman folks have latched onto the wrong "Treyvon Martin" on Facebook.
Martin's decision to not run to his house was bad tactics. However, he was under no legal obligation to run anywhere.
We know exactly what Martin had in his hands - his cell phone.
Zimmerman, as I stated above, was not expecting a fight - he was expecting Martin to run. Thus Zimmerman was not prepared for a fight. Nor did I say Zimmerman attacked Martin. "Trying to stop" and "attack" are different things.
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Re: It wasn't a can of iced tea...
Date: 2012-07-12 02:27 am (UTC)Martin was not actually a suspected burglar, and none of his suspensions were for violent activities. One of them was for marijuana seeds in a baggie. Seems like he was a victim of zero-tolerance laws.
You are alleging, with zero evidence, that Martin used drugs other than marijuana. That's doubly irrelevant, in that he wasn't being followed for drugs nor was he chemically impaired at the time. YOu are also incorrect about Martin's Facebook page - many of the pro-Zimmerman folks have latched onto the wrong "Treyvon Martin" on Facebook.
Martin's decision to not run to his house was bad tactics. However, he was under no legal obligation to run anywhere.
We know exactly what Martin had in his hands - his cell phone.
Zimmerman, as I stated above, was not expecting a fight - he was expecting Martin to run. Thus Zimmerman was not prepared for a fight. Nor did I say Zimmerman attacked Martin. "Trying to stop" and "attack" are different things.