Evidence indicating Trayvon was a burglar

Earlier today I said that the facts countering the official Martin-Zimmerman story had started to appear in the mainstream liberal media. That was in reference to an article in the usually hyper-PC Chicago Tribune (the paper that last fall with a straight face defended its decision not to report the race of black criminals in black-on-white attacks, saying it was not relevant) reporting that Trayvon Martin had been the aggressor in his fight with George Zimmerman.

Now another fact counter to the official story comes from yet another normally hyper-PC paper, the Miami Herald. The national symbol of black innocence was suspended from school last October after he was found in possession of women’s jewelry and a burglar’s tool. This would seem to contradict the report that Florida authorities have said that Trayvon had no police record. In fact, it’s not a contradiction. As the Herald tells us, Trayvon was suspended for graffiti. While the women’s jewelry and burglar’s tool were found in his backpack at the same time, the school did not take any disciplinary action about it.

Multiple suspensions paint complicated portrait of Trayvon Martin

SANFORD—Miami Gardens teenager Trayvon Martin was suspended from school in October in an incident in which he was found in possession of women’s jewelry and a screwdriver that a schools security staffer described as a “burglary tool,” The Miami Herald has learned.

Trayvon, who claimed that an unnamed friend had given him the jewelry, was not disciplined because of the discovery, but was instead suspended for graffiti, according to a Miami-Dade Schools Police report obtained by The Miami Herald.

A lawyer for the dead teen’s family acknowledged Trayvon had been suspended for graffiti, but said the family knew nothing about the jewelry and the screwdriver, calling the information in the report an attempt to “demonize” the youth.

According to the report, on Oct. 21 staffers monitoring a security camera at Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High School spotted Trayvon and two other students writing “W.T.F.,” an acronym for “What the f——,” on a hallway locker, according to schools police. The security employee, who knew Trayvon, confronted the teen and looked through his bag for the graffiti marker.

Trayvon’s backpack contained 12 pieces of jewelry, in addition to a watch and a large flathead screwdriver, according to the report, which described the screwdriver as a burglary tool.

Trayvon was asked if the jewelry, which was mostly women’s rings and earrings, belonged to his family or a girlfriend.

“Martin replied it’s not mine. A friend gave it to me,” according to the report. Trayvon declined to name the friend.

School police impounded the jewelry and sent photos of the items to detectives at Miami-Dade police for further investigation.

“Martin was suspended, warned and dismissed for the graffiti,” according to the report prepared by Miami-Dade Schools Police.

That suspension was followed four months later by another one, in February, in which Trayvon was caught with an empty plastic bag with traces of marijuana in it, the boy’s family’s attorney has confirmed. A schools police report obtained by The Miami Herald specifies two items: a bag with marijuana residue and a “marijuana pipe.”

The suspension was the third for the teen. On Monday, the family also acknowledged Trayvon had earlier been suspended for tardiness and truancy.

The reports of the suspensions surfaced as a more complicated portrait of Trayvon began to emerge Monday. Trayvon was shot to death in Sanford on Feb. 26 during a scuffle with neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman. He was suspended from school at the time.

Reacting to the new schools police report, Ben Crump, an attorney for the parents, said they “never heard anything like this about a bag of jewelry….And anyway, it’s completely irrelevant to what happened Feb. 26. They never heard this, and don’t believe it’s true. If it were true, why wouldn’t they call the parents? Why wasn’t he arrested?”

“We think everybody is trying to demonize him.”

Trayvon, who was 17 when he died, had never been arrested, he said.

His mother, Sybrina Fulton, said her son never had any problems with gangs or the police. [LA replies: As I said yesterday, Trayvon at the time of his death may not have been a criminal (or had a criminal record), but he seemed to be heading in that direction.] In fact, she said, when she transferred him out of Carol City High School to be closer to home, the school wanted him to stay at Carol City because they liked him and he was a good student, she said. [cont.]

March 27

Josh F. writes:

It seems that in the normal course of journalistic investigation we would have seen an interview with the last person to “see” this “murdered” young child. We should have seen an interview with the 7-11 clerk who sold Martin his “last bag of candy” and iced tea to get that human touch to the story. Shouldn’t we also being seeing 7-11 security camera footage showing the innocent black child just minutes before his “murder?” I find this lack of information very telling. Did Martin actually BUY the Skittles and iced tea or steal them?


Posted by Lawrence Auster at March 26, 2012 09:19 PM | Send
    

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