So Trayvon Martin smoked pot?! So what...

[Earth_First]

Do you have any idea how many white kids in suburban school districts are getting high *right now*?

[sadbear]

1. That's what MSM tells us

[spanone]

2. irrelevant.

[Earth_First]

4. Absolutely!

This character assasination infuriates me!

[PDJane]

3. Yes, I do.

[SoCalMusicLover]

5. That's Even Worse Than The Skittles

Even if he shot up heroin every night in his bedroom, does not mean he deserves to be shot and killed for no reason.

They're going to push more of his dirty laundry out for all to see, so people start to think he was some bad dude who deserved what he got.

Zimmerman is the Killer here, and there is no other conclusion to draw.

[Upton]

6. The problem as I see it..

isn't the pot. It's that Trayvon's parents apparently have been lying all this time as to the reason he was suspended...that just doesn't look good and it makes people wonder what else might be out there..

[Earth_First]

7. Perhaps they were embarrased of his actions?

How many parents aren't ashamed or disappointed in their children when they are let down by their advice?

How many parents openly talk about it in publc?

[Bluerthanblue]

8. are there any factual quotes of Trayvon's parents claiming why exactly

he'd been suspended prior to today's comment, by a 'spokesperson' for the family?

[arcane1]

9. I believe there was more than one suspension...

so there may be some confusion there as well

[Upton]

17. You're right..

it seems there have been multiple suspensions..

http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/03/26/2714778/thousands-expected-at-trayvon.html

[Blue_Roses]

10. It's nobody's damn business why he was suapended

and as a parent myself, I would have never mentioned this either.It's irrelevant to the bigger picture--this kid was murdered.

School violations are not meant to be made public. For one, he's a juvenile and I might add, who was not charged.

[Smilo]

21. You are so right. i would add that it was Zimmerman who was wearing the orange jump suit.

[morningfog]

25. So what? Zimmerman didn't know any of this when he stalked and killed Trayvon.

[Cali_Democrat]

11. The current assault on Trayvon Martin's character is one of the most vile things I've ever seen

I don't think I've ever followed another story as closely as I've followed the Trayvon story. Now conservatives and some folks in the media are trying to paint him as some kind of drug-using thug. They're trying to have Trayvon fit some kind of stereotype and somehow that should excuse his murder.

So a child gets stalked, accosted, assaulted and gunned down because of the color of his skin and conservatives try to destroy the reputation of the dead child?

Trayvon Martin is obviously unable to defend himself from vile attacks and I think I'm gonna lose it if I keep following this story as closely as I have been.

[Earth_First]

12. They're trying to have Trayvon fit some kind of stereotype and somehow that should excuse his murder

That is *exactly* it...

/thread.

[Ken Burch]

13. Correction: an empty baggie was found in his stuff

That's a pretty easy piece of evidence to...oh, I don't know...plant...not that OUR FINEST ever did anything like that to anybody.

[Earth_First]

14. You're absolutely right...

But since everyone seems to be jumping to conclusions, let's say he *did* smoke some marjiuana...

It's irrelevant.

[Ken Burch]

15. I guess that means the right-wing would be ok with it if Zimmerman had wasted THESE two...

(after all...they knew their way around a joint...and probably got sent home from school a few times...)

[Wait Wut]

18. Oh, come on! That's quite a stretch.

Neither one is wearing a hoodie OR carrying a bag of Skittles. Geez. There's some other difference, but I just can't put my finger on it...

[XanaDUer]

26. Wasn't Jeb Bush's daughter having

Drug issues? Crack? Still, I'm sure. That is different...

[Wait Wut]

16. Smoking pot makes teenagers violent and unpredictable.

At least, that's what they want you to think. It just fits so nicely into their stereotype and "proves" that he was a trouble-making, no-good criminal.

[abelenkpe]

19. Except smoking pot makes teenagers lazy, pliable and hungry.

Anyway, it's just one of many rumors spreading around the media today.

[arcane1]

20. It only does that to white teenagers

[Chemisse]

22. Apparently this is worthy of the death penalty.

It is vile that they are smearing this young man.

[Smilo]

23. OMG it must be true............that's why Trayvon went out for skittles and iced tea......

it all fits.

[Vattel]

24. I smoked pot as a teenager.

I guess I must have been a hoodlum who deserved to be confronted by an asshole with a gun.

[applegrove]

27. That makes him a normal kid.