Trayvon Martin The Whole Story

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Trayvon Martin Andrew Storey Baker College Trayvon… the Whole Picture The story begins almost exactly where it ends, Trayvon Martin, a 17 year old young man was seen walking through a gated community where he was spotted by George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watchman who was on patrol in the area. Zimmerman was on patrol because there had been a number of break-ins occurring in the area, and the watch had determined that if they were to patrol this may help to deter the recent string of thefts. Upon seeing Trayvon walking in between rows of townhouses, George Zimmerman made an attempt to question the young man, when this occurred Zimmerman made the first call to the police. Listening to the call I hear Zimmerman’s account of what was happening. He says to the dispatcher, something about attempting to stop a young man who was “wandering around aimlessly, probably on drugs or something” and that he was running toward the back of the neighborhood; the dispatcher told him that he didn’t need to keep following the young man, and according to every report I can find he did. It was then reported that Trayvon came back toward Zimmerman asking him “you got a problem?” when he responded “no” (according to Zimmerman), Trayvon replied with “now you do”, and according to accounts then punched Zimmerman in the face, and jumped on top of him. It was at this time that the police received another call from someone who the media is calling “john” this was a report of a fight occurring in front of his house where he reports one man on top of another “bashing his head into the concrete” it was at that time that “john” reports he turned his back to the scene to go outside, heard a gunshot, and the man that was on top lay on the ground now bleeding. This man was of course Trayvon Martin. In my opinion the story provided gives provision for a justifiable homicide under Florida’s

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