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If you’ve watched any broadcast news lately – you can’t avoid the story of Trayvon Martin. It’s a truly tragic story where a young man is senselessly killed before he really discover who he is and who he would become. Over the last week it’s become a true circus which began with Martin’s parents justifiably wondering why the guy who pulled the trigger isn’t behind bars. The sickest thing is seeing the media whores who sensed this story might have some traction and now are providing breathless coverage of everything. Anytime Al Sharpton arrives on the scene you know all form of rational discussion has ended. I truly believe Sharpton could care less about the facts of the case – this is just his latest chance to grab some publicity. The media initially reported only some of the known facts and showed pictures of Martin as 13 year old and parts of the 911 calls where the killer is told to stop following Martin. Only now that the story is completely blown up do we learn he was 6’2” and a lot more imposing than the pictures have shown. There are some eye witnesses, including some African-Americans, who say Martin was the aggressor. We’ll never know what really happened and I think the Sharptons of the world don’t really want to know. The authorities, feeling pressure, are now releasing some additional information that should only cloud the issue further. The young man’s somewhat spotty school disciplinary record has been released – which has nothing whatsoever to do with what happened that night. We had an armed moron (never a good combination), law enforcement wannabe, who was wandering around as a neighborhood watch guy who ran into an African-American teenager who probably thought he was living up to the image of the young tough that is so glorified in the culture of our youth. Again, we’ll never know what really happened, except that a young man is dead who shouldn’t be and now we’re all being victimized by an entertainment media masquerading as news organizations.
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