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To: hdl who wrote (131296)	3/28/2012 9:27:01 AM
From: Knighty Tin	Respond to of 132070

You are reading way too much significance into one case. If it was cold, that's another reason for wearing a hoodie. We still don't know the facts, but it does not sound like a hate crime. Of course, people who are mixed race are often the worst persecutors of those of other races. If it's the family saying they don't care about the facts, I get it. Totally. Other people, they are wrong. If Zimmerman said cold, it's cold. As I mentioned before, they can't all be Breitbarts.

To: hdl who wrote (131296)	3/28/2012 10:00:49 AM
From: joseffy	1 Recommendation Respond to of 132070

Lefties don't care about Trayvon's 150 pages of racist, sexist, thuggish tweets or the name he gives himself.

To: hdl who wrote (131296)	3/28/2012 10:16:44 AM
From: longnshort	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

Elderly Couple In Fear Over Spike Lee Tweet Star erroneously linked Floridians to man who killed Trayvon Martin View Document Marcus Higgins Tweets Marcus Higgins Tweets thesmokinggun.com Marcus Higgins Tweets Marcus Higgins Tweets thesmokinggun.com Marcus Higgins Tweets Marcus Higgins Tweets thesmokinggun.com Marcus Higgins Tweets Marcus Higgins Tweets thesmokinggun.com Marcus Higgins Tweets Marcus Higgins Tweets thesmokinggun.com Marcus Higgins Tweets Marcus Higgins Tweets thesmokinggun.com Marcus Higgins Tweets Submit a Tip! Signup for the TSG Newsletter! MARCH 27--With Twitter and Facebook continuing to explode with posts purporting to contain the address of George Zimmerman, property records and interviews reveal that the home is actually the longtime residence of a married Florida couple, both in their 70s, who have no connection to the man who killed Trayvon Martin and are now living in fear due to erroneous reports about their connection to the shooter. The mass dissemination of the address on Edgewater Circle in Sanford--the Florida city where Martin was shot to death last month--took flight last Friday when director Spike Lee retweeted a tweet containing Zimmerman’s purported address to his 240,000 followers. The original tweet was sent to Lee (and numerous other celebrities like Will Smith, 50 Cent, and LeBron James) last Friday afternoon by Marcus Davonne Higgins, a 33-year-old Los Angeles man who uses the online handle “maccapone.” Higgins included the direction, “EVERYBODY REPOST THIS.” Higgins, pictured at right, first began disseminating the Sanford address to his Twitter followers last Wednesday, including the claim that Zimmerman “Like the fat punk he is, he still lives at home with mommie & daddy.” In a simultaneous post to his Facebook wall, Higgins told his 4000 friends, “FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT & TOUCH HIM.” He also claimed in another post that, “REAL TALK MY PEOPLE OUT THERE IN FLORIDA JUST TOLD ME GEORGE ZIMMERMAN IS NOT AT HIS HOUSE THEY OUT THERE RIGHT NOW.” Higgins’s dissemination of Zimmerman’s purported Edgewater Circle address was not, however, limited to cyberspace. At a protest rally last Thursday in an L.A. park near his Crenshaw home, Higgins held a sign containing Zimmerman’s name, address, and phone number. Except, of course, none were accurate. The man who shot Martin is George Michael Zimmerman. Higgins has repeatedly identified him as “George W. Zimmerman.” The residence on Edgewater Circle is actually the home of David McClain, 72, and his wife Elaine, 70. The McClains, both of whom work for the Seminole County school system, have lived in the 1310-square-foot lakefront home for about a decade, records show. In an interview tonight, Elaine McClain told TSG that she and her husband were “afraid” due to the online linking of her address to Zimmerman. “We're keeping everything locked,” she said. McClain added that the couple was particularly unnerved by a letter mailed to them at their home. On the envelope, she said, were printed the words “Taste The Rainbow,” the slogan for Skittles. Martin was carrying a pack of Skittles and a can of ice tea when he was gunned down by Zimmerman. McClain said her husband returned the envelope unopened to the post office. The McClains (pictured below) only became aware that their address was being widely circulated online two days ago, when a TV reporter arrived at their home asking for “George.” Bewildered by their sudden--and erroneous--connection to Martin’s killer, the elderly couple’s distress can only be heightened by posts made by Twitter and Facebook users who threaten to visit their residence in search of Zimmerman. Or other posts that goad followers to vigilante action. Higgins has not responded to numerous TSG messages, so it is unknown where he came up with the information tying Zimmerman to the McClains's home. A check of Zimmerman’s residential history shows no connection to the Edgewater Circle property, which is about four miles from his actual home in Sanford. So how did Higgins screw things up? Besides overlooking the different middle initial, perhaps that answer is connected to an old voter record for a “William George Zimmerman” at the Edgewater Circle property. That registration, which dates back to 1995, is for a 41-year-old man. The Zimmerman who shot Martin is 28. Elaine McClain identified William George Zimmerman as her son, noting that he has not lived at the Edgewater Circle residence for seven years. “He is six-foot-five and thin as a rail,” McClain said of her son, who now lives elsewhere in Seminole County. McClain said she was previously married to a man named Zimmerman, but that he was not related in any fashion to the Zimmerman who shot Martin. When told that Twitter posts containing her address continued to pour in this evening, an exasperated Elaine McClain remarked, “Maybe we should get a lawyer and send a cease and desist letter to Spike Lee.” (6 pages)

To: hdl who wrote (131296)	3/28/2012 10:20:05 AM
From: longnshort	2 Recommendations Respond to of 132070

Police: Trayvon protesters ransack store(watch the video and pick out all the doods who look like Obama's son) North Miami Beach Walgreens incident caught on video Published On: Mar 27 2012 12:55:10 PM EDT Updated On: Mar 27 2012 07:41:05 PM EDT Submit Cancel Cops: Trayvon protesters ransack store NORTH MIAMI BEACH, Fla. - North Miami Beach police said surveillance video shows dozens of high school students demonstrating in the Trayvon Martin case Friday ransacking a Walgreens store. The incident occurred during a walkout from North Miami Beach Senior High School in support of Martin, 17, who was fatally shot in Sanford. Protesters have been calling for the arrest of George Zimmerman, 28, who has not been charged because he claimed self-defense in the shooting, according to police. WATCH: Surveillance video Quick Clicks Minutes after walking out of their school Friday, a large group of students walked through the streets of North Miami Beach. Along the way, they stopped at a Walgreens at 163rd Street and 15th Avenue at about 10:40 a.m. Surveillance video shows dozens of teenagers running through the store. Police said about 80 to 100 students stormed in, ransacking the shelves, before the school's vice principal ordered everyone outside. North Miami Beach police said students damaged items worth about $150. "We do not accept any type of violation on the part of our students," Superintendent Alberto Carvalho said Friday. "There ought to be consequences, and we'll be collaborating with whatever law enforcement entity is investigating that issue." "I don't think they were doing it, like, to be malicious or whatever. They were just in the moment where they weren't really thinking right because they were so angry," said student Jenny Sincere. "It showed bad character because that's not what we were out there for," student Eric On-Sang said. "A few just made us look really bad." Some students admitted Tuesday to being part of the rampage. "I'm not going to lie. I was one of the people that was pushing in there because I was mad," one student said. When asked whether the incident may have hurt their cause, student Christopher Paul said, "Yeah, it kind of did, yeah. I was just angry. I don't know what the rest of them were doing. I was just trying to make a point for Trayvon. That's it." No injuries were reported. Some of the students dropped their IDs on the way out of the store, police said, so investigators have an idea of who was inside. The School Board said the students involved could be prosecuted and face disciplinary action at the school. Copyright 2012 by Post Newsweek. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.