Trayvon Martin
Born Trayvon Benjamin Martin
February 5, 1995
Miami Gardens, Florida, U.S.
Died February 26, 2012 (aged 17)
Sanford, Florida, U.S.
Cause of death Single gunshot fired at intermediate range (1–18 inches)[11]
Ethnicity African American
Height
5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
[Note 1]
Weight 158 pounds (72 kg)[Note 1]
Trayvon Benjamin Martin (February 5, 1995 – February 26, 2012) was the son of Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin, who were divorced in 1999. He was a junior at Dr. Michael M. Krop High School and lived with his mother and older brother in Miami Gardens, Florida.[18][19][20] Trayvon's English teacher, Michelle Kypriss, described him as an A and B student who majored in cheerfulness.[19]
On the day Martin was fatally shot, he and his father were visiting his father's fiancée and her son at her townhome in The Retreat at Twin Lakes in Sanford, a multi-ethnic gated community, where the shooting occurred.[21][22] Martin had visited his father's fiancée at Twin Lakes several times.[23][24]
Martin had been suspended from school at the time of his death.[25] He had been suspended twice before. One suspension was for tardiness and truancy.[26] Another suspension in October 2011 was for graffiti, when Martin was observed by a security camera in a restricted area of the school marking up a door with "W.T.F."[26] When he was later searched by a Miami-Dade School Police Department officer, looking for the graffiti marker, the officer found a dozen pieces of women's jewelry and a watch in his backpack, which Martin said a friend had given to him. A screwdriver was also found, which was described by the school police investigator as a burglary tool. The jewelry was impounded and given to the police. However, no evidence ever surfaced that the jewelry was stolen.[26] Martin's third suspension involved a marijuana pipe and an empty bag containing marijuana residue.[25] Martin was not charged with any crime related to these incidents and did not have a juvenile record.[27] Judge Debra Nelson ruled that the defense could have access to Martin's records, including the details of the suspensions, as well as access to Martin's social media sites,[28] but ruled that none of the information would be admissible as evidence during the trial unless it could be shown to be relevant.[29]
George Zimmerman
Born George Michael Zimmerman
October 5, 1983 (age 29)
Manassas, Virginia, U.S.
Ethnicity Hispanic
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Weight 185 pounds (84 kg)[Note 2]
Criminal charge Second-degree murder
Criminal status Not guilty
George Michael Zimmerman was born on October 5, 1983, in Manassas, Virginia,[31] and is the son of Gladys (née Mesa) Zimmerman, who was born in Peru,[32] and Robert Zimmerman, Sr., a retired Virginia magistrate.[33][34] He was raised as a Catholic,[32] in a family that his father has described as "multiracial"; his father is a White American of German descent[35] and his mother is Peruvian with some black ancestry through her Afro-Peruvian maternal grandfather.[32][Note 3] Zimmerman's voter registration record lists him as Hispanic and a registered Democrat.[36][37]
Zimmerman's height is reportedly 5′ 7″ (1.70 m); and his weight is recorded as being 185 lb (84 kg) on his Seminole County Sheriff's Office Inmate Booking Information dated April 11, 2012, the date of his arrest.[30] Zimmerman's height is shown as 5′8″ (1.73 m); and his weight at 200 lb (91 kg) on the Sanford Police Department Offense Report for February 26, 2012, the night of the shooting.[38]
At the time of the shooting, Zimmerman was employed as an insurance underwriter and was in his final semester at Seminole State College for an associate degree in Criminal Justice.[32][39] In one of his interviews with police he stated his goal was to become a judge.[40]
In early 2011, Zimmerman participated in a citizen forum at the Sanford City Hall, to protest the beating of a black homeless man by the son of a white Sanford police officer. During the meeting, Zimmerman called the behavior of officers on duty "disgusting" and detailed officers napping while on duty and refusing to take on difficult assignments.[41]
Zimmerman and his wife moved to The Retreat at Twin Lakes in 2009.[21][22]
In 2005, at the age of 21, Zimmerman was charged with assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest, after shoving an officer while a friend of Zimmerman's was being questioned about underage drinking. The charges were reduced, then dropped when Zimmerman entered a pre-trial diversion program that included anger management classes.[32][42] Also in 2005, Zimmerman's ex-fiancée filed a restraining order against him, alleging domestic violence. Zimmerman requested a reciprocal restraining order. Both orders were granted.[32][43] The incidents were raised by prosecutors at Zimmerman's initial bond hearing. The judge described the incidents as "run of the mill" and "somewhat mild" and rejected the prosecution's claim that the incidents demonstrated that Zimmerman was violent or a threat to the community.[32][44][45]
Sanford Police Department
Bill Lee had been chief of the Sanford Police Department for ten months when the shooting occurred.[46] Prior to Lee becoming chief, the department had been accused of protecting relatives of police officers involved in violent incidents with blacks, and the Martin case increased distrust between the police and Sanford's black community.[47]
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Now look at the mix in this gated community, also known as a Retreat, give me a break:
The Retreat at Twin Lakes is a 260-unit gated townhome community in Sanford, Florida.[60][61] The population in the development, at the time of the shooting, was about 49% non-Hispanic white, 23% Hispanic (of any race), 20% black, and 5% Asian, according to Census figures.[47] Both George Zimmerman and Tracy Martin's fiancée were renting homes in the development when the shooting occurred.[24] At the time of the shooting, Martin had been staying with his father's fiancee at The Retreat.[23]
What we have here is a bomb waiting to go off,,,,,,,,,,,,,,IMHO....must have been designed by Nancy and Harry........................
