On Friday, Trayvon Martin’s name began trending again on Twitter. It’s been four years since Martin was killed by neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman in Sanford, Florida – and today was Martin’s birthday. That meant that the media took the opportunity to reinforce the myth of St. Trayvon of the Blessed Hoodie, victim of brutal white racism In reality, Trayvon Martin was a full-grown young man with a history of violence, who got into a fight with Hispanic man George Zimmerman under disputed circumstances, and then was shot in the chest while beating Zimmerman’s head against the pavement.Martin was only in Sanford in the first place because he had been suspended from school for ten days for carrying around a baggie with pot residue; he also apparently liked a concoction called “lean,” a mix of candy like Skittles, a drink like Arizona Iced Tea, and codeine. He’d been suspended twice from school before, once for missing school, and a second time after a security guard found a “burglary tool” in his backpack. He tweeted under the handle @NO_LIMIT_NIGGA, where he frequently unleashed sexist comments, and where his friends tweeted him about whether he had assaulted a bus driver. Martin’s text messages revealed that he had been suspended for being in a fistfight, and engaged in such fights after school as well. Days before his death, he texted his friend about obtaining a gun. http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2016/02/05/media-pay-homage-to-trayvon-on-21st-birthday-heres-the-real-story/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social
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