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In reply to the discussion: "If Trayvon Had Only Answered In an Appropriate Manner There Would have Been No Problem" [View all]im in you ur in me
(2 posts)I am a progressive.
When asked about Trayvon's suspension, both the school AND his parents were mum. I don't know where that urban myth began that he was suspended for excessive tardies. His suspension was for TEN days, not five. No one gets a ten-day suspension for simply being late.
Even Tray's own FATHER says in a Miami Herald article I just pulled up (dated 3/22), that the suspension was not anything related to violence but refused to provide further details. Why?! He mentions something about being in an unauthorized area of the school-did he steal something? Again, not that it would deserve the death penalty, but I am getting very tired of the media being one-sided and perhaps painting a racial case where there not be one! Using a younger picture (instead of Tray in a hoodie, which doesn't make him look as non-threatening as in the uniform), whitewashing his suspension...Let the facts play out but don't you DARE misrepresent them!
http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/03/22/2708960/trayvon-martin-a-typical-teen.html