dismal wrote:
Cite for the info on the jpg?
Twitter.
His academic records aren't public. Interviews with teachers called him "an A and B student". They made a lot of his suspension from school, but reportedly that was for chronic tardiness (that seems to be in dispute). As to the full ride scholarship stuff, he had just turned 17 about 2 weeks before his death. A full ride scholarship offer seems unlikely.
In counterpoint, I would be curious to hear more about the women's jewelry and screwdriver found in his backpack.
1. Trayvon was found with burglary tools (i.e. screwdriver/slimjim type tool) and jewelry which was not his at the high school. The school declined to file a police report and instead handled it internally. He was later suspended over an empty baggy of pot and other stuff and thus ended up at daddy's girlfriends - Mom kicked him out.
The jewelry has handed over to the PD as "found property" and left collecting dust on the shelf. It's interesting Miami-Dade School District began hiding crimes by declining to file charges and handle most problems internally - this was an attempt to solve an incredible staggering degree of crimes on campuses. As no report was filed of "possibly stolen property" was filed, the PD wasn't triggered to review the jewelry. Meanwhile, it turns out the jewelry has the same sort taken from a daytime burglery near the HS.
Excerpt:
It was that M-DSPD internal affairs investigation which revealed in October 2011 Trayvon Martin was searched by School Resource Officer, Darryl Dunn. The search of Trayvon Martin’s backpack turned up at least 12 pcs of ladies jewelry, and a man’s watch, in addition to a flat head screwdriver described as “a burglary tool”.
Excerpt:
On October 21st 2011 a burglary took place a few blocks from Krop Senior High School where Trayvon Martin attended. The stolen property outlined in the Miami-Dade Police Report (PD111021-422483) matches the descriptive presented by SRO Dunn in his School Police report 2011-11477.
However, there was ONE big issue. SRO Dunn never filed a criminal report, nor opened a criminal investigation, surrounding the stolen jewelry. Instead, and as a result of pressure from M-DSPD Chief Hurley to avoid criminal reports for black male students, Dunn wrote up the jewelry as “found items”, and transferred them, along with the burglary tool, to the Miami-Dade Police property room where they sat on a shelf unassigned to anyone for investigation.
- Article http://patdollard.com/2013/06/trayvon-martins-involvement-in-local-burglaries-covered-up-by-media-school-police/
2. Testimony was given during the trial that a burglery type, "slim-jim", tool was found behind some bushes in the area where they believe Trayvon hid while waiting for GZ to return back along the walkway to the area of the "T".
http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/02/justice/zimmerman-trial-updates
A few days after the shooting, Serino says a tool was found in the bushes behind one of the witness's homes.
"It was a piece of an awning; I believe it was a piece of a window, piece of hardware basically. It looked like a slim jim," said Serino. He explains that this tool is used to break windows.
