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[Ottava]

Just some things to show how stupid Wikipedians can be when it comes to sourcing.

"Martin left his father's girlfriend's home in the gated community of Twin Lakes to walk to a nearby 7-Eleven convenience store to buy some candy"

All reports I've seen have stated that the girlfriend did not live in the community but near it. So I looked at the source.

A clearly marked op-ed.

Then look at the article: "Trayvon had left the house he and his father were visiting to walk to the local 7-Eleven. "

The op-ed, not a reliable source, does not even contain the supposed "facts" that the article states. This is a really key point, because most news stories when covering both sides point out that the girlfriend of his dad did not live there, and that the boy was entering into the community without permission (it was gated and no clear way for him to get to the girlfriend's house).

So someone wanted to skew the truth, put forth a link to an op-ed that was inflammatory but did not lack the detail, and hoped no one noticed.


That is Wikipedia - not about verifiability or truth, but about how you can get your agenda across.

[milowent]

not to belabor the point, but here's another article from today saying she lived in the gated community? ("What's clear is that Martin was staying at his father's girlfriend's house in a gated community in Sanford ...")

interestingly the article reports that the sanford poilce requested an arrest warrant for zimmerman after their investigation ended. i guess this "Zimmerman was totally innocent" narrative, which always seemed premature, is not what the cops on the ground thought.

http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/...rman-in/1222259

[Ottava]

not to belabor the point, but here's another article from today saying she lived in the gated community? ("What's clear is that Martin was staying at his father's girlfriend's house in a gated community in Sanford ...")

interestingly the article reports that the sanford poilce requested an arrest warrant for zimmerman after their investigation ended. i guess this "Zimmerman was totally innocent" narrative, which always seemed premature, is not what the cops on the ground thought.

http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/...rman-in/1222259

Actually, the request is for the best - that removes the claims that the police were trying to cover up anything for racial reasons.

Originally, the case was depicted as a little black boy being gunned down for no reason by a white Republican and the police covered it up. Now it is revealed that a big almost-18 year old was shot after beating up a Hispanic Democrat and the police did put out a warrant.