TREYVON MARTIN v GEORGE ZIMMERMAN

TOO MANY WRONGS IN THIS TRIAL TO MAKE

THE VERDICT "INNOCENT"

In keeping up with the trial between Martin and Zimmerman, I’ve come to the conclusion that there were too many wrongs which allowed this situation to happen in the first place.

First, I hold the custodial parent as the ultimate culprit in this matter. This would never happen if the boy’s mother could control her son and hadn’t sent him to his father. Although he was under his father’s care his mother was the custodial parent and kicked him out of his home because she couldn’t control him instead of seeking help in this matter from people more qualified.

Secondly, the choice of gang related wearing-apparel did not help matters when worn with the hood up. Since it was raining I can see why the hood was over Trayvon’s head. Still a poor choice in clothing.

Then is the fact that Mr. Zimmerman was told to not engage the “suspicious male”. Why did he make the decision to go against this advice? It seems that he wanted an altercation. What other reason to go against what the dispatcher advised?

Here is a very good reason why Neighborhood Watch should never allow anyone who has a record of violence and prejudiced slurs to become a working member, let alone be in charge of the watch program. The fact that Mr. Zimmerman could carry a gun enforces the saying, “If you bring a weapon with you, you have all intents to use it.” On a non-confrontational community watch a weapon does not belong. And if you are patrolling in your car, the excuse of “needing it to shoot a bulldog” does not hold water.

The content below was taken from the Orlando Sentinel website posted Monday, July 15, 2013 at 12:39pm

We don't know everything that happened in the 13 minutes that passed between the time Zimmerman, 28, called police and a paramedic pronounced 17-year-old Trayvon Martin dead.

But this much isn't in dispute: Zimmerman was armed. He was alone. And while waiting for police, he somehow got into a fight with the person he thought suspicious.

All three of those actions are strongly discouraged by the National Sheriffs' Association, which oversees about 20,000 Neighborhood Watch programs.

There are practical reasons for those rules.

And this absolutely heart-wrenching one: A family of a teenager is now coping with a death that probably could have been avoided.

"There is no reason in the world to carry a gun for Neighborhood Watch," said Chris Tutko, a retired police chief who now directs Neighborhood Watch for the sheriffs' association. "It gets people more into trouble than out of it."

A manual published by the association for its "USAonWatch" program makes that very clear.

"It should be emphasized to members that they do not possess police powers and they shall not carry weapons or pursue vehicles," the manual states. "Members should never confront suspicious persons who could be armed and dangerous."

Zimmerman is reportedly the self-appointed leader for the group at his complex of town homes. A sign at the gated entrance warns it is surveilled by Neighborhood Watch, and says, "We report all suspicious persons and activities to the Sanford Police Department."

That's a prudent step for any neighborhood. In fact, Neighborhood Watches are popular in Central Florida. In Orlando alone, there are 905 block captains listed with Orlando police.

Some groups are highly organized and walk their neighborhoods in scheduled patrols. More often, though, neighbors just get acquainted with one another, exchange phone numbers and learn to report anything out of the ordinary that they notice as they move through life's predictable moments: taking out the garbage, walking the dog or getting the mail.

Even the basis for Zimmerman's initial phone call is questionable.

Here's why: The sheriffs' association manual lists the type of suspicious activity that should be reported to police. Among the examples: "Someone peering into car windows" and "broken doors or windows."

Nowhere does it list walking while black, which is all Trayvon appeared to be doing as he made his way back to the house of his dad's fiancée after a candy run to 7-Eleven. Trayvon was armed only with a package of Skittles in his pocket.

It stands to reason that Mr. Zimmerman was extremely overzealous in not following the rules of the Florida Neighborhood Watch in which he had to know the “non-confrontational” training that is given to every citizen who signs up to take part in the program. After all he was elected to run the Watch. I will say again, why does anyone bring a weapon with them unless they have made a conscious decision to use it?

Killing Treyvon Martin is just wrong on all sides of the matter. This will set precedence for more situations like these. God forbid that this happen.

  

BIG CORPORATIONS USE LOOPHOLES TO BANISH BENIFITS

How important is your benefits these days?

There are some corporations- they know who they are- who do so low down, down right unethical practices. Their lawyers found loopholes that puts things in the corporations favor. 

What I'm talking about is the cutting of employees work hours and giving the employee the option of using his/her vacation or personal accumulated hours and transferring them over to their working hours to be able to keep their medical benefits.

It works like this. Employee works minimum hours say (24) in a week to be eligible for Medical Benefits.

After working a period of time the working hours for this employee is cut to under the minimum hours to keep said medical benefits. This is not the fault of the employee. He/she is in danger of loosing his/her medical insurance. 

He/she is given a choice. Loose medical benefits, take accumulated hours away from their vacation time or personal time and move it to their work hours to make up the difference of the minimum hours worked to keep medical benefits, OR choose to loose those benefits which when the accumulated vacation and personal hours run out the employee will loose their medical benefits anyway. 

I call this unethical. 

I called my state, Labor Relationhtps and Commission Board-Labor Standards

They told me that because benefits are not required for a business to give, what is being done is not illegal but unethical.

So much for Mr. Obama's mandatory Obamacare.

The person who told me about these practices was told to seek medicare when he/she couldn't keep paying him/herself to keep their medical insurance.

It is only my opinion but it seems that these corporations are trying to force their employees to quit their jobs from lack of hours and loss of benefits.

What do you think?

DON'T NYPD HAVE BETTER THINGS TO DO THAN ARREST PROSTITUTES FOR CARRYING CONDOMS?

While sitting at my computer last night I heard something on the news [I don't recall which station] about New York City cops arresting prostitutes for carrying condoms. I'm no fool, I know that it is not illegal to own or carry condoms. I mean, if I am going to have sex [legal or otherwise-and you bet it would be legal] I would definitely have some in my purse to use if my partner did not.

Let's face it. With all the diseases floating around now it would be suicide to play bareback. Everyone knows or have at least heard about the horrors of catching HIV let alone what untreated venereal diseases lead to, cancer and more.

Have the NYPD have better things to do with their time?  

I can think of a few. Try giving more time to cutting down the more violent crimes. 

Is there something more that lawmakers can do to change the nuisance that prostitution causes?

I believe there is. Why not legalize prostitution and write laws that govern HOW prostitution should be run. [Maybe like a legal business.] Would legalized prostitution clean up the streets? You bet! Would running it like a business profit the city? Yes. Less abuse, less traffic problems from drive-up clients, less uncontrolled rampant diseases, no pimps, [along with violence against the girls/men].

This would leave the NYPD to have more time to do the important crime related work instead of harassing prostitutes to make arrest quotas. Harassing the prostitutes is the easiest way of getting arrest quotas that I can think of and all most of these arrests do is clog our courts with petty violations. 

The state of New York needs to take a good look at their laws and how they conduct their treatment of prostitutes. The fact that they [state health agencies] and New York City [with their city logo on it no less] hand out condoms to these prostitutes is a good thing but when NYPD members target the prostitutes at sites where they are given the condoms, I have to laugh. Not at the prostitutes but at the NYPD. Profiling prostitutes. What has our police departments come to?

And all women of America should be ashamed for allowing these things to happen. They [privileged class America] should be fighting against the abuse of these women who work in this profession. You turn your head and look the other way. Tell me...what if she was YOUR child or teenage daughter/son or over age 18 child, yours! Didn't woman's liberation groups fight for ALL woman's rights? Don't you think that letting cops harass prostitutes sets back woman's rights to the dark ages and cements these men's [cops] anti-female rights attitude?

I did some checking and NY's violent crime is down somewhat from last year. [2012] But not a whole lot. 

I like the fact that some prosecutors have instructed their offices to "not prosecute prostitutes on the possession of condoms as evidence of prostitution or loitering". It's time for new laws on petty crime.

see article "sex workers project" for study done on prostitution arrests for possessing condoms" at: www.prosnetworknyc.org/join-the-network/  and click on 2012 under Archives on the right side of page 

*information researched in Times New York and PROS network nyc. 

WALMART: Never keeping the shelves full

         I shop at Walmart because they carry the items I need that I have bought for years, like their store brand items that come at a lower cost than name brands. But there are many times I get frustrated when the item I need has run out and the shelf is bare.

        Last month I had on my grocery list store brand fiber caplets which are more than half the cost than Metamucil. I usually buy 160 count for $4.00 or the 100 count for $2.69 or around that price.

        Today I went in to get a skein of yarn that I needed to finish a crochet blanket I am making. I only needed one and I bought some two weeks ago. Needless to say, [this happens all the time, this is not the first in the yarn department] the color I needed was out and there was none in the back. There was another color [purple] stacked in its place so no one looked to see that my color was out. Not only was that one out but almost half of the colors were empty. 

        I went to the bread section and lo and behold it was full, something that is a rare thing. 

        So, to end this story I love and hate walmart. I find their parking lot many times littered with paper and other small peices of garbage. The front restrooms are always closed for cleaning but is not always clean nor filled. Most of the time I find the sanitary napkin bin overflowing and stinks. 

        If I could find my 100 ct. sinus pills [$2.79] or my 42 ct. omeprazole [$16. and under] I definitely would go elsewhere.