Hernandez bought "blue cotton candy flavored bubblegum" the night he (allegedly ) brutally executed

[Mr. Blue Sky]

executed a man by pumping five .45 cal slugs into his chest.

Why am I mentioning this? Because I've seen hundreds of the "skittles and iced tea" reference as if to convey some air of innocence and normalcy about Trayvon Martin. It is a false association... please don't try to evoke sympathy for someone by pointing out normal, every day activity that anyone would engage in as some kind of evidence of innocence.

Z may or may not be guilty of murder and I hope the truth comes out... then let the chips fall etc. I am not rooting for a conviction or exoneration... I'm rooting for the truth of what happened that night to come to light and that justice is served accordingly.

Perhaps the oddest detail of the case, though, is that one of the key pieces of evidence, it seems, is a piece of blue cotton candy Bubblicious bubble gum. Prosecutors said in court today they can prove Hendandez purchased that gum at a gas station hours before the murder. “Who cares about gum?” you may be asking yourself right now.

http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2013/06/aaron-hernandez-blue-cotton-candy-bubblegum?mbid=social_twitter

[Democracyinkind]

1. I'm thinking DU needs a minimum post count before being able to post threads.

This is getting creepy.

[GeorgeGist]

6. It does ...

but obviously it's not high enough.

[Democracyinkind]

13. I forgot. Thanks.

So I'm amending to: I think it should be higher.

[LeftofObama]

8. I agree.

OP is comparing apples and oranges.

[Bluenorthwest]

18. Hey, gay relationships were compared to marriage to a plant by a poster with over 50k posts

so it is all about who you insult and how much the admins hate the group you insult. Get over it.

[K Gardner]

36. I thought this TROLL was gone.. he posted the same thing earlier today...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=3121503

Why isn't he gone, again??

[hrmjustin]

38. Mirt got rid of two others and I have alerted a member of Mirt about this one.

[appleannie1]

2. there is a difference. Hernandez was armed and intended to shoot it. Martin was simply thirsty and

was walking home in the rain intending to finish watching a basketball game.

[Wait Wut]

3. The gum is a piece of evidence.

No one is going to convict Zimmerman because of Trayvon's Skittles.

[GeorgeGist]

4. take the red pill.

[senseandsensibility]

5. My understanding is that this is mentioned because the wrappers to this kind of gum

were found in the rental car that he returned, along with a shell casing. So it is part of the evidence.

[winter is coming]

7. The locusts have hatched. n/t

[WinkyDink]

9. The POINT is that Trayvon was carrying Skittles, NOT A GUN.

[Mr. Blue Sky]

12. What does his carrying skittles have to do with anything? n/t

[Wait Wut]

17. What does your OP have to do with anything?

The gum is evidence. Zimmerman claimed Trayvon was 'carrying something'. He was; a cell phone, a bag of Skittles and a can of iced tea.

He didn't kill someone and leave the Skittles wrapper in the rental car, nor offer a witness a piece of cotton candy flavored Skittles.

[1StrongBlackMan]

20. It explains …

Why TM was walking, at night, in the rain.

It does away with the stranger acting strangely excuse ... Doesn't it?

[notadmblnd]

29. Because the killer suggested to police dispatch that his victim was armed. That's why

The victim was not armed as GZ implied, All he had in his hands were Arazona flavored drink and a bag of skittles. That's why it is brought up.

"The call that Zimmerman made to a non-emergency dispatcher just after 7 p.m. on the night in question was played repeatedly for jurors, who listened intently and took notes.

On the call, Zimmerman reports that Martin is walking around in the rain and looks like “he’s up to no good,” then says the teen is staring at him and approaching with his hand in his waistband.

After Zimmerman reports that Martin has started to run away, dispatcher Sean Noffke, hearing the sound of movement and wind, asks if he is following. When Zimmerman says he is, Noffke tells him, “You don’t need to do that.”

Under questioning Monday, Noffke said he didn’t order Zimmerman to stay put because dispatchers are only supposed to make suggestions for liability reasons."
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/06/24/19116607-essential-or-irrelevant-zimmerman-prosecutor-fights-to-reveal-previous-calls-to-cops?lite



Now, do you have a clue?

[Whisp]

10. flailing bullshit. n/t

[NoOneMan]

11. Its not about innocence. Its just about what Trayvon was doing there.

It wasn't illegal. He wasn't a perp, as he was identified by Zimmerman. He wasn't armed or carrying stolen goods. He was minding his own business, engaging in legal activities. There was no reason for him to be profiled.

Likewise, there was nothing especially peculiar about a gum purchase, except that blue cotton candy flavor is most often a favorite of serial killers according to peer reviewed journaled studies

[11 Bravo]

14. Hernandez had a gun AND a .45 Glock. Trayvon had only the Skittles and tea. Do you see a difference?

But hey, thanks for playing.

[johnp3907]

15. This is idiotic.

[monmouth3]

16. Zimmerman murdered Trayvon. n/t

[npk]

19. Sweet baby Jesus please make it stop

I can't take much more.

[XemaSab]

21. Nobody's arguing that Trayvon was sweet baby Jesus himself

He was a normal kid who got into normal trouble.

At the time he was shot, however, he wasn't doing anything. He wasn't out to cause trouble, he was just walking down the street and minding his own business.

The iced tea and skittles establish that he was a kid on a perfectly normal, law-abiding outing when he was chased down and shot like a dog.

[JI7]

22. you are a fucking idiot

[BainsBane]

24. true, but I suggest you edit that.

[Hoyt]

26. [phone].

[HangOnKids]

30. Thank You

I think he brought his family with him today.

[LuvLoogie]

37. You beat me to it, but so what...

Hey Mr. BS, you are a fucking idiot. (I'll Post it twice)

[bravenak]

41. You are correct in your assertion.

I thought this was a joke.

[BainsBane]

23. Do you have trouble distinguishing a victim from a murderer?

It seems so.

[malaise]

25. Whatever

[d_r]

27. the thing about it

when people bring up that he went to the store to buy skittles, it is usually in response to the "why was he in that gated neighborhood in the first place?" question. He was there because his Dad lived there, and he was out because he went to the store and bought some skittles. That's why it is brought up. And frankly the whole "why was he in that gated neighborhood?" question is racist bullshit to begin with.

[Boomerproud]

28. Been on DU since December and only has 31 posts? Hmmm.

n/t

[HangOnKids]

31. But They Have All Been Meaningful

[hrmjustin]

32. These two poster were banned today for peddling this Zimmerman is innocent crap.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=profile&uid=128462&sub=trans
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=profile&uid=303475&sub=trans

I will say it again that the Murdering SOB had a gun and the kid had a bag of skiddles and a drink. You figure it out.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

33. Jesus H Christ

WTF is up with the Zimmerman Cru. They've found a new toy to push their bullshit.

[phleshdef]

34. LOL. Wow.

That's really all I have to say to that bit of wasted forum database space.

[Moses2SandyKoufax]

35. This place just fucking sucks sometimes:

At Sat Jun 29, 2013, 02:54 AM you sent an alert on the following post:

Hernandez bought "blue cotton candy flavored bubblegum" the night he (allegedly ) brutally executed
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023121791

REASON FOR ALERT:

This post is disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate. (See <a href="http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=aboutus#communitystandards" target="_blank">Community Standards</a>.)

YOUR COMMENTS:

Low post count, looking to start a flame war. What does this have to do with the Trayvon Martin case?

JURY RESULTS

A randomly-selected Jury of DU members completed their review of this alert at Sat Jun 29, 2013, 03:01 AM, and voted 2-4 to LEAVE IT ALONE.

Juror #1 voted to HIDE IT and said: To compare the innocent victim of a violent death with the man charged with murdering one (and possibly multiple people)--that is sick.
Juror #2 voted to HIDE IT and said: No explanation given
Juror #3 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: No explanation given
Juror #4 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: No explanation given
Juror #5 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: Oh ffs
Juror #6 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: It's a stupid post, but not a rules violation.

[hrmjustin]

40. Mirt has been alerted.

[LuvLoogie]

39. You are a fucking idiot.

[bravenak]

42. I find this to be particularly stupid.

I don't think u really care.