It is interesting the evidence you presented against the late Trayvon Martin. I especially am interested with the posting you shared from the third link you shared from the nbcnews.com. In the discussion area on that very link at the base, there is a post from "Jo-An-4354969" on MAR 28, 2012. It states (with interesting parts underlined):
Thanks trm2008,
What Everyone Needs To Know About The Smear Campaign Against Trayvon Martin (1995-2012)
Over the last 48 hours, there has been a sustained effort to smear Trayvon Martin, the 17-year old African-American who was shot dead by George Zimmerman a month ago. Martin’s mom, Sybrina Fulton, said, “They killed my *******, now they’re trying to ******* his reputation.”
Thus far these attacks have fallen into two categories: false and irrelevant. Much of this leaked information seems intended to play into stereotypes about young African-American males. Here’s what everyone should know:
1. Prominent conservative websites published fake photos of Martin. Twitchy, a new website run by prominent conservative blogger Michelle Malkin, promoted a photo — purportedly from Martin’s Facebook page — that shows Martin in saggy pants and flipping the bird.
The photo, which spread quickly on conservative websites and Twitter, is intended to paint Martin as a thug. As Twitchy later acknowledged, it is not a photo of Trayvon Martin.
2. The Sanford Police selectively leaked irrelevant, negative information about Martin. The authorities told the Orlando Sentinel this morning that Trayvon was suspended from school for ten days “after being found with an empty marijuana baggie.” There is no evidence that Martin was under the influence of ******* at the time of his death, nor would prior possession of marijuana be a reason for killing him. It’s unclear what the relevance of the leak was, other than to smear Martin.
3. On Fox News, Geraldo said that Martin was dressed “like a wannabe gangster.” Bill O’Reilly agreed with him. The sole evidence is that Martin was wearing a hoodie. Geraldo added that “everyone that ever stuck up a convenience store” was wearing a hoodie.
4. Without any evidence, prominent right-wing bloggers suggested that Martin was a ******* dealer. Right-wing blogger Dan Riehl advances the theory, also advanced in a widely linked peice on a site called Wagist. There does not appear to be any evidence to support this claim whatsoever.
5. Without any evidence, a right-wing columnist alleged that Martin assaulted a bus driver. Unlike Zimmerman, Trayvon has no documented history of violence. This allegation continues to be advanced by a blogger on the Examiner even after the real reason was leaked to the police and confirmed by the family.
6. Zimmerman’s friend says Martin was to blame because he was disrespectful to Zimmerman. Zimmerman’s friend Joe Oliver said that Martin would not have been shot to death if Trayvon had just said “I’m staying with my parents.” Of course, Zimmerman was not a police officer, and Trayvon had no duty to tell him who he was or where he was going.
The final part of the effort to smear Trayvon Martin is to link him and his supporters to irresponsible fringe groups like the New Black Panthers and marignal provocateurs like Louis Farrakhan. Threats by these groups are serious and should be investigated, but they have nothing to do with Martin or his supporters. The leader of the effort to associate Martin with these groups is Matt Drudge. You can see how he is framing the story today:
http://yfrog.com/obqqjlp (How very class, Drudge, you @!$%#ing racist @!$%#-stain.)
Ultimately, whether Martin was a perfect person is irrelevant to whether Zimmerman’s conduct that night was justified. Clearly, there are two different versions of the events that transpired on February 26, the night Trayvon was killed. There are conflicting statements by witnesses and conflicting evidence as to who was the aggressor. Zimmerman has the right to tell his side of the story. But his opportunity to do this will come in a court of law after he is charged and arrested. In the meantime, Zimmerman’s supporters should stop trying to smear the reputation of a dead, 17-year-old boy.
We both agree that George Zimmerman should not have killed him as he was not even a police office to arrive at that decision. That night in the capacity of merely being a neighborhood watch captain that was not his decision to make. What should have been done was to use his cell phone and alert the police about the situation and let them arrive at what needed to be done hopefully without killing him before having a judge decide what to do with him. (point number 6 above)
There are other interesting facts that should be mentioned too again based upon the evidence that you shared which seems to serve to assassinate his character post-mortem:
(From point number 1 above) Trayvon Martin's photo from his Facebook page that made him look to be a thug was not his.
(From point number 2 above) Trayvon Martin's was suspended from school for ten days “after being found with an empty marijuana baggie.” There is no evidence that Martin was under the influence of ******* at the time of his death.
(From point number 4 above) Trayvon Martin was thought to be a ******* dealer, but there is no evidence after the fact that supports it.
(From point number 5 above) Without evidence Trayvon Martin allegedly attacked a bus driver when there is a pre-existing history of violence with George Zimmerman. Hmmmm. Let's examine some of his sins shall we? According to his wikipedia, found in the section called "Other encounters with law enforcement", George Zimmerman:
A) Was charged with shoving a police officer followed with anger management classes in 2005;
B) Had a restraining order from his ex-fiancee claiming domestic violence against her also in 2005;
C) Had threatened his estranged wife and his *******-in-law and he punched him in the face in 2013;
D) Was charged with aggravated assault with a weapon – a felony – as well as domestic violence battery and criminal mischief also in 2013;
E) Was arrested by Lake Mary police and charged with aggravated assault with a weapon after allegedly throwing a wine bottle at his ex-girlfriend in 2015.
For those who read all that I wrote I'll let them arrive at their conclusions but it seems to be abundantly clear that Trayvon Martin, even if he was guilty which seems doubtful, did not have to die at least at the hands of Zimmerman, who once again was not a police officer. And Trayvon Martin might not have been the perfect student, but there is a great deal of mudslinging with his character after the fact. Moreover George Zimmerman displayed a history of violence before and after his encounter with Trayvon Martin. And I suggest that since he is so predisposed to violence that he is unhinged and definitely the one at fault and George Zimmerman's acquittal from assassinating Trayvon Martin is in error and he should have received several years for *******.
I am not an American as MacNfries knows as we once had an interesting debate on another issue on another thread on this site. So I'll end by saying that I hope a President Trump will eventually correct these injustices against blacks and to illustrate his sincerity as well as educate Americans on their forgotten history, perhaps a theoretical investment on his part of $10 million maybe which is pennies to him, would be well spent on copies of "Hillary's America" so that the public and key people at large can learn the secret history of the Democratic Party. That would be something else that would be interesting to illustrate, but I spent a good deal on this single post to defend Trayvon Martin, I'm afraid few would have the remaining attention span to read what I have to say. So I'll let Dinesh D'Souza do so in his book or see the movie, "Hillary's America"! Peace!