The relevance of the THC in Martin’s blood

In the 911 call, Zimmerman said something like “it looks like there’s something wrong with him, like he’s on drugs or something” (I’m writing this from memory, so I probably got that quote slightly wrong).

The Zimmerman-haters assume that Zimmerman is just too racist to know the difference between a sweet 12-year-old kid like we see in the photos and a suspicious person on drugs.

However, now that the real evidence has come out, we saw a video from the 7-11 in which Martin stumbles around in a weird zig-zag pattern, indeed like he’s on drugs. And then there’s a cigarette lighter on his person, and there was THC in his blood which means he smoked a joint during the previous 24-hour period.

No, marijuana does not necessarily make Martin more violent, but there are plenty of arrests of people who commit violent crimes while on marijuana, so there’s lots of evidence that smoking a joint doesn’t make violent people too mellow to commit violent crimes.

Martin’s drug use goes to both Zimmerman’s motive for calling 911, and Martin’s motive for running away. For all we know, Martin had a bag of joints on him, and he ran away to hide them somewhere (a more likely scenario than Martin being scared to death of Zimmerman). And no, Martin doesn’t deserve to be shot for smoking a joint, but that’s not why Zimmerman shot him. Zimmerman shot him because he was getting beaten up.

And as to whether Martin was just minding his own business, the homeowners association has a legitimate interest in not letting people smoke drugs in their community. Smoking marijuana is against the law in Florida, isn’t it? In fact, possession of 20 grams or less is a misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in prison, and I understand that this crime is heavily prosecuted in Florida.

Comments

[jeanne]

Well, okay. I hope the defense can get it into evidence.

[Peter]

On a different and hopefully less contentious note, the essential problem with Hannah's hooters is not that they are relatively small. Indeed, while they're not my taste (taste, heh), smaller hooters can be quite attractive. You often see that with Asian women.

Hannah's hooters are unattractive because they are oddly shaped. As is best seen when she's lying down, each hooter had a strange conical shape that is not at all pleasing to the eye.

In contrast, Hannah's mom - played by an actress who is 59 years old - has the classic "teardrop" shape.

[Turambar]

I think the relevance is that if the lighter gets admitted (and how could it not) the idea that TM was some innocent little kid is exploded. If there were planning on using innocent little jello pudding commercial black kid vs hulking vigilante in the closing argument that's out the window.

[half canadian]

The lighter isn't sufficient evidence that Martin was smoking a joint that night. The THC might be, but from my understanding, the science isn't that good on measuring THC levels in the blood, and time since last used.

[Black Death]

This case is shaping up like Tawana Brawley, Duke Lacrosse, Jena 6, etc. Another failed attempt by the MSM to fit the Narrative square peg into the Fact round hole. But the MSM are like the Bourbons - they learn nothing and they forget nothing.

[Zorkmid]

Actually, the homeowners and their association have more to fear from marijuana users on their grounds than you wrote: someone like TM might give the Florida police justification to seize and confiscate ("civilly forfeit") the homeowners' individual or collective property.

The police might say that one or more homeowners aided or abetted marijuana possession by permitting a marijuana user on their property, or if some marijuana user dropped a seed while rolling a joint or packing a pipe, and that seen sprouted and the seedling were to be spotted by the police, all the assets of the property owner might be seized, or if a marijuana user (say, while scared or stoned and careless) dropped any amount of marijuana or drugs, no matter how tiny in a boat (even on a trailer) or car (e.g., pickup-truck bed) the vessel might be seized and forfeited.

[Doug1]

Eh, marijuana should be legalized, even though I never smoked it much and last did decades ago.

The only relevance is that Zimmerman wasn't bsing when he said Trayvon looked like he was on drugs as a reason to suspect him. If on coke or crack that could well lead to disinhibition to commit burglary.

[Passer By]

Amazing. This case is so clear-cut, there's just no room for any quibbling (it could be different, of course, but thankfully it isn't).

When this is over, how will they explain even charging Zimmerman? They've caused and continue to cause this guy an awful lot of trouble, and over what? It was clear from the very beginning there's nothing there. So, it's OK to basically destroy an obviously innocent guy in order to placate the goddamn n-words? Is that it? If Dershovitz says charges should be dropped, and never brought up to begin with, and Dersh is a liberal to the back teeth, how will this prosecutor explain her actions?

[jeanne]

"the idea that TM was some innocent little kid is exploded."

IMHO that's exactly what is not relevant, except to the Narrative. But it looks like we're trying to show a reasonable suspicion on Zimmerman's part, when he's not a cop and it wasn't an arrest.

[not too late]

"Eh, marijuana should be legalized,"

No way. It is an easy to prove crime that gets stupid criminals off the streets while they are young, and most dangerous.

[realist]

not too late is correct. You have to be a blithering idiot to risk going to jail for an intoxicant, when there are perfectly legal intoxicants that are ubiquitous and cheaper (i.e. alcohol). Hell, if people use their intoxicants at their own home, like most white potheads, they're usually fine. Marijuana provides a safety switch as well as population control.