walking while black - Trayvon Martin

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LC- I read earlier on that Martin’s father did not even know this happened until the next day. Was this a fact or a rumor?
I am trying to wrap my mind around the evidence that was made public. In a gated community (I live in a gated community) when an officer with lights on, ambulance, etc. are within the housing area EVERYONE knows what is going on in our neighborhood.

Very little has come out about where the father was, mother, etc. How long the father was staying with his “girlfriend”? Did the burglaries happen after Martin started “staying” with his father?

I wondered the same thing - how with all the lights and sirens there must have been - that Trayvon's father didn't know something was going on. I know every time I was at work in my office and heard sirens, I'd look at the clock and think where my kids were at that time. Usually, it was during school hours and I'd be relieved; but if it was while they might be on their way home from school, I'd always make an extra call to make sure they had gotten home safely. [Once after hearing a siren, I did get a call from the police - my son had had a minor bike accident.]

My recollection is that Trayvon's father said that when Trayvon didn't come home, he assumed Trayvon was with his cousin.

It's hard to imagine a parent assuming a 16-year-old would be somewhere safe when they haven't come back as expected. I don't know if the dad tried to call Trayvon - I assume not or he surely would have been worried when he didn't answer.