Almost forgot!
Today Trayvon's dad tells
another story about when Trayvon left the house in
People Magazine.
If you recall, the original story is that Trayvon left during halftime of the NBA Game to get some snacks. He was allegedly on the cell phone with his cousin when he walked out the door.
Well some quick fact checking of the TV schedule (TNT 2/26/12) shows that the NBA game actually started at 7:30. Trayvon was shot around 7:15 and was being pronounced dead by the Sanford Fire Department paramedic at 7:30 (according to the police report).
That would mean that Trayvon left the house after he was already dead. Oops.
Clearly the father lied, but why?
Well, today Trayvon's dad tells People Magazine that he actually left the house and went out to dinner
before Trayvon left the house. When dad (and presumably girlfriend) came back from dinner, Trayvon was gone. Tracy Martin (dad) didn't worry because he assumed that Trayvon was with his older cousin. He (and presumably the girlfriend) went to bed.
It was only when he got up the next morning (Monday) that he realized Trayvon was missing. He says that he learned that Trayvon was not with his cousin. (I'm assuming the cousin called. It makes me wonder if the cousin wasn't supposed to look after Trayvon while Tracy was doing his truck driving job).
Tracy then called the police, as he told the Sentinel, to see if his son "had been arrested." That's when he learned his son had been shot.
So Tracy Martin lied about his own whereabouts on Sunday and on Trayvon's time of departure. Makes you wonder how much else is not exactly the truth.
