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Did Trayvon Martin Referee School Fights?

April 1, 2012

On Trayvon Martin’s YouTube channel, two of the five videos posted are of teenagers boxing at his high school. There’s a tall teenager in a black and silver striped shirt who appears to be acting as a referee of sorts. The cameraman on the first video says, “Watch out Trayvon, or I’ll slap you nigga.” [...]

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New Videos Show Zimmerman’s Gashed Head & Broken Face

March 31, 2012

In higher quality videos released tonight, certain frames appear to display a large gash and contusions on the back of Zimmerman’s head, as well as his swollen and puffy broken nose and face when he was taken in to be interviewed at the Sanford Police Station on February 26th, after the shooting of Trayvon Martin. [...]

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Evidence that Trayvon Martin Doubled Back

March 29, 2012

[Full-size version] Key: A – The Clubhouse for Retreat at Twin Lakes. B – Community mailboxes. C – Where George Zimmerman parked his truck. D – Brandy Green’s Townhouse, where Trayvon was staying. E – Zimmerman stopped and completed his 911 call for approximately eighty seconds. F – The fight and shooting took place in [...]

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Where Are Zimmerman’s Injuries?

March 29, 2012

I’m more than willing to give Zimmerman the benefit of the doubt that he acted in self-defense until evidence shows otherwise, but there needs to be documented proof of his injuries if he was in a fight that was so severe he felt like his life was threatened. Tonight on ABC, we saw the first [...]

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Editor-in-Chief’s Response to the Martin / Zimmerman posts on Wagist

March 28, 2012

In the past few days Wagist has been accused of irresponsible journalism, sensationalism, bigotry and racism… these charges have begun seeping outside the boundaries of this publication and into my private life. The source of the public outrage is a pair of articles written by my colleague, the man who asked me to fill the [...]

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Misconceptions in the Trayvon Martin Case

March 28, 2012

Despite the Trayvon Martin shooting being more than a month passed, misinformation and fallacious arguments continue to appear with great frequency. Let’s take a closer look at some of the top misconceptions regarding the Trayvon Martin case. Trayvon was a normal, well-adjusted teenager. Seventeen-year-olds don’t normally have gold teeth, multiple tattoos, multiple school suspensions, friends [...]

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Was Trayvon Martin a Drug Dealer?

March 25, 2012

Above is the iconic picture we’ve been become accustomed to seeing everywhere in the media, used to represent the recent Trayvon Martin shooting in Sanford, Florida. From everything the public has been told, Trayvon Martin was a fresh-faced, innocent looking teenager and the visage of the man who shot him, George Zimmerman, is right out [...]

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Progressives, it’s time to go buy your guns.

September 10, 2011

I’m a liberal (or progressive, if you prefer the term). I’ve always had mixed feelings about gun ownership. As a child, I enjoyed playing with cap guns, and a macho, caveman corner of my personality has always liked the idea of wielding a weapon. But, the rational pragmatist in me has never been able to [...]

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A Quick Thought about Twitter

July 14, 2011

I’ve never quite understood the appeal of twitter, but occasionally a tweet does find its way onto my computer screen. Your standard tweet looks a bit like: I was just at #McDonalds where I saw @Madonna killing a guy! The ‘#’ tags McDonald’s as a relevant topic of the post. The ‘@’ assures that the [...]

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Buck Review: A Well-Disciplined Documentary

July 1, 2011

If you’ve watched the trailer of the new documentary ‘Buck’ and it strikes you as even a somewhat interesting topic, you’ll love the film. The feature length documentary that follows Buck and his family around the country putting on horse training trials is just the sort of story you would expect: heartwarming, emotional, honest and, [...]

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