Did Trayvon Martin get Donald Trump elected president? My theory.

Tweet

I don't know if I've fully expressed my theory here. But I think it's kind of interesting. Maybe I have and just forgot about it. I'll keep it simple. Travon Martin was a black American teenager who was shot and killed after he attacked a Latino off-duty security guard. It happened in a Southern state, I think, perhaps Florida. I don't remember the exact date, but I think it was around 2012. I remember thinking that the initial radio reports of a "white" security officer attacking and shooting an innocent black 13-tear-old teenager sounded weird, so I decided to follow the story. This shooting was one of the major inspirations for the Black Lives Matter movement. Only during the trial of the shooter (for murder, I think) did it become apparent to most Americans that Martin and his "girlfriend" (with whom was on the phone just before the incident) were racist, while the shooter was not. And it became apparent that it was Martin who had attacked the shooter, not knowing he was armed, not the other way around. In this instance, conservative FOX news presented information about Martin that was suppressed on main stream media, Including him having multiple suspensions from school, being a home invasion robbery suspect, having attacked a bus driver, etc. My argument is pretty simple: Many white Americans, and especially those with conservative leanings in the first place, became fed up with the main stream media presenting "false narratives" about the police (and other authority figures) and their treatment of blacks. They did not want to hear about "Black Lives Matter" or "Defund the Police." They were tired of "political correctness." In 2016, Trump provided Americans with a chance to laugh at political correctness, and vote for a man who was obviously not very bright, but who would be able to thumb his (and America's collective) nose at PC run amok. What made me write this piece? I just watched a video of a 13-year-old black boy punching a female police officer in the face after she tried to get him to move his flower sales away from the front door of Walmart. He wound up arrested, rather than moving to nearby spot with a friendly smile toward the officers. What cracks me up is that I wonder if there will be protests about his arrest. I'm sure he's a fine boy. I was a bit of a street kid in Chicago, bit I never dreamed of punching police officer when I was 13. If they asked me to do something, I did it. If BLM does a protest (I am not being facetious--it COULD happen!) about this incident, will it motivate "true conservatives," most of whom are probably (at least in their private lives) tired of both political correctness and madman Trump, to reconsider, and vote for Trump as they did in 2016? Here's a link to the story I stumbled on this morning. I'll look for updates later.