# Question about the Trayvon Martin Case?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [April 11, 2012, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-trayvon-martin-case/618504 "2012-04-11T22:28:55Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-trayvon-martin-case/618504/255 "2012-04-16T16:50:08Z")

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> [@Terr](#):
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> The “outweighed by 100 lb” thing is pulled by the paper from thin air, unattributed.
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> The “never asked for an attorney or changed his story” comes from “former Sanford police Chief Bill Lee”, with full attribution.
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> That’s what makes it different.

I see.

But Chief Lee, given that he had a motive to sugarcoat his department’s performance in light of subsequent criticism… might he have hedged a little? Is it possible?

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