QUOTE(milowent @ Mon 26th March 2012, 4:08pm)
while all manner of fights are erupting about trayvon, i'm not sure the fact of whether the girlfriend lived inside twin lakes or not is one of them, or even an important one. Tampa's paper just yesterday said she lived in the community. ("Trayvon Martin lived with his dad, who resides in the Miami area, and had visited his dad's girlfriend at the Retreat several times before.")
I saw that. There was another just yesterday doing the same thing. It is funny how no one reported that until well after Wikipedia originated that. It would not be the first time Wikipedia originated such "facts" because of poor research. Thus, the truth gets removed by people pushing a view.
It would be sad if the claim that the girlfriend lives there. Google Maps for 1111 Retreat View Circle to 1231 Twin Trees Ln, Sanford, FL (location according to Police Report). Typing in 7-11 Sanford, FL makes it unlikely that the boy lived in "Twin Lakes" as claimed, as the 7-11s are rather too far away to walk and across many highways or busy roads. The nearest being on 46, which is a mile away from the shooting site and across a major highway. More likely, he wandered away from home and started wandering alone to see what he could get up to (and, according to witnesses, was seeing attacking Zimmerman).
Many facts of the case are downplayed - such as his height and weight being greater than previous claimed (he is about my size, and capable of fighting), claims that he is too young to be violent (if you know high schools, age doesn't mean wont be violent), claims by his teacher that his suspension was about being late when it was really about drug use, etc. Even the fact that Zimmerman is Hispanic with many black family members is completely ignored by most of the media. It doesn't play into what they want to see, and Wikipedia does the same thing.
But anyway - the news can be horribly wrong - they were pulling in "facts" from a Trayvon that lived in California, such as the height (he is really over 6 foot tall according to the police report but the news claimed he was only 5'6" because they mistook the identity). Wikipedia just compounds it by spreading half truths or complete falsehoods. Wikipedia has become merely a propaganda tool.