MSNBC Up W Chris Hayes April 1, 2012
it's led to the character assassination of a dead 178-year-old boy. a lot of it was helped along by the sanford police department itself which lead to an article in the sentinel. then came the article that the media only used pictures of him when he was younger to paint him as a child. images like this one began popping up on line. here's the thing about this picture. that's not trayvon martin. the photo was first posted where it was picked up by credible media outlets before realizing their mistake. not, i should note, that an empty bag of marijuana or an impudent photo has any weig...