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Originally Posted by FlamingLonghorn
Actually first time it was brought was about a year ago. Also, this family member (who the defense team is who identified who it was, she was anonymous previously to that) called the Sanford PD and told them that good ole George and his mother were very racist towards black people, pretty quickly after the event occurred.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...relevant-past/ |
Yet Zimmerman was extremely critical of the police in the Sherman Ware incident
http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/24/justic...-teen-shooting
He mentored black children
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ama-ya...b_1399944.html
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Sonner said Zimmerman and his wife served as mentors to two teenage children of an African-American woman. Though funding was cut for the program, the couple continued their efforts on their own, taking the 13-year-old girl and 14-year-old boy on outings to a mall, a science center and a basketball game. They also helped in a fundraiser for an African-American church, the lawyer said.
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He dated a black girl and took her to the prom.
I've read mixed reports about what Witness 6 said. some have said that she accused Zimmerman of being a racist. Some have accused his mother of being racist. I also find it a bit suspicious that she called this in after the event occurred.
So unless Zimmerman was preparing for his legal defense for shooting a black kid back in high school I'm a bit suspicious of the story. His actions in the above certainly don't point to him being a racist.
In terms of the whole molestation claims by the same witness, until it ends up in court its just a claim.
It seems like people are working very hard in painting this guy with a racist brush, its kinda sad.
Even in the 9-11 transcript the only time that color came up was when he was asked to describe the person. He replied that he looked black, he was wearing a hoodie jeans or sweats and tennis shoes.
The dispatcher asked what he was doing, and Zimmerman replied he was looking at all the houses.
Its kinda funny because I believe that the whole racial profiling comes from the description that the police asked for.
Its very possible that Zimmerman was more suspicious about the actions of "looking at all the houses" as opposed to appearance. Especially in a neighborhood that had robberies and a home invasion.
We will never know what happened between the time that Zimmerman stopped pursuit, said that he lost Trayvan and the fight between the two. I'm still convinced that this was a tragic incident caused by a lot of different mistakes by two people.
I'm still convinced that the court and the jury made the right decision in this case.
Its tragic that a teenager is dead.
Its an amazing and interesting and sad piece of history that has taught us the power of the media and their ability to do anything to manufacture stories (editing tapes etc.)
Its amazing and sad how both sides have completely jumped into their own individual band wagons on this and how this is creating a massive split in the United States.
I don't think there will ever be healing for any of the parties involved. There won't be any healing for a long time between the various groups in the States.