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George Zimmerman's Father: My Son Is Not Racist, Did Not Confront Trayvon Martin
Orlando Sentinel ^ | 3/15/12 | Rene Stutzman

Posted on 03/23/2012 10:06:45 AM PDT by Lmo56

The Sanford Neighborhood Watch volunteer who shot and killed Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teenager, did not instigate the encounter but has received death threats and moved out of his home, his father told the Orlando Sentinel on Thursday.

George Zimmerman, 28, has not been arrested, something that has put him and the Sanford Police Department at the center of a firestorm. Critics say Trayvon, who was visiting family from his home in Miami, was a victim of racial profiling.

Zimmerman's father, 64-year-old Robert Zimmerman of Lake Mary, delivered a one-page letter to the Sentinel on Thursday, saying that the depiction of his son in the media has been cruel and misleading.

George Zimmerman is Hispanic and grew up in a multiracial family, the statement says.

"He would be the last to discriminate for any reason whatsoever ...," the letter says. "The media portrayal of George as a racist could not be further from the truth."

The letter does not provide details about what happened Feb. 26 on a walkway in the gated community where George Zimmerman lives and where Trayvon was visiting. But it does challenge one basic assumption of the family's lawyers: that Zimmerman's intent when he got out of his sport utility vehicle was to confront Trayvon after calling police to report a suspicious person.

(Excerpt) Read more at orlandosentinel.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption
KEYWORDS: georgezimmerman; martin; trayvon; trayvonmartin; zimmerman
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To: muawiyah

Look at the one minute mark in the video - see a sidewalk? Or are you too busy googling addresses?

http://www.myfoxorlando.com/dpp/news/seminole_news/022712-man-shot-and-killed-in-neighborhood-altercation#ixzz1pxOdNSyI%3C/p


221 posted on 03/23/2012 1:09:16 PM PDT by Mr Rogers ("they found themselves made strangers in their own country")
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To: Mr Rogers

And let me say that I don’t think, at this point, that Zimmerman is guilty of murder. He may be guilty of absolutely nothing, legally, but it’s safe to say that if he’d stayed in his truck, none of this would have happened. That he must live with.


222 posted on 03/23/2012 1:09:33 PM PDT by Clara Lou (ABO! Go Newt!)
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To: muawiyah
I simply imagined Zimmerman taking the cellphone and putting it in his pocket.

And what would that accomplish?
223 posted on 03/23/2012 1:10:43 PM PDT by coon2000 (Give me Liberty or give me death!)
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To: Mr Rogers

I’ve come to the conclusion, no matter how this thing turns out, BOTH of these guys are PUNKS. And it doesn’t have anything to do with the color of their skin.


224 posted on 03/23/2012 1:10:49 PM PDT by skinndogNN
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To: Mr Rogers

I’ve come to the conclusion, no matter how this thing turns out, BOTH of these guys are/were PUNKS. And it doesn’t have anything to do with the color of their skin.


225 posted on 03/23/2012 1:11:00 PM PDT by skinndogNN
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To: Clara Lou

I loathe HOAs & Neighborhood Watch programs, so I’m not a fan of Zimmerman. He sounds like a Loser...but he MAY have been a loser in danger. Or not.


226 posted on 03/23/2012 1:14:30 PM PDT by Mr Rogers ("they found themselves made strangers in their own country")
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To: muawiyah

And yet you answered my question. I already thanked you.


227 posted on 03/23/2012 1:14:30 PM PDT by Pan_Yans Wife ("For the sake of our party we must stand united, whoever our nominee is."-Sarah Palin)
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To: spunkets

I see that you have no intention of letting facts get in the way of “social justice” any more than the W0n in the White House.

This story has no legs with out smearing racist innuendo all over the facts. Political hay lacks nutrient and flavor, but if the White House can just get some race riots going, maybe they will forget that he is a community agitator, puppet for Bill Ayers.


228 posted on 03/23/2012 1:18:30 PM PDT by Steamburg (The contents of your wallet is the only language Politicians understand.)
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To: FReepaholic
All the pictures make Traynor like like a twelve year old. But I understand that he was 6'2, a basketball star.
That he had been suspended from school for five days.
229 posted on 03/23/2012 1:18:38 PM PDT by mickie
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To: FReepaholic
All the pictures make Traynor like like a twelve year old. But I understand that he was 6'2, a basketball star.
That he had been suspended from school for five days.
230 posted on 03/23/2012 1:18:55 PM PDT by mickie
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To: Clara Lou

OK. I will say that it “appears” that you have already determined that Zimmerman is guilty and you “appear” to dispute anything posted that disagrees with your preconceived conclusion that he is.

You stated to a poster on this thread that there was no proof that Zimmerman was getting his head pounded or was bleeding.

Are you spending more time disputing those who are tracking this story than you are keeping up with new developments yourself?

I suggest that you quit trying to dispute everyone who posts their opinions and links showing where they are based on just because you don’t like them disproving your verdict in this case.

I also suggest that you learn what the word LIAR means since you use it so readily when it is just your OPINION that someone is not agreed with that makes you determine someone a liar.

Now, go fluke yourself. I’ve got better things to do than waste my time on a closet liberal like you.


231 posted on 03/23/2012 1:21:28 PM PDT by Jack Burton007 (This is Jack Burton in the Pork Chop Express, and I'm talkin' to whoever's listenin' out there.)
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To: spunkets
BTW, I am an expert at discriminating the various words and sounds in streams of spoken English. All I needed was the friggin' unenhanced tape in this case.

I'll have you know mister, I too am an expert but in discerning bullship when I read and hear it and your above comment is undeniably, unequivocally, bullship!.....LOL!

232 posted on 03/23/2012 1:27:02 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (No matter what you post here, someone's going to get pissed off......)
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To: MizSterious

I was listening to Beck talk about it. He’s already convicted Zimmerman.


233 posted on 03/23/2012 1:27:30 PM PDT by stevio (God, guns, guts.)
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To: spunkets

You’re unhinged .. get help


234 posted on 03/23/2012 1:27:46 PM PDT by tomkat (FU.baraq)
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To: Mr Rogers

People who put much stock in what Google earth shows are those who believe everything they read on Wikipedia.

I take what they say with a very large grain of salt.

Google earth is off by 100s of feet when I check known locations. They may have it right on some things in some locations, but not accurate enough to put much stock in it.


235 posted on 03/23/2012 1:28:13 PM PDT by Jack Burton007 (This is Jack Burton in the Pork Chop Express, and I'm talkin' to whoever's listenin' out there.)
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To: coon2000
Well, what do we know about the cellphone. LEt's say it's the latest and greatest cellphone with full feature service and plenty of aps FROM APPLE.

I have it on good authority (AT http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_iphone/family/iphone/iphone4s ) that you can get your basic phone for a mere $199. Then there are the aps, and wow.

Your typical ordinary neighborhood kid with indulgent parents may well be walking down the street with over $3,000 in stuff wrapped up in a cellphone.

Is that worth "taking'? Frankly, I don't know, but somebody does.

BUT that's just about the value of the cellphone. What about the pictures? Did Martin take the cellphone out of his pocket to take a picture? What did he see? Did Zimmerman take the phone to hide evidence?

If the kid had CLOUD Those photos went straight to CLOUD!

236 posted on 03/23/2012 1:28:59 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: Jack Burton007

Zimmerman didn’t complain about sidewalks.


237 posted on 03/23/2012 1:31:08 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: MizSterious
Pants on fire alert!

LOL

238 posted on 03/23/2012 1:32:16 PM PDT by tomkat (FU.baraq)
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To: spunkets

Oh I see, saying f’n coon is license for blacks to attack non-blacks. So hard, this PC stuff.


239 posted on 03/23/2012 1:32:40 PM PDT by stevio (God, guns, guts.)
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To: Jack Burton007
You stated to a poster on this thread that there was no proof that Zimmerman was getting his head pounded or was bleeding.
Take a course in reading comprehension. I said that there was no proof his head was being hit against the sidewalk. It's on this thread. JUST READ.

And you are a LIAR. You said, It’s looking like the “Al Sharpton fan club” is starting to swarm to this thread now to scream for Zimmerman’s lynching.
I said that no one has called for Zimmerman's lynching. It's on this thread. Then you switched and started using the term "hanging." It's on this thread.

Then you decided to call me a "liberal." Let me say this clearly, again: You are a liar.

240 posted on 03/23/2012 1:33:54 PM PDT by Clara Lou (ABO! Go Newt!)
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