Posted on 03/25/2012 1:04:38 PM PDT by Steelfish
Black Friend Defends Shooter of Florida Teen
March 25, 2012
SANFORD, Florida (Reuters) - George Zimmerman cried for days in remorse after shooting dead a black Florida teenager, a family friend of Zimmerman said on Sunday, offering a sympathetic portrayal of the man at the focal point of a national uproar.
Zimmerman, 28, a white Hispanic, shot Trayvon Martin, 17, in what he said was self defense during an altercation in the gated community Zimmerman was watching on February 26 in Sanford, Florida. After barely going noticed for weeks, the case has since galvanized the country and renewed a national discussion about race.
"He couldn't stop crying. He's a caring human being," Joe Oliver, 53, a former television news reporter and anchor in Orlando who has known Zimmerman for several years, told Reuters in a telephone interview.
"I mean, he took a man's life and he has no idea what to do about it. He's extremely remorseful about it," Oliver said, relating stories told to him by Zimmerman's mother-in-law, a close friend of Oliver's wife.
Oliver's account counters the withering criticism Zimmerman has sustained from demonstrators across the country who have demanded his arrest and accused him of racial bias in targeting Martin. Celebrities have taken up the cause of justice for Trayvon, and President Barack Obama said "all of us have to do some soul-searching" as a result of the tragedy.
"I'm a black male and all that I know is that George has never given me any reason whatsoever to believe he has anything against people of color," Oliver said.
Sanford police did not arrest Zimmerman, saying the evidence could not disprove his account of self-defense, though the case is under review by a state special prosecutor and the U.S. Justice Department.
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Did you forget SANTORUM or was it intentional? FWIW, I missed what Gingrich said about this, care to repeat it?
While I don’t disagree in any way what you posted, we’re all Americans, (as should be) my point was simply that this guy is all of the sudden considered “white”....for political, agitation reasons.
If you ever travel to Spain, Id strongly advise against call the natives Hispanics. They dont take kindly to that. A friend of mine travelled to Spain and was set straight rather quickly when he used the term Hispanic. His Spanish friend said,We are not Hispanics. We are Spaniards and Europeans. Hispanics are the people in the Americas; Central and South, having some Spaniard or Portguese or even some Italian blood but are mixed with the Native Indians and or black slaves.
I once worked with a gal from the Dominican Republic. She was stunningly beautiful and her father was an MD and her mother a college professor back in the DR. She absolutely hated the Hatians BTW and considered herself White or what she called a High Hispanic, meaning of mostly Spanish ancestry. And she was married to a blonde haired blue eyed Norwegian.
“Can someone please explain to me when Hispanics started coming in colors?”
What color should Hispanics come in?
Hold on, we’ve been told George is a RACIST. This black “friend” of his must be an Uncle Tom/Oreo, or to use a phrase that great humanitarian Harry Belafonte used, a “house n-word” (Harry didn’t say n word).
White ni**er aka uncle tom?
This may help. A good read!
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2017819414_zimmerman23.html
“Zimmerman’s mother, Ebert knew, was Peruvian, and he thought of her as Hispanic.”
You never fire warning shots or shoot to wound. Any one with any self defense traing knows this. At this time the only evidence released shows that Zimmerman was returning to his vehicle and then the 911 call from “John” stating that Martin was on top of Zimmerman beating him and Zimmerman was calling for help. This is consistent with the physical evidence, Zimmerman’s injuries and his statement. If Martin did attack Zimmerman as he stated then this is a clear cut case of self defense.
I don’t know the law in FL but in PA SYG law means that you have the right to use deadly force to protect yourself or another from the threat of grave bodily injury or death anywhere you have a legal right to be.
Steelfish,
And what do you know?
Again, no one should make any implied statements until the investigation is over. You are making statements based on incomplete reporting that he should of fired warning shots... yet I’ve seen reports that indicate Zimmerman was walking back to his vehicle when Martin came back and attacked him... there was even a 911 witness who reported that Martin was on top of him beating him... another report indicates that there was a struggle for control of his gun... so at which point do you fire warning shots?
The situation is fairly fubar’d and disappointing... but it is what it is and the police and DA will investigate it... unfortunately, if it turns out that Zimmerman’s account is accurate and he is not charged then the rest of the folks who have already tried and convicted him will want blood... If it turns out that he did something wrong then I’m confident that the local system will handle it.
>> [Gingrich] needs to stop making racial capital off this tragic case.
More blague on behalf of the sanctimonious candidate that has no time for evidence and due process.
Santorum: Zimmerman has a very sick mind, motive a malicious one
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2863627/posts
Which one's which? Martin's deleted page also uses a thumbnail of the dart board picture to identify him. I had been questioning that picture's provenance. Now I no longer do.
That Martin has lots of recent friends from all over the country (same may even attend the HS in Miami). These folks are mistakenly thinking they are friending the deceased.
You have a gift for understatement.
However, the Google cache I found is dated 6 February, and Martin didn't get shot until 26 February. And he didn't get famous until sometime after that. So, I think it's safe to conclude EatYhurBrainz was a real-life friend of Martin's and not one of his many posthumous friends.
Of course that is what Black racists and Left-Wing Obamabots do all the time. Obama, the man with nothing to run on, other then racism & hate!!! Hispanics, wake up!!! Obama will throw you under the bus in a New York minute if it suits his racist rant of the day!!! And.....to be really truthful, he really ain’t been the “One” for Black folks either.
5x5
Thank you. That is very interesting and, in my opinion, worth posting on its own, perhaps as breaking news! That way, Drudge, Hannity, etc. may pick it up.
“Zimmerman, 28, a white Hispanic”
Well, now the NY Slimes is dividing Hispanics into shades of color. I guess they are implying the white Hispanics are racist, vs. the brown or black Hispanics, who are not.
Skin color is apparently very, very important to the Times. Way more important than the circumstances of the shooting.
This is the real racism pervading our country.
Yep...I think I’ll go read my Bible and cling (clean) my guns....damn, sure wish I didn’t lose them in that boating accident on Lake Mead.... ;)
To USAF: I couldn't get the links to come across but there were cases in 2004 and 2009 (or thereabouts) where children of white immigrants from Africa were booted from school, fired, and otherwise beat-up on for using the term African American. I don't know the final results of legal actions etc. But you sure don't hear about them nowadays.
The Hispanic part did it in sr defense. The white part did it out of hatred \s
Which one's which?
The pic you posted. I've seen no others that even remotely look like him.
Thanks for the reply...
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