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Black Friend Defends Shooter of Florida Teen
NY Times ^ | March 25, 2012

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.

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: cmurder; enemedia; esmit; georgezimmerman; getwhitey; joeoliver; medialynching; nytimes; raceagitators; racebaiters; racebaitingleft; racepimps; raceprop; racialagitators; racialdividers; racistleft; slimm; trayvon; trayvonmartin; twitter; whiteafrican; whiteblack; whitehispanic; whitekenyan; zimmerman; zimmermanfriends
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To: Steelfish

Thisshouldn’t surprise anyone. It’s a typical reaction by blacks when they are stirred up.

What we should be doing is prosecuting Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackass for instigating a riot and Instigating the Black panthers into a dead or alive poster.

What it all comes down to is that it wouldn’t be any use in being one if you can’t act like one.


21 posted on 03/25/2012 1:21:39 PM PDT by Venturer
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To: Lmo56

No,in the new official language as decreed by the NYT,Obama would be a “white-African” unless DNA proves he’s Frank Marshal Davis’s offspring. Do you know something the rest of us don’t? ;)


22 posted on 03/25/2012 1:22:34 PM PDT by TexasSecede79366
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To: Las Vegas Ron
The DOJ/FBI count all hispanics as WHITE so as to up the white on color crime stats or at least that seems to be the reason for not differentiating between latinos and europeans. they may have some other even more outrageous reason.
23 posted on 03/25/2012 1:22:34 PM PDT by bdfromlv (Leavenworth hard time)
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To: Steelfish
White hispanic? Someone pointed out that CNN first coined the term. The lib/commies are obviously trying to gin up race hatred.
24 posted on 03/25/2012 1:22:52 PM PDT by Stepan12
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To: rusty schucklefurd

“What is a “white Hispanic?”

From what I can tell, according to the census bureau, Hispanics are white unless they are black, natives, or Asian. Whites of European descent are “non-hispanic whites”.

It really is ridiculous to have such inconsistent labels. There is one race. My heritage is Jewish, European, Cherokee, and African - what am I dear census bureau???


25 posted on 03/25/2012 1:23:00 PM PDT by greatvikingone
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To: Steelfish

... “a white hispanic” ...

Now that is a new term for me.


26 posted on 03/25/2012 1:24:02 PM PDT by Free America52 (The White guys are getting pissed off. We beat Hitler Hirohito and Krushchev. Obama will be easy.)
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To: Steelfish
That's pretty powerful stuff. I especially liked this part:
"All these people who are threatening George, what makes them any better than the person they think he is?" Oliver said. "You've got all these people wanting to lynch the man and they don't know the whole story. There are huge gaps that are being filled in and interpreted without evidence."
Obviously, he was asked to speak out by Zimmerman's lawyer. That makes it no less sincere on Oliver's part - it's just a shame the agitators have forced Zimmerman into a race-based publicity strategy.
27 posted on 03/25/2012 1:24:20 PM PDT by PhatHead
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To: Steelfish
If you read the article carefully, all it says is that the shooter was not racist.

So why the "White" Hispanic terminology?

Have you ever heard the term "White" Hispanic before this case?

28 posted on 03/25/2012 1:24:31 PM PDT by Las Vegas Ron (Rush Limbaugh = the Beethoven of talk radio - http://www.istandwithrush.org/)
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To: bdfromlv

True. Many hispanics identify as white as well though.


29 posted on 03/25/2012 1:25:04 PM PDT by Amberdawn
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To: Steelfish
"We don’t kill completely unarmed people without first firing warning shots"

Clearly you do not have a clue about self defense. But I must admit it is fun watching you santorum supporters twist your self into pretzels trying to change reality to match what he said.
30 posted on 03/25/2012 1:25:04 PM PDT by JoSixChip (santorum is Mr Rogers without a spine. Check his record, not his rhetoric.)
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To: Steelfish

First of all, NY times, there is no such thing a a “White Hispanic”. period!!! Hispanics ar made up multitudes of ethnic combinations, American Indians, South American indians, Indians from India, White, Black, Chinese, Japanese, Italians, Irish, Pacific Islanders, etc., etc.

I would suggest you dispatch one of your Obamabot reporters to Central, Latin, & South America, the Caribbean Basin, Spain, Portugal, the Philipines, Santo Domingo, Cuba, etc, etc. With that racially intended statement, your article has no validity whatsoever and means nothing but waste, bias and left-wing hatred!!! End of strory!!!


31 posted on 03/25/2012 1:26:13 PM PDT by JLAGRAYFOX (My only objective is defeat and destroy POTUS Obama & his Democrat Party, politically!!!)
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To: Steelfish

“White hispanic”.

This so perfectly crystalizes liberal media bias. Its almost satire...


32 posted on 03/25/2012 1:26:34 PM PDT by dinoparty
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To: RedCell
They always have. Hispanic is an ethnicity not a race. I understand what you mean about the media using white to stoke tensions though. Caucasian Negro Mestizo
33 posted on 03/25/2012 1:27:50 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: bdfromlv

Yep, it’s all about the “A” (Agenda)


34 posted on 03/25/2012 1:28:16 PM PDT by Las Vegas Ron (Rush Limbaugh = the Beethoven of talk radio - http://www.istandwithrush.org/)
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To: Steelfish
We don’t kill completely unarmed people without first firing warning shots or at least shots that would cause non-lethal injuries.

Still posting absurd comments I see. Your thinking is twisted in a significantly left-tilting or a typically ignorant manner concerning self defense and firearms in general, IMO.

Real life isn't a moronic hollywood movie. I implore you to consider that before continuing your comments.

Who cares what Jeb Bush has to say about stand your ground? Self Defense is Self Defense. Consider THAT!
35 posted on 03/25/2012 1:28:34 PM PDT by Pox (Good Night. I expect more respect tomorrow.)
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To: Steelfish

Who goes to jail for his death? He did not attack anyone.

36 posted on 03/25/2012 1:28:53 PM PDT by bmwcyle (I am ready to serve Jesus on Earth because the GOP failed again)
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To: ColdOne

I hope this PO’s the Hispanic voters


37 posted on 03/25/2012 1:29:26 PM PDT by MNDude
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To: Steelfish
"We don’t kill completely unarmed people without first firing warning shots or at least shots that would cause non-lethal injuries."

You haven't the slightest clue what you're going on about, now do you?

You've never owned a weapon or had any weapons training....and IF you had, you slept through it and should never be allowed to own a weapon.

There is no such thing as a "warning shot". That's Hollywood bullshit. You pull that weapon, you aim, fire, and shoot to kill. Period. You want to try and guess whether your attacker is armed in a split second? Be my guest. You'll be a corpse.

38 posted on 03/25/2012 1:32:22 PM PDT by RightOnline (I am Andrew Breitbart!)
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To: PhatHead
There are huge gaps that are being filled in and interpreted without evidence.

From the city manager's report released to clarify the FACTS:

What about media reenactments of the shooting incident?

Any media reenactments of the shooting incident are purely speculation. To date the Sanford Police Department has not released any rendition of the events of the evening to anyone other than the Office of the State Attorney. The renditions we have seen are not consistent with the evidence in this case.

39 posted on 03/25/2012 1:32:44 PM PDT by MissMagnolia (Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't. (M.Thatcher))
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To: Steelfish

Incihng the towel back.

Obama screwed up.

He has pushed Whites and Hispanics closer.

Marco Ruibio will benefit from his war on Hispanics.


40 posted on 03/25/2012 1:33:22 PM PDT by NoLibZone (When will Obama call Trayvon's mom? He was quick to call Sandra Fluke.)
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