Soap in a sponge: The enduring myth that George Zimmerman was told not to get out of his car

Legal Insurrection ^ | July 17, 2013 | Professor William A. Jacobson

[2ndDivisionVet]

There are many lessons to be learned from the media miscoverage of the George Zimmerman shooting of Trayvon Martin.

We’ve dealt repeatedly with the false “hoodie” and racial narratives, the ludicrous audio and video analyzes, and the misunderstanding of the role Stand Your Ground played [actually, did not play] in the case.

We’ve seen post-trial articles about how the prosecution failed to “humanize” Trayvon, without addressing that the prosecution deliberately didn’t go there because it would have brought into evidence Trayvon’s history of fighting, drug use and illegal weapons possession. Rachel Jeantel’s post-trial interview on CNN also raised the possibility that the fight was started by Trayvon out of homophobic fear that Zimmerman was a sexual predator.

In this sea of media malpractice, one enduring fabrication lives on despite conclusive trial testimony, the concept that Zimmerman was ordered, instructed, or told not to get out of his car by the 911 operator.

I completely debunked this concept when it was assumed by Jonathan Capehart at WaPo, In busting Zimmerman myths, Jonathan Capehart perpetuates the greatest myth of all. I emailed Capehart about it, he responded “fair point,” and as of this writing the offending comment about Zimmerman being told not to get out of this car no longer is in Capehart’s column. Good for him.

But the myth lives on in part because other media is not as responsible......

[Revolting cat!]

“Soap in a sponge”? What essential piece of ancient folk wisdom have I missed? Series!

[jeffc]

There are many lessons to be learned from the media miscoverage of the George Zimmerman shooting of Trayvon Martin.

And the "news" media will miss every single one of them and learn not one thing!!

[Sopater]

Since the Zimmerman trial, I’ve become a HUGE fan of LI.

[ASA Vet]

the fight was started by Trayvon out of homophobic fear that Zimmerman was a creepy ass-cracker.

[SkyDancer]

No 911 transcript of the call? More suppressed evidence by the prosecutor?

[Sopater]

Since the Zimmerman trial, I’ve become a HUGE fan of LI.

...and so is Massad Ayoob (THE ZIMMERMAN VERDICT, PART 1)

...to get the commentary and analysis of the case that most of the mainstream media denied you, go to the excellent day by day writing of Andrew Branca, an attorney who specializes in this sort of case, at www.legalinsurrection.com.

[ironman]

LI should have pointed out too that GZ was on the Non-Emergency-Number line not 911. Chief of Police Bill Lee back in March 2012 put out a statement that even if the dispatch operator gave an order (which was not done) GZ was under no legal obligation to obey.

[Sopater]

If I had a "creepy-ass cracker", he'd look like George Zimmerman.

[Blood of Tyrants]

A lie will travel around the world while the truth is still putting on its pants.

[Sopater]

LI should have pointed out too that GZ was on the Non-Emergency-Number line not 911.

I believe that they have done that mon other posts. I'm surprised that they didn't in this one.

[TigersEye]

In this sea of media malpractice, one enduring fabrication lives on despite conclusive trial testimony, the concept that Zimmerman was ordered, instructed, or told not to get out of his car by the 911 operator.

How many falsehoods does that media-created template contain?

• He called 411 not 911.
• He was in a truck not a car.
• He was already out of his truck because the operator wanted to know where Martin had gone.
• The operator did not give Zimmerman any order at all in the entire call.
• The operator had no authority to order Zimmerman to do anything.
• When the operator suggested "we don't need you to do that" GZ replied "OK" and headed back to his truck.

If the media worked in a fast food restaurant they couldn't get an order for 'one burger, one fries and one Pepsi' right.

[raybbr]

“Soap in a sponge”? What essential piece of ancient folk wisdom have I missed? Series!”

My guess is that it means: Just like getting the soap out of a sponge it’s going to be hard to get this motion out of people’s mind.

[2ndDivisionVet]

[driftless2]

Another myth: Zimmmerman “chased down” Martin, caught him an shot him in cold blood. Zimmerman told the dispatcher that Martin was running. Does anybody believe short, fat, non-athletic Zimmerman could catch a 17 year old, slender, athletic-looking, black male, run him down, and then shoot him?

[TigersEye]

[2ndDivisionVet]

[cdcdawg]

“In this sea of media malpractice, one enduring fabrication lives on...”

While I understand his point, a lot more than just one fabrication endures, although this is a big one.

[ASA Vet]

Is this still Barry's ass-cracker?

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

I’m stealing this and posting it to my FB page just so I can watch libtard heads explode.