Zimmerman defense team responds to Obama’s comments

Looks like NSA was there for a second or so :)

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Ghostery is great. Highly recommended.

so obama would have pounded and grounded 35 years ago? nice

My contribution to the race conversation is this: If a black man killed a white boy under similar circumstances, he would go free, and none of this vitriol from the rabid left, and race-baiting Obama pimps (media) would be going on.

Obama just admitted that Obama was a thug, 35 years ago.

Good statement by the defense team. I really like that these guys don’t take any crap and always push back. The GOP could learn a lot from these two.

There’s a pattern here, after 4 1/2 years of ackjassery. We’ve got the pResident making puerile statements, here about Trayvon™, and then you have someone playing the part of the “responsible adult.”

Catch us if you can Obama.

“Where are the nation’s conservative political leaders?”

I hope they’re waiting for the blinding flames to subside before making their comments.

I hope the Tea Party types will emerge as the leaders. Is “establishment conservative leader” a self-contradictory term?

George Zimmerman needs to change his name to George Benghazi - he will never be mentioned by the President again.

Bears repeating!

Hey! Cut the achmed some slack - he was lightheaded from his Ramadan fasting.

It’s really simple. Mommas don’t let your babies grow up to be thugs.

It might not be wise for GZ’s lawyers to mix it up with the guy who has the power to fire the Attorney Corporal of the United States.

Au contraire! In for a penny, in for a pound....these guys know that the next inning will be played on an entirely different ballfield.

All the 'little Trayvon' stuff that was excluded in Florida will be fair game.

Zero's stepping on his foreskin, and doesn't even know it yet.

In true liberal fashion Mr. Obama presents an argument based on a false premise, namely that only young African American males get extra scrutiny. Of course just about anyone can remember some instance where they were getting extra scrutiny. And just about any young guy who has spent some time with a rougher crowd knows exactly what it is like to have the police, store owners, and others discriminating against you. It has nothing to do with race and a lot to do with behavior, dress, location, etc.

Where are the nation’s conservative political leaders??? Why aren’t THEY saying the truth: that Holder and Sharpton and the Clown are fanning the flames of racism???

WHAT conservative leaders?

It's RINOs all the way down.

Wake up.

Obama and the O-rimmers are not looking for justice.

Conservativism doesn’t work with out Courage.

/Where are the nation’s conservative political leaders???

“Trayvon a ‘Thug,’ Not Innocent little thing”

Trayvon was a product of the environment he grew up in. The hoodie is intended to give a thug look, isn’t it? The trashy, violent role models for black kids are permitted by adults, aren’t they?

Responsibility for Trayvon’s behavior on the night he died lies with adults who have not paid attention to what’s going on with their youth, or don’t care, or don’t know what to do.

The political and entertainment people have let us down. They don’t realize that kids need to be protected from temptations that they are not yet able to to understand or resist.

Defense - “It took courage for our President to address the Zimmerman Case”

Bullcrap! Did Clinton stick his nose into the OJ case?

Obama just admitted that Obama was a thug, 35 years ago.

Or that Obama was an anti-gay bigot thug. Some say that Trayvon took exception to George because he thought a gay guy was out to rape him, so being hateful of gays he doubled back and did a beatdown of what he thought was a gay guy. "Creepy ass-cracker" being a term used by many blacks referring to gays cruising for teen boys (rather than the more common "cracker" reference to white men). Of course then it wouldn't be a younger Obama, because Obama would be the creepy ass-cracker.

Is this really something that should be excerpted?

Statement from Zimmerman Defense team:

We have listened to President Obama’s comments about the verdict in the Zimmerman Case. People are focusing on this quote: “Trayvon Martin could’ve been me 35 years ago.” To focus on this one line misses the nuances of the President’s message, which includes comments about how African Americans view the Zimmerman Case in the context of the history of racial disparity in America.

For more than a year, we have been listening to the conversation about this case -- from voices on every side -- and we have become very sensitive to the racial context that surrounds this case. We acknowledge Mr. Obama’s remarks regarding the frustration felt by some when viewed in context of our nation’s history, which includes racial insensitivities spanning generations, and existing even today, including within our criminal justice system.

While we acknowledge and understand the racial context of this case, we challenge people to look closely and dispassionately at the facts. We believe those who look at the facts of the case without prejudice will see that it is a clear case of self-defense, and we are certain that those who take a closer look at the kind of person George Zimmerman is -- something we understand the Department of Justice is currently doing -- we are confident they will find a young man with with a diverse ethnic and racial background who is not a racist, a man who is, in fact, sensitive to the complex racial history of our country.

It takes courage to talk about race. It took courage for our President to address the Zimmerman Case and candidly discuss how and why people are upset by the verdict. We would like to stress that the verdict was reached fairly and justly and that it reflects the letter of the law and represents the law’s proper application to the facts. While we acknowledge the racial context of the case, we hope that the President was not suggesting that this case fits a pattern of racial disparity, because we strongly contend that it does not.

This case has given the nation an opportunity to have a candid conversation about race. We would like to contribute to this discourse. Our President has clearly indicated he is willing to contribute to the discourse. As we begin this conversation, we want to say this: we cannot talk about race in sound bites. Before you cast an opinion about what the President said, be sure to listen to his comments in full. Before you judge George Zimmerman or disparage the verdict of the citizen jury, understand the facts in full. Agree not to listen to just what meets your predisposition, but to accept what exists.

Only in this way can we assure that the conversations we want to have, that we need to have, will be attended and listened to by those whose presence is necessary for a full discourse -- a discourse that can have positive consequences for our growth as a nation.