Posted on 03/17/2012 9:53:56 AM PDT by redreno
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) -- Calls made to police show that a black teenager was terrified as he tried to get away from the white neighborhood watch volunteer who shot him, and that the volunteer was not defending himself as he has claimed, the teen's family told The Associated Press on Saturday.
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“Calls made to police show...”
How is THAT admissible or credible evidence? This corrupt AP article charges, damns, convicts and all but sentences/executes the “neighborhood watch volunteer”. Total BS without PROOF. But, hey: when did the LSM/libs ever need that burdensome and trivial stuff?
I don’t know if Zimmerman is innocent or not but... That article has no actual facts in it and appears to be just following the liberal MSM as portraying any legal gun owner as a racist, sexist, homophobic, mysoginistic Neanderthal throwback. Especially one who has used his gun to defend himself. All of the phone calls were from neighbors who HEARD something, none of them saw anything. Zimmerman had injuries to support his claim of self defense. Also, looking at his Facebook page, Trayvon either had gang ties or was a wannabee. I think he also had a record. Zimmerman may still be guilty, he ran the kid down, but that article was designed solely to inflame the situation.
Any word on the White kid who was set on fire while a groups of black teens were yelling for him to die?
Yep, a typical AP character assassination propaganda hitpiece.
The MSM hopes to force an unjust prosecution and influence the verdict, here.
This case seems pretty cut-and-dry: An armed man follows and confronts an unarmed teen and then shoots and kills him. Everyone should be outraged. This appears to be one of those stories in which the family and their supporters are justified in their outrage.
From the article:
” ‘This guy looks like he is up to no good. He is on drugs or something,’ Zimmerman told the dispatcher from his SUV. He added that the black teen had his hand in his waistband and was walking around looking at homes.
” ‘These a-———. They always get away,’ Zimmerman said on a 911 call.”
Guess I’ll just chase him down and shot him...
>>This case seems pretty cut-and-dry: An armed man follows and confronts an unarmed teen and then shoots and kills him. Everyone should be outraged. This appears to be one of those stories in which the family and their supporters are justified in their outrage.<<
You are exactly correct. Remove “black kid” and the shooter is a murderer. Some people have no business to have CC. This guy got his license and was looking to use it.
Because the boy is black and Zimmerman is widely believed to be white, the teen's family and many activists believe Trayvon was racially profiled. However, Zimmerman is Hispanic.
Truthfully, the black kid could have shot and stabbed the white guy and the “black community” would be up in arms if the white guy had killed the kid in self-defense...that’s the problem with crying “wolf” 24-7: people run out of “give a damn”...
I just heard the 911 calls and they are pretty damning against Zimmerman IMO. How can Zimmerman claim it was self defense when he was the one who followed Treyvon in his own car, and started the confrontation with Treyvon by getting out of the vehicle? The 911 operator told Zimmerman I need you to stop following him and I need you to stop doing that. Zimmerman never says that Treyvon is commiting any crimes.
Zimmerman had no authority to demand ID or private personal information from Trayvon. He had no badge, no uniform, no marked police vehicle, no nothing. Trayvon probably thought he was the one in danger because he kept being followed.
Have either of you listened to the tapes?
Nobody knows who was the person that was actually screaming on the tape. It could have been Zimmerman.
Zimmerman was arrested in 2005 for resisting an officer with violence and battery on a law enforcement officer. The case was dismissed because no evidence could be found. Zimmerman attended a pre-trial diversion program and a deal was made with his attorney to get the case dropped.
Other articles are quoting his neighbors as saying they've had trouble with him, too. It seems this guy has a history of getting away with things...
The poor kid - he had his whole life ahead of him.
If you were to listen to the tapes, you would see that the so called AP hit piece is accurate.
As I posted on another thread; remember Richard Jewell and Eric Rudolph.
Rabble rousers come in all colors and political venues.
Let’s search for TRUTH not what might have been.
God Bless and help us all!
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