George Zimmerman's Father: My Son Is Not Racist, Did Not Confront Trayvon Martin

Orlando Sentinel ^ | 3/15/12 | Rene Stutzman

[Lmo56]

The Sanford Neighborhood Watch volunteer who shot and killed Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teenager, did not instigate the encounter but has received death threats and moved out of his home, his father told the Orlando Sentinel on Thursday.

George Zimmerman, 28, has not been arrested, something that has put him and the Sanford Police Department at the center of a firestorm. Critics say Trayvon, who was visiting family from his home in Miami, was a victim of racial profiling.

Zimmerman's father, 64-year-old Robert Zimmerman of Lake Mary, delivered a one-page letter to the Sentinel on Thursday, saying that the depiction of his son in the media has been cruel and misleading.

George Zimmerman is Hispanic and grew up in a multiracial family, the statement says.

"He would be the last to discriminate for any reason whatsoever ...," the letter says. "The media portrayal of George as a racist could not be further from the truth."

The letter does not provide details about what happened Feb. 26 on a walkway in the gated community where George Zimmerman lives and where Trayvon was visiting. But it does challenge one basic assumption of the family's lawyers: that Zimmerman's intent when he got out of his sport utility vehicle was to confront Trayvon after calling police to report a suspicious person.

[pdbeaches]

LOL!

[Steamburg]

Now that is funny!

[VeniVidiVici]

Wow, you must have been right there when all this happened, given the details of what you “know”...

That's because he's full of sh.., oh sorry, coons. And he hates Hispanics.

[RabidBartender]

"When you get into an argument at a bar and leave the bar. Don’t go right back into the bar."

We all know that never happens. :)

[spunkets]

"Just because you keep repeating it, doesn't make it any more true."

That's right! The truth just is. ...no more, no less.

"Have you noticed you're pretty much the only one here that is sure he's heard that?"

Democracy is not a logical operation and thus has no place in scientific, or rational analysis. So, I don't give a rats ass who, or how many people contradict reality.

[goseminoles]

Google is your friend.

[muawiyah]

Clara, the headbashing appears to have been an invention ~ but it's on a number of threads here and elsewhere.

Now back to the address ZImmerman gave ~ he said "111 RETREAT VIEW CIRCLE" then the dispatcher asked was that 111 or 1111 Retreat View then George said "That's the clubhouse...."

Being just a dumb old postal worker I bothered to look up that address: 111 RETREAT VIEW CIRCLE SANFORD FL 32771 on the USPS address look up website (the one you get to find ZiP CODE.

IT told me ADDRESS DOES NOT EXIST.

The other address is 1111 RETREAT VIEW CIR SANFORD FL 32771-7275, and you'll notice USPS gave me the full 9-digit zip.

THERE is a "111" address in the area ~ at an Orthodontists office on a nearby street.

1111, according to Google Earth backs on a low wall (so the chilluns and puppies don't get hurt climbing over it) on a public street.

GOOGLE Earth does not seem to have gone inside this development. At the same time when you look at the map the CLUB HOUSE IS A full city block away from 1111 Retreat View.

111 is on the most logical route to get from this development to the nearest convenience store.

[VeniVidiVici]

I did not hear the word “coon” on the tape and I am used to hearing the word as I am called coon all the time.

No way!! ;-)

Could you distinguish between your momma calling you "coon" or "effing coon"?

[beandog]

The reality is you’re making stuff up to suit what you want to believe he says. Sad.

[Jack Burton007]

From the article I’m linking to in my reply the guy states that the neighborhood the kid was walking through was largely minority and had numerous break ins and other criminal activity. That is why they started a neighborhood watch program.

Read the article here. See what you think.

http://www.examiner.com/charleston-conservative-in-charleston-sc/zimmerman-was-on-the-ground-being-punched-when-he-shot-trayvon-martin

[cport]

Oh Google Earth is so accurate. I put in my Mom’s address and it shows the house 4 houses down.

[eccentric]

I did NOT “jump on a bandwagon.” When I first heard of this case, I just shrugged it off. I t wasn’t until I learned more about the incident on FOXNews (I rarely watch any other news), that I began to question why Zimmerman hadn’t been arrested. He took a gun to stalk another person. I don’t care what color anyone is, that was wrong.

[faucetman]

All this ta doo about Z saying “coon” is stupid. Who cares? First of all, you can't tell what he said, PERIOD! Next, even if he DID, so what? Calling someone a coon means you are guilty of murder? Last I knew, we still have freedom of speech and you can call someone a coon if you want to. He can call you a name back, no altercation necessary.

Discussing this “name calling” is liberal PC nonsense. STOP playing along, or better yet, being played.

Have any of you ever in your life called someone or spoke about someone with an epithet?

I rest my case.

KJV John 8:
7So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.

8And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground.

9And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.

10When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee?

11She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.

[coon2000]

Could you distinguish between your momma calling you "coon" or "effing coon"?

Yes, I am called "effing" coon all the time. I consider it a term of endearment.

[snowstorm12]

George Zimmerman's history of putting his hands on people, provocation, overzealousness, harassment, lying, playing the victim, false accusations, profiling of black men and frivolous accusations which turn out dubious.

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Zimmerman makes up his own rules. The neighborhood gestapo.

neighborhood-watch manual.

The manual, from the National Neighborhood Watch Program, states: "It should be emphasized to members that they do not possess police powers, and they shall not carry weapons or pursue vehicles. They should also be cautioned to alert police or deputies when encountering strange activity. Members should never confront suspicious persons who could be armed and dangerous."

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Zimmerman abused the 911 system, and wanted cops to harass black men based on no crimes committed.

Zimmerman harasses by calling the cops on people for no good reason. 46 calls were made over just 12 months and many were reportedly about black youths, who like Trayvon Martin, George Zimmerman claimed were suspicious.

George Zimmerman: "There's two suspicious characters that came to my neighborhood. I've no idea what they're doing. They are just hanging out, loitering."
911 operator: "Can you describe the two individuals?"
Zimmerman: "Two African-American males."

another call................

Zimmerman tells authorities he's with neighborhood watch and has seen a man walking around the neighborhood in pajama pants walking around a resident's house.
Zimmerman: "This gentleman was walking in the neighborhood I've seen before on trash days, going around picking up trash. I don't know what his deal is."
911 operator: "White, Black or Hispanic?"
Zimmerman: "Black."

In other calls, Zimmerman tells authorities someone left their garage door open or that kids are playing in the street running out in front of cars.

A couple of weeks before Zimmerman shot Martin, according to a call, Zimmerman says he didn't want to approach a suspicious person himself.

Four of the six calls Zimmerman made to police start exactly the same way: He calls to report suspicious black men in his gated community. He uses the same languauge used in the call about Trayvon. "I don't know what his deal is."

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Zimmerman follows people and tries to detain them, so they "won't get away."

In one case from 2003, Zimmerman, then 20 years old, said he witnessed a theft from a retail store. Zimmerman follows them in his car and tries to detain the suspects by blocking the entrance of the thieves neighborhood until authorities arrived, according to a report.

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Zimmerman provokes someone, then tries to play the victim, exaggerates to police, and tries to get them arrested on frivolous charges.

In another case, Zimmerman, then 19, was accused of tailgating. Zimmerman called police and followed the man in his car. Zimmerman claims battery by gum. The other man disputes this and called Zimmerman a liar. The other man says Zimmerman was acting like a nut on the road, tailgating him, and acting liked he owned the road. he spit his gum out the window in disgust. Then Zimmerman pulls up next to the other man's car and they start exchanging words. The other man says he thought Zimmerman was so out of control he was going to be attacked him. Zimmerman wanted this man arrested on frivolous exaggerated charges. battery by spitting gum out the window.

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Zimmerman puts his hands on people as the aggressor, then downplays it and makes excuses

Zimmerman was at a bar near the University of Central Florida when a friend was arrested on suspicion of serving minors. Zimmerman became profane and pushed a law enforcement agent who tried to escort him away. Zimmerman was arrested in 2005 on charges of assault on a law-enforcement officer and resisting arrest with violence

Zimmerman had no choice to admit the assault (too many witnesses) but claimed he didn't know the person he assaulted was a cop. He would never put his hands on a cop, if he knew. He has too much respect for police.

Zimmerman's assault on an Officer charge was plead down to simple battery and an agreement was made so he could retain his CC Permit whilst the charge would not appear on his record unless investigated. he entered a pre-trial diversion program that allowed him to have a clean record. When he applied for the citizen’s police academy, Zimmerman insisted he did not know the man he scuffled with was a cop.

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Zimmerman accused of putting his hands on people as an aggressor, but then comes back with his own story to play the victim, after the fact

Only a month after assaulting a police officer, A woman accused Zimmerman of domestic violence.

In 2005, a woman filed a petition for an injunction against Zimmerman, claiming that he came to her house and became violent when she told him to leave, the Orlando Sentinel reports. Zimmerman, 21 at the time, filed a petition of his own in response.

The woman reported Zimmerman had arrived at her home Aug. 8 and asked to talk. Later, when she asked him to leave, she said, he insisted on staying and demanded documents she had. The woman said she offered to drop the papers off the following day, but Zimmerman became upset, took her cell phone and shoved her. A fight ensued, she said, and her dog bit Zimmerman's cheek. She filed a complaint. Only after a complaint was filed did Zimmerman cook up his own story. zimmerman plays victim.

Zimmerman filed his own petition the day after his ex-fiancée's, in which he claimed that she had been the aggressor in the fight. He said she called him Aug. 8 and invited him to spend the night. He said he declined to stay overnight, and his ex accused him of leaving to see another woman or to "party" with his friends. Zimmerman accused the woman in his petition of cursing at and striking him, and said she refused to give him documents, including mortgage papers and car-loan documents, that belonged to him. He said she caused the wounds to his face that she blamed on her dog. Both Zimmerman and his ex-fiancée reported in their petitions that the fight wasn't the first incident of violence between them.

The ex-fiancée reported that Zimmerman had "open handed smacked" her in the mouth and berated her during an argument in January 2003.

In November 2002, Zimmerman claimed his ex had assaulted him with a baseball bat after he went to a concert without her.

The same month, the woman said, Zimmerman became angry when she came home later than usual one night. He began groping her and "said he could because I was his woman," she wrote.
Protective injunctions were later ordered in response to both petitions. Both injunctions expired Aug. 24, 2006.

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Zimmerman makes false accusations with no proof

Zimmerman also accused a boyfriend of his exgirlfriend of slashing his tires on his truck. The man accuses Zimmerman of false accusations and harassment. Zimmerman harassed this man endlessly with text messages.

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Zimmerman abused his power, harassed and intimidated residents of Twin Lakes community

At an emergency homeowner’s association meeting on March 1, “one man was escorted out because he openly expressed his frustration because he had previously contacted the Sanford Police Department about Zimmerman approaching him and even coming to his home.” “It was also made known that there had been several complaints about George Zimmerman and his tactics" in his neighborhood watch captain role.

Local blog LezGetReal says that anonymous neighbors also complained of Zimmerman bringing his gun to Neighborhood Watch meetings and calling the rest of the members “drunks, trouble-makers and lunatics”.

An unnamed member of the homeowner's association says they never heard any complaints about Zimmerman. (worried about a big lawsuit so covering their butt LOL )

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[RabidBartender]

"Yes, I am called "effing" coon all the time. I consider it a term of endearment."

LOL. I love Free Republic.

[muawiyah]

The witness says “guy in red sweater” ~ right?

[MrB]

Strange, I assumed the poster hated “white guys”,
‘cuz that’s what the MSM is characterizing Zimmerman as.

[muawiyah]

Hmm ~ knowing that Sharpton said "NO violence" just what is it that you don't like that he said? DO YOU want violence?

So many celebrities have said so much we have to have quotes ~ not just responses to what we imagine they may have said.