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George Zimmerman’s father speaks out in defense of son
NY Daily News ^ | March 23, 2012 | Nina Mandell

Posted on 03/23/2012 5:22:55 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

As cries for his arrest continue to grow louder, George Zimmerman's father defended him in a one-page letter, saying he isn't a racist but rather of victim of sensationalized media coverage.

The neighborhood watch volunteer, 28, has been in hiding since he shot and killed unarmed Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old on his way back home to his father's house.

His father, Robert Zimmerman, 64, said in a letter to the Orlando Sentinel that his son was Hispanic and grew up in a multiracial family.

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

He defended his son's actions on the day that he got out of his car and shot the teen, despite being strongly discouraged by a 911 dispatcher.

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: florida; georgezimmerman; trayvonmartin
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To: yarddog

We also know from the released PD statements that:

Trayvon was on a 5 day school suspension at the time of the incident
Trayvon was 6’2” and a football player
That Zimmermans was bleeding from both his face and the back of his head when police arrived.
That Zimmerman was screaming for help
That the police played the recording for Trayvon’s dad who said that the calls for help were NOT from his son
That Zimmerman’s clothing had grass stains on the back consistent with his story that he was knocked down and being beaten by Trayvon
That there are witnesses that reported Trayvon on top of Zimmerman and beating on him.


21 posted on 03/23/2012 5:49:01 PM PDT by taxcontrol
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To: Free ThinkerNY
saying he isn't a racist

Notice the priority of what to defend his son from. He doesn't defend him by saying he isn't a murderer he defends him from being 'racist'. Which is obliviously worse than murder.

22 posted on 03/23/2012 5:49:42 PM PDT by Altura Ct.
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The political BS surrounding this case is appalling!


23 posted on 03/23/2012 5:50:25 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Newt/Sarah 2012)
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To: napscoordinator

See post #21


24 posted on 03/23/2012 5:51:16 PM PDT by taxcontrol
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To: Revolting cat!
, as much as the gun nuts on Free Republic (if the shooter’s fans are not gun owners, then please tell me where the divide lies.)

No one is asking you to stay, it you don't like it here go post on DU.

but the added benefit is that it reveals much more about ourselves than about the Zimmermans and Martin, since so little is known and there are no eyewitnesses to the altercation, and only Poor George’s self-interested testimony and the recordings of the 911 calls, and the after the fact police report, so don’t bullshit me with your theories as to what transpired. You don’t know, neither do I, and we’ll never know for certain.

First of all there is a witness who has said Martin was atop Zimmerman beating him.

You are either lying, woefully uninformed or a troll.

By your own admission you don't know squat about this then you go on to ridicule in a sick condescending diatribe of Zimmerman's testimony.

Freakin disgusting.

25 posted on 03/23/2012 5:56:46 PM PDT by Las Vegas Ron (Rush Limbaugh = the Beethoven of talk radio - http://www.istandwithrush.org/)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

I hope a little more light gets shed on this case. Thoroughly DISGUSTING to see conservatives swallow the media and Al Sharpton horse manure like it is the gospel truth. Grrr.


26 posted on 03/23/2012 6:07:26 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: Revolting cat!
Jorge Rodriguez.

Gracias

27 posted on 03/23/2012 6:08:15 PM PDT by stormhill
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To: Las Vegas Ron

So Zimmerman gets the benefit of the doubt, because we don’t have all the facts. I agree with you. However, do you apply the same standard to police officers who are involved in shootings?


28 posted on 03/23/2012 6:15:02 PM PDT by Jones511
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To: Free ThinkerNY
I am not surprised this has turned into a 3 ring circus. I am having problems getting exactly what happened here, way too many stories and I suspect the media is flavoring it their way leaving out a number of facts.
I wonder how badly this would be playing out if it had been a white guy instead of a Hispanic.
Although i don't think there is a much love lost between the blacks and Hispanics either. Lord when Jesse and Al get there the riots will start.
29 posted on 03/23/2012 6:16:47 PM PDT by Captain Peter Blood
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To: napscoordinator

The 911 dipatcher did not order him to do anything.

I did not hear any such slur as coon, furthermore, muttering under your breath and into a phone that someone is a coon is not a crime.


30 posted on 03/23/2012 6:20:52 PM PDT by chris37 (Heartless.)
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To: Jones511
However, do you apply the same standard to police officers who are involved in shootings?

Not sure what that has to do with anything but I apply facts to cases and let the chips fall where they may.

I used to give Cops more of a benefit of doubt but lately that seems to be getting more and more difficult.

31 posted on 03/23/2012 6:21:08 PM PDT by Las Vegas Ron (Rush Limbaugh = the Beethoven of talk radio - http://www.istandwithrush.org/)
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To: Altura Ct.

He doesn’t have to defend a charge of murder, because he isn’t a murderer. The homicide was justified.


32 posted on 03/23/2012 6:22:03 PM PDT by chris37 (Heartless.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

At one time he may have been Hispanic and grown up in a multi racial family, but that was before Obama, Jesse Jackass and Al Sharpton got into it and turned him into a fire breathing white skinhead racist Honkie.


33 posted on 03/23/2012 6:25:21 PM PDT by Venturer
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To: Venturer
At one time he may have been Hispanic and grown up in a multi racial family, but that was before Obama, Jesse Jackass and Al Sharpton got into it and turned him into a fire breathing white skinhead racist Honkie.

Did you notice the media's permutations of Zimmerman's ethnicity yesterday.

At the outset, Zimmerman was "white" -- vs the "black" Trayvon Martin.

Around mid-day, it came out that Zimmerman was actually "Hispanic". Thereupon, the news stories began to finesse his ethnicity -- describing him as a "resident of the community and self-appointed neighborhood watch captain".

Then, in early evening, they finally agreed on Zimmerman's "ethnicity" -- he became a "white Hispanic".

After all, we can't have a "racial incident" without a "white" and a "black". Accordingly, Zimmerman became a "white Hispanic"...

The media and the black race baiters are in full cry -- insuring that a proper decision concerning the truth will never be accepted.

34 posted on 03/23/2012 6:33:11 PM PDT by okie01
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To: dragnet2

The media and our wonderful President Obama are playing with fire here. They seem bent on creating another Rodney King style race riot.

ABC News reported that the Rev. Al Sharpton was speaking to the crowd in Sanford, without bothering to report that he once tried to incite a crowd in the Tawana Brawley hoax case, in which he was shown to be foolishly on the wrong side of the truth. This one event should have marginalized Rev. Al, yet he pontificates and incites like nothing happened. Had someone on the right have committed a much lesser sin, they would have been marginalizaed forever.

If riots are generated from this, people may die and millions of dollars may be lost!


35 posted on 03/23/2012 6:44:12 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (A free counttry and a lying media are incompatible.)
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To: okie01
Then, in early evening, they finally agreed on Zimmerman's "ethnicity" -- he became a "white Hispanic".

My adopted nephew is Hispanic, but his employer was told he could list him as Hispanic since his name wasn't Hispanic.

36 posted on 03/23/2012 7:00:28 PM PDT by aimhigh
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To: yarddog

His mother is Peruvian. His dad is white, former military, but never heard he was Jewish. Still your point is a good one.


37 posted on 03/23/2012 7:24:43 PM PDT by madison10
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To: AmericanInTokyo

Unfortunately, that is an excellent point.


38 posted on 03/23/2012 7:35:51 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Revolting cat!; Free ThinkerNY
It’s a good Agatha Christie mystery, as far as I’m concerned

This should not be complex, or mysterious and the final investigation regarding the event should be rather quick.

All the players are accounted for, and there were said to be witnesses, there is audio, cells involved w/records etc.

Stop attempting to make this wordy or somehow complex.

39 posted on 03/23/2012 8:01:19 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Revolting cat!; Free ThinkerNY
It’s a good Agatha Christie mystery, as far as I’m concerned

This should not be complex, or mysterious and the final investigation regarding the event should be rather quick.

All the players are accounted for, and there were said to be witnesses, there is audio, cells involved w/records etc.

As far as shootings go, this should not be too complex.

40 posted on 03/23/2012 8:04:39 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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