There is a difference, especially if this comes before a jury, between someone calling another person a random bad word - like a-h, and someone of another group calling you a racial epithet. They are likely to understand hitting someone who calls you a dirty racial epithet.
Mind you, not pummeling the person to death, just a punch or slug.
But as racially inflamed as this already is, this tape does NOT help Zimmerman. It may show he was heading toward trayvon with racial malice.
But again, where does it state he ever said something of malice TO Trayvon? He did not, therefore, the excuse of name calling angering Trayvon is void.
Second, zimmermans relationship with others including minorities have been reported in a positive light, not to mention he IS a minority.
It’s Beemer widely reported that going the hate crime route is weak....that should say something.