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Zimerman has just made his first public statement since the Trayvon Martin court case, and who does he blame?


http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/trayvon-martin-george-zimmerman/os-george-zimmerman-reacts-doj-20150323-story.html
In his first public comments since the U.S. Department of Justice announced it would not prosecute him for violating Trayvon Martin's civil rights, George Zimmerman says he was victimized by President Obama.

George Zimmerman admitted to killing a 17-year-old boy in Sanford in what may have been self-defense. After his trial during the summer of 2013, Zimmerman was found not guilty in the teen's death and walked away from the Seminole County Courthouse a free man.
The president should never have allowed the DOJ investigation and is guilty of ramping up racial tension when he said, "If I had a son, he would look like Trayvon," Zimmerman said.

Zimmerman is the Neighborhood Watch volunteer who killed Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black 17-year-old, in Sanford on Feb. 26, 2012, setting off civil rights demonstrations across the country and beyond.

A Seminole County jury acquitted Zimmerman of manslaughter in 2013.

Zimmerman went into hiding after the shooting and still tightly guards his privacy.

He has rejected most media requests for an interview but on March 8 video-recorded an interview with his Tampa divorce lawyer, Howard Iken of Ayo and Iken PLC.

In it, he faulted the media for portraying him as a racist and the criminal justice system for bringing him to trial but saved his harshest criticism for Obama, whom he accused of trying to prosecute "an innocent American."

"For him to make incendiary comments as he did and direct the Department of Justice to pursue a baseless prosecution, he by far over-stretched, over-reached," Zimmerman said.

The president, whom he referred to as "Barack Hussein Obama," should have told the public, " 'Let's not rush to judgment,' " Zimmerman said.

On Feb. 24, the Department of Justice announced that it would file no charges against Zimmerman and was closing its three-year-old investigation.

According to Iken, federal authorities have not returned to Zimmerman the Kel-Tec 9mm semiautomatic pistol that he used to kill Trayvon.

Iken interviewed Zimmerman in Orlando.

"Do you have a clean conscience at this point?" the lawyer asked about the shooting.

"Yes, sir."

"Do you wish (it) … had turned out differently?"

"I believe that the American judicial system failed in the sense that I should not even (have) gone to trial, but I do believe that the jury process succeeded," Zimmerman said.

He said he's convinced there's nothing he could have done differently that would have allowed both him and Trayvon to survive their confrontation that night.

"In all fairness, you cannot as a human feel guilty for living, for surviving," he said.

"Are you the same person right now that you were five years ago?" Iken asked.

"Absolutely not," Zimmerman said. "I have to have my guard up. … I still believe that people are truly good at heart, as Anne Frank has said, and I will put myself in any position to help another human in any way I can."

 
   
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You mean the Obama of , "If I had a son, He'd look like Trayvon", fame?
Yep, I'd say Zimmerman had a case for his statement.
   
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Pleasant Valley, Iowa

 Dreadclaw69 wrote:
Zimerman has just made his first public statement since the Trayvon Martin court case, and who does he blame?


Flawless opener, 10/10.

My favorite part was when he compared himself to Anne Frank and worked in a Barack Hussein Supreme Allah Obama. I feel like you can't make this gak up.


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Zimmerman is an donkey-cave that should have done what the police told him to do.

Presumably he's referring to the "If I had a son" thing? He was a national hate figure for quite a long period of time. He's obviously not quite right from the experience.

Seeing as we are memeing...


   
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It's a bad sign when Casey Anthony has her gak together more than you and is smart enough to lay low and avoid doing and saying stupid stuff.
   
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 Ouze wrote:
Flawless opener, 10/10.

My favorite part was when he compared himself to Anne Frank and worked in a Barack Hussein Supreme Allah Obama. I feel like you can't make this gak up.

Over takes the top position on the "Worst Reference to Anne Frank By Stupid Person" list, beating out the previous winner.

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"When the Internet sends its people, they're not sending their best. They're not sending you. They're not sending you. They're sending posters that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems with us. They're bringing strawmen. They're bringing spam. They're trolls. And some, I assume, are good people."
 
   
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 ScootyPuffJunior wrote:
 Ouze wrote:
Flawless opener, 10/10.

My favorite part was when he compared himself to Anne Frank and worked in a Barack Hussein Supreme Allah Obama. I feel like you can't make this gak up.

Over takes the top position on the "Worst Reference to Anne Frank By Stupid Person" list, beating out the previous winner.


Can we give special credit to the former Congressman (and Dukes of Hazard star!) who said that Martin Luther King would approve of Confederate Flag license plates?

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/ben-jones-confederate-flag-mlk


 
   
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 ScootyPuffJunior wrote:
 Ouze wrote:
Flawless opener, 10/10.

My favorite part was when he compared himself to Anne Frank and worked in a Barack Hussein Supreme Allah Obama. I feel like you can't make this gak up.

Over takes the top position on the "Worst Reference to Anne Frank By Stupid Person" list, beating out the previous winner.


Neither one are in danger of appearing on the honor role anywhere, fer sure.
   
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Cincinnati, Ohio

 Ouze wrote:


My favorite part was when he compared himself to Anne Frank



I think that's pretty selective reading.

He said he thinks all people are good at heart, which he then credits to Anne Frank, as it's a pretty famous quotation from her.

I didn't read it as him comparing himself to her at all.


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 ScootyPuffJunior wrote:

Over takes the top position on the "Worst Reference to Anne Frank By Stupid Person" list, beating out the previous winner.


I think this is fair, though I still think Bieber takes the cake.

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1. Zimmerman should not have followed Trayvon

2. Trayvon should not have hit Zimmerman

3. The media should not have sensationalized the story

4. Outside agitators should not have made it about race
   
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That sounds about right. Problems all round.

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Norwalk, Connecticut

How have we gone this far without the Michael Jackson popcorn GIF? I'm sure somebody has it saved on their computer for this type of occasion.

Reality is a nice place to visit, but I'd hate to live there.

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Catskills in NYS

I have better.

Homosexuality is the #1 cause of gay marriage.
 kronk wrote:
Every pizza is a personal sized pizza if you try hard enough and believe in yourself.
 sebster wrote:
Yes, indeed. What a terrible piece of cultural imperialism it is for me to say that a country shouldn't murder its own citizens
 BaronIveagh wrote:
Basically they went from a carrot and stick to a smaller carrot and flanged mace.
 
   
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He's not entirely wrong to blame Obama since his administration dug around to bring charges against the guy (though they ultimately failed: http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2015/02/24/holder-no-federal-charges-against-george-zimmerman/) even after the matter was "resolved" simply because they didn't like the outcome...since when does a murder case warrant federal attention anyway?

Obama's "if I had a son" comment was hilarious though undoubtedly accurate for unintended reasons...if I had a son, he wouldn't be punching neighborhood watch members.

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Dear OP - less 'click bait' style thread titles moving forward please.
   
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This pictures seems to portray as positive traits those things:
- Home schooled
- Devout Christian
Uh, lol?

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Norwalk, Connecticut

Home schooling, in my limited experience (again, not ALL cases), has led to arrogant people who think they're better than those who went to public schools, and they have little in the way of social skills. I consider home schooling to be a great evil.

Reality is a nice place to visit, but I'd hate to live there.

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Leerstetten, Germany

 NuggzTheNinja wrote:
.if I had a son, he wouldn't be punching neighborhood watch members.


Which of course has feth all to do with what your son looks like.

Which of course also makes that argument absolutely moronic and you should feel bad for repeating it.

Obama: "If I had a son, he would look like that"
Stupid rebuttal: "Obama said his son would be a school dropout who listens to rap and tweets vulgar things"

If white people had sons, they might look like Hitler. So therefore all white people are comparing their children to Hitler.
   
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 d-usa wrote:
 NuggzTheNinja wrote:
.if I had a son, he wouldn't be punching neighborhood watch members.


Which of course has feth all to do with what your son looks like.

Which of course also makes that argument absolutely moronic and you should feel bad for repeating it.

Obama: "If I had a son, he would look like that"
Stupid rebuttal: "Obama said his son would be a school dropout who listens to rap and tweets vulgar things"

If white people had sons, they might look like Hitler. So therefore all white people are comparing their children to Hitler.


I did nazi that one coming....

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Hello, Mr. Godwin. We were just talking about you.


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 Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:

This pictures seems to portray as positive traits those things:
- Home schooled
- Devout Christian
Uh, lol?


It's a hell of a lot more positive than Trayvon was.

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 timetowaste85 wrote:
Home schooling, in my limited experience (again, not ALL cases), has led to arrogant people who think they're better than those who went to public schools, and they have little in the way of social skills. I consider home schooling to be a great evil.


I don't advocate home schooling in general, but I could see advantages for people living in areas with very poor public schooling.

Anyway, the point of that picture was not to say that the man on the left was perfect in every way. Rather, the death of another person, who looks just as much like a "son of Obama" as Trayvon, received zero media coverage because it couldn't be used by the media and the race baiting douchebags like Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson to incite racial violence.

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 Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:

This pictures seems to portray as positive traits those things:
- Home schooled
- Devout Christian
Uh, lol?



   
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 Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:

- Home schooled
- Devout Christian
Uh, lol?



There could be some "positives" to being home schooled... though as others have pointed out there are many, many issues. I personally have seen that, generally speaking people who were home schooled and not in a "coop" have very poor social skills. As such they are awkward and tend to not behave in normal ways.


As for the devout in his religion thing... I think that's also something that could be good. Im not a christian (any more), but I think that if it had said "Devout Buddhist" or "Devout Asatrean", "Devout Jew", etc. it would have the same effect in my eyes... The guy is devoted to something higher than "himself" and, we would often assume that he has some moral standards.


I agree with Nuggz... the guy on the left died an ignominious death serving his country... It's kinda hard to use that these days, if you're a Sharpton or Jackson type.
   
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 Alpharius wrote:
Dear OP - less 'click bait' style thread titles moving forward please.

My sincere apologies, that was not my intention. I just wanted to create a more whimsical thread based on the almost-beyond satire comments of Mr. Zimmerman. I will endeavor to do better going forward, and if you feel that this thread has violated forum rules I will not object to it being locked.

 
   
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 NuggzTheNinja wrote:
Rather, the death of another person, who looks just as much like a "son of Obama" as Trayvon, received zero media coverage because it couldn't be used by the media and the race baiting douchebags like Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson to incite racial violence.


That's not 100% true. There was a WaPo piece, and of course there are dozens of threads where people just like you are using his death to score cheap political points, just like the people you are condemning.


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You think people would do that? Use a black man's death to score fake points on the Internet?
   
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Norwalk, Connecticut

 d-usa wrote:
You think people would do that? Use a black man's death to score fake points on the Internet?


In a world where a guy can find a priest willing to marry him to his plushy Twilight Sparkle, yes, I think anything is possible!

No seriously, this is a thing. She's apparently very sensitive. The world is a very messed up place.

Reality is a nice place to visit, but I'd hate to live there.

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The Great State of Texas

 d-usa wrote:
 NuggzTheNinja wrote:
.if I had a son, he wouldn't be punching neighborhood watch members.


Which of course has feth all to do with what your son looks like.

Which of course also makes that argument absolutely moronic and you should feel bad for repeating it.

Obama: "If I had a son, he would look like that"
Stupid rebuttal: "Obama said his son would be a school dropout who listens to rap and tweets vulgar things"

If white people had sons, they might look like Hitler. So therefore all white people are comparing their children to Hitler.


Being as Obama was making the comparison, your statements are moot. He injected himself into the issue.
He jumped to conclusions and made it a national issue. His frequently visiting friend Sharpton caused it.




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 Co'tor Shas wrote:
That sounds about right. Problems all round.

Indeed. I'd add in "NBC doctoring the 911 call to make ZImmerman sound racist"

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