Good Morning America today played exclusive video tape released by the Zimmerman defense team showing the police interviews with George the day after his deadly shooting of Trayvon Martin. Via Raw Story
In this video Zimmerman claims that Martin approached him asking "Do you have a problem, man?" and he innocently answers "No, I don't have a problem." At which point, reportedly, Martin responded "You have a problem now", and punched him as he was reaching for his cell phone.
Besides that sounding corny as hell, it doesn't match up to what Trayvon's girlfriend heard on the other end of their ongoing phone call. She heard Martin say "Why are you following me, man?" and Zimmerman respond, "What are you doing around here?".
The difference here are striking and very telling. Zimmerman is crafting his story to make himself appear as innocent and non-aggressive as possible when from what can be heard on the 9-11 tapes he gets out of his car and runs after Trayvon even when the dispatcher says "Are you following him? We don't need you to do that."
Zimmerman claims the he was yelling "Help", yet other witnesses and the two seperate vocal analysis of other 9-11 calls indicate that it wasn't his voice screaming "Help" and "No, Don't!" just before the fatal shot went off - it was Trayvon's.
These are the interviews and the re-enactments that Homicide Detective Chris Serino didn't believe and recommended that Zimmerman be arrested on the spot, only to be overruled by the State Attorney's Office which is what has led to this continuing controversy in the first place.
Let's add onto this Zimmerman's history of violent confrontations where he assaulted his ex-fiance, and then claimed that she was the true aggressor. Where he was fired from his job as a security guard because he "Snapped" and tossed a woman up against a wall violently.
Where he bullied a co-worker with racists taunts so relentless the man was growing emotionally distraught and was racked with thoughts of retaliation until Zimmerman himself was let go.
Let's not forget that he also assault an undercover police officer, then lied that the officer didn't identify himself when putting a friend of Zimmerman's under arrest. The officer reported that Zimmerman's response to his telling him "Back off, I'm a police officer" was "I don't care who you are".
After that case he was required to attend anger management classes.
And lastly, Zimmerman and his entire family lied to the court during his bond hearing claiming he was essentially destitute when in fact he had over $100,000 sitting in his Paypal account which had been generated by his website. A site that triumphantly featured a photograph of graffiti that said "Long Live Zimmerman".
That photo was of the side of a Black Studies Buidling on Ohio State University and in my opinion was an act of intimidation and Racial Terrorism meant to strike fear into the students who would most likely fit the same profile as Martin.
And George thought that putting this on his site would attract exactly what kind of supporters?
Perhaps the kind that posted things like this on the Fox News Website?
What a shame—a tragedy, really— because the dead lil’ gangsta could’ve used “‘A-FIRM-TIV AK-SHUN” to go to kollige an play footballz and make lotsa cash munny!”
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Fast and Furious didn’t work to pass new gun control so now Eric Holder will try the race card.
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No matter how crime figures are massaged by those who want to acknowledge or dispute the existence of a Dirty War, there is nothing ambiguous about what the official statistics portray: for the past 45 years a large segment of bIack America has waged a war of v i o l e n t retribution against white America.
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Zimmerman was attacked by the man and defended himself with a gun. Zimmerman’s wounds were verified by police.
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17 = child. LOL!!!!!!
Let the LIB word games begin.
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Yet the “justice department” refuses to prosecute any voter intimidation that involves a blac k as the intimidator.
So when this guy talks, you should
listen closely between the lies, they tend to come fast and furiously.
Vyan
11:38 AM PT: Full version without News Edits.
1:56 PM PT: Also check out this diary which has some fairly details analysis of the events using actual surveillance video from the scene during the event.
http://www.dailykos.com/...