How Trayvon Martin gunman aided neighbor after a break-in

LATimes ^ | 3/28/2012 | Richard Fausset

[South40]

SANFORD, Fla. -- For many Americans, George Zimmerman has become the face of barbarous vigilante justice. For Olivia Bertalan, he was the face of compassion — a neighbor of consummate graciousness and low-key gallantry.

Roughly six months before Zimmerman shot and killed an unarmed black teenager in his gated Florida townhouse complex, he was standing in Bertalan’s doorway, asking what he could do to help her. A group of young men had just broken into Bartalan’s townhouse as she and her infant cowered in a locked bedroom. The intruders had stolen a $600 camera and a laptop.

After the police had come and gone, the doorbell rang, and there was Zimmerman: 5-foot-9, in a shirt and tie, his body a little doughy, his demeanor gentle. He introduced himself. He gave her a list of phone numbers where she could reach him at any time. He gave her a heavy-duty lock to bolster the sliding-glass door that the suspects had forced open. He told her she could go stay with his wife down the street if she ever felt scared again.

[presently no screen name]

Thank you! I don’t watch so I wouldn’t know.

The air has been taken out of their racist balloon.

[Uncle Slayton]

Every day more and more prople come forward to tell us that Capt. Zimmerman was both an officer and a gentleman.

[SoFloFreeper]

Yeah, but didn't you hear? George Zimmerman, the Hispanic Democrat, is the FACE OF MODERN EVIL in the world. Al Sharpton says so. So does the national and Florida media!

[PA Engineer]

They assumed a guy named Zimmerman was Jewish or German white and perfect for their narrative.

Add to that the known race hustler anti-semites, such as Al Crown Heights Sharpton, Jessie Hymietown Jackson, Louis Gutter Religion Farrakhan and of course the vilest anti-Semitic New Black Panther Party.

This came from the top. The moslem and chief fingers are all over it.

[llevrok]

why aren't latinos marching AGAINST the blacks who are marching against them?

We could have a real donnybrook here with a little encouragement (cough, cough).

[kanawa]

Every day more and more prople come forward to tell us that Capt. Zimmerman was both an officer and a gentleman.

imo he is a hero.

The world needs more men like him and a lot less sarcastic jerks.

[wastoute]

Not “decent” of the LATimes. They realized yesterday how much trouble they are in backing this young thug because Zero tells them to.

[vetvetdoug]

The little pickaninnies are starting to mimic their adult peers and are starting to harass the white kids in the integrated schools here. There is a feeling of invincibility to them no matter what they do because they can get away with it. The actions reverberate from the adults through and down to the single digit aged diverse members. This schism of races is growing exponentially in all facets of this society. Obama and his mentor, Bill Ayers, may get their wishes.