Zimmerman's Attorney: Trayvon's Social Media Posts Fair Game

hispanicbusiness.com ^ | May 2, 2012 | Frances Robles

[Free ThinkerNY]

George Zimmerman's defense attorney says he will not comment on a Myspace page that portrays his client in a "less-than-favorable" light, because the racially charged social media postings could come up at his murder trial.

But he hinted that if Zimmerman's postings will be scrutinized in court, Trayvon Martin's would be too.

The Miami Herald reported that Zimmerman had a Myspace social media account where he wrote insulting remarks about Mexicans. He referred to an ex-girlfriend as a "hoe," talked about beating a felony rap and complained that every Mexican he ran into pulled a knife on him. One line suggested that friends went to jail rather than snitch on him.

"Workin 96 hours to get a decent pay check, gettin knifes pulled on you by every mexican you run into!" Zimmerman wrote.

Defense attorney Mark O'Mara said Zimmerman's account had been hacked and abandoned -- but acknowledged that the posts cited by The Herald were written by his client.

[AU72]

I hope Z’s lawyers are experienced in “trench warfare law”.

[G Larry]

Huh?

Zimmerman is part Mexican...how can they rag on him for dissing his own folk?

There is a long tradition of liberals excusing Blacks for dissing their own.

[goseminoles]

This doesn’t help. Context...

[Wally_Kalbacken]

This is not even remotely controversial. One of the hottest fields for training in the law today is the area of social media an electronic discovery. Criminal and civil lawyers routinely discover Facebook, MySpace, and other posts and publication by parties in a case. If the media treats this as controversial or aggressive on the part of the defense counsel, it just tells you they do not know of which they speak or write.

[Trod Upon]

Uh oh, guess who gets to be called ray-cisss.

[Uncle Slayton]

The fact is that Zimmerman's posting on Facebook have nothing whatsoever to do with the case against him as Trayvon could never had read them and those posting to not reflect the state of mind Zimmerman was in at the time of the shooting.

However, Trayvon in his postings clearly stated that he was a thug and out to commit crimes and that is exactly that Trayvon that Capt. Zimmerman identified as being up to no good and casing houses for burglary.

[Krankor]

I believe Z’s comments were made in 2005.

[Conscience of a Conservative]

Zimmerman is part Mexican...how can they rag on him for dissing his own folk?

Based on what I've read, Zimmerman is part Peruvian, not Mexican.

[Uncle Slayton]

“I believe Z’s comments were made in 2005.”

It does not matter when Zimmerman wrote such comments on Facebook as he did so on his private Facebook page.

[skr]

How is this supposed to relate to Trayvon Martin? Was he Mexican?

[octex]

Zimmerman is part Mexican...how can they rag on him for dissing his own folk?
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Stop sleeping in class!

His mother is from Peru, not Mexico.

[Gay State Conservative]

The past of both individuals are absolutely fair game,are essential to determine,in fact.The actual events,IMO,cannot be determined to a convincing degree so,for me,their pasts will suggest which one was more likely to blame for what happened.

[Gay State Conservative]

Zimmerman is part Mexican...how can they rag on him for dissing his own folk?

I'm of Irish blood and yet fully understand and acknowledge that a noticeable percentage of my fellow Irishmen are absolutely worthless filthbags.Not *all* of them,not *most* of them,but *more than a few* of them.

[Verginius Rufus]

I think it is just supposed to bolster the media image of Zimmerman as a bad person.

Are Hispanics allowed to think negative thoughts about other Hispanics?

The Inca civilization was in Peru. The Aztecs were in Mexico. Between the two, I think I would have rather lived in Peru--less chance of being killed as part of a religious ceremony.

[Verginius Rufus]

I’m 1/16th Irish (twice as Irish as Elizabeth Warren is Cherokee) and I can think of a number of Irish-Americans I have little regard for: Teddy Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Jim Moran, Chris Matthews, Barack O’Bama...

[okie01]

Zimmerman is part Mexican...how can they rag on him for dissing his own folk?

Zimmerman's mother is Peruvian. He's not Mexican.

[cookcounty]

Isn’t Zimmerman Mexican? He certainly doesn’t look Cuban or Puerto Rican.

[cookcounty]

oooops, should have read the whole thread, thanks.

[freedumb2003]

>>y. Criminal and civil lawyers routinely discover Facebook, MySpace, and other posts and publication by parties in a case.<<

Which is why any rational person will stay the heck away from them, other than family chit-chat.