Posted on 03/25/2012 6:20:28 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
After fatally shooting Trayvon Martin, Florida community watch captain George Zimmerman "couldn't stop crying,'' according to a family friend who spoke with him Saturday.
"After this started – the reports I got – [Zimmerman] "couldn't stop crying,'' Joe Oliver told "Good Morning America" on Sunday.
Oliver, who said he is a close friend of the family, said Zimmerman has gone into hiding, fears for his life, and is "just now becoming aware of how big this has gotten."
Oliver, who has known Zimmerman for six years, said he has been in regular contact with members of Zimmerman's family, who have briefed him on Zimmerman's day-to-day reactions as the case has grown into a national referendum on race, gun laws and criminal justice.
On Saturday, the militant New Black Panther Party offered a $10,000 bounty for Zimmerman's "capture."
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"I think when the other 911 tapes are released, and the other evidence comes out, I think it will show clearly that George Zimmerman was acting in self defense,'' Oliver said. "The question is: how far did he pursue? Who made the initial contact? What started the confrontation in the first place? The fact that the investigation so far has come out the way it has – because of Sanford's history – I find it hard to believe that the Sanford Police Department wouldn't have George in jail now if they had one…piece [of evidence] to support that fact. George Zimmerman is not in jail because…they don't have the evidence to arrest him."(continued)
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It’s a tragedy for everyone involved. It’s also a litmus test for racial relations. No matter what happens now, there can be no fair trial unless they try it in Guam.
He wasn't arrested so it's probably his driver license photo.
Found this on twitter.
http://www.wagist.com/2012/dan-linehan/was-trayvon-martin-a-drug-dealer
It seems that Tray was also on Twitter, but his account seems to have been recently deleted by his family or friends.
His screen name was “@NO_LIMIT_NIGGA, as you can see from the twitpic account screenshot above. He was also a member of a twitter hash group #team4dat.”
2nd Div. Vet....here’s also the “doctored” photo compared to the original photo Of Martin in his hoody....so they’ve been cleaning it up since that’s a popular one out there. They even thinned his eyebrows....
There’s a photo now of Zimmerman today instead of the 7 year old mugshot of him, on another thread...quite the difference.
I am still in Zimmermans court at this point...not guilty until there’s evidence proving otherwise...and the more they collect the more it’s leaning supportive of Zimmermans story.
BTW Did you see MArtin’s mother said he was “sitting on the porch”, meaning Martin? It was from the first articles written of this happening before someone pushed buttons to make a larger issue of it in the media......I think we should look back to the original reporting, moreso now, and see what was first reported.
Here’s the contrast of Martin’s doctored photo:
From the article:
"Zimmerman was reportedly charged with assault on a police officer in 2005, when he was 21, after a scuffle with police over the arrest of one of his friends for underage drinking in a local bar. He accepted a pre-trial diversion that kept him from being convicted of a felony – an outcome that might have prevented him from receiving a permit to carry a gun."
Only to Marxists and political opportunists.
Well he’s in orange carb so easy to assume it’s a mugshot and stated as such...but the dang picture is 7 years old...and I understand there were no charges.
Apparently one of Zimmermans buddies was being given a hard time by an officer and he stepped into it on behalf of his buddy....that’ll always get you in trouble!
As for the domestic issues....seems they were both charging each other and the judge thought hubby and wife needed to stop bringing their “issues” to his bench...and work it out amongst themselves. No charges on that either.
We have black kill blacks here all the time. Some are sooo young.
The Obama administration is sure getting a lot of mileage out of this. Asking the Feds to look at it?? This is a local crime. Stop being ridiculous.
And CAIR is also getting involved....Hmmmm....What does C A I R stand for??
Given the article's subject using the sad puppy dog image instead of the smug suit goes in Zimmerman's favour.
Doesn’t look white to me. Image is everything in race politics, the images are not in the race baiters favor this time. When these pictures get out to the mainstream of america, this case will die quickly.
Maybe the smiling picture was not available to the press earlier.
Wanted family to see McLaughlin Group today on this.
Michele Bernard voiced the “Af. Amer.” point of view. She made some points worth hearing but very self righteous in tone.
Called Martin a “young child”.
I pointed that out to the group as a classic propaganda device, defining :ropoganda.
By the way, Eleanor Clift made the final observance that there were a lot of stereotypes of 1950’s white v black behavior that people were {erroneously} hanging onto.
I read one article that called Zimmerman a white Hispantic. I guess that makes Obama a white Negro!
That photo is in a motel restroom, isn’t it? Also it appears Trayvon may have been a small time dealer.
Well, at least ABC is (surprisingly) giving Zimmerman a human dimension by letting his friend state publicly that “he couldn’t stop crying.” Add to that the revelation that he has been a mentor to a black youth, and whatever else he might be, Zimmerman doesn’t seem like a racist, at least at this point.
Killing a man is not much fun. My Dad, who served in the Pacific in World War II, never got over the Japanese he killed. He carried a Thompson and killed up close and personal. It haunted his dreams all of his life.
Regardless of guilt or innocence, It seems pretty unlikely that race had anything to do with this shooting.
I’ll oppose the lynch mob but I haven’t got any clue about whether Zimmerman is guilty or not.
My granddad came back from Europe a rock solid practicing Christian and stayed that way the rest of his life.
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