‘Hannity’ Caller Seeks to Up the Ante for George Zimmerman’s Capture

RedState.com ^ | 03/27/2012 | BuckeyeTexan

[BuckeyeTexan]

Yesterday, during the 3:00 PM (EDT) hour of The Sean Hannity Show, Jay from Pittsburgh called in to comment on the Trayvon Martin case. After being corrected on two erroneous claims and informed about eye-witness testimony, Jay then offered to add $1000 to the New Black Panther Party’s $10,000 bounty for the capture or killing of George Zimmerman.

Below is a transcript of the conversation that took place between Sean Hannity and Jay from Pittsburgh.

Jay: Let me make a comment in reference to the Black Panther Party – cause I mean they will always try to justify it – the Black Panther Party put up a bounty today for ten thousand dollars. I’ll put a thousand dollars to that just for the simple fact of -

Sean: You want a bounty out on Mr. Zimmerman to kill him?

Jay: Yeah – no, not to kill him but to apprehend him.

Sean: They said they wanted him dead or alive.

Jay: Let me finish so that you don’t misinterpret what I’m saying. Not to kill him but to bring him in and bring him in front of our own justice.

Sean: Because – what does your own justice mean? What do you mean by that?

Jay: What our own justice is – we’ll fairly try him with the evidence that shows -

Sean: Who’s – whoa, whoa – who’s “we” will fairly try him?

Jay: The people of the Black Panther Party, the people of the community, cause let me tell you why -

Sean: So - you want, you want – wait

Jay: Let me tell you why -

Sean: No, I’m not going to listen to this because you’re talking about violence here on the program.

As the legal investigation into Trayvon Martin’s death proceeds, new facts are emerging about the events that took place that night. In the aftermath of such an event, it is understandable that people want answers about what happened and whether or not Trayvon Martin’s death could have been prevented. Tensions are high on both sides of the issue as people learn more about Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman.

In searching for answers, however, we cannot allow one group to resort to vigilante justice. We are a nation of laws not men. The New Black Panther Party is neither a law enforcement organization nor a court of law, yet they seek to apprehend George Zimmerman, “fairly try” him before an illegal court using selective evidence, and then administer their own form of “justice.”

The pursuit of such vigilante justice can be laid squarely at the feet of those who seek to promote hatred and violence as political tools to empower only themselves not those whom they claim to represent. The New Black Panther Party’s $10,000 bounty does not differ substantively from the vigilante “justice” historically administered by the Ku Klux Klan and other hatemongers. The NBPP’s bounty was born of hatred not justice.

Racism was real and tangible to those who lived it and experienced the horrors of burning crosses, vicious beatings, and lynchings. The civil rights movement was not a political tool used to empower a select few or engender hatred and violence. It was hatred and violence the movement sought to overcome.

Let’s not return to an era of hatred and violence. We’ve come too far to overturn the achievements realized by those who sacrificed their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor for civil rights.

[BuckeyeTexan]

Kudos to Sean Hannity for ending the call when he did.

[BuckeyeTexan]

I posted the whole thang. So please don’t whoop up on me. :)

[BuckeyeTexan]

Ping

[trappedincanuckistan]

I fear that the race baiters, media and politicians have gone so far out on a limb here that violence is inevitable. There are people out there listening to their words, and are not going to be able to back down.

[humblegunner]

Not a critical word from me.

You even attributed the author correctly!

[NavyCanDo]

I heard the call. Twice during the call the caller said the kid was 13 years old. Hannity did a poor job in my opinion of correcting him. I was yelling at the radio at Hannity to smack him down on that one lie, but he kind of let it slip by.

[TSgt]

I'll be their Huckleberry...

[Lurker]

We are a nation of laws not men.

Snort...we haven't been that in a very long time.

[ZX12R]

I fear that the race baiters, media and politicians have gone so far out on a limb here that violence is inevitable. There are people out there listening to their words, and are not going to be able to back down.

Based on the comments I've heard the last few days from various black people on TV news and radio, I would not be surprised to wake up tomorrow morning and read in the news that some unfortunate fellow who lives in the Sanford area, and resembles Mr. Zimmerman, was killed by an ignorant black vigilante seeking fame and notoriety.

[Carriage Hill]

I think you did a great job, but what do I know? (Great job, anyway!)

[Gabz]

I don’t blame Hannity for missing the 13yo bit -— he was rightly focused on the violence the guy was encouraging. I don;t usually cut Hannity any slack, but in this case, I actually can’t really fault him. I even missed the 13 yo comment.

[BuckeyeTexan]

I too wish Hannity had been a little more forceful in correcting “Jay's” erroneous claims, but he did correct “Jay” by telling him that Trayvon was 17 not 13.

What did you think about Hannity explaining that it was Zimmerman who was on the bottom being punched, it was Zimmerman who cried out for help not Martin, and that Zimmerman had a broken nose? I had to roll my eyes when “Jay” replied, “Okay” and then launched into his offer regarding the bounty.

It seemed to me that “Jay” was simply waiting for his opportunity to promote the NBPP bounty. Note that Spike Lee tweeted Zimmerman's address today - the wrong address apparently which put the unknown resident's life in danger and property at risk.

I wonder if there is a campaign to call into radio shows to promote that bounty. Obviously one call does not make a campaign, but Spike Lee's tweet of Zimmerman's address makes it clear to me that they're seeking vigilante justice.

Obama and Holder are conspicuously silent on the bounty. Wonder how they feel about it.

[BuckeyeTexan]

I downloaded the audio in order to accurately transcribe the conversation. Hannity did correct “Jay” about Trayvon’s age actually being 17, but “Jay” was speaking over Hannity and it was easy to miss.

[denydenydeny]

Sean: Who’s – whoa, whoa – who’s “we” will fairly try him?

Jay: The people of the Black Panther Party, the people of the community

a.k.a. a lynching.

[BuckeyeTexan]

We are supposed to be a nation of laws not men. I guess we'll know how far gone we really are when the SCOTUS makes a decision on the individual mandate, ay?

[BuckeyeTexan]

a.k.a. a lynching

That was also my take away. It was unsettling to realize that there are people out there who believe (and hear someone willing to state so openly)that they can convene their own court of law, try a defendant with selective evidence, and administer their own justice.

[FourPeas]

I’m not surprised. Part of Barry’s reelection strategy.

[BuckeyeTexan]

With Spike Lee tweeting an incorrect address for Zimmerman today, I would not be surprised to hear that that resident has been viciously beaten or killed and his home destroyed.

I hope the police are aware of Lee’s tweet and have posted an officer nearby.

[Gaffer]

And....if this caller were a white bubba, DHS, FBI, ATF, IRS et al would perp-walk his white ass to the nearest Holder Kangaroo Jail-a-White-Boy-for-Hate Crime Black Jury.

This goes nowhere. It goes nowhere with Sean or any of the other blandly conservative pundits. Screw them.

Did Hannity provide the government with this guy’s phone ID? Did they report anything? I guess not.

[ZX12R]

With Spike Lee tweeting an incorrect address for Zimmerman today, I would not be surprised to hear that that resident has been viciously beaten or killed and his home destroyed. I hope the police are aware of Lee’s tweet and have posted an officer nearby.

I hope so too. These people are like ignoramuses playing with gun powder and hand grenades.