There was a murder of a Black teen but because police were familiar with the killer and his family they took the murderer at his word from the very beginning. They give Zimmerman the deference that they would give one of their own as if he had received a speeding ticket. Zimmerman’s account became the narrative for the case and because he was familiar with the law, he knew exactly what to say.Trayvon Martin was no angel as evident by the Conservative media that seems all too anxious to, in detail, smear the reputation of a dead Black Teenage boy in order to defend the jury verdict of innocent for George Zimmerman. Conservatives base their support of Zimmerman on the decision of a bogus court trial. Bogus because only George Zimmerman’s side of the story was heard, Trayvon’s side of the story will never be told notwithstanding the state prosecution’s pathetic presentation of the case, and because of the fatal 9mm hole in Trayvon’s chest put there by George Zimmerman.
Anyone familiar with criminal court cases in general understand that trials have less to do with truth and justice than they have to do with legal connections and social status. A system that in theory is supposed to guarantee equality under the law instead has historically handed down favoritism and deference for the wealthy, the beautiful and the powerful elite in this society.
It should be noted that George Zimmerman may have received favorable treatment from the police because of his family. According to court records, his father is retired Supreme Court Magistrate Judge Robert Zimmerman and his mother Gladys Zimmerman was a court clerk. Connections in the legal community run deep and go far.
According to a records search on George, he was previously arrested for domestic violence, resisting an officer without violence and most shockingly, resisting an officer with violence — a felony charge that surely could have landed him in prison.
All three of those arrests, however, were mysteriously closed with no semblance of charges for the Florida resident. So how was someone with a violent past including that of battery against an officer able to carry a 9 mm handgun? Maybe that’s a question Robert Zimmerman should answer. (sources: Here and here )
George Zimmerman in this particular case was the “creepy ass cracker” that Trayvon assessed him to be that fatal night. However the “creepy ass cracker” had legal connects, which afforded him several brushes with the law that he was able to beat just like he beat the charges in the Trayvon Martin case.
What is ironic is to Trayvon Zimmerman was a creepy ass craker for following him. To Zimmerman Trayvon was an asshole trying to get away before he murdered him.
What the jurors of the case didn’t know and what was kept from their knowledge is that George Zimmerman is a violent man who previously beat two felony charges, which were dropped to one misdemeanor. What the jurors didn’t know is that Zimmerman was twice charged with resisting arrest and once charged with domestic violence. Zimmerman was able to beat those charges largely because of his father’s legal connections which produces good attorneys. Zimmerman was also charged with speeding, however the charge was dropped also. Finally, one of Zimmerman’s associates did a year in jail for him and didn’t finger him in the crime, this according to Zimmerman!
They do a year and dont ever open thier [sic] mouth to get my ass pinched.—George Zimmerman (source)
In 2005, Zimmerman was arrested and charged with "resisting officer with violence" and "battery of law enforcement officer." Both these felonies are considered third-degree. Due to his desperate attempts, the charges were reduced to "resisting officer without violence" and then the only remaining charge was also completely waived off when he entered an alcohol education program.
In the same year (2005), Zimmerman's ex-fiance, Veronica Zuazo, filed a civil motion for a restraining order, alleging domestic violence. In retaliation, Zimmerman filed for a retraining (sic) order against Zuazo and both these claims were resolved with both restraining orders granted.
The next year, in 2006, Zimmerman was charged with speeding. However, that case was dismissed because the officer who charged him failed to show up at the court.—Samantha, AllVoices and here.
“Usually he was just a cool guy. He liked to drink and hang with the women like the rest of us,” he said. “But it was like Jekyll and Hyde. When the dude snapped, he snapped.”
“He had a temper and he became a liability,” the man said. “One time this woman was acting a little out of control. She was drunk. George lost his cool and totally overreacted,” he said. “It was weird, because he was such a cool guy, but he got all nuts. He picked her up and threw her. It was pure rage. She twisted her ankle. Everyone was flipping out.”—Nydailynews.com
Zimmerman’s father, a White man, Robert Zimmerman is a retired Federal Magistrate. Zimmerman’s mother a Peruvian was a Court Clerk. These people were well known in the legal community. George himself was a kind of “Paul Blart” mall cop. His lifelong dream was to be a law enforcement officer, Zimmerman attended a four-month law-enforcement program in 2008 at the sheriff's office, but he was rejected. So George organized his own “community watch” for his neighborhood and appointed himself "Watch Captain" so that he could patrol armed with a concealed gun as if he were a sworn authorized agent of the law.
That's right, Zimmerman is not the innocent volunteer neighborhood watch person who peers from behind a curtain and then calls the police. No this was an armed man patrolling the street like a super hero. In Zimmerman’s mind he was, “Gunman.” Unfortunately, for Trayvon, Zimmerman’s power was to be able to kill an unarmed teen with a single 9mm bullet.
One law enforcement officer testified during the trial and under oath, that Zimmerman had a hero complex. So if you can imagine a rejected wannabe police officer on a self-appointed patrol looking for “bad guys” who, and I failed to mention this, looked down on Mexicans and other people that he considered criminally inclined.
If Zimmerman wasn’t a racist, he certainly has tendencies that suggested he believed that he was better than Mexicans and other minorities.
In Zimmerman’s own words, “I dont miss driving around scared to hit mexicans walkin on the side ofthe street, soft ass wanna be thugs messin with peoples cars when they aint around (what are you provin, that you can dent a car when no ones watchin) dont make you a man in my book. Workin 96 hours to get a decent pay check, gettin knifes pulled on you by every mexican you run into!” (source)
According to the NY Post and other sources in the last year, Zimmerman’s calls focused on black men and boys in his gated community. And oh yes Zimmerman knew Trayvon was black he identified Trayvon’s ethnicity early in his call to 911.
As the watch volunteer at the 260-unit Retreat at Twin Lakes, Zimmerman became a paranoid pest — peppering 911 with at least 46 calls. They varied in urgency, but in the last year focused mostly on black men or boys. (see source)
If Trayvon Martin was a bad actor, George Zimmerman was a bad actor with a 9mm gun, white skin and a very well legal connected family. The difference is Martin’s parent’s have no legal connection no political ties therefore Trayvon is just another Black teenager killed at the hand of a White man, Trayvon was unjustly reviled in a court of law, the white man’s system, Trayvon was reviled by the white man’s attorneys and Trayvon is now being defamed by White Conservatives in the media.
All the while, Zimmerman is now free to tweet, “Hey you’ all I got away with my third felony! This time it was murder.”
Does anyone think that this was some information that the jury would have liked to know? Does anyone think that truth and justice resulted in the Zimmerman trial?
As I stated at the beginning of this post anyone familiar with America’s courts understand that court cases have less to do with truth and justice than they have to do with legal connections and social status in America.
There was a murder of a Black teen but because police were familiar with the killer and his family they took him at his word from the very beginning. They give Zimmerman the deference that they would give one of their own as if he had received a speeding ticket. Zimmerman’s account became the narrative for the case and because he was familiar with the law, he knew exactly what to say.
This seems like a good time to remind people of the part of this story that keeps being overlooked: the part where the Sanford, Florida police did a terrible job. They didn’t place Zimmerman in custody, test him for drugs or alcohol, or evidently do a thorough investigation into his claims, he walking around free at the beginning, and nonetheless, with his gun. In addition, the police don’t do a very good job preserving the evidence on the ground because they assumed they had an open and shut case based on Zimmerman’s account of events.
Only an outcry from the community forced police to unwillingly arrest Zimmerman.
Trayvon Martin is dead and the only crime that was committed that night involving Trayvon was his murder in cold blood. If Martin was a thug or any of the other claims that Conservatives label him as, the fact is, he was chased and ultimately gunned down by Zimmerman, who has always been a thug in his own right. (hear 5:55min Zimmerman 911 call)
With his concealed weapon and his propensity for violence Zimmerman was a murder going somewhere to happen. Unfortunately, for the Martin family their Black teenage son is where it happened.
Transcript of Zimmerman’s 911 call the night he tried, convicted and murdered Trayvon Martin:
We’ve had some break-ins in my neighborhood and there’s a real suspicious guy. It’s Retreat View Circle. The best address I can give you is 111 Retreat View Circle.
This guy looks like he’s up to no good or he’s on drugs or something. It’s raining and he’s just walking around looking about. [00:25]
911 dispatcher: OK, is he White, Black, or Hispanic?
Zimmerman:
He looks black.
911 dispatcher:
Did you see what he was wearing?
Zimmerman:
Yeah, a dark hoodie like a gray hoodie. He wore jeans or sweat pants and white tennis shoes. He’s here now … he’s just staring. [00:42]
911 dispatcher:
He’s just walking around the area, the houses? OK.
Zimmerman:
Now he’s staring at me. [00:48]
911 dispatcher:
OK, you said that’s 1111 Retreat View or 111?
Zimmerman:
That’s the clubhouse.
911 dispatcher:
He’s near the clubhouse now?
Zimmerman:
Yeah, now he’s coming toward me. He’s got his hands in his waist band.
And he’s a black male.[1:03]
911 dispatcher:
How old would you say he is?
Zimmerman:
He’s got something on his shirt. About like his late teens.
911 dispatcher:
Late teens?
Zimmerman:
Uh, huh. Something’s wrong with him. Yep, he’s coming to check me out. He’s got something in his hands. I don’t know what his deal is. [01:20]
911 dispatcher:
Let me know if he does anything, OK?
Zimmerman:
OK.
911 dispatcher:
We’ve got him on the wire. Just let me know if this guy does anything else.
Zimmerman:
OK.
These assholes. They always get away. When you come to the clubhouse, you come straight in and you go left. Actually, you would go past the clubhouse. [1:39]
911 dispatcher:
OK, so it’s on the left hand side of the clubhouse?
Zimmerman:
Yeah. You go in straight through the entrance and then you would go left. You go straight in, don’t turn and make a left.
He’s running. [2:08]
911 dispatcher:
He’s running? Which way is he running?
Zimmerman:
Down toward the other entrance of the neighborhood. [2:14]
911 dispatcher:
OK, which entrance is that he’s headed towards?
Zimmerman:
The back entrance.
[It sounds like Zimmerman says under his breath, ‘F-ing coons’ at 2:22]
911 dispatcher:
Are you following him? [2:24]
Zimmerman:
Yeah. [2:25]
911 dispatcher:
OK. We don’t need you to do that. [2:26]
Zimmerman:
OK. [2:28]
911 dispatcher:
Alright, sir, what is your name? [2:34]
Zimmerman:
George.
He ran.
911 dispatcher:
Alright, George, what’s your last name?
Zimmerman:
Zimmerman.
911 dispatcher:
What’s the phone number you’re calling from?
Zimmerman:
407-435-2400
911 dispatcher:
Alright, George, we do have them on the way. Do you want to meet with the officer when they get out there?
Zimmerman:
Yeah.
911 dispatcher:
Alright, where are you going to meet with them at?
Zimmerman:
Um, if they come in through the gate, tell them to go straight past the clubhouse and, uh, straight past the clubhouse and make a left and then go past the mailboxes you’ll see my truck. [3:10]
911 dispatcher:
Alright, what address are you parked in front of? [3:21]
Zimmerman:
Um, I don’t know. It’s a cut-through so I don’t know the address. [3:25]
911 dispatcher:
OK, do you live in the area?
Zimmerman:
Yeah, yeah, I live here.
911 dispatcher:
OK, what’s your apartment number?
Zimmerman:
It’s a home. It’s 1950 – oh, crap, I don’t want to give it out – I don’t know where this kid is [inaudible] [3:40]
911 dispatcher:
OK, do you just want to meet with them at the mailboxes then? [3:42]
Zimmerman:
Yeah, that’s fine. [3:43]
911 dispatcher:
Alright, George, I’ll let them know you’ll meet them at …
Zimmerman:
Could you have them call me and I’ll tell them where I’m at? [3:49]
911 dispatcher:
OK, that’s no problem.
Zimmerman:
My number … you’ve got it?
911 dispatcher:
Yeah, I’ve got it. 435-2400?
Zimmerman:
Yeah, you got it.
911 dispatcher:
OK, no problem. I’ll let them know to call you when they’re in the area. [4:02]
Zimmerman:
Thanks.
911 dispatcher:
You’re welcome.
Call ends 4:07
