This whole thing has taken a life of its own because of the Black Panthers and Sharpton. I doubt that there will be Justice.
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This whole thing has taken a life of its own because of the Black Panthers and Sharpton. I doubt that there will be Justice.
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Suspect angry over Trayvon Martin death beats up white man
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Alton L. Hayes III, a west suburban man charged with a hate crime, told police he was so upset about the Trayvon Martin case in Florida that he beat up a white man early Tuesday.
Hayes and a 15-year-old Chicago boy walked up behind the 19-year-old man victim and pinned his arms to his side, police said. Hayes, 18, then picked up a large tree branch, pointed it at the man and said, “Empty your pockets, white boy.”
The two allegedly rifled through the victim’s pockets, then threw him to the ground and punched him “numerous times” in the head and back before running away, police said. Hayes and the boy are black; the victim is white.
After being arrested, Hayes told police he was upset by the Trayvon Martin case and beat the man up because he was white, Cook County State’s Attorney’s office spokeswoman Tandra Simonton said, citing court records.
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“Now That’s Justice for Trayvon:” Media Complicity in Mob Violence
Written on Wednesday, April 25, 2012 by David L. Goetsch
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In an earlier column at this site titled, “Behaving Badly in the Trayvon Martin Case,” I called the media to account for covering the tragedy in a way sure to stir the embers of racial discord and possibly even incite racial violence. Now it has happened. According to WKRG Television in Mobile, Alabama, Matthew Owens of Delmar Drive in Mobile was beaten on his front porch by a mob of 20 blacks who were angry at Owens for telling their children to shut down a game of street basketball near his house at 8:30pm on a Saturday night.
The mob’s retribution against Owens was apparently the culmination of a situation that had been brewing for a while over kids blocking the street and making noise while playing street basketball. But apparently there was more to the mob beating than just basketball. According to an eye witness to the attack, as the mob dispersed one of the assailants said, “Now that’s justice for Trayvon.” This comment raises an important and disturbing question: If the media had not aided and abetted in transforming the Trayvon Martin case into a racial powder keg, would a group of angry black parents have transformed themselves into a violent mob that came close to killing a man on his own front porch?
Few people are able to cut through the self-righteous rhetoric and hypocrisy that permeates discussions of race in America better than conservative economist Thomas Sowell. In a recent column for Townhall.com titled, Who Is ‘Racist,’ Sowell makes several crucial points that bear on my belief that the media has behaved badly in the Trayvon Martin killing and is still behaving badly in the aftermath of the Matthew Owens beating. Sowell’s points warrant commenting on here because they bear directly on what I believe is media complicity in rapidly souring racial relations in America:
In covering the Trayvon Martin case, the mainstream media has reverted to the bad old days of the Jim Crow South “…where complexion counted more than facts in determining how people are treated.” The only difference between then and now is which complexion receives favored treatment by the media.
The mainstream media has purposefully distorted its coverage of the Trayvon Martin killing by editing its words and graphics to fit its slanted point of view. For example, the mainstream media continues to show the same photographs of Trayvon as a cute 12 – 14 year old little boy, but has yet to show one of the 17 year-old young man who was strong enough to overpower George Zimmerman’s and slam his head repeatedly into the pavement.
The mainstream media continually refers to George Zimmerman as a “white Hispanic” because one of his parents was white, but they have never referred to President Obama as a “white African” because his mother was white. The only conclusion one can draw from this fact is the mainstream media uses the term “white” only when it suits its nefarious race-baiting purposes to do so.
The word games the mainstream media plays “…grow out of a notion that complexion tells you who is to be blamed and who is not.” Guilt and innocence should be determined by the facts in a given case, not skin color.
Perhaps the media is suffering from “White Guilt” over the abominable treatment of black Americans during the Jim Crow days of Bull Connor and crowd. Thomas Sowell had this to say on that issue: “Let us talk sense, like adults. Nothing that is done to George Zimmerman—justly or unjustly—will unlynch a single black man who was tortured and killed in the Jim Crow South for a crime he didn’t commit.”
My bottom line concerning the media as well as President Obama, Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, and others who, in my view, have behaved badly in the Trayvon Martin tragedy is this: Stirring up racial strife in a country with America’s history is easy—any fool can do that. But it will take courage and leadership to bridge the great racial divide and bring the races together in ways that benefit all Americans as well as our country. It is time for decision makers in the media, President Obama, Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton and other people of influence to show some courage and exert some leadership.
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Interesting.
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A Latino or Latina is a person considered part of an ethnic background that is traditionally Spanish-speaking, especially a citizen of, or an immigrant from, a Spanish-speaking country. The term latino is used to refer to males only or a combination of males and females in a group, whereas the term latina is used to refer to females only.
In the United States, the term is in official use in the ethnonym Hispanic or Latino, defined as "a person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race."[1][2] The term is also used in Spain as a term of self-identification for immigrants from Hispanoamerica.
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The 1970 Census was the first time that a "Hispanic" identifier was used and data collected with the question. The definition of "Hispanic" has been modified in each successive census. The 2000 Census asked if the person was "Spanish/Hispanic/Latino".[27]
"The terms "Hispanic" or "Latino" refer to persons who trace their origin or descent to Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Spanish speaking Central and South America countries, and other Spanish cultures. Origin can be considered as the heritage, nationality group, lineage, or country of the person or the person's parents or ancestors before their arrival in the United States. People who identify their origin as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race."[28] This definition of Hispanic fully excludes the Portuguese, Brazilians, or anyone from any other country that speaks Portuguese. The U.S. Office of Management and Budget currently defines "Hispanic or Latino" as "a person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race".[29] This definition again excludes people of Portuguese origins, such as Portuguese Americans, but gives room to controversy over Brazilian Americans, as even if they do not have any link to Spanish culture nor Spanish origin, they are "South or Central American" (the same problem would happen with people descending from ancestors in Belize, Guyana and Suriname). This defintion is inaccurate. However, despite this fact, people of Portuguese origin are still included in some government agencies' definitions. For example, the U.S. Department of Transportation defines Hispanic to include, "persons of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Dominican, Central or South American, or others Spanish or Portuguese culture or origin, regardless of race."[30] This definition has been adopted by the Small Business Administration as well as many federal, state, and municipal agencies for the purposes of awarding government contracts to minority owned businesses. In addition, both the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and the Congressional Hispanic Conference include representatives of both Spanish and Portuguese descent. Still, other government agencies adopt definitions that exclude not only people from Portugal, but also from Spain, under a different principle, the one that there is a distinct ethnic difference between these European countries and the Iberoamerican countries (genetically mostly a mix of indigenous American, European American and African American). Therefore, some include people from Brazil, but not Spain or Portugal.
More than anything, there seems to exist a widespread weak understanding that Portugal and Spain are two separate Latin European countries (like France or Italy, for example), and that both created separate colonial empires (again, like France and Italy, as an example). Just like any white person with French or Italian ancestors, or a white person coming from a country colonized by France and which speaks French (namely people from Quebec, in Canada), a person who is white and descends from ancestors born in any country that has Portuguese as an official language, is most correctly identifiable simply as white (caucasian) on US Census options.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission encourages any individual who believes that he or she is Hispanic to self-identify as Hispanic.[31] The United States Department of Labor - Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs encourages the same self-identification.[32] As a result, any individual who traces his or her origins to part of the Spanish Empire may self-identify as Hispanic, because an employer may not override an individual's self-identification.[33]
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The 1990 census questions on race and Hispanic origin were changed
for Census 2000. The federal government considers race and
Hispanic origin to be two separate and distinct concepts. For Census 2000, the questions on race and Hispanic origin were
asked of every individual living in the United States. The question on Hispanic origin asked respondents if they were Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino.2 The question on race asked respondents to report the race or races they considered themselves to be. Both questions
are based on self-identification.
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Zimmerman is a brown-skinned man who has a face like an Amerindian. He is white AND Hispanic, but not a "white Hispanic". Antonio Banderas is more the type. Someone whose Spanish roots come wholly or mainly from Europe is a "white Hispanic", usually with an olive complexion. I am half "anglo" and half "white Hispanic" myself.
ABC News Exclusive: Zimmerman Medical Report Shows Broken Nose, Lacerations After Trayvon Martin Shooting
By MATT GUTMAN and SENI TIENABESO | ABC News – 4 hrs ago...
A medical report compiled by the family physician of accused Trayvon Martin murderer George Zimmerman and obtained exclusively by ABC News found that Zimmerman was diagnosed with a "closed fracture" of his nose, a pair of black eyes, two lacerations to the back of his head and a minor back injury the day after he fatally shot Martin during an alleged altercation.
Zimmerman faces a second degree murder charge for the Feb. 26 shooting that left the unarmed 17-year-old high school junior dead. Zimmerman has claimed self defense in what he described as a life and death struggle that Martin initiated by accosting him, punching him in the face, then repeatedly bashing his head into the pavement.
Also today, a trove of documents are being examined by lawyers for both the defense and prosecution as part of discovery in Zimmerman's trial -- including 67 CDs worth of documents, video of Martin on the night of the shooting, his autopsy report and videos of Zimmerman's questioning by police.
Zimmerman's three-page medical report is included in those documents that the defense could use as evidence.
Watch World News with Diane Sawyer for the latest on the Trayvon Martin shooting and the trial of George Zimmerman.
The morning after the shooting, on Feb. 27, Zimmerman sought treatment at the offices of a general physician at a family practice near Sanford, Fla. The doctor notes Zimmerman sought an appointment to get legal clearance to return to work.
The record shows that Zimmerman also suffered bruising in the upper lip and cheek and lower back pain. The two lacerations on the back of his head, one of them nearly an inch long, the other about a quarter-inch long, were first revealed in photos obtained exclusively by ABC News last month.
But the report also shows Zimmerman declined hospitalization the night of the shooting, and then declined the advice of his doctor to make a follow-up appointment with an ear nose and throat doctor.
In addition to his physical injuries, Zimmerman complained of stress and "occasional nausea when thinking about the violence." But he was not diagnosed with a concussion. The doctor noted that it was "imperative" that Zimmerman "be seen with [sic] his psychologist for evaluation."
According to the report, prior to the shooting Zimmerman had been prescribed Adderall and Temazepam, medications that can cause side effects such as agitation and mood swings, but in fewer than 10 percent of patients.
A neighbor told ABC News that the day after the shooting he saw Zimmerman as he spoke to officers outside his home. He too recalled seeing black eyes and significant swelling -- as well as a bandage over his nose.
Moments after the shooting Zimmerman told eyewitnesses he shot Martin in self defense. He later told officers his head was being pounded into the pavement and that he feared for his life, but that it was only when Martin seemed to reach for the gun wedges in his waistband that Zimmerman drew his weapon and fired directly into Martin's chest -- killing him.
The medical notes may bolster Zimmerman's claim that he acted in self-defense because he was being attacked. However, the prosecution contends that Zimmerman instigated the confrontation after profiling the teen, who was walking home after buying skittles and ice tea. They prosecution says Martin was breaking no laws and was not disturbing anyone as he walked back to his father's girlfriend's home.
Zimmerman was granted a $150,000 bail and has since been in deep hiding since his April 20 bail hearing.
ABC News Exclusive: Zimmerman Medical Report Shows Broken Nose, Lacerations After Trayvon Martin Shooting - Yahoo! News
Thank Goodness finally his medical record and injuries are revealed.
George Zimmerman Medical Report Released, Faces Possible Hate Crime Charge
The Huffington Post | By Danielle Cadet Posted: 05/15/2012 4:29 pm Updated: 05/15/2012 11:18 pm
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The medical report from George Zimmerman's family physician, the neighborhood watch volunteer was diagnosed with lacerations to the back of his head, a "closed fracture" of his nose, a pair of black eyes and a minor back injury the day after his fatal confrontation with Trayvon Martin, ABC News reports.
The three-page medical report is included in court documents that the state of Florida made public Monday, which also contained 911 calls, non-emergency calls, photos, video, medical records and a number of hardcopy documents. According to the Orlando Sentinel, the evidence also includes new video from the night of the shooting, both from the 7-Eleven store Trayvon visited before the confrontation and the clubhouse in the neighborhood where the teen was killed.
Law enforcement authorities said Zimmerman, who maintains he shot the teen in self-defense, told local police that Martin punched him in the face, climbed on top of him and slammed his head into the sidewalk. When the local police arrived at the scene, they found Zimmerman with a bloody nose, swollen lip and lacerations on the back of his head. Although paramedics gave him first aid, he said he did not need to go to the hospital and sought medical treatment the next day.
In addition to the second-degree murder charge he's facing for shooting 17-year-old Martin, Zimmerman could face federal hate crime charges, WFTV reports.
If convicted of second-degree murder, Zimmerman could serve a maximum sentence of life in prison. However, if he is found guilty of a federal hate crime charge, he could face the death penalty. Experts say that the latter will be a hard case to prove.
"What the government would have to prove is that Mr. Zimmerman acted out of hatred toward African Americans," said WFTV legal analyst, Bill Sheaffer. "That's why he came into contact with him. That's why he shot and killed him."
According to WFTV, FBI investigators are actively questioning witnesses in the neighborhood, but the bureau told ABC News that the "hammer won't be dropped" on Zimmerman anytime soon.
In April, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder called the teen's killing a 'tragedy' and said that the Justice Department would act decisively if it finds evidence that Martin's civil rights were violated.
Zimmerman killed an unarmed Martin on Febuary 26 in the gated community where Martin's father's girlfriend lived in Sanford, Fla. Zimmerman called 911 and told a police dispatcher that Martin, who was returning from a trip to a nearby convenience store, "looked suspicious." After an altercation, Zimmerman shot Martin in the chest, subsequently telling local police that it was an act of self-defense.
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Wow! The fact that Trayvon Martin Broke Zimmerman's Nose, gave him two black eyes, and two lacerations on back of head before being shot should have been widely publicized long ago. If that had happened, perhaps we would not have black mobs forming all across America attacking and beating innocent white passerby's!
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Autopsy results reportedly indicate Trayvon Martin suffered injuries to knuckles
Published May 16, 2012
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George Zimmerman appears before Circuit Judge Kenneth R. Lester Jr. Friday, April 20, 2012, during a bond hearing in Sanford, Fla. Lester says Zimmerman can be released on $150,000 bail as he awaits trial for the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. Zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder in the shooting of Martin. He claims self-defense. (AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Gary W. Green, Pool) (AP2012)
Autopsy results reportedly indicate that 17-year-old Trayvon Martin had injuries to his knuckles when he died, which could support George Zimmerman’s claim that the unarmed teenager assaulted him before he was fatally shot.
WFTV.com reports that a medical examiner found two injuries on Martin’s body: the fatal gunshot wound to the chest and broken skin on his knuckles. The autopsy results surface as court records indicate that Zimmerman had a pair of black eyes, a fractured nose and two cuts to the back of his head after the fatal shooting on Feb. 26.
A message left with Zimmerman’s attorney, Mark O’Mara, was not immediately returned Wednesday.
Bill Sheaffer, a legal analyst for WFTV.com, said the autopsy evidence likely helps Zimmerman’s defense.
“It goes along with Zimmerman’s story that he acted in self-defense, because he was getting beaten up by Trayvon Martin,” he said.
But the injury could also be consistent with Trayvon “either trying to get away or defend himself,” Sheaffer continued.
Meanwhile, ABC News reports that Zimmerman’s medical records were part of evidence released Tuesday that prosecutors have in the second-degree murder case. Zimmerman, who was treated Feb. 27 at Altamonte Family Practice, has pleaded not guilty and has claimed he acted in self-defense. The 28-year-old is free on $150,000 bail and is living in an undisclosed location.
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The ingrained "caste" system and built in resentments accompany many Mexicans that come illegally.
This article is an interesting example.
White Mexican Girl Arrested In Mexico. Has The World Gone Mad?
You know how old conservative people and religious extremists are always saying the "fin del mundo" [end of the world] is near? I always roll my eyes at them but, for the first time ever, I'm actually starting to believe they're right. It all started five minutes ago when I watched the video you see above. In it, you can clearly see how -- brace yourselves -- a WHITE Mexican girl gets ARRESTED. If you're reaction was anything but "HOLY SHIT!" after reading what I just wrote, then clearly your understanding of Mexican classism is nonexistent. You don't get it? OK, fine. I'll explain it to you using this recent video as an example.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...;v=YpGGVNr8l1A
The "ladies of Polanco," as they're now known, got a lot of media criticism for badmouthing some cops who were working a sobriety check. The cops got a lot of criticism for not arresting the ladies. In America, no sane person would ever go off on a cop after being pulled over for a sobriety check. Sane or not, no American cop would ever let such rambunctious behavior go unpunished because, at the very least, your ass would get thrown inside the back of a patrol car. So how did the annoying loudmouths of Polanco get away with humiliating the Mexican cops?
Simple: they're white. Being white in Mexico -- and yes, there's a lot of white Mexicans -- is almost always associated with being privileged. Being privileged means you have money and, usually, political connections. Having political connections in Mexico means you can do pretty much whatever you want. You might not even have said connections, but the Mexican government is so shamelessly corrupt that all you have to do to make a cop second-guess his judgement is tell him you "know somebody." If you look the part and happen to be at the right place -- like a ritzy Mexican neighborhood such as Polanco -- you will be believed. The Polanco ladies looked the part, definitely had the insolent fresa attitude and thus where allowed to act the fool without suffering any repercussions.
But things are finally changing! Or so I'd like to believe. The video above has been titled "Lady de Puebla' [Puebla lady], an obvious reference to the Polanco ladies, except that the protagonist does get cuffed and placed on the back of the police cruiser. She tries to pull a Dulce Sarahi but it's not nearly as funny:
White Mexican Girl Arrested In Mexico. Has The World Gone Mad?
Zimmerman's wife arrested, accused of perjury
From Vivian Kuo, CNN
updated 4:54 PM EDT, Tue June 12, 2012
(CNN) -- George Zimmerman's wife was arrested Tuesday afternoon for allegedly lying at his bond hearing about the couple's finances.
Shellie N. Zimmerman, 25, faces a perjury charge, according to Jackie Barnard, spokeswoman for the State Attorney's office for the Fourth Judicial District of Florida.
Shellie Zimmernan will be arraigned July 31, according to the Seminole County Sheriff's Office. She met conditions for a $1,000 bond and was released Tuesday afternoon.
Her husband, 28, is accused in the February shooting death of Trayvon Martin, 17, in Sanford.
George Zimmerman had been free on bond for weeks until June 3, when he turned himself in to authorities in Seminole County.
In April, Zimmerman was charged with second-degree murder after the case was referred to a state attorney for a review. He was released from custody later that month after posting bail.
But on June 1, Seminole County Judge Kenneth Lester Jr. ordered Zimmerman back to jail, accusing the suspect of not being truthful about how much money he had access to when his bond was set months earlier.
At the time, his wife told the court under oath that the family was indigent. But prosecutors alleged that Zimmerman had $135,000.
Zimmerman's wife arrested, accused of perjury - CNN.com
You can tell the prosecution is really out to ruin George Zimmerman any way they can.
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Good post sacredrage, Zimmerman doesn't fall into the White Hispanic category. If Zimmerman's mom has a good percentage of European DNA, he could be possibly be classified as a castizo rather than a Mestizo. Castizos are people who have 25% or less Amerindian heritage.
Some people do understand that White Hispanics do exist, but they aren't people like George Zimmerman. People like Andy Garcia, Gloria Estefan, Alexis Bledel, Sara Paxton, and Julie Gonzalo are classified as White Hispanic because they have no Amerindian heritage or little Amerindian heritage.
Do we really need to divide people into more groups
and sub-groups and sub-sub-groups?
Jun 13, 2012
Crime photos, autopsy to be released in Trayvon Martin case
By Douglas Stanglin, USA TODAY Updated 22m ago
Florida Judge Kenneth Lester has ordered the release of more material in the Trayvon Martin case, including crime scene photos, an autopsy report and tests conducted on George Zimmerman, who is charged with second-degree murder in the killing of the unarmed teenager.
Lester ordered the material released within 15 days, USA TODAY's Yamiche Alcindor reports.
The judge, however, ruled that the names of the witnesses in the case will be withheld, along with photos of the teen's body.
Also being released:
•Zimmerman's statements to police
•Zimmerman's calls to 911 and the Sanford, Fla., police
•Comments by "Witness Nine"
•E-mails to Sanford police about the case
•E-mails from witnesses to Sanford police, with their names redacted.
•Transcripts of Zimmerman's jailhouse calls
Zimmerman, 28, remains in jail, where he was taken after his bond was revoked.
Earlier this month, the judge ruled that Zimmerman and his wife, Shellie, had lied about how much money they had during an earlier bond hearing.
Shellie Zimmerman was arrested and charged with perjury in connection with her statements on the family's finances.
Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer, has claimed that he shot 17-year-old Trayvon in self-defense in February in a gated community in Sanford.
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Bond set at $1 million for Trayvon Martin's killer
By Barbara Liston | Reuters – 11 mins ago...
SANFORD, Florida (Reuters) - A Florida judge said George Zimmerman was a flight risk and set bond at $1 million on Thursday for the neighborhood watch volunteer who shot and killed unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin.
Zimmerman had been released on $150,000 bond but was sent back to jail in June after prosecutors alleged he misled the court about his finances and failed to surrender a valid passport.
"This court finds that circumstances indicate that the defendant was preparing to flee to avoid prosecution, but such plans were thwarted," said Circuit Judge Kenneth Lester, who credited an electronic ankle bracelet with blocking Zimmerman's plans.
The judge said the higher bond amount was necessary to ensure Zimmerman would show up for trial on second-degree murder charges.
"The increased bail is not a punishment; It is meant to allay this court's concern that the defendant intended to flee the jurisdiction and a lesser amount would not ensure his presence in court," Lester wrote in his eight-page order.
The judge imposed numerous restrictions. He said that if released from jail again, Zimmerman must submit to electronic monitoring, remain in Seminole County, stay away from the Orlando-Sanford International Airport, refrain from applying for a passport or opening or maintaining a bank account, avoid alcohol and obey a curfew from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m.
Defense attorney Mark O'Mara told Reuters that Zimmerman does not have the cash or collateral to post the new bond.
"We have to do some very intentional fundraising to help the defense fund and to help George because he's not getting out without a lot more fundraising," O'Mara said.
He called the judge's order "very pointed," and said, "The judge obviously is very upset with George, believing that this thing was orchestrated. I disagree with that."
Zimmerman is charged in the February 26 shooting death of 17-year-old Martin in a gated community in the central Florida city of Sanford.
Martin's killing drew national attention because police initially failed to arrest Zimmerman. They cited Florida's "Stand Your Ground" self-defense law and Zimmerman's claim that he used deadly force because he believed his life was being threatened by Martin.
Zimmerman, 28, was later arrested on second-degree murder charges, which carry a penalty of 25 years to life in prison.
At his first bond hearing on April 20, Zimmerman sat silently as his wife told the court the couple had no money.
Shellie Zimmerman was charged with perjury after investigators learned the couple had raised at least $135,000 from a PayPal account set up to collect donations for Zimmerman's legal defense and living expenses.
The two were recorded during jail house phone calls in which they discussed moving the money among accounts, transactions that prosecutors called a deliberate attempt to deceive.
Prosecutor Bernie De La Rionda said that showed Zimmerman was untrustworthy and asked that he be denied bond.
O'Mara, the defense attorney, had argued that Zimmerman posed no risk of harm to the community and portrayed the case against him as weak.
The judge's order was scathing in its complete rejection of that argument.
It cited the prosecutor's contention that Zimmerman's "stories changed with each retelling." It also said the strength of evidence against Zimmerman was irrelevant to whether he should be awarded bond after misleading the court about his finances.
"Under any definition, the defendant has flaunted the system," the judge wrote.
The judge said O'Mara had attempted to portray Zimmerman as a confused young man who "experienced a moment of weakness" and may have acted out of a sense of betrayal by the justice system.
"Based upon all the evidence presented, this court finds the opposite. The defendant has tried to manipulate the system when he has been presented the opportunity to do so," the judge wrote.
He noted that Zimmerman had previously been arrested and completed a pretrial diversion program after a fight with a state alcohol agent, had filed for and been the subject of court-ordered domestic injunctions and had taken courses in criminal justice.
The judge said Zimmerman had a "very sophisticated knowledge of the criminal justice system over and above that of the average law-abiding citizen."
The money raised for Zimmerman's defense has since risen to more than $200,000 but was under the control of an independent trustee.
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Zimmerman posts $1 million bond, released from Florida jail
George Zimmerman gets out of jail, but the judge in his case will now require advance notification before Zimmerman can leave the county. NBC's Jay Gray reports.
By NBC News and msnbc.com staff
Updated at 4:41 p.m. ET: SANFORD, Fla. -- George Zimmerman was released from the Seminole County Jail at 2:49 p.m ET Friday after posting $1 million bond in the Trayvon Martin case.
Zimmerman, 28, was wearing a white shirt and gray suit as he stepped into an SUV and was driven off, NBC News reported. Don West, one of Zimmerman's attorneys, described his client's mood as "buoyant."
He was fitted with an electronic monitoring device before his release. Zimmerman is required to stay in Seminole County, according to a statement by the Seminole County Sheriff's Department.
According to conditions of his release, Zimmerman can not open a bank account, obtain a passport or set foot on the grounds of the local airport. He has a 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew, the Associated Press reported.
On Thursday, Seminole County Circuit Court Judge Kenneth R. Lester, Jr. ordered Zimmerman's bond raised to $1 million in light of revelations Zimmerman and his wife, Shellie Zimmerman, had misled the court about their finances during an April 20 bond hearing.
Zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder in the Feb. 26 shooting death of Trayvon Martin, 17, inside a gated community in Sanford.
Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer, pleaded not guilty and told police he acted in self-defense after Martin punched him and knocked his head against the pavement.
"He's very happy to be out," West said, the AP reported. "Certainly it's been a sobering experience being in that kind of environment."
Zimmerman had to pay a bond company $100,000 but also needed $1 million in collateral to secure the bail, according to his legal team. West refused to say what was being used as collateral after Zimmerman left the jail.
"We worked that out," West said, AP reported.
His parents, the document shows, put up their house as collateral, NBC News reported.
Zimmerman will stay in a "safe house" before relocating to a permanent residence, and he has hired a security team, according to information posted on a website run by his legal team, the AP reported.
Zimmerman posts $1 million bond, released from Florida jail - U.S. News
Woman Accuses Zimmerman of Molesting
By LIZETTE ALVAREZ
Published: July 16, 2012
MIAMI – An Orlando woman now in her mid-20s told investigators that George Zimmerman, who is charged with second-degree murder in the killing of Trayvon Martin, molested her over a decade, beginning when they were both young children, according to an audio tape released on Monday.
The woman, whose parents were close to the Zimmerman family, talked to investigators on March 20. Identified only as Witness 9, she said she had come forward now, a decade after her last encounter with Mr. Zimmerman, 28, because, after his arrest, she was no longer afraid of him.
It is unclear how, or whether, prosecutors plan to use the allegations in their case against Mr. Zimmerman, who is free on $1 million bond. Mark O’Mara, Mr. Zimmerman’s lawyer, tried unsuccessfully at the last minute to block the special prosecutor from releasing the tape, which he said was irrelevant and prejudicial. He also sought to block the release of another tape in which the same witness describes Mr. Zimmerman's family as routinely disparaging black people.
The witness said that Mr. Zimmerman, who is about two years older than she is, first molested her when she was 6. She was staying in the Zimmermans’ Virginia home while her mother and father were moving from Louisiana to Orlando, Fla. The woman said Mr. Zimmerm
an had groped her with his hands while they lay under a blanket as they watched television with a group of children.
Other groping episodes followed, she said. She visited the family “at least once a year” and she was molested during some of those visits, she said, including once behind a curtain when she was 7 or 8 and another time on a bunk bed when she was around 12.
“Before we left the room or left any place, he would say we weren’t doing anything – we were just laying there or we were just playing hide-and-seek,” said the woman, whose voice cracked as she recounted the events.” He would always make sure that he told me that. And I didn’t know. I was a kid. I didn’t know any better.”
The acts typically involved “a lot of kissing, groping. He would put his hands under my shirt and just rub and grab my chest and put his hands down my pants again,” the woman said.
The woman said that she had been traumatized by what happened and that she had blocked much of it from her mind. She said she had been too ashamed to tell anyone, including her parents. But she said she also feared that no one would believe her because Mr. Zimmerman came across as so likable.
“He just sucked up to my dad,” she said. “He was like the son he never had. He was always very charming and personable with everyone in the family and would always just laugh and entertain everybody. But he was different behind closed doors with me.”
The last encounter, and the only one that took place in Florida, occurred shortly after Mr. Zimmerman arrived in Lake Mary, not far from where she lived with her family, the woman said. She was 16 and Mr. Zimmerman was 18. He had invited her to a housewarming gathering, she said. When she arrived inside, he was alone.
Frightened, she said, she followed his instructions and lay down on the bed, and he started groping her again. At that point, she said, she got up, ran out and jumped into her car. He followed her to the door but no farther, she said.
Always, she said, “I was so afraid.”
In 2005, when the woman was 19, she confided in her sister who told their parents, she said. She and her parents met with Mr. Zimmerman at a pizzeria in Lake Mary, she said. But she never described to them the full extent of the molesting, she said.
“Instead of talking about it, all he did was come in the room, come in the restaurant, and sat down on the end of the booth and said, ‘I’m sorry,’ and just got up and walked out,” she said.
Her mother thought it best not to pursue criminal charges, she said, adding that they believed that Mr. Zimmerman would just deny the accusations and that the case would be dropped.
The witness said there had been a lasting effect.
“I tried so hard to forget it all and to make it go away that I even forgot the good stuff in life,” she said. “There is things that my family talks about that sounded so awesome but I don’t remember them. It sounds like they are talking about somebody else.”
Mr. Zimmerman’s parents were also told about what had happened, she said. After she and her parents confronted Mr. Zimmerman, they did not see him again. He was never invited to any get-togethers where she was present.
In the other tape, the woman said the Zimmerman family had talked about race often and disparaged African-Americans. Mr. Zimmerman’s family said “they only like black people if they act like white people,” she said.
The killing of Mr. Martin set off a furor among African-Americans because of the suspicion that Mr. Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer, and the Sanford police had profiled Mr. Martin, an unarmed 17-year-old, because he was black. Mr. Zimmerman shot and killed him on Feb. 26 in a nighttime encounter at the gated community in Sanford, Fla., where Mr. Martin was a guest.
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George Zimmerman Sues NBC Over Edited 911 Tape
By Noel Sheppard | October 04, 2012 | 08:20
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In March, NewsBusters broke the story about NBC's Today show airing an edited audiotape of George Zimmerman's 911 call the day he shot Trayvon Martin in Florida.
On Thursday, the New York Post reported Zimmerman is suing the Peacock Network.
http://newsbusters.org/sites/default...rtin%20104.jpgAccording to the Post, the complaint will be filed against NBC News President Steve Capus and correspondent Ron Allen who was the Today reporter involved in the March 27 broadcast.
A source told the Post, “The suit will be filed imminently against NBC and its news executives. The network’s legal department has put everybody in the news department involved with this incident on notice, telling them not to comment.”
As NewsBusters noted at the time, Today played an audiotape with Zimmerman saying on a 911 call, "This guy looks like he’s up to no good...he looks black."
But this was the fuller text of the call:
ZIMMERMAN: 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.
911 DISPATCHER: Okay, is this guy, is he white, black, or Hispanic?
ZIMMERMAN: He looks black.
NBC deceptively removed the question from the 911 dispatcher to make it appear Zimmerman was racist, a mistake the network ended up apologizing for.
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Attorney Mark O’Mara will make NBC and the Florida prosecutor pay for their parts in the hi-tech lynching of George Zimmerman
by Ed Farnan on December 11, 2012
If it had been up to NBC and the prosecutor in the Trayvon Martin shooting, George Zimmerman would have already been seated in Florida’s notorious “Old Sparky.”
Edited and doctored tapes of a 911 call between George Zimmerman and police dispatchers by NBC news, were used to make it look as if George Zimmerman was a racist and his shooting of Trayvon Martin racially motivated.
On top of that, just released colored photos of George Zimmerman, right after his confrontation with Trayvon Martin, graphically show a bloodied and battered George Zimmermanm. A stark contrast from the previously released black and white photos by the Florida prosecutor that did not show the extent of Zimmermans facial injuries.
This type of evidence should have been willingly given to Zimmermans legal team by the Florida prosecutor. But it took months of legal maneuvering to get these pictures, which hugely bolsters Zimmermans account that he acted in self defense.Even famed legal expert Alan Dershowitz thinks the prosecution against Zimmerman has been acting unethically. See Dershowitz
If the public and Zimmermans defense team had access to these photos originally, many legal experts doubt charges could have been rightfully filed against Zimmerman in the first place. There is absolutely no doubt that if these color photos of Zimmermans beaten and bloodied face taken shortly after his confrontation with Martin would have been revealed, it would have defused the racial tensions that were boiling over.
But fortunately for Mr. Zimmerman, a brilliant attorney has come to his defense and is unraveling the web of innuendo, slander and withheld evidence being used against him. Mark O’Mara has taken command of this case and will make sure George Zimmerman isn’t the state of Floridas, or main stream medias, sacrificial goat.
In a lawsuit filed a few days ago against NBC, the Zimmerman legal team stated:
“NBC saw the death of Trayvon Martin not as a tragedy but as an opportunity to increase ratings, and so set about to create the myth that George Zimmerman was a racist and predatory villain.” “Because of NBC’s deceptive and exploitative manipulations, the public wrongly believes that Zimmerman used a racial epithet while describing Martin during the call to the dispatcher on that fateful night,” the suit says.
The lawsuit accuses NBC of sensationalizing/manipulating a “racial powder keg that would result in months, if not years, of topics for their failing news program, particularly the plummeting ratings for their ailing Today Show.”
The edited recordings included “multiple deletions, removed intervening dialogue between Zimmerman and the dispatcher, and juxtaposed unrelated content “to make it appear that Zimmerman was a racist, and that he was racially profiling Trayvon Martin,” the lawsuit says.
If Mark O’Mara can prove his charges against NBC, we hope he can get a huge payday for his client as well as himself. NBC got caught trying to pervert the news we receive and manipulate public opinion.
If it is found that the Florida prosecutor willingly withheld crucial evidence in order to weaken George Zimmermans defense and cast him in a false light, then Mr. Zimmerman should demand justice for himself.
We saw another prosecutors office try to railroad innocent people into prison with withheld and manipulated evidence, in order to make a name for himself and gain political favor. North Carolina District Attorney Ken Nifong was disbarred and put in jail for withholding evidence that would have proved Duke Lacrosse team members to be innocent of charges.
Attorney Mark O’Mara is no slouch and is probably already sounding the alarm bells in this case against his client. What other evidence has this prosecutor failed to provide him in his defense of George Zimmerman?
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