George Zimmerman’s attorney: We’re not trying to ‘demonize’ Trayvon Martin

George Zimmerman’s attorney: We’re not trying to ‘demonize’ Trayvon Martin

A year after his death, Trayvon Martin — the Miami teen who was shot and killed inside a gated community in Sanford, Florida one year ago Tuesday — has come to symbolize many things: the fear black mothers have for their sons as they go out into the world, confronting police, or others who deem them suspicious; the fight over “stand your ground” and gun laws; or the wariness many African-Americans have for police, who many believe treat black victims of crime with less respect. But it is the question of what Trayvon Martin actually looked like, that final day of his life, which could become a central issue in the trial of the man who killed him.

George Zimmerman, the former neighborhood watch volunteer who shot Martin after a violent confrontation inside the Retreat at Twin Lakes last February 26th, says he spotted “a real suspicious guy” who looked “like he’s up to no good, or he’s on drugs or something,” and appeared to be in his “late teens,” according to the 911 call he made that night. Zimmerman says that the person he saw eventually attacked him, and that he shot Martin in self-defense.

In making that case, Zimmerman’s lawyer, Mark O’Mara, has tried to focus attention away from the family photos released by Martin’s grieving parents: Martin smiling with his father, Tracy Martin; the teen on a skiing trip, or hugging his mother, Sybrina Fulton, saying in many cases those photos are years old — and that in any event, they don’t represent who Trayvon Martin was on the night Zimmerman spotted him. But it is two photos: one of Martin wearing a red t-shirt, and the now-iconic black and white picture of Martin wearing a hoodie — similar to the grey sweatshirt he was killed in, that O’Mara says have created an unfair and false representation of who Martin was on February 26, 2012.

The red t-shirt photo was taken in August of 2011, when Martin was 16 years old, according to Martin’s parents and their attorney, Ben Crump. Martin would have turned 18 this February 5th.

O’Mara says that a truer representation of Martin on the night he died was the one captured by a security camera at the 7-11 where he purchased the candy and iced tea that were found near his body.

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http://thegrio.com/2013/02/28/what-trayvon-martin-looked-like/#s:trayvon-martin-compilation-16x9

OMar is making a mistake .. You can't shoot anyone because of the way they look.

 

Yeah that's all they have left.

O'Mara gives defense attorneys a very bad name.

 

I think you may be right.. OMara seems to be busy blogging etc.. but not taking depositions.

The refrain is accusing the prosecution..

 

But. . . But. . . Zimmerheads told us Trayvon was 12 in that picture!

Was I lied to????

 

His scam artist parents says he was 16 and we are just supposed to believe them. Maybe you can, but I have eyes, and that was 13 in that pic. Anyways, it was not the picture that should have been used to portray him. It was wrong, and I hope his parents end up in the clink.

 

The red t-shirt photo was taken in August of 2011, when Martin was 16 years old, according to Martin’s parents and their attorney, Ben Crump. Martin would have turned 18 this February 5th

OMara seems to be publicly stewing about all the wrong things.

 

Yep by Crump and Martin's parents.......

 

The Zimmerhead lies just never stop.

 

You can shoot them, if they have you pinned on the ground and they are making you look like this:







The MMA- ground and pound. That could kill someone.

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So, that makes it true automatically?

 

George's injuries were minor according to the EMTs and his doctor.

 

That's the whole point of CCW. You don't hold fire until your brains are leaking out of your ears.

 

Don, they were rolling around in wet grass and the police were on their way... Or, George could have said, "I'm Neighborhood Watch".. George wanted to kill Trayvon.

 

So Crump is sayng that TM wnet from this:




To this:









In a year???

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Margot, what are you basing this on besides your imagination?

 

I grew 8 inches in one year. Tall kids sometines do that.

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I grew 8 inches in one year. Tall kids sometines do that.

 

Sometimes means not all the time. But, you really, really want to believe them.

 

I have seen boys who were shaving and fully grown at 16 and others who kept growing past age 21.

 

Moving on from the the baffling fact that everyone is different, the only thing that matters is the GPS from Trayvons phone. Where is it?

 

Actually, you guys are all wrong. this is how he looked right before the fight:

 

In fairness to O’Mara, Zimmy didn’t give him much to work with

 

You are not only trolling, you are insulting one of the most balanced and respected member in this forum.

And you are breaking the rules!

 

If your brain are "leaking out of your ears" in less than 60 seconds struggle. . . you probably don't have much brain to begin with, and even less courage!

 

Margot, you have been "corrected" here by far too many people to be taken seriously.

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True, but I like just post facts with sources and watch the silly retorts.

 

LOL!!! Too Funny.

 

Don't be obnoxious, Don.. The men in my family stop growing between 6'3' and 6'5"..

They aren't shrimps.

 

The ground and pound ended BECAUSE GZ shot TM. You folks keep forgetting that.