WTH George Zimmerman’s Attorneys: Trayvon Martin is a “Ghetto” Black Male Thug Who Deserved to Die
I have argued that George Zimmerman is a murderer, one motivated by racism, an over-identification with Whiteness and White Authority, as well as a fetish for playing cop, to kill a person who was guilty of walking while Black in the “wrong” neighborhood.
At present, George Zimmerman’s attorneys are trying to defame and discredit Trayvon Martin’s character by releasing text messages and photos of him acting in a “criminal” manner.
However, there is little discussion of the following issues which would suggest that George Zimmerman has many defects of character and behavior.
George Zimmerman was arrested for domestic violence. He was apparently on mood altering drugs while pursuing an unarmed person against police instructions, and then killing said innocent person. George Zimmerman was also accused of committing s*xual assault and molesting a family member. George Zimmerman also assaulted police officers.
Thus, some questions.
How do these facts enter into the prosecution’s case? Why is the public not hearing more about George Zimmerman’s character defects? By attacking Trayvon Martin’s character–and on issues that have little if anything to do with Zimmerman’s motivations for chasing down and murdering an innocent person–are Zimmerman’s attorneys now open to an attack on their client’s questionable background?
Black youth are made into adults for purposes of incarceration, harassment, and murder by the State, as well as those overly identified with Whiteness and White Authority.
African-American adults are infantilized by those who want to argue that we are not worthy of citizenship, are stuck on a “plantation,” and seek to disenfranchise us at the polls. This paradox typifies African-American life during Jim and Jane Crow and through to the post civil rights era.
A one sided attack on Trayvon Martin when George Zimmerman’s character and motivations have not been equally scrutinized is a function of that same dynamic.
How Trayvon Martin is guilty as opposed to being presumed innocent, and the burden of proof is on his family and attorneys to prove Trayvon Martin’s right to live when confronted by the murderous machinations of a vigilante killer, are more proof that African-American life remains cheap in the Age of Barack Obama–and how African-American’s lives are (quite literally) in some ways less valuable than they were centuries ago.
African-American kids walking home are all black beast rapist giant Negroes in the eyes of people like George Zimmerman and those who support him. “Nig*erization” is real. Never forget that fact; do not let your kids, who may happen to be black and brown, forget that fact either.
At present, George Zimmerman’s attorneys are trying to defame and discredit Trayvon Martin’s character by releasing text messages and photos of him acting in a “criminal” manner.
However, there is little discussion of the following issues which would suggest that George Zimmerman has many defects of character and behavior.
George Zimmerman was arrested for domestic violence. He was apparently on mood altering drugs while pursuing an unarmed person against police instructions, and then killing said innocent person. George Zimmerman was also accused of committing s*xual assault and molesting a family member. George Zimmerman also assaulted police officers.
Thus, some questions.
How do these facts enter into the prosecution’s case? Why is the public not hearing more about George Zimmerman’s character defects? By attacking Trayvon Martin’s character–and on issues that have little if anything to do with Zimmerman’s motivations for chasing down and murdering an innocent person–are Zimmerman’s attorneys now open to an attack on their client’s questionable background?
Black youth are made into adults for purposes of incarceration, harassment, and murder by the State, as well as those overly identified with Whiteness and White Authority.
African-American adults are infantilized by those who want to argue that we are not worthy of citizenship, are stuck on a “plantation,” and seek to disenfranchise us at the polls. This paradox typifies African-American life during Jim and Jane Crow and through to the post civil rights era.
A one sided attack on Trayvon Martin when George Zimmerman’s character and motivations have not been equally scrutinized is a function of that same dynamic.
How Trayvon Martin is guilty as opposed to being presumed innocent, and the burden of proof is on his family and attorneys to prove Trayvon Martin’s right to live when confronted by the murderous machinations of a vigilante killer, are more proof that African-American life remains cheap in the Age of Barack Obama–and how African-American’s lives are (quite literally) in some ways less valuable than they were centuries ago.
African-American kids walking home are all black beast rapist giant Negroes in the eyes of people like George Zimmerman and those who support him. “Nig*erization” is real. Never forget that fact; do not let your kids, who may happen to be black and brown, forget that fact either.
George Zimmerman’s defense strategy of demonizing Trayvon Martin suffered a huge setback on Tuesday. Attorneys won’t be able to mention Trayvon Martin’s alleged drug use, suspension from school and past fighting during opening statements at the trial of the former neighborhood watch vigilante who fatally shot the teen, a judge ruled Tuesday.
However, Circuit Judge Debra Nelson left open the possibility that the defense could try again later during the trial if it could show relevance.
George Zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder in the 17-year-old’s killing and has pleaded not guilty, saying he acted in self-defense. He did not attend Tuesday’s hearing.
In another key motion Nelson refused to allow jurors to travel to the shooting scene during trial, and rejected a defense request to delay the trial set to begin June 10.
The judge called the request to let jurors see the crime scene “a logistical nightmare.”
George Zimmerman’s attorney, Mark O’Mara, said Nelson’s decisions would not affect how he presented his case.
“We were hoping that we would have some limitations on people commenting upon information that is not yet relevant,” O’Mara said. “So the idea that the state will have to be careful about how they present their case – and certainly we’re going be careful about how we present ours – is exactly what we were hoping for.”
He acknowledged, however, that with the judge not delaying the trial George Zimmermans defense would “have a lot more work to do than we can get accomplished between now and June 10.”
The judge also ruled that some of the Trayvon Martin’s texts and other social media statements won’t be allowed in opening statements, though it, too, could be allowed later with a ruling from the judge depending on how the case progresses.
O’Mara told the judge that Trayvon Martin’s alleged marijuana use and past fighting was central to the argument that Zimmerman used self-defense when he confronted Trayvon Martin last year at a gated community in Sanford, Fla.
“We have a lot of evidence that marijuana use had something to do with the event,” O’Mara said. “It could have affected his behavior.”
An attorney for Trayvon Martin’s family, Benjamin Crump, said the teen’s parents were pleased with the judge’s rulings on information they consider immaterial to the February 2012 shooting.
“Trayvon Martin is not on trial,” Crump said.
The judge ruled against a defense request that the pool of 500 jury candidates be sequestered during jury selection. She said jurors will be referred to by their jury numbers and prohibited their faces from being photographed. Nelson denied a prosecution request for a gag order that would prohibit attorneys from talking about the case.
O’Mara said he is concerned potential jurors could be affected by publicity the case is receiving.
The defense attorney had asked to push back the trial date because he said prosecutors had delayed turning over evidence as required. O’Mara is seeking sanctions against prosecutors, but a hearing on those sanctions was delayed until next week.
Before the judge decided to postpone the hearing on sanctions, a former prosecutor who used to work in the same office as the attorneys prosecuting Zimmerman testified he had told O’Mara about photos and text messages from Trayvon Martin’s cell phone that hadn’t yet been turned over to the defense.
Former Assistant State Attorney Wesley White resigned last year from the State Attorney’s Office that covers northeast Florida. Last week, George Zimmerman’s defense team released reputation damaging text messages and pictures taken from Trayvon martin’s cell phone, in the hope of bolstering their defense strategy.