George Zimmerman: I'm a Scapegoat
for Obama and Holder
Monday, 17 Feb 2014 01:30 PM
By Wanda Carruthers
George Zimmerman described himself Monday
as a "scapegoat" for the Obama administration over the events
surrounding his trial for the death of teenager Trayvon
Martin.
"(I'm) like a scapegoat . . . for the
government, the president, the Attorney General,"
Zimmerman told CNN's "New Day."
"I don't know what they're thinking,
or why they're thinking it. All I know is that they're doing it. I don't know
what agenda they have," he added.
George Zimmerman described himself Monday
as a "scapegoat" for the Obama administration over the events
surrounding his trial for the death of teenager Trayvon Martin.
"(I'm) like a scapegoat . . . for the
government, the president, the Attorney General," Zimmerman told CNN's
"New Day."
"I don't know what they're thinking,
or why they're thinking it. All I know is that they're doing it. I don't know
what agenda they have," he added.
Zimmerman was found not guilty last July
for the 2012 death of Martin. The trial gained national attention over Florida's controversial
"stand your ground" law. Zimmerman claimed he had defended himself
from an attack by Martin.
Following the acquittal, Zimmerman has had
run-ins with the law over a speeding ticket and domestic disputes. He said his
plans for the future may include a career as a lawyer so he can prevent others
from suffering the same "miscarriage of justice" he said he
experienced.
"I'd like to professionally continue
my education and, hopefully, become an attorney. I think that's the best way to
stop the miscarriage of justice that happened to me from happening to somebody
else. I don't think it should happen to anyone ever again. Not one
person," he said.
Zimmerman defined the miscarriage of justice
as "the fact that two law enforcement entities stated that I had acted
within the laws of our nation in self-defense." When asked if he was
comfortable being the face of the "stand your ground" law, he replied
he wasn't comfortable "being the face of anything."
Faith in God is what has sustained
Zimmerman since the verdict and the angry reaction from those who feel he is
guilty of murder. He says God is "the only judge that I have to answer
to."
"He knows what happened. I know what
happened. But, I leave it up to Him," he said.
In hindsight, Zimmerman said his life
"would be tremendously easier" if he had stayed home the evening he
encountered Martin. If he had the chance, Zimmerman said he would tell the
family of Trayvon Martin the he was "sorry for their loss."
He did, however, maintain he was a victim
as well in the incident.
"I certainly was a victim when I was
having my head bashed into the concrete, my nose broken, and beaten. So, I
wouldn't say I was not a victim," he said.
Zimmerman said he no longer watches the
news, opting instead for comedy and home improvement shows. His new hobby,
painting, brought in over $110,000 on eBay, according to CNN. A boxing match
for charity between Zimmerman and rapper DMX was cancelled after the promoter
said he received threats.
Eric Holder
Eric H.
Holder Jr. is the attorney general at the U.S.
Department of Justice for the Barack Obama
administration, and was an intern at the NAACP Legal
Defense & Educational Fund.
Note: Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the NAACP Legal
Defense & Educational Fund, the Aspen Institute (think tank), and the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
George Soros
was the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society.
Tonya
Lewis Lee is a director at the NAACP Legal Defense &
Educational Fund, and married to Spike Lee.
Spike Lee Sued Over George
Zimmerman Tweets: Wrong Address Causes Grief
Lisa Derrick Monday November 11, 2013 11:32 pm
An elderly Florida couple is suing director Spike Lee over
tweets he made on March 23, 2012, less than a month after shooting death of
Trayvon Martin, writes The Smoking Gun. The tweets, which featured the couple’s
address, wrongly identified as that of Trayvon
Martin’s killer George Zimmerman,
were subsequently reteweeted over the next months.
Spike Lee
is married to Tonya Lewis Lee, and an Oak Bluffs (MA) homeowner.
Henry
Louis Gates Jr. is a director at the NAACP Legal Defense &
Educational Fund, a trustee at the Aspen
Institute (think tank), and an Oak Bluffs (MA)
homeowner.
Stephen
L. Carter is a trustee at the Aspen
Institute (think tank), and an Oak Bluffs (MA)
homeowner.
Walter
Isaacson is the president & CEO for the Aspen Institute (think tank), and was the chairman & CEO
for CNN.
Charlayne
Hunter-Gault was a correspondent for CNN, and is an Oak Bluffs (MA) homeowner.
James S.
Crown is a trustee at the Aspen Institute
(think tank), and a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago.
Lester Crown
was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute
(think tank), and is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
R. Eden
Martin is the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago,
and counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.
Michelle
Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.
Barack Obama
was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.
Newton N.
Minow is a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP,
and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Valerie
B. Jarrett is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago,
the senior adviser for the Barack Obama
administration, and her great uncle is Vernon E.
Jordan Jr.
Cyrus
F. Freidheim Jr. is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago,
and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution
(think tank).
Vernon E. Jordan Jr. is Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle, an honorary trustee at the
Brookings Institution (think tank), an
Oak Bluffs (MA) homeowner, a senior
director at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund,
a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg
(think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference
participant (think tank).
Eric H.
Holder Jr. was an intern at the NAACP Legal Defense &
Educational Fund, and is the attorney general at the U.S. Department of Justice for the Barack Obama
administration.
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