George Zimmerman's brother says 'black teens' are 'risky'

[JI7]

Source: portage daily graphic

The brother of accused murderer George Zimmerman took to Twitter Sunday to compare his brother's alleged victim to a black teenager accused of shooting a baby in a stroller.

Robert Zimmerman Jr. tweeted side-by-side photos of Trayvon Martin, 17, and De'Marquise Elkins, 17, who is accused of killing a one-year-old boy in his stroller in Brunswick, Ga., last week, calling the resemblance "uncanny."

He tweeted the photo to leftist filmmaker Michael Moore, the National Rife Association and the editor of right-wing news site Breitbart.com.

"Lib media shld ask if what these2 black teens did 2 a woman&baby is the reason ppl think blacks mightB risky (sic)," he wrote.

Read more: http://www.portagedailygraphic.com/2013/03/25/george-zimmermans-brother-says-black-teens-are-risky

[Blue Owl]

1. Who doesn't love a deep tweet

n/t

[Warpy]

2. Oh, FFS.

I'd rather face larcenous black kids any day than a roomful of white bankers. The black kids will be happy with the few bucks I have in my pocket. The bankers will strip me bare and then spit on me.

[markpkessinger]

3. +1 n/t

[naaman fletcher]

12. Worse than that

They will make you sign for a loan that you won't ever be able to pay back.

[MoclipsHumptulips]

16. Post of the decade here.

[walkerbait41]

36. Well said

[freshwest]

4. Gag orders must be illegal in Florida. After all, Rush lives there, and he set a precedent.

How will they be able to seat a jury there?

What a fricking circus.

[JI7]

7. this is the brother , not the killer himself

[freshwest]

10. Doesn't matter, the whole family has been on the air since this happened, trying to whitewash it.

They'd have to find citizens for the jury who hadn't listened to FOX, or Glen Beck or Rush Limbaugh using the stuff they'd put out for years to find anyone who hadn't been influenced.

I've never seen this kind of coverage before a jury has been seated. Before a person is charged, yes. While the case is in court, yes. But in this time frame?

Good luck getting a conviction, is my humble opinion. Z has already been on the talk shows, and his family is just going to keep on singing the same line. I understand that they can't gag the entire state - but these people have made a ton of statements.

The state of Florida allowed this to proceed as it has and will be responsible for the results.

[tblue]

5. That'll help his brother deny racism, uh huh.

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Two peas in a pod the Z bros.

Why doesn't he just come out and say, "All black men look alike. And all of them are scary. Ergo, it's open season on black males. It was Trayvon's fault he was born black"???

I hope this backfires. And soon.

[JI7]

8. that is the argument you hear from the Zimmerman defenders , Trayvon is the one who needs to prove

he wasn't bad.

[AAO]

18. How inconvenient for Trayvon.

[Dryvinwhileblind]

6. Ummm, Bob?, last time I looked...

...Black teens were............BLACK TEENS!, just like the risky white, red, brown, the purple and yellow, you slithering opportunistic racist lop of....

[Dawson Leery]

9. Zimmerman had no right to pursue Martin.

[secondvariety]

11. "Leftist filmmaker Michael Moore..."

Leftist. How quaint.

[AAO]

19. Yeah, a real Karl Marx type if I've ever seen one.

[pacalo]

13. Keep digging that hole, Zimmerman family. But first make sure you'll be able to afford

security for the entire family for the rest of your lives. The paranoia & prejudice runs deep in this family & it becomes a real liability when they have a habit of shooting off their mouths (& weapons).

[etherealtruth]

14. ... as other's have said before ...

The stupid ... it burns

[John2]

15. I find his

statement offensive and racist. Each individual is responsible for their own actions and not because of the color of someone's skin. Are we suppose to judge every young white male like the murderer of women and children in Sandy Hook the same way or any young white male that commits a crime? That is how stupid this idiot is. How old was Martin,seventeen? How old was his brother, twenty nine? He stalked the kid and needed a gun to handle an unarmed kid. Yep, a grown man scared of a seventeen year old unarmed kid. Now if the kid had the gun it would be a different story.

If that kid really shot a baby, then in my opinion, it has nothing to do with the color of his skin. I would put Zimmerman's brother and the killer in the same boat. They both would be cowards preying on helpless unarmed victims. Both situations involved using deadly weapons to terrorize their victims. I don't know the age of this teenager, or if he had access to a gun. And given the violent background apparently of Zimmerman's brother, he should have never had access to a gun or been on community watch either.

[tblue]

17. Is this the brother who was on Bill Maher?

The polished smooth-talkin' suit & tie family spokesman? I can't tell these Zimmermans apart and I don't give a damn enough to bother googling who's who in the Zimmerman clan. But maybe one of you who is better informed can tell me. Is this that guy?

[JI7]

20. i didn't watch it but i think he was on Maher's show. i have seen him on Piers Morgan's show

the guy is a sleazy piece of shit.

[AAO]

21. Is this the guy?

[tblue]

33. Yeah. I think so.

If he's the George's official spokesperson, he's doing a heckuva job.

[AngryOldDem]

35. Yes.

And there was just something about his slick manner that didn't sit right with me.

[struggle4progress]

22. "Black teens! Scary! Scary! Black teens! Scary! Scary! Scary! I'm not a racist! But! Scary! Scary!

Black teens! Scary! Scary! Scary! Scary! Scary! Scary! I heard about a scary black teen in Georgia! So naturally here in Florida I am scared! Scary! Scary! Black teens! I take my gun wherever I go! Look out! Black teens! Scary! Scary! Scary!"

[AtheistCrusader]

23. No, he said 'risky', and that's clearly not racist.

( )

[longship]

24. What I want to know is what Zimmerman's podiatrist thinks!

Both are equally non-sequiturs.

What Zimm's brother, cousin, or even parents think are irrelevant. Unless one can state that Zimmerman himself thinks that way, what his brother says or thinks is irrelevant.

I would hate to go to jail for what my sister believed.

Note: I am not defending Zimmerman as much as I am defending due process by the law.

[JI7]

25. so you think his brother gives interviews and says these things against Zimmerman's wishes

?

[longship]

28. No, I think this is irrelevant to the case.

Either Zimmerman murdered, or he didn't. That will be the jury's decision. Zimm's brother's opinion will likely have little to do with the final verdict. IMHO.

[muntrv]

26. About as risky as George and Robert Zimmerman.

[lunasun]

27. i took the poll @ the link too

[alcibiades_mystery]

29. Where's the Zimmerman fan club?

Our various progressive academics and the like. Dip shits really picked a winner.

[2ndAmForComputers]

31. don't know, fellow

[Cali_Democrat]

34. Republicans are notorious for picking the wrong horse. n/t

[Heather MC]

30. So white people don't shoot up schools and churches

Rape women, beat their wives and kids, drink and drive. Do drugs or go to Jail.

I think at any given moment any human from any Race can be scary, But what the fuck does the have to do with shooting an unarmed teenager, who was walking home from the store????????

[ljm2002]

32. And maybe the con media shld ask...

...if what Adam Lanza did at Newtown to 20 school children and 6 others, and what James Holmes did in Aurora to 12 moviegoers, is the reason ppl think whites mightB risky...