Zimmerman is not a racist! Read the Public Record of how he fought Racism and racial crime within the Police force prior to the Trayvon incident: George Zimmerman accused the Sanford police department of corruption more than a year before he shot Trayvon Martin, saying at a public forum the agency covered up the beating of a black homeless man by the son of a white officer. “I would just like to state that the law is written in black and white,” Zimmerman said during a 90-second statement to city commissioners at a community forum. “It should not and cannot be enforced in the gray for those who are in the thin blue line.” The forum took place on Jan. 8, 2011, days after a video of the beating went viral on the Internet and then-Sanford Police Chief Brian Tooley was forced to retire. Tooley’s department faced criticism for dragging its feet in arresting Justin Collison, the son of a police lieutenant. sherman ware 300x225 George Zimmerman is not a Racist Part 1 Zimmerman came to the defense of Sherman Ware, after he was in a fight with the Police Chief’s son – Click to enlarge The media narrative fail here is obvious. If Zimmerman is supposedly some kind of yahoo, law-and-order type eager to play racist cop, why would he publicly accuse the Sanford police of corruption with a special emphasis on the Chief — all in defense of a homeless black man beaten by the white son of a white Sanford police officer? It’s not like anybody forced Zimmerman to testify by throwing a microphone in Zimmerman’s face. He proactively attended — on his own — and spoke out clearly at this meeting. Does this sound like a racist to you? “I’d like to know what action the commission is taking in order to repeal Mr. Brian Tooley’s pension,” Zimmerman said to the commission. “I’m not asking you to repeal his pension; I believe he’s already forfeited his pension by his illegal cover-up in corruption in what happened in his department.” “What I saw was disgusting,” Zimmerman said to mayor-elect Jeff Triplett following a scandal that ousted then-police chief Brian Tooley. “The officer showed me his favorite hiding spots for taking naps.” Cozy Relationship with Sanford Police? Really? The third aspect in this triangle of media narrative fail is that, after Trayvon was shot and killed, many in the media questioned Zimmerman’s supposed “cozy relationship” with the Sanford police — that this had something to do with Zimmerman not being charged with a crime. Just look at CNN, The Huffington Post, ABC, and others run with the false narrative. If he had such a cozy relationship, why did he blast the Sanford police? While we have no way of knowing what Zimmerman’s overall relationship to the department was, it is pretty safe to say that publicly demanding that the Police Chief lose his pension and accusing the department of covering up a crime is not the action of a man looking to endear himself with the department. An insightful peek into this irony is this story that comes to us courtesy of the Associated Press, the very same news outlet that led the charge to turn this tragedy onto a full-blown racial controversy with the publishing of false information about Zimmerman:
Posted on: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 06:03:18 +0000
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