Archive for April 26th, 2012
The George Zimmerman You Don’t Know
April 26, 2012 – Here is a story that may change your opinion of George Zimmerman. It’s the George Zimmerman you don’t know that may surprise you.
From a Reuters report:
The 28-year-old insurance-fraud investigator comes from a deeply Catholic background and was taught in his early years to do right by those less fortunate. He was raised in a racially integrated household and himself has black roots through an Afro-Peruvian great-grandfather – the father of the maternal grandmother who helped raise him.
A criminal justice student who aspired to become a judge, Zimmerman also concerned himself with the safety of his neighbors after a series of break-ins committed by young African-American men.
Though civil rights demonstrators have argued Zimmerman should not have prejudged Martin, one black neighbor of the Zimmermans said recent history should be taken into account.
“Let’s talk about the elephant in the room. I’m black, OK?” the woman said, declining to be identified because she anticipated backlash due to her race. She leaned in to look a reporter directly in the eyes. “There were black boys robbing houses in this neighborhood,” she said. “That’s why George was suspicious of Trayvon Martin.”
After reading this story you can’t help but have a different opinion of George Zimmerman. Granted he did make a tragic mistake and he will be punished for it, he also is not the racist that some in the media and public want you to believe that he is. He appears to be just a nice guy who made a terrible judgement call that resulted in a death and the destruction of his own personal life. -JRoycroft
Read the full story HERE