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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsZimmerman's Father Insists Trayvon Martin Was Never On Phone w/Girlfriend
"I don't believe that happened. I don't believe she was on the phone with him, and I find it very strange with the publicity involved... that all of a sudden, after three weeks, someone would remember that they were on the phone."
Yet ABC has obtained the cellphone phone records:
DeeDee said Martin turned around and asked Zimmerman why he was following him.
"The man said what are you doing around here?" DeeDee recalled Zimmerman saying.
She said she heard someone pushed into the grass before the call was dropped.
http://gma.yahoo.com/trayvon-martin-video-shows-no-blood-bruises-george-194108003--abc-news-topstories.html
montanacowboy
(6,089 posts)Will he deny water is wet too?
What a total idiot, and says it with his face covered
JHB
(37,160 posts)He's under no obligation to be impartial here, so advocate, advocate, advocate.
Baitball Blogger
(46,716 posts)CAPHAVOC
(1,138 posts)Only to be contradicted by phone records.
JHB
(37,160 posts)Or he thinks he is on solid ground. I wonder if there is a Black Atticus Finch anywhere.
onenote
(42,704 posts)According to what I've seen reported, he was a retired magistrate in the Virginia judicial system (having served as such from 2000 through 2006). A "magistrate" in Virginia is a judicial officer with very limited powers and is not considered a judge. Magistrates are appointed not elected and at the time Zimmerman's father was a magistrate, you didn't even have to be a college graduate to get the job, let alone a law school graduate. In fact, even today, Virginia law doesn't require magistrate to have law degrees, although a bachelor's degree is a prerequisite.
In short, based on what actually is known about Zimmerman's dad, he may well be an idiot, but he probably isn't a powerful or influential idiot.
EFerrari
(163,986 posts)auburngrad82
(5,029 posts)If not, he needs to shut the f*ck up.
AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)agree
Glimmer of Hope
(5,823 posts)Rex
(65,616 posts)Why would dad dismiss that as happening? Why would THAT be so important as to lie about it? Dad needs to admit he got his son favortism with the PD and NOT the first time.
Justice wanted
(2,657 posts)lukkadairish
(122 posts)Station. Let me tell ya this case is a generational game changer. This is the teaching moment that post racial America does not exist. The children who heard the stories of MLK and of Montgomery and of Rosa Parks now have their own personal real time example of what it's like to be profiled, hated and treated thusly. Very sad....we all need to get up and keep the fire of outrage hot: we're tired. We're mad as hell and we will not take it anymore!
Ecumenist
(6,086 posts)Right Glad Tameetcha!!!
Gormy Cuss
(30,884 posts)Ecumenist
(6,086 posts)pokerfan
(27,677 posts)Ecumenist
(6,086 posts)EmeraldCityGrl
(4,310 posts)on the phone with them he finds it hard to believe they would remember
the conversation three weeks later.
I would be in serious trouble if I was within arms reach of this cretan.
Ecumenist
(6,086 posts)EmeraldCityGrl
(4,310 posts)Oh and thanks!
Ecumenist
(6,086 posts)I have to go to Arizona occesionally for medical reasons and try to spend AS LITTLE TIME AS I CAN. I go, get treatment and bounce.
EmeraldCityGrl
(4,310 posts)we are so lucky to be here.
Ecumenist
(6,086 posts)on the extreme northern california coastal range. Gald Tameetcha and look forward to chatting from time to time.
cynatnite
(31,011 posts)DisgustipatedinCA
(12,530 posts)God knows what sort of judicial review board Florida has in place, but they might want to take a little look-see at this waste of salt, carbon, and water.
Uncle Joe
(58,364 posts)overwhelming evidence to the contrary.
He's totally biassed as the vast majority of parents would be when it comes to defending their offspring whether they were guilty or not.
DisgustipatedinCA
(12,530 posts)I still think there's a difference between a grieving (?) parent claiming their serial killer kid is a good person, versus this guy calling out Obama, who didn't make a controversial statement at all. My view is also clouded by the notion that dad may have helped Junior get out of legal jams in the past. No, I don't know that to be true, but I am waiting to hear something on that score.
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)I feel sorry for him and I'm sure he wishes none of this ever happened, but parents do stand up for their children no matter what. However, it would be best if he stayed off television as his comments, such as this one, are not helping at all.
Maybe a more humble approach would help calm things down. On the other hand, it's never a good thing for people who might end up being witnesses to talk to the press.
It doesn't hurt us to understand though, the nightmare he too is living right now. .
rocktivity
(44,576 posts)The MSM has been kind to you in terms of not mentioning that you're a retired judge. Now that you've officially injected yourself into the case, they might start wondering if there's a connection between your position and your son's inexplicably clean record.
rocktivity
Rex
(65,616 posts)It worked SO WELL for Rush!
WI_DEM
(33,497 posts)barbtries
(28,797 posts)because the fucking police couldn't be bothered to investigate, asshole!
Life Long Dem
(8,582 posts)He'd rather they not have this evidence.
andelee75
(1 post)There is a very low threshold for judges in Florida. Note that they routinely favor millionaires who declare they are bankrupt, move all their assets to Florida, where they can keep them and live in luxury while their creditors go broke.
I don't know of anyone who believes this man. He doesn't even have the guts to show his face. A coward and a liar, just like Zimmerman's lawyer who has put out all kinds of lies and ran away from an objective interview where he couldn't manipulate the questions..
If George Zimmerman is not held responsible for this, Florida is going to lose. I know of three families who had planned to visit DisneyWorld but have opted to spend their vacation at Disneyland in Anaheim instead. They are all families of mixed races and are afraid to take a chance with Florida's gun laws allowing nuts to have concealed carry permits.
From all the calls Zimmerman made to 911 during the past year, it is obvious he is a disturbed individual, seeing danger where none exists. He was a bomb waiting to explode. It's so sad that a young man minding his own business had to trigger it.
I don't see how the "stand your ground" law can possibly be used to excuse the actions of a man who pursued this young man for some distance, even after being told to back off by the 911 operator.
I see him as a predator, looking for an easy kill to satisfy his cop wanna-be aspirations.
snagglepuss
(12,704 posts)standards must be as low as Florida's. He is mind boggling stupid.
frylock
(34,825 posts)qb
(5,924 posts)Rex
(65,616 posts)I already have the failsauce on the stove, so let him finish.
DearAbby
(12,461 posts)The man doesn't have the nerve to show his face defending his son>? with all the lies pertaining to this case, why should I believe this shadowed face and this voice is his father and not Zimmerman himself?
uppityperson
(115,677 posts)joeybee12
(56,177 posts)This guy sounds as bad as his son.
jwirr
(39,215 posts)really think we are dumb.
librechik
(30,674 posts)he's throwing himself on the tracks to derail the trial process
Saphire
(2,437 posts)anything but the truth. I think the poor old man knows he's about to lose his son. Denial ain't just a river ya know.
spanone
(135,838 posts)Matariki
(18,775 posts)ecstatic
(32,705 posts)There's something really creepy and evil about him. And I don't care how much he claims to feel threatened, the fact that he won't show his own face speaks volumes.