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Zimmerman: Trayvons death was Gods plan
BY FRANCES ROBLES
FROBLES@MIAMIHERALD.COM
After saying he did not regret any of his actions the night he killed Trayvon Martin, George Zimmerman backtracked and apologized to America Wednesday night in his first interview since the shooting that polarized the nation nearly five months ago.
In an apparent attempt at damage control just two days after a cousins sexual molestation charges went public, Zimmerman broke his silence in an exclusive interview with Fox News conservative talk show host Sean Hannity. His lawyer, Mark OMara, sat beside him as Zimmerman recounted the Sunday night that he encountered a hoodie-clad black teenager who walked too leisurely in the rain.
Asked if he regretted getting out of the car that night or owning a gun, Zimmerman said no. Asked if he would do anything differently, Zimmerman said no a third time, and added that Trayvons death was Gods plan.
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/07/18/2902003/zimmerman-trayvons-death-was-gods.html#storylink=cpy
WilmywoodNCparalegal
(2,654 posts)George Zimmeman's ass in jail for a long while.
qanda
(10,422 posts)WI_DEM
(33,497 posts)NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)listening to the voices in your head...
ThatsMyBarack
(7,641 posts)For NightWatcher!
RadiationTherapy
(5,818 posts)"it was a chaotic situation" "it spiraled out of control" "nobody could have foreseen"
The implication that there was an orderly 'plan' (euphemistically or otherwise) is a poor, poor choice of words. Of course, his even being able to utter such a cruel, cold thing also adds to his "asshole" "tough guy" image that, again, will damage his image in court.
fuckin asshole.
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)I think he can pretty much expect the maximum after uttering that gem.
graywarrior
(59,440 posts)His attorney is a greedy bastard.
dballance
(5,756 posts)If O'Mara isn't looking for some way to quit as Zim's lawyer he's a fool. They both totally removed any possibility for a change of venue by giving a national interview.
I don't believe a word out of Zim's mouth.
He'd have been much better off saying "yes I do regret getting out of my car against the dispatcher's orders." This "God's plan" crap won't fly with the non-religious and may offend some religious people.
It so wreaks of not taking any responsibility for his actions.