It was the insult to injury.
After the “not guilty” verdict was read from the courtroom where George Zimmerman had been tried (and acquitted) for murdering an unarmed Trayvon Martin, his outspoken brother, Robert Zimmerman Jr. hopped on the Piers Morgan show to discuss what was next…and how he felt about the verdict.
During the face-to-face interview (about the seventh that he and Piers have had), the eldest Zimmerman sparred with Piers about the verdict, his family’s relief, and the demonization of the slain teenager, which Zimmerman justified.
And throughout the 30-minute interview, Zimmerman only had one positive thing to say:
“I don’t think this is a time for high-fiving.”
But his good sense stopped there. See the other head-scratching, WTF and incredulous moments from that painful interview:
– On Trayvon Martin being “armed” although he was only carrying Skittles and an iced tea: “No, he was armed with the sidewalk. He was armed with his nose-breaking fists and he was armed with whatever aggression he brought to that moment. You know bag of Skittles or bag of M&M’s or bag of whatever you want.”
– On the shooting of Trayvon Martin: “It was not an act of murder.”
– On George Zimmerman’s fear of vigilantes (like himself, I’m guessing): “There are factions, there are groups, there are people that would want to take the law into their own hands as they perceived it or, you know, be vigilantes in some sense that they think that justice was not served, they won’t respect a verdict no matter how it was reached and they will always present a threat to George and to his family.”
– On the justice system working in favor of his brother: “This is our system. This is what we have. It’s the best in the world.”
– On Zimmerman getting the gun he used to shoot Trayvon back: “I don’t see any reason why he shouldn’t. I think he has more reason now than ever to think that people are trying to kill him because they express they’re trying to kill him all the time.”
– On George Zimmerman following Trayvon Martin: “The state of Florida never proved that he continued to follow. So any reference to George following Trayvon Martin, catching up to confronting him is simply conjecture to formatted narratives.”
– An analogy to prove Trayvon Martin is responsible for his own death (and there were many of these): “But if Trayvon were my brother and he was legally armed and, you know, able to carry that firearm in a legal way, and my brother blindsided him by breaking his nose and pummeling his head into concrete and continuing to punch him, I would find and the jury has found that unfortunately he had the greater hand in his own demise, which was causing by his own hand his death. That’s unfortunate but that’s the reality.”
– On the claim by defense attorney Mark O’Mara that if Zimmerman were black, he wouldn’t be charged with a crime: “Perhaps not because that happens in Chicago every day. You know, there are many people who go out and shoot other people who are black and shoot other people who are black, and they are not charged for whatever reason.”
– Again, on his brother’s innocence: “Our system has found he is not the victim of a murder. He is not the victim of a manslaughter. And as much as you want to spin it or talk about Skittles or trash George on your program or any other CNN program, he is an innocent man.”
– After Piers Morgan asked Robert Zimmerman if Trayvon had the right to defend himself: “From what, Piers? Trayvon had the right to go home.” (But not the right to be outside?)
– On what led to Trayvon’s death: “The action that led to Trayvon Martin’s death was deciding to either lay in wait or return to attack George viciously continuously relentlessly, despite George’s cries for help, which is a sign that he’s giving up and ultimately threaten to kill him and attempt to disarm him.”
On Trayvon’s “anger:” “I want to know what makes people angry enough to attack someone the way that Trayvon Martin did.”
– On George Zimmerman not being a racist and mentoring two black children in his past: “I wonder how many of these people at rallies calling for George’s death, calling for his capture, dead or alive — I wonder how many of them mentored African-American children.”
Watch the entire interview above…and try not to gag.
SOURCE: CNN
