<p>Actually it seems Z is playing this pretty savvy. Stuff like shots fired at Sanford police cars is going to support the idea that there is an effort to coerce the investigation to charge Z “or else” there will be violence in the streets (and against police) rather than to await the outcome of the investigation.</p>
<p>Going into “hiding” or “fleeing” for one’s safety from “THE MOB” plants the counter-idea that Z is the victim and is in danger. Remember, Z has said that if chaged he will turn himself in–see “Z respects the law.”</p>
<p>Even if I believe Zimmerman’s entire story-- that Martin flipped out, that Zimmerman was in danger of his life and had to defend himself by shooting Martin-- that website is awful. He killed a kid. Even if he acted perfectly justifiably, one would expect some acknowledgement that a kid is dead, maybe a kid who started punching in a fury, but a kid. Someone’s son, someone’s brother, someone’s boyfriend, now gone.</p>
You hit the nail on the head of what’s been tickling at my brain. If I (God forbid) had taken a life, the horror of it would be unbearable to me. I haven’t seen any sense from Zimmerman or his family that it weighs on him. I have known a police officer who killed in the line of duty and the pain and self-doubt never leave him. I know I would be paralyzed with grief and guilt. Why, then, is Zimmerman raising money for HIMSELF?</p>
<p>Ok, I work for a law firm. I really know that he needs representation. But the fundraising thing really, really bothers me. Yes. I am being judgmental. Trayvon’s mom can’t do for her son anymore. Why are the zimmermans putting the hand out in a particularly divisive way instead of mortgaging a home or selling a kidney?</p>
<p>“unseemly” is right. I guess that’s what’s been bothering me about the website with the American flag backdrop. He seems to be acting as if he did something to be proud of. </p>
<p>That first lawyer that he hired, the one who’s been representing him all along, did not strike me as particularly good. If there’s one quality that almost all lawyers have, it’s being articulate. That guy was not.</p>
<p>I don’t know exactly what kinds of things the prosecution is allowed to present, should he be charged and go to trial, but his acting as if he did some all-American act that he should be proud of, rather than having been forced in extremis to pull the trigger to protect himself, would make me suspicious if I were on the jury. It goes to his state of mind.</p>
<p>First, he chases after Martin under dubious circumstances-- he was legally entitled to, but what was he planning to do if he caught him? And now, on his website he’s metaphorically strutting around waving the flag and prominently, approvingly displaying vandalism on a black cultural center.</p>
<p>^^ Exactly, the flag and the quotations make you wonder what is going through his mind. </p>
<p>I saw part of the press conference the two attorneys held, and they were awfully full of themselves. I got the impression that they were eating up all the attention, and that in their eyes, it was all about them. Maybe Z was right to fire them.</p>
<p>I found this press conference by Uhrig and Sonner to be extremely bizarre. They are announcing that they are NOT representing Zimmerman any longer because he hasn’t returned their phone calls for two days. They don’t even have a signed retainer agreement from Zimmerman agreeing that these two individuals are indeed his attorneys in the first place! Apparently in FL you don’t have to have this agreement signed ahead of time but it is strongly advised to have such an agreement signed, especially if you are going on national TV as if Zimmerman is your client. It is also very strange that these attorneys are talking about Z’s state of mind on TV. Where is the attorney client confidentiality here?</p>
<p>in my mind, the fact that Z is proudly displaying the graffiti written on the Ohio State U Black Student Union would seem to say he supports that act, which was racially driven. why else did they spray paint that location? his displaying that along with the American flag creates a sinister image imho. As Cardinalfang said, he seems to be proud of what he did, and pleased that others, (the graffiti sprayers) were proud of him, beyond unseemly, downright scary.</p>
<p>Z’s “poetic” statement on his site next to the photo of the vandalized student center; this page is dedicated to persons who have displayed their support for justice for ALL. He seems to be implying he is not receiving justice and deserves it like everyone else??? huh? he’s the one who wasn’t arrested, he’s the one who killed a kid.</p>
<p>ugh, and his attorney stating, if there was a crime commited it was Trayvon who commited the crime. seriously?? what happened to SYG?? so Trayvon after being followed and fearful commited a crime IF he swung first, but Z commited no crime in shooting to kill? does this attorney not have any sense of how that comes across?</p>
<p>interesting…Z has apparently taken down the photo of the graffiti. guess someone pointed out to him that it might reinforce the notion that he could have been racially motivated.</p>
<p>Now there is an announcement that the special prosecutor will make an announcement within 72 hours. This is a very bad time for Z to be without a lawyer. Maybe the court will have to appoint one for him?</p>
<p>Again, even giving Zimmerman the benefit of the doubt… prating about justice for ALL when you followed a kid for no good reason and got embroiled in a fight that led to your shooting him? Even if it really was self-defense, Trayvon Martin would be alive today if Zimmerman hadn’t decided to follow him. Zimmerman should pretend to be sorry Trayvon Martin is dead. Even if he isn’t sorry, he should have the decency to say he is sorry.</p>
<p>Whatever else is true, Zimmerman seems to be not very smart.</p>
<p>I think George Zimmerman’s most recent actions only serve to prove that he lacks judgment. It also seems to demonstrate a propensity for doing as he damn well pleases, whether it’s to disregard the admonition by emergency authorities not to follow a “real suspicious guy,” or the advice of legal counsel not to speak with prosecuting attorneys, law enforcement, or “the media” concerning his case. His now ex-lawyers broke the news today that, apparently, their former client isn’t even in the state of Florida. Is he even in the country? Does anyone currently know George Zimmerson’s whereabouts? </p>
<p>Special Prosecutor Angela Corey, has said she will hold a press conference within the next 72 hrs. concerning this case. </p>
<p>Zimmerman is only a product of his environment. These laws pass and are on the books because people want them.</p>
<p>Carried concealed weapons and SYG. Same thing, really. If our leaders didn’t learn from Giffords, one of their own, nothing will teach them. Until it is them, maybe.</p>
<p>yes, Z’s actions demonstrate his lack of judgment and clearly lack of remorse. </p>
<p>wonder if his Mom has family in Peru he might go “visit”</p>
<p>something about his attorneys holding a press conference and announcing they don’t know where he is smacks of something being orchestrated. of course it could simply be true, but why would they go to the media to announce it? isn’t there attorney client privilege? wouldn’t that include a client being uncommunicative? why would that be for public consumption? they are questioning his mental state, throwing around a PTSD diagnosis, trying to elicit sympathy for him, while also defending his innocence. Someone else mentioned the attorneys seeming to be sucking up the attention, so maybe it’s as pathetic as that, but I think I smell something else up…</p>
<p>That would seem to be the smart thing to do, wouldn’t it? I thought the interview granted to the media by Z’s father, the retired Virginia Supreme Court judge, also showed a remarkable lack of discernment, given that he expressed not the slightest sympathy toward the family of the dead child shot by his son. Had it been me, I would have first of all acknowledged how terrible the loss of their son must be for the Martins, and expressed my sincerest sympathies. Then I would have gone on to say that, despite this, my son was not a murderer, but someone acting in self defense, and that I had every faith he would be found non-culpable in the tragic death of Trayvon Martin. Instead, he went about trashing the victim, and stating as fact things he couldn’t possibly know first hand, such as what Martin said to his son prior to the shooting.</p>
<p>GZ’s website also shows an incredibly tin ear for how he might best posture himself before the court of public opinion. This case has taken an extremely weird turn.</p>
<p>If by “people”, you mean the NRA, then yes. But the people of Florida were not clamoring for this law. It was a gift from a public official to the NRA.</p>
<p>if Z was in process of fleeing, (or had already fled and needed spending $) wouldn’t it potentially be beneficial for his attorneys to announce that they don’t know where he is, isn’t taking their calls? distances them from his decision to leave.</p>
<p>“If by “people”, you mean the NRA, then yes. But the people of Florida were not clamoring for this law. It was a gift from a public official to the NRA.”</p>