I heard the 911 call and he was trying to give an accurate description of the guy he was following. His initial description indicated he was unclear of race but then he did confirm that Treyvon was black.
Ok... then tell me this... If Zimmerman had been patrolling the area for so long and knew most residents, why would he need to get out of his car and look at the street signs to tell police where he was? This is his story.
I actually do not know many streets in my subdivision. I know how to get around, but never bothered to look at the street signs.
I listened to it. I think he knew he was black when he called. The first description he gives is "He looks black."
What evidence do you have that Zimmerman hates black people? Zero period. Not one ounce. He has associates, friends and family members that are black and he is of mixed ethnicity so I find it extremely hard to beleave that he was patrolling for black men. It has already been posted that he is a chronic user of 911 so how do you know those calls were not because he saw suspicious white, asian or latino's? You don't. Please stop trying so hard to make this a race issue.
It's more of a character issue. Why in the world would he call 911 to report a 7-9 year old black kid walking in the neighborhood?
The evidence he hates black people is use of a derogatory racial term referring to blacks. I do agree that race may not have played a part in his initial call. It may have, but there is nothing at all conclusive about it at that point. Later he did use a racial slur referring to black people.
He explained to the operator that there had been a bunch of break ins in the neighborhood lately. He was on neighborhood watch. If you are not going to report what you deem to be suspicious behavior then what's the point of doing neighborhood watch?
From what I can tell on his 911 call list: * seven "suspects", including Martin - were described as "black" * five "suspects" were described as "white" * two were described as "Hispanic" * for most of his calls, no racial description was given.
Anyone who's young and black. There are other 911 calls that start off with, "A young black male" that were released.
The racial slur in question was coon but I have listened several times and I'm not sure of that. His friend (who happens to be black) defended him on this and suggested he thought the word used was goon. Goon is not a racial slur. Regardless I don't know and there is too much evidence that he is not a racist for my to make assumptions that he is with out better evidence than an unclear word mumbled under his breath.
Right, but that's the same friend that said he suffered a broken nose in the fight with Martin. It sounded like coon when I heard it. Having a friend of a race one is prejudice against doesn't mean one can't be racist.
