And Zimmerman called him.

I'm not going to go shoot the son of a bitch.

I'd guess the recent molestation allegations will probably not make it into the trial. "More prejudicial than probative" would seem to apply even if there were any relevance. However, his jailhouse phone calls should serve to keep him off the stand unless he is a true moron. He has shown signs of being just that, though.

It is pretty disturbing that the police can basically thwart a prosecution just by deliberately bungling the investigation. I guess we'll see what happens at trial.

Here's the prosecution' reply to the defense's motion for Judge Lester to recuse himself. They don't pull any punches, especially the part about how the defense didn't ask for recusal until after Judge Lester granted GZ bond for a second time despite his lies to the court.

http://www.flcourts18.org/PDF/Press_Rel ... 7%2012.pdf

The Reply isn't written very well, but it is sufficient.

This worthless whore, this useless hack, just does not know when to STFU.

Hannity Gets First Interview with George Zimmerman
By Merrill Knox on July 18, 2012 12:25 PM

Sean Hannity has secured the first interview with George Zimmerman, the man accused of killing Florida teenager Trayvon Martin. The hour-long exclusive will air on Hannity’s Fox News Channel program tonight at 9pmET.

Zimmerman will discuss what happened on the night of Martin’s death. His attorney, Mark O’Mara, will also participate in the interview and will address rumors circulating about bail donations and hidden money, FNC says.

Hannity has been pursuing a Zimmerman interview for several months. The pair had an off-the-record phone conversation in April. Yesterday, GlobalGrind posted an article claiming that Hannity offered to pay Zimmerman’s legal fees; a spokesperson for Fox News told TVNewser Hannity has never offered to pay “any legal fees or any fee associated with George Zimmerman.”

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/han ... an_b138015

I didn't see the interview as I can't tolerate Hannity for even a few seconds. I did watch The Last Word where Lawrence O'Donnell talked about the interview. I'm absolutely sick hearing that Zimmerman referred to the events of the night he killed Trayvon Martin as "God's plan" and that he wouldn't do anything differently given the opportunity. WTF??? This idiot may not like God's plan so much when he gets convicted and spends a few decades thinking about killing an innocent young man.

I'll never believe a word out of his mouth considering he lied to the police from the night he was taken in for questioning, through the interviews that followed and during the re-enactment. This slimy little POS needs to pay for what he did and if he should be found not guilty, he's going to be looking over his shoulder for the rest of his life. He'll never feel safe, just like TM didn't when he saw GZ following him, proclaiming him to be creepy. Poor kid didn't know how right he was. Having grown up with four brothers, I remember many a fist fight they got into and not once would a gun ever be considered as the proper type of resistance to someone's fists.

Remember that every idiotic word spewed by this moron on Klannity's show basically prohibits him from appearing as a witness in his own trial. He will have to answer cross examination questions about it. I hope he is so arrogant and insane that he insists on testifying.

I'm stunned that his lawyer not only allowed him to go on Air but actually answered questions himself. What the hell is this, is he trying to cash in in GZ's celebrity?

GZ's claim that it was "God's plan" on Hannity is a clear dog whistle to the RWNJ's who worship at the altar of FoxNotNews. O'Mara appears to be more interested in drumming up funds for GZ's case than he is in actually defending his client otherwise, he wouldn't have been agreeable to having him on the show tonight. It also appears there were more discrepancies between GZ's many stories about the night in question and his answers to Hannity tonight. I'm also hoping he's arrogant enough to want to testify on his own behalf. If he thinks he can get away with this type of bullshit we might be lucky enough to have him insist on testifying, allowing plenty of room for the prosecution to tear his story to pieces.

I think you're right about this being a fund raising interview. It might also be intended to influence the jury pool. I personally don't think O'Mara will let GZ get anywhere near the witness stand, but then GZ has been known to replace his attorney when things weren't going the way he thought they should.

As Zimmerman rambled through his manufactured story, Hannity led him through it and corrected him any time he seemed to go off story.

Evil people.

A "rush" transcript for those who (like me) can't stand to watch Hannity:

http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/hannity/2 ... ce-hannity

HANNITY: Now, your gun was legal. You had a legal weapon in the state of Florida.

ZIMMERMAN: Yes, sir.

HANNITY: Why did you feel the need to carry a gun? A lot of people maybe have a weapon inside their home, but you decided to carry yours. Why did you think it was necessary to have a weapon with you? And did you carry it at all times?

ZIMMERMAN: I carried it at all times except for when I went to work.

HANNITY: A lot of this case legally -- and we are going to get to Mark in a few minutes here and ask him about a lot of legal aspects, because there are so many of them in this case -- has to do with stand your ground. You have heard a lot about it. And I was just curious, prior to this night, this incident, had you even heard stand your ground?

ZIMMERMAN: No, sir.

HANNITY: You have never heard about it before?

ZIMMERMAN: No.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/hannity/2 ... z214Q4t5Sn

Really, George???

From Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer services, Division of Licensing:

"How to obtain a license to carry a concealed weapon or firearm"

Changes to Chapter 776, Florida Statutes,
The Part of the Law Pertaining to
Justifiable Use of Force

On October 1, 2005, changes to Chapter
776, Florida Statutes, became effective. The
changes relate to: the protection of persons
and property; authorizing a person to use
force, including deadly force, against an
intruder or attacker in a dwelling, residence,
or vehicle under specified circumstances;
creating a presumption that a reasonable fear
of death or great bodily harm exists under
certain circumstances; creating a presumption
that a person acts with the intent to use force
or violence under specified circumstances; the
justification in using deadly force under certain
circumstances; the lack of a duty to retreat and
a person’s right to stand his or her ground and
meet force with force if that person is in a place
where he or she has a right to be and the force
is necessary to prevent death, great bodily
harm, or the commission of a forcible felony;
creating immunity from criminal prosecution or
civil action for using deadly force; the definition
of the term “criminal prosecution’’; authorizing
a law enforcement agency to investigate the
use of deadly force but prohibiting the agency
from arresting the person unless the agency
determines that there is probable cause that the
force the person used was unlawful; providing
for the award of attorney fees, court costs,
compensation for loss of income, and other
expenses to a defendant in a civil suit who is
immune from prosecution under this section.
Concealed weapon licensees should be
advised that matters pertaining to the lawful use
of deadly force do not fall within the purview of
the Division of Licensing; therefore, the Division
cannot comment or provide specific guidance
as to any particular set of circumstances in
which this law would apply.
The Division strongly recommends that you
read Chapter 776, Florida Statutes.

---

And then we have the Concealed Weapon or Firearm License Application

FAMILIARITY WITH FLORIDA LAW: You are required by law to read and become knowledgeable of the provisions of Chapter 790, Florida Statutes, relating to weapons and firearms, prior to submitting your application for a Florida Concealed Weapon or Firearm License. We have included a copy of this section of the law in this application package for you to read and retain in your files. You will also find included in this package a copy of Chapter 776, Florida Statutes, the portion of Florida law relating to justifiable use of force.

http://licgweb.doacs.state.fl.us/FORMS/ ... st790.html

He's a damned liar.

But then we knew that already.

At the end of the interview, he says this:

ZIMMERMAN: First, I would like to readdress your question when you asked if I would have done anything differently. When you asked that I thought you were referring to if I would not have talked to the police, if I would have maybe have gotten an attorney, if I wouldn't have taken the CVSA and that I stand by, I would not have done anything differently.

But I do wish that there was something, anything I could have done that wouldn't have put me in the position where I had to take his life.
---

Really, George????
---


HANNITY: Is there anything you regret? Do you regret getting out of the car to follow Trayvon that night?

ZIMMERMAN: No, sir.

HANNITY: Do you regret that you had a gun that night?

ZIMMERMAN: No, sir.

HANNITY: Do you feel you wouldn't be here for this interview if you didn't have that gun?

ZIMMERMAN: No, sir.

HANNITY: You feel you would not be here?

ZIMMERMAN: I feel it was all God's plan and for me to second guess it or judge it --

HANNITY: Is there anything you might do differently in retrospect now that the time has passed a little bit?

ZIMMERMAN: No, sir.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/hannity/2 ... z214c5K9sM

I'm betting that before the end of the interview, O'Mara had a little talk with his client after his previous comments.

George claims that English is his second language.

I claim bullshit on that one, too. My daughter is fluent in French & Italian and learned to speak both when she started talking as an infant due to her great-grandmothers always being around. I wanted my children to grow up at least bilingual but she'd never say that English is not her first language. Unless both of George's parents spoke Spanish only when he was a child, this is just another lie, something we've come to expect from him every time he opens his mouth.

Goes with his belief that if he had a Hispanic name, he'd be in the clear.




I didn't see this post earlier. sorry if it's a repost here.

Business Insider:
George Zimmerman Said 'Remember Casey Anthony' And Spoke In Code In Jailhouse Calls

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/george-z ... z215CHHc00

Maybe God's Plan is to get the Stand Your Ground Law repealed while Zimmerman rots in jail.

Here's a bit more info that lends credibility that the interview was done to raise funds. GZ is disappointed that the website run by his defense team hasn't raised more funds and that it wasn't mentioned during the interview. Only $1500 was pledged overnight to the website after the interview. GZ is looking for more $$ and criticized his defense team. The second link says that the reason for the interview was to raise $$.

http://www.clickorlando.com/news/Local- ... index.html

http://www.clickorlando.com/news/Mark-O ... index.html

Thanks! Interesting link.

Also interesting that the newly relaunched www.therealgeorgezimmerman.com seems to have gone dark.

I saw a clip of "The View" online somewhere. Barbara Walters said she was supposed to interview Zimmerman after Hannity did. She flew down to Orlando with camera crew and producers. She had agreed not to air their interview until after Hannity's aired. In a room with all Zimmerman's attorney's present, the Defendant waltzes in wearing a t-shirt. He says the interview is off unless ABC meets his "demand". Walters wouldn't say what the demand was, but she said "it is something that ABC News does not do" and so she couldn't accept. The Defendant was obviously asking for money. Which leads to the question of whether Hannity or Faux paid for their interview or donated to the defense fund. Nothing would surprise me with that crew.

He was demanding "one month of shelter and security" for him and his wife.

According to this article, he demanded to be put up in a hotel for a month.