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Mystery Lady Speaks Of Zimmerman’s ‘Racist Ideologies’ Long Before The Media
The Times reports that an unidentified woman called an investigator less than two days following Trayvon’s death:
The woman refused to identify herself or give any callback numbers, but told the investigator that Mr. Zimmerman “has racist ideologies and that he is fully capable of instigating a confrontation that could have escalated to the point of Zimmerman having to use deadly force.â€
The police were never able to track her down.
What’s significant about these findings is that they occurred back when Trayvon was a mere local story, long before his parents pushed for national attention and therefore criminal charges against their son’s attacker. Given the wealth of anonymity towards Zimmerman, it’s no surprise that he eventually turned himself into the authorities. Given his crime and the profound lack of initiative on the part of local authorities, Zimmerman is much safer with police than he is out and about in the world. The Los Angeles Times reports that Zimmerman has not shockingly received “numerous threats on his life,” and therefore remains in hiding until the commencement of his trial.
But despite the public’s current perception of Zimmerman as a racial profiler who thoughtlessly shot an unarmed kid in self-defense, someone else was aware of those “racist ideologies” long before certain media was alerting us to them.
(photo: mediaite.com)