17yr old black kid shot and killed for walking in white suburbia?

[natina]

The voice heard crying for help on a 911 call just before Trayvon Martin was shot to death was not that of George Zimmerman, according to two forensic voice identification experts, one of whom told MSNBC on Sunday that he believes the evidence is strong enough to use in court.

"The tests concluded that it's not the voice of Mr. Zimmerman," Tom Owen, of Owen Forensic Services LLC and chair emeritus for the American Board of Recorded Evidence, told MSNBC.
Asked if he thought such tests would be admissible in court, Owen said "yes" and noted he had recently used similar testing in testimony at a Connecticut murder case that involved 911 call.
The conclusions of Owen and another audio expert were first reported by the Orlando Sentinel on Saturday.
Zimmerman told police that he screamed for help during his confrontation with Martin, 17. He claims the shooting was self-defense.
The 911 call, reposted in this YouTube clip, came on the night of Feb. 26 from a woman who reported someone crying out for help in a gated community in Sanford, Fla.
In the recording of her phone call, panicked cries and a gunshot are heard.


http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/20...-2-experts-say

Uh-Oh

Looks like Zimmerman may have been fibbing a little bit, experts say. Those screams people heard weren't his. Hm.........I hope this doesn't hurt Rush Limbo's feelings.

http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/20...-2-experts-say

[natina]

Bang! 'You got me!' Are they kidding? Trayvon's last words were 'You got me'?

Imagine. You're in a life or death struggle with someone you are desperately trying to kill with your bare hands. You have spent the last sixty seconds pummeling this person with your fists and bashing his head on the pavement. You notice he has a gun. You smile your evil, golden-toothed smile and say, "You are going to die tonight." The struggle continues, but this 250-lb. full grown, 28-year old man you have been grappling with for the last minute or so with your lanky, 17-year old, 160-lb. body, beating him with your fists, bashing his head over and over again, this intended murder victim you randomly chose to satisfy your mad, senseless, mindless, hatred of all White people, reaches into his holster, withdraws his 9mm and busts a cap in your chest. Right in the pump.
You look at the blood gushing from your chest wound, doing your best to keep any of it from splashing all over the person who just shot you. You make eye contact.
"You got me," you say, as you fall backwards. Dead.


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[dafame]

Posted at 04:40 PM ET, 03/31/2012 TheWashingtonPost NBC to do ‘internal investigation’ on Zimmerman segment

By Erik Wemple

NBC told this blog today that it would investigate its handling of a piece on the “Today” show that ham-handedly abridged the conversation between George Zimmerman and a dispatcher in the moments before the death of Trayvon Martin. A statement from NBC:

“We have launched an internal investigation into the editorial process surrounding this particular story.”

Great news right there.
Zimmerman: This guy looks like he’s up to no good. He looks black.
Here’s how the actual conversation went down:

Zimmerman: This guy looks like he’s up to no good. Or he’s on drugs or something. It’s raining and he’s just walking around, looking about.

Dispatcher: OK, and this guy — is he black, white or Hispanic?

Zimmerman: He looks black.

The difference between what “Today” put on its air and the actual tape? Complete: In the “Today” version, Zimmerman volunteered that this person “looks black,” a sequence of events that would more readily paint Zimmerman as a racial profiler. In reality’s version, Zimmerman simply answered a question about the race of the person whom he was reporting to the police. Nothing prejudicial at all in responding to such an inquiry.
And it’s a falsehood with repercussions. Much of the public discussion over the past week has settled on how conflicting facts and interpretations call into question whether Zimmerman acted justifiably or criminally. That’s a process that’ll continue. But one set of facts in the is ironclad, and that’s the back-and-forth between Zimmerman and the dispatcher. To portray that exchange in a way that wrongs Zimmerman is high editorial malpractice well worthy of the investigation that NBC is now mounting.

>There's been a whole pile of people who's behavior has been suspect in this, including the media. This is why all you who are substituting your opinions, experiences, and media reports in this case as matters of fact are so frustrated. We now have a major new organization doctoring 911 tapes.....and advocating for a full, fair and thorough investigation so that if there is an arrest, it will be valid.....is NOT defending Zimmerman. Those two things are exclusive of one another......don't add to the misinformation.

These are good points and its a shame that this news organization did that. I hope in providing this information you're not however suggesting this means Trayvon was not racially profiled? I may believe that when when they show me that "fucking coons" was somehow doctored.

[AmyDaly]

I may believe that when when they show me that "fucking coons" was somehow doctored.

I think the "fucking coons" part is highly subjective as to what he said. The first time I heard it, it sounded like he said "fucking cold". Which actually make sense since it was raining and in the low 60's, which is fucking cold for Florida. Its open to interpretation. But it is also much like a ghost EVP to where you have news organizations suggestion to everyone that "It might say something racist!". That automatically makes people look for and assume that he said coons. If all the news stations reported it as the other way and didn't splice to 911 call, people would have a different opinion. Unfortunately everyone trusts the news and every opinion they report.

All the character witnesses for this man all point to him not being a racist person. Not a single person who knows the guy has said a single negative thing about the guy. There really is no evidence to the guy being racist other than he is white, which automatically makes him a racist in these people's minds.

[natina]

parroting fox news reports is bad for your health

[giovanni_hotel]

Zimmerman has at least two dozen prior calls to 911 where he VOLUNTEERS the race of the person he's observing. He racially profiled the kid on is own, who the fuck cares about if he's being made to look 'racist'.

NBC edited the tape, but multiple other news outlets did not. Anyone who has access to youtube has heard the full, unedited exchange between Zimmerman and the 911 dispatcher.

[AmyDaly]

parroting fox news reports is bad for your health

Haven't watched fox news in over 10 years. I don't even have cable. Try again.

[EvonRose]

Zimmerman has at least two dozen prior calls to 911 where he VOLUNTEERS the race of the person he's observing. He racially profiled the kid on is own, who the fuck cares about if he's being made to look 'racist'.

NBC edited the tape, but multiple other news outlets did not. Anyone who has access to youtube has heard the full, unedited exchange between Zimmerman and the 911 dispatcher.

I agree 100%

Zimmerman had said loon multiple times, and his tone was that of an attack as oppose to him being cold. He saw his target and poor kid was the victim.

Like they said Zimmerman suffers depression, this type of depression makes people more paranoid, in this situation he saw a black kid with a hood and racially profiled him, and he went to the extreme of paranoid.

When will they limit gun rights against crazy people?
I get the right to bear arms but when does the line get drawn to stop people with the rights to have gun to stop them from walking in a mall and just shoot people?

[Merkurie]

Whether Zimmerman is racist or not is besides the point.

The point is whether he was justified in killing an unarmed person. Whether the police properly investigated his claim of self defense or just took his word for it even though Martin only was armed with snacks.

If there is evidence that Zimmerman pursued Martin (which he admitted to 911) and that someone was screaming for help (whoever it was) and the dead body is unarmed, is it reasonable to take the shooter's side of the story (despite conflicting witness statements) and let him go home and leave it at that?

If someone you cared about was dead under those circumstances would anyone be satisfied with that?

[hippifried]

Zimmerman will end up getting his asshole stretched out in prison for one simple reason:

As soon as he got out of his vehicle & gave chase on foot, he became the threat, & therefore initiated the assault. Whatever happened between that point & the gunfire is irrelevant. Claims of self defense, "stand your ground", & whatever don't apply when you create the confrontation.

As far as I'm concerned, he needs to be locked away for committing the universal crime of being stupid.