George Zimmerman blames Obama in new video
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George Zimmerman says he bears a grudge against President Obama, accusing him of inflaming racial tensions around the Trayvon Martin case. Zimmerman, who was acquitted of murder in 2013 over ...
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Story highlights Zimmerman criticizes Obama's comments during the Trayvon Martin case "To me, that was clearly a dereliction of duty," he says
Zimmerman, who was acquitted of murder in 2013 over Martin's death, made the allegations against Obama in a video posted on his lawyers' website.
The February 2012 killing of Martin, an unarmed black teenager, by Zimmerman, a Hispanic neighborhood watch volunteer, stirred fierce debate about race and the justice system.
Zimmerman, who is now 31, said he shot Martin in self-defense during a confrontation in Sanford, Florida. But critics allege the death was spurred by racial profiling.
In the new video, Zimmerman claims it was Obama who stoked racial tensions surrounding the case.
He cites the President's remarks in March 2012, when the case was still being investigated, in which Obama said, "If I had a son, he would look like Trayvon."
"To me, that was clearly a dereliction of duty, pitting Americans against each other solely based on race," Zimmerman says in the conversation with his lawyer Howard Iken, who does not appear on camera.
Zimmerman notes that Obama's press secretary at the time, Jay Carney, had said previously that the White House would not wade into the case, calling it "a local law-enforcement matter."
Asked if he felt there was one government agency or official who brought the most unfairness to his situation, Zimmerman is quick to respond.
"By far, the President of the United States, Barack Hussein Obama," he says.
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Former neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman said in a video that surfaced on Monday that President Obama should've reminded the American public not to "rush to judgement" in discussing the shooting of Trayvon Martin.
Zimmerman made the comments in an interview with his Tampa, Fla. divorce lawyer that was recorded on March 8, the Orlando Sentinel reported on Monday.
Zimmerman recorded the interview because, he said, he felt he was at liberty to be more open after the Department of Justice announced on Feb. 24 that no charges would be filed against him.
Having been acquitted of murder in the 2013 fatal shooting of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, Zimmerman said Obama only contributed to his victimization and the persecution of "an innocent American."
He was particularly upset about the speech Obama gave in which he said, "If I had a son, he would look like Trayvon."
Zimmerman bemoaned the President's reaction and said Obama should have told the American public: "Let's not rush to judgement."
"For him to make incendiary comments as he did and direct the Department of Justice to pursue a baseless prosecution, he by far over-stretched, over-reached," Zimmerman said in the video.
In his conversation with his lawyer, Zimmerman said he had a clean conscience but wished he hadn't gone to trial.
"I believe that the American judicial system failed in the sense that I should not have even gone to trial, but I do believe that the jury process succeeded and ultimately justice was served and I was acquitted and I am a free man," Zimmerman said. "Obviously, if there was a different outcome then I would feel differently."
Zimmerman also maintained his innocence throughout the interview.
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