“The ironic part is they made worth it at least worth $250,000. They gave me $250,000,” said George Zimmerman of the “Black Lives Matter” movement and the “manipulating media,” crediting both for generating the value of the firearm he used to kill Trayvon Martin.
Describing what he said was collusion of news media and left-wing racial agitation groups, Zimmerman credited the two with benefiting him monetarily via his auctioning of the firearm.
“You can’t blame me. I mean, I would’ve sold it for $350 if that’s what its value was. The ironic part is they made worth it at least worth $250,000,” said Zimmerman.
Zimmerman blamed President Barack Obama – who he described as a “racist bigot” – for allowing black racial nationalists from The Black Panthers to threaten him with impunity. He added that he would do what he could “to ensure that Hillary Clinton does not become the leader of the greatest nation on earth.”
When invited to do so, Zimmerman offered advice to Edward Nero, the Baltimore police officer cleared on Monday of all charges related to the death Freddie Gray.
“Keep your head up. Don’t ever hang your head. You did nothing wrong. You’ve nothing to be ashamed of. You’re the victim of a political persecution,” advised Zimmerman. “Keep your faith in God. Keep your family close. And keep your core values. Don’t give up.”
The 2013 case against him, said Zimmerman, was a product of a dishonest “political agenda” combined with ambitions “political advancement” among some politicians. Florida’s Governor Rick Scott (R-FL) was described as a “weasel,” “slimey” and “spineless” by Zimmerman, as he accused the governor of surrendering to the demands of “a few sit-ins from a few kids in college” to lay charges against him.
Florida’s Attorney General Pam Bondi named a special prosecutor, Angela Corey, to prosecute Zimmerman in 2012. Corey, Zimmerman said, had the necessary lack of integrity to go forward with prosecuting him.
“She knew I was innocent. Her entire staff knew I was innocent and they went on with the persecution, the false prosecution for their own political agenda. She wanted political advancement,” said Zimmerman.
Responding to Hillary Clinton’s suggestions that he is a murderer, Zimmerman criticized the former first lady’s use of Martin’s mother, Sybrina Fulton, as a surrogate and instrument of racial agitation. “Hillary Clinton and her lies,” said Zimmerman, had to be challenged.
“That can’t happen again. That can’t happen to any American ever again,” said what he described as a political witch hunt which had targeted him.
Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, and Martin family attorney Benjamin Crump were said to be “inciting racial tensions” by Zimmerman. “They’re just capitalizing off of a false racism that they invented themselves solely to make money,” he said.
The racial agitation of the left, said Zimmerman, had created cottage industries within which lawyers like Crump – who he described as stupid – could make careers for themselves and shake down homeowner associations.
“I’m Hispanic. I’ve always identified as Hispanic. English is my second language,” said Zimmerman, of his own ethnicity. “I’m proud of my Hispanic-American heritage. This has nothing to do with race.
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