1. Zimmerman was white (actually he was a mestizo--half white, half Hispanic)
2. Zimmerman weighed 220 pounds (he actually weighs 170)
3. He was bigger much bigger than Martin (Martin actually was bigger than him)
4. He called Martin a "fucking coon." Additional audio analysis showed that he actually said was it's "fucking cold."
5. He ignored an order from the dispatcher not to follow Martin. The dispatcher didn't even make a suggestion to him. It was merely an observation. It certainly never rose to the level of an order. And even if the dispatcher did give him an order, so what? Since when are we obligated to follow the orders of police dispatchers?
6. He didn't have any injuries (actually he had cuts to the back of his head and a broken nose)
7. It was Martin screaming for his life on the tape (it now appears it may have been Zimmerman).
8. Zimmerman was a racist (actually a year previously Zimmerman walked the neighborhood distributing fliers calling for justice for a homeless black man whom, he felt, had been unfairly pummeled by the police)
8. Zimmerman was a racist (actually a year previously Zimmerman walked the neighborhood distributing fliers calling for justice for a homeless black man whom, he felt, had been unfairly pummeled by the police)
9. Zimmerman was a self-appointed vigilante. Vigilante means someone who takes the law into his own hands. Zimmerman appears to be a public-spirited volunteer who went out of his way to turn his concerns over the cops.
10. He was a fanatic who called the 911 emergency number 49 times in one month. (Actually it was 49 times in seven years, about once every two months).
11. He was a police wannabe. Is that, I wonder, anything like wanting to be a social worker wannabe, a nurse wannabe, a pastor wannabe, a politician wannabe, a community organizer wannabe? In short is it bad to want to have a career in public service?
