Suddenly George Zimmerman Has Black Roots and $200K From Website No One Knew About

April 27th, 2012 - By Brande Victorian

Source: Zap2it.com

I’m not quite sure where to begin so I’ll just start with the news most outlets are talking about. We found out a few weeks ago that George Zimmerman had set up a website where his “supporters” could send donations and it turns out he’s been getting quite a bit of support—$200,000 worth of support. The problem is (besides the fact that people are aiding this man) Zimmerman’s lawyers didn’t know about that money when his $150,000 bond that he had to pay 10 percent of to be let out of jail last week was set—otherwise it would have been a lot higher.

Benjamin Crump, the lawyer for Trayvon Martin’s parents has requested that the bail be revoked since Zimmerman didn’t disclose how much money he really had at the original bond hearing. Florida Circuit Judge Kenneth Lester said he wanted to know more information about the money and what Zimmerman knew before deciding whether to revoke or raise his bond. He plans to address that at a hearing after giving Zimmmerman’s lawyer Mark O’Mara some time to gather information.

Now on to this black thing.

Reuters published an article today detailing Zimmerman’s upbringing and seemingly attempting to distract from obvious charges that Zimmerman’s fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin was racially motivated. Zimmerman who has gone from white to Hispanic to biracial and everything under the ethnic sun now apparently is part black. According to the article:

“He was raised in a racially integrated household and himself has black roots through an Afro-Peruvian great-grandfather – the father of the maternal grandmother who helped raise him.”

The article goes on to talk about Zimmerman’s “mixed household” and regularly being around poor black kids and is frustrating to read so I’ll let you do what you will with that info. Whatever mulit-cultural background he has doesn’t take away from the crime he committed Feb. 26.

Brande Victorian is a blogger and culture writer in New York City. Follower her on Twitter at @be_vic.

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  • http://www.facebook.com/jaime.pretell Jaime Andres Pretell

    I found the piece interesting and it sets up a good background of Zimmerman leading to the events of that night. Unfortunately, it also falls into speculation that is not seen in the evidence. 

    One, it uses the statement of a Black neighbor who says she was distrustful of Black males because of the current crimes that had been going on. While this fact is true that it would have made sense for George to be suspicious of Black males IF they were also doing activities that may be deemed suspicious to an average person, that is just that person’s speculation.The 911 call does not show anywhere that he describes his suspicion based on phenotype. In fact, when asked to choose a race by the dispatch, he says “He looks black” And it is only later that he states conclusively that he is “a black male”. What he states as a reason for his suspicion is that the suspect was walking around in the rain looking at various houses. Two, the article makes the unsubstantiated claim that Zimmerman disregarded the Dispatch’s suggestion that they he did not need to follow Martin. Again, the 911 call does not support this. Zimmerman states that the suspect is running, and the Dispatch asks which way the suspect is running. It is then that Zimmerman leaves his car and follows the suspect to get an idea of the direction he is heading. You know this is happening because you hear the door alarm go off from him opening the door and you hear his heavy breathing. It is at this moment that the Dispatch asks if he is following the suspect and when he says yes, he responds that it is not necessary. Zimmerman gives no indication that he disagrees and states OK. He will later state that the suspect ran away. For about a minute and a half the Dispatch will ask for information of location, where the listener can garnish, that Zimmerman is at a cut through, that he doesn’t have view of an exact address, and finally when asked his address, he is reticent to give it out because he doesn’t know where the suspect is. This is a clear indication that he is no longer following the suspect and that he has not disregarded the Dispatch’s advise.The conversation ends with Zimmerman first agreeing to go to the front of the complex where the mailboxes are (which would mean leaving the last known place where the suspect was seen) but then asking for the police to call him. In later statements, Zimmerman clarified that he went looking for an address to give the police when they called back, and then headed towards his car. This is two minutes after Martin ran, and plenty of time for Martin to be able to get to his house which was only a few buildings down. Martin would later walk back through the cut through and encounter Martin. What happened next, who threw the first punch, who challenged who, all is speculation. But three things we do know for a fact. One, Zimmerman did not mention race or hoodie as reasons for his suspicion. Two, Zimmerman did not disregard the dispatcher’s advice not to follow, Three, Zimmerman last saw Martin when he ran and with plenty of time to get home, yet he encountered Martin at the T intersection of the cut through. This means Martin had to have doubled back. There is no other way to interpret the 911 call evidence, the time the distance, and the place where the fight broke out.

  • Lady

    what the fawk…

  • Megancarteradler

    Ok… To me, this is like saying “I can’t be a racist, I’ve had 3 black people in my house.” This means nothing…. A life was still taken and Zimmerman has been proved to be a lier on more than one occassion.

    (Shrugs) Nothing can be said to make me feel sorry for this man.

  • LezMiz

    Zimmerman is sick in the head with respect to his own roots. He overidentifies with his white side, when you only need to look at him to know there’s a lot of non-white in his roots (Native American, like many Peruvians, and apparently, some African, too). He would likely be profiled himself in Arizona. Being hateful towards blacks might have been his way of dealing with his own obviously non-white self. He’s probably loving all the attention he’s getting from racist white people SMH.

    Psychology aside, he killed Trayvon for racist reasons, and should be held accountable for it. He could have been full black, and it would be just as bad.

  • Kay

    Okay, fine (index finger in the air, making a circle) whoop-de-doo, he’s got black roots.

    Does it change that he committed a homicide? No. 

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