So, if you'd known Trayvon Martin was a teenager you wouldn't have shot him?!

[kpete]

“I wanted to say I am sorry for the loss of your son. I did not know how old he was,” Mr. Zimmerman, 28, said, speaking publicly for the first time about the Feb. 26 shooting. “I thought he was a little bit younger than I am. I did not know if he was armed or not.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04...

So, if you'd known TM was a teenager you wouldn't have shot him?!

[tabatha]

1. Yeepers - what a non-apology.

Apologize while excusing himself at the same time.

When Trayvon was screaming for help , was it not clear he was not armed.

What a punk.

[maddezmom]

2. and he lies on the stand. on the 911 call he calls Trayvon in his late teens.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/videogallery/69501655/News/George-Zimmerman-apologizes-to-Trayvon-s-family#gl-0

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/videogallery/68871920/News/George-Zimmerman-911-call-reporting-Trayvon-Martin

[noiretextatique]

12. isn't that called perjury?

blatantly lying on the stand?

[exboyfil]

3. Wow.

This statement is really something. Obviously Trayvon was not armed when you shot him (according to your story) since he was using both of his hands to slam your head into the concrete. Which is it George?

[vaberella]

6. He's the political Romney. He just fucked his case and O'mara's case in my opinion.

Actually I need to ask the board this question.

[vaberella]

4. He lied on the stand. That's why I find his apology insincere.

This is why I felt he hurt his case even more. Stupid man. He clearly knew the age of the boy...he said it very well on the 911 call. He is much like his brother and father...or I should also throw in Romney. They keep etch-e-sketching the story.

[exboyfil]

10. Why the heck did his lawyer let him say anything more than

yes or no. Utterances at this point will do absolutely no good. Let your mouthpiece answer for you. The lawyer can say that his client is sorry for having to defend himself and leave it at that.

The important thing for Martin supporters to do is to tone the rhetoric down going forward. The major injustice for not charging him has been overcome.

[frylock]

14. it's difficult when you have a handfull of GDIs claiming that martin had no reason..

to fear a complete stranger following him in a truck and then by foot.

[teddy51]

5. There really is no apology that would work for this guy's trigger happy finger.

I think he was fully intending to shoot, no mater what!

[DCKit]

7. Yet on the 911 transcript, Zimmerman described Trayvon as a teenager.

I wish Republicans evolved as fast as this story.

[Whisp]

8. the whole family is steeped in stupid.

but unfortunately some laws are equal in that kind of stupid

[Life Long Dem]

9. He said he didn't know if Trayvon had a gun

Yet he was huffing and puffing in hot pursuit after someone with a gun?

[exboyfil]

11. Yes but he had his gun as well

Keep talking George. Maybe you will admit to displaying your gun before any physical altercation and your goose will be truly cooked.

[noiretextatique]

13. he's playing to the racist notion that black men are automatically menacing and dangerous

just like all the rw trolls on the 'net who are whining about the media showing pictures of a younger Trayvon. in their minds, it is perfectly okay to shoot black men, but they seem to have a problem with killing black children. so, they are demanding that the media show the fake pictures of someone who is not Trayvon because that person is showing gang signs.