George Zimmerman's Brother Says Twitter Rant a "Mistake"

[Hissyspit]

Source: Reuters

George Zimmerman's brother says Twitter rant a "mistake"

By Barbara Liston

Wed Mar 27, 2013 11:25pm EDT

ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - The brother of George Zimmerman, the man charged in the 2012 shooting death of unarmed black Florida teenager Trayvon Martin, said on Wednesday he was wrong to tweet a series of racially charged comments about his brother's case.

"I made a mistake," Robert Zimmerman Jr. said during an appearance on CNN's Piers Morgan Live. "It unfortunately may not have helped George."

George Zimmerman was charged with second-degree murder for killing Martin, who was 17, after an altercation in a residential neighborhood in Sanford, Florida.

Prosecutors contend George Zimmerman, then a neighborhood watch captain, racially profiled Martin, then pursued and shot him while Martin was returning from a convenience store to a townhouse where he was staying with his father.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSBRE92R02M20130328

[hrmjustin]

1. All it showed is that the man is a racist and a pig.

He has no one to blame but himself and his own racist views. Good riddance to bad rubbish!

[LovingA2andMI]

2. Why is George's Brother Sorry NOW?

Because he got caught. Because someone made a screenshot of the Tweets? Because it reveals the way the Zimmerman family really thinks about minorities?

[uppityperson]

3. Naw, keep them coming. Keep tweeting these things and tell George he should also.

Let the world see exactly how you are.

[secondwind]

4. Georgie is a "mistake"....

[Archae]

5. He didn't make a "mistake."

When someone takes the wrong off-ramp on the highway, that's a "mistake."

Robert Zimmmerman royally fucked up.

[loudsue]

6. The whole family is obviously racist. THAT is why Trayvon Marin is dead.

Small minds in white skin. Disgusting.

[defacto7]

7. Seems this family makes lots of mistakes...

I'm a little tired of their lame mistakes, and their apologies.

[tblue]

12. Bingo! It's no excuse for hideous behavior.

Will he please go away now?

[rrneck]

8. It appears that the Zimmerman clan has a gift for fucking up. nt

[Cha]

9. Ya think, dumbass.

[struggle4progress]

10. Mistake? Dunno. He's convinced me that middle-aged racist gun-nuts are sorta risky to meet

[alp227]

11. Sorry to all the GOOD people named Zimmerman. n/t

[Phillip McCleod]

13. yeh. no. didn't help george.

but maybe he accidentally helped the cause of justice.. at least in teh court of pubic opinion.

true colors and all that..

[JI7]

14. i hate this fucker so much, watch the piers morgan interview and how he gets annoyed when

piers brings up the skittles that trayvon had. so it's not ok to bring up the fact that trayvon was armed with just skittles and iced tea but it's ok to bring up some pictures he took giving the finger ?

because teens taking stupid pics like giving the finger is just so unusual right ? and just shows they would shoot a baby so you can try to justify your piece of shit brother shooting him ?

his brother has a history of being violent.

[davidpdx]

16. Piers Morgan has demonstrated he is a publicity whore by some of the guest he has on

I never liked Larry King much, but Morgan is just 10 times worse.

My question is what fucking relevance is the brother to the world other than he is related to the guy who killed Trayvon (spelling?) and that he sent some racist tweets?

The answer is nothing. Giving him a forum to speak is not journalism, it's tabloid TV.

(I know I'm preaching to the choir)

[Tempest]

15. The DOJ Civil Rights Department's investigation says thank you

You made their job easier to show your brother used race in profiling Trayvon Martin.

[Fantastic Anarchist]

17. Birds of a feather ...

[Turborama]

18. "I made a mistake... ...it unfortunately may not have helped George."

So, let me see if I've got this right, what he's saying is that it's only a mistake because it proves he (his brother/PR guy) is a racist and that "may not help" George?

If so, then he's just sorry he might have made things even more difficult for his brother. Not that he's proved to the world he is a despicable racist maggot.

[Solly Mack]

19. Must have lost a TV engagement or two over his comments.

Since he's also cashing in on Trayvon Martin's death, making the rounds on various shows.

That's what he's really sorry about. Possibly losing the attention.

Fucker.

[PolitFreak]

20. Their parents are the ones who made the mistake

USE CONDOMS. THEY WORK!

[sarge43]

21. "Shut the fuck up, Bobby. You're out of your element." n/t

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

22. Ha!

[Javaman]

23. the grand back peddling when his brothers lawyers rang him up. nt

[Aristus]

24. You bet it was, fuckhead!

You'll be looking at your brother through bars for the rest of his life, you racist puke...