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The View Hag Whoopi Goldberg Presses Justice Department For Civil Rights Charges Against Zimmerman…
How is the DOJ railroading Zimmerman supposed to help?
Via Mediaite:
George Zimmerman‘s two defense lawyers sat down with the co-hosts of The View this morning to face a grilling over whether their defendant’s trial was a “racial” one, whether they’ve received payment for their legal services, and whether the Department of Justice will take up federal action. [...]
Whoopi Goldberg spoke up to grill the two lawyers on whether Zimmerman first spotted Martin that fateful night “because he was a young black man?”
“I think it played a part, absolutely,” answered O’Mara.
“Wouldn’t that justify the Justice Department looking into it?” Goldberg asked to audience applause.
“If they had found any evidence of racism in George’s background, then they would have been able to use that information to say this is the way that George Zimmerman was looking at Trayvon.” He added: “He was looking at Trayvon as a person who was black, but not looking at him solely because he was black.”
Goldberg pressed further, asking O’Mara to explain why Zimmerman would assume the young black Martin would fit the profile of recent burglaries in the neighborhood, prompting the lawyer to ask a question in return: “Because he is black can he never look suspicious?”
How is the DOJ railroading Zimmerman supposed to help?
Via Mediaite:
George Zimmerman‘s two defense lawyers sat down with the co-hosts of The View this morning to face a grilling over whether their defendant’s trial was a “racial” one, whether they’ve received payment for their legal services, and whether the Department of Justice will take up federal action. [...]
Whoopi Goldberg spoke up to grill the two lawyers on whether Zimmerman first spotted Martin that fateful night “because he was a young black man?”
“I think it played a part, absolutely,” answered O’Mara.
“Wouldn’t that justify the Justice Department looking into it?” Goldberg asked to audience applause.
“If they had found any evidence of racism in George’s background, then they would have been able to use that information to say this is the way that George Zimmerman was looking at Trayvon.” He added: “He was looking at Trayvon as a person who was black, but not looking at him solely because he was black.”
Goldberg pressed further, asking O’Mara to explain why Zimmerman would assume the young black Martin would fit the profile of recent burglaries in the neighborhood, prompting the lawyer to ask a question in return: “Because he is black can he never look suspicious?”