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| Robert Zimmerman Jr., center, brother of George Zimmerman, leaves the Seminole County Criminal Justice Center after a bond hearing on June 29, 2012, in Sanford, Fla. (John Raoux/AP) |
A stream of racist tweets comparing Trayvon Martin to alleged baby killer De’Marquise Elkins? Robert Zimmerman Jr. is doing his brother no favors, George’s lawyer tells Winston Ross.
If there’s one takeaway from the racist tirade
Robert Zimmerman Jr. launched on Twitter over the past few days, it’s
this: he and his younger brother are not sharing the same
public-relations playbook.
The elder Zimmerman kicked things off by tweeting an “uncanny” image of Trayvon Martin—the
17-year-old unarmed black teenager George Zimmerman shot and killed
last year in Sanford, Fla.—next to a picture of another 17-year-old
black teenager, De’Marquise Elkins, who stands accused of a horrific
crime: shooting a 13-month-old baby in the face last week in Georgia.
Robert Zimmerman Jr.’s caption: “A picture speaks a thousand words. Any questions?”
Then
came this tweet, for clarification: “Teen to West (the baby’s mother):
‘Do you want me to shoot your baby?’ #TrayvonMartin to #GeorgeZimmerman:
You’re gonna die tonight Motherf**ker.”
The backlash that ensued was swift, and fierce. User @Tisha Starr tweeted: “@rzimmermanjr I just saw 20 pics of teens of all colors flipping the bird, I wondered which one of them will kill tonight!”
“C’mon,” Zimmerman tweeted back. “That’s not the point.”
So what is? In more tweets, Zimmerman walked from one position to the next, from “the way people choose 2publicly portray themselves (with middle fingers) speaks volumes about their character” to “Lib media shld ask if what these2 black teens did 2 a woman&baby is the reason ppl think blacks mightB risky” to the same media’s so-called hypocrisy in highlighting the race issue in the Martin case and supposedly ignoring it with Elkins.
After several requests, Zimmerman replied to an inquiry from The Daily Beast on Tuesday with a direct message: “It’s my birthday, will do the best I can 2 reach U... Thanx4 writing.” His followers had plenty to add. @GreatThee: “17 year old De Marquise Elkins shot a 2 year old baby in his carriage last week. Where is the liberal/black outrage?” And this, which Zimmerman retweeted, from @Talkmaster: “Trayvon Martin story exploded in media. White baby shot in face by black teenager—not so much. We all understand why.” READ MORE
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