(Reuters) – Prosecutors and defense lawyers in Florida searched for a third day on Wednesday for potential jurors unaffected by blanket media coverage of last year’s killing of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin.
Six jurors in Seminole County criminal court will decide the fate of George Zimmerman, the former neighborhood watch volunteer who claims self-defense in the February 26, 2012 shooting death of Martin. So far, jury selection for the trial has been moving at a snail’s pace.
Zimmerman, 29, is charged with second-degree murder and faces up to life imprisonment if convicted in a case that ignited protests and national debate about race, guns and equal justice before the law.
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It was very disturbing to listen to the racist bigot this morning. The hatred she spewed against a dead child that she knows nothing about crushed my soul. She planned this carefully. She knew there’d be an audience. She wanted to hurt the Martins. The woman had no intention of being on the jury. She wanted camera time. If you notice she was defiant with Bernie right out of the gate but her tone was different when questioned by the defense. The woman is so blinded by her bigotry until she can’t be reasoned with and certainly can’t be trusted to serve on a jury. She has her own standards of guilt and innocence & believes in the right to carry a gun but talked about the alleged photo of Trayvon holding a gun means he was headed down the wrong path. Let that swirl around in your head for a bit. In her mind Trayvon has no rights but she does. It was disturbing to see that kind of hatred displayed publicly in a court of law. It’s hard to wrap my brain around it. God help this country.
SG2, if we were living in the first half of the twentieth century that woman would be getting her children dressed up to go out and view lynchings. That is who she is. People like her just suck air and eventually they die. I actually think that you have to be consumed with self-hatred and/or have some kind of personality disorder to be so cruel. Seriously. Either way, she’s as worthless as a tree roach.
Liza, my kids told me not to be so consumed and make myself sick over this. After listening to that woman it really did make my soul sick. I had to find a quiet place to deal with my hurt. If my soul was crushed, imagined what it did to the Martins. But one thing I KNOW..karma is not prejudice and the scripture does not lie. Proverbs 26:27 says “Whoever digs a pit will fall into it: and he that rolls a stone, it will return upon him.
ZCBest says:
June 13, 2013 at 3:58 pm
I am just going to say it and be done with it. I am getting pissed that so many jurors are saying that they don’t thing race should have been brought into this case and that the protests should not have happened because this probably wasn’t about race. I am sorry, but I am of the opinion that these individuals have probably not experienced much racism in their lives. I tried to hide my black once…oh wait, that could never happen, so my race is a factor in everything I do regardless of if I want it to be considered or not.
Let me go through the list.
Have I ever been…
1. Pulled over for no reason other than driving while black? Yup, I was driving in the prestigious community that my super pastor father lives in. Sorry I drive a Kia. Yes, Zia drives a Kia not a Porsche. Guess I should go into ministry…
2. Followed/Watched while in upscale establishments? Come with me one day and watch the peep show that ensues.
3. Asked a crazy question about the texture of my hair or the styles of my hair? Of course, I have natural hair. It looks different, I know. But all the questions and non-minorities wanting to touch it…not so fun. Google the You Can Touch My Hair exhibit.
4. Felt the effects of micro-inequalities professionally because I am anomaly in my profession and place of employment? Yes, I actually had a woman tell me that I was like a “unicorn”. She wouldn’t have believed that my job had hired a woman under 30 and black to do my job! Yup, said it right to my face after she touched my hair.
5. I am going to stop at 4, because it’s my favorite number. lol
But my long winded point is that for many black people in this country, race is always involved. We didn’t ask for it to be considered. It just is, because we just are. I come from a multicultural family, it is not uncommon for restaurants not to include my in the party count going to dinner with my family because of my chocolate skin (I could have said brown, but I like chocolate much better as do most women lol). Trayvon would not have been even questioned had he had blond hair. The protests began because we all know that Fogen would have continued on his merry way after killing an unarmed teenager if the media didn’t start covering the protests and Ben Crump didn’t threaten to sue. And I know all of my caucasian, asian, dofeuufdjf, ejruefu, and oeure8rj, friends following this blog know that. Sorry, just had to vent folks.
Wooosah.
Yup, said it right to my face after she touched my hair.
*fell out of chair*
*dead*
*dead* is right!
I remember when Bo Derek came out with corn-row braids, and White women went crazy. I was in a store with “Bo Derek” braids when a White woman came up to me and said her daughter had a “special of $350.00” for braids, and she asked where I had my hair done. I told I did it myself and she looked very puzzled. So I told her, I’m bi-racial. My mom is bi-racial. We learn to braid hair before we started kindergarten. The alternative were hot-combs. That woman turned red as a beet in the face.
BWA HA HA HA She’s lucky she has digits, because had she touched my hair…. * chewsgum&sharpenssword*
@Roderick
*hollering*
* chewsgum&sharpenssword*
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screams
@Xena: When my oldest daughter was 5, I braided her hair and put the beads on it. Her hair hit the middle of her back. She took dance lessons. The first time she walked into the class, all the little white girls ran over to her and screamed with excitement:
“AWWWW, YOU LOOK JUST LIKE BO DEREK!!!”
My daughter gave me that WTF look, and ya’ll know the one I’m talking about too. LOL
NAW SON; BO DEREK TRYNA LOOK LIKE MY PEEPS AND ME.
My daughter got the message that I’d been trying to teach her. Some white folks will try and take all your ideas and claim them as their own. So she tried to school those little 5 year old girls. Tried to tell them that her mother, grandmother and greatgrandmother were braiding hair and wore braids before sperm was invented to bring those little girls into the world (SNARK) My daughter wanted to prove it to those girls, but I told her; don’t try, just BE who you are and your history. It’s a fad for these folks, it will pass.
LOL Don’t touch my HADE.
SPOT ON! And you can’t tell the whiney, racist gay folks anything like this. Like I can’t HIDE OR CHANGE being BLACK. Nope skin-whitening doesn’t do it or count for me. Well, your sexual preference? YOU CAN HIDE THAT, when it suits and protects you from the hate.
Court is in recess until 9am tomorrow..
Tony Pipitone- B-65 returns for hardship inquiry. She is the black female who was heavily into church in Goldsboro, heart of Sanford’s black community.
The photo of Trayvon on the horse is one of my favorites.
I like it too. And I really like the one from yesterday where he is standing on the pier holding up the fish he caught.
When a young UNARMED teenage boy gets shot and killed, and the SANFORD POLICE DEPT. saw fit to send the killer home and notify the parents of said teenager later, like an afterthought, A DISCUSSION WAS MORE THAN NECESSARY.
It needed to be YELLED beyond the moon, the lowdown dirty, filthy, behavoirs of the SPD and Geroge Zimmerman. GTFOH
DNA Tests Prove Trayvon Martin Did Not Inflict Serious Injury to George Zimmerman
In order for George Zimmerman to be acquitted of murder charges, the defendant must show that he was in a fight for his life when he fired a fatal shot into Martin’s chest. This means Zimmerman must prove that Trayvon Martin caused his injuries in order to demonstrate that he fired in self defense, but as the Daily Kos points out, the DNA tests in the case do not support Zimmerman’s story.
Firstly, the DNA tests do not show any of George Zimmerman’s skin under Trayvon Martin’s fingernails:
http://breakingbrown.com/2013/06/dna-tests-prove-trayvon-martin-did-not-inflict-serious-injury-to-george-zimmerman/
Juror G14 is up
A middle-aged white woman. Exposed to the case through tv.
Says protesters were creating a discussion that was not a discussion that necessarily needed to be had.
See comment above.
Juror P-67 is up!
says Trayvon’s shooting an accident. Not a racial thing to him. Not favoring anyone.
How can he say it was an accident? Who told him that?
He’d like to serve on jury. This is first time and would like to see all the evidence before he makes a decision. He was born in Mexico. Received citizenship in Chicago.
He wants an opportunity to serve his adopted country.
Juror B67 is up
Young Hispanic woman.
She hasn’t formed an opinion on the case, and has very little information about the case.
B67’s up
She sounds Hispanic.
Yes
And she’s older too.
B-67 is gone after hardships.
This jury pool is a CEASPOOL
B34: Hispanic- I believe Zimmernan is guilty & my mind cannot be changed.
He’s gone
yep
Puerto Rican male, went online after summons, saw George Zimmerman pictures, heard 911 calls.
Court is in recess for 15 minutes.
N18’S not gonna make it, if he’s been searching out info on the murder after he got summoned.
Juror N18 says the media makes the case worse than it is.
Says he prays for both families everynight.
He prays every night for the right thing to be done. He cannot sleep so he gets up to pray.
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He touched my heart!
West doesn’t want to hear that. Now if N18 said he prayed for Fox News everynight…..
He’d be DEAD. SPD would have shot him down like a dog, without questions.
Juror N18 is up
Juror N18 originally thought George Zimmerman was guilty.
Juror N18 is from Puerto Rico.
He says he believes in the ten commandments. Thou shall not kill.
West is going to snap. Watch for it. LOL!
West is going for language difficulty. Rat bastard!
just getting back from lunch. What’s happening?
N18 thinks GZ is guilty under God’s law. West is trying to get him dismissed because he doesn’t speak English very well.
language? Is he an American? If so, then WEST can’t have him striked because of this.
Tony Pipitone: Don West at bench conference likely arguing n-18 does not understand English well enough to be on jury, based on his last answer
Ummm, he seems to understand English well enough to answer the questions intelligently. West’s not hearing what he wants to hear from N18.
Juror N18 according to the law we are not to kill someone.
Juror K95 is up
a white woman, was a part of the home owners association.
Juror K95 says media gave different stories.
Says kids have been killed in other places and didn’t see demonstrations there. Thinks people came to start trouble b/c Sanford is a small town.
If Sanford Police would have arrested Zimmerman instead of stating there was no probable cause there never would have been one protest.
C’mon, SG2. Black folks shouldn’t be askin the Sanford PoPo to investigate the killing of a 17 year old UNARMED BLACK BOY.
Why O Why does this statement always come up? It’s maddening.
Juror K95 says she recall photos of Trayvon as a young boy and later as an adult
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What? He never made it to an adult and never will. I just can’t…
what the fuck does seeing photos have Trayvon have to do with him being MURDERED, you MORON?!!!
Breaking News
Kathi Belich, WFTV @KBelichWFTV
The judge has just ruled that the jury will be sequestered and that the trial will last 2 to 4 weeks
A 2 to 4 week trial for GZ means he will not be taking the witness stand. If he did, it would take 2 weeks just to cross-examine him because of his numerous inconsistencies.
The jury needs to be SEQUESTERED from day one.
Mike DeForest @MikeDeForest6
Attorneys are discussing something privately with judge before defense begins questioning K80. Normally they don’t stop in between.
Juror K80 is up..
white female, young children, watches local 6 news and subscribes to the Orlando Sentinel.
She was disturbed by the protests but thinks protests is everyone’s right as long as it’s not violent.
She feels the case has racial overtones and it’s disturbing.
She is hesitant to participate in the case b/c of racial overtones.
She’s part of the RACIAL OVERTONES. PERIOD
LOL! But she don’t see it like that. It’s just those negroes stirring up ish and wanting their rrrrrrrrriiiiiiiiggggghhhhhhttttttts
K80 concerned about safety if they return not guilty verdict.
Shorter: the negroes should just accept the verdict and not get angry and protest.
She thinks black folks will riot if Zimmerman is found guilty. Afraid for her safety.
Wanted more recent photographs of Trayvon.
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What did she want? A 30 year old photo? He was 17 years old for crying out loud.
these people make me sick
Even if that dumb bitch was shown the dead corpse of Trayvon, she’d still be begging for another photo or something else. Because she’s of the racists mindset that NIGGAS got to always PROVE THEMSELVES, OVER AND OVER.
………IT’S CALLED GOALPOST MOVING
K80 -Trayvon was responsible for his death & was an unfortunate accident
Shorter: “If he hadn’t been black and wearing that hoodie.”
Dumb asss bitch.
bench conference happening..
Court is back in session..
LOL Taht high school kid’s prolly on the beach right now smoking a joint.
West did not like how he was dressed. He formed an opinion of him by the way he dressed right in the courtroom.
Court is in recess until 1 pm.
Tony Pipitone@TonyPipitone
E-81’s husband a retired police officer, but “this is my opinion.”
Keep talking lady. Bernie’s STRIKING this NRA, bigoted, narrow-minded bitch.
Whew lawdy! This bish is crazy!
Didn’t mention one word about Zimmerman and his KICKBOXING skills. Yet, Trayvon’s a pot-smoking street fighter? GTFOH
Exactly. A bigot to the bone!
E81 doesn’t want to serve just wanted to come to court and show the world ALL of her toxic hate. An old hateful bitch!
Yes; and E81 is not the only one. This is their stage to spew their VILE HATE. IOt’s disgusting, but now America can see who they are and what they’re about. No wonder Trayvon was murdered. That place is so full of HATE.
What did Liza say? They’re full of red neck bigots Only mosquitos are more abundant.
She is not open to evidence. She has made up her mind and stated it would take magic for it to change.
his crime was WALKING WHILE BLACK
She’s got her mind made up; so NO way she’s getting selected.
She was defiant with Bernie but mellow with Mark O’Mara.
Did you know that GEORGE ZIMMERMAN LEFT HIS VEHICLE AND PURSUED TRAYVON AFTER HE WAS TOLD BY THE PO PO TO STAY IN HIS VEHICLE AND NOT PURSUE TRAYVON. This bitch ain’t getting on the jury, too much he said, she said, and speculation.
In her mind Trayvon was guilty. This bitch is off the chain.
GZ’s the KICKBOXER. This jury pool has been POISONED by the media. So Trayvon deserved to be killed? Dear lord get that BITCH OFF THE STAND!
Bernie is just letting her talk and exposing all of her bigotry.
Yep
Juror E81 is up
E81 thinks Zimmerman should go home. She feels he’s innocent.
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yes; and don’t let the door hit cha where the good lord split ya!
E81 believes Trayvon was street fighter. She saw Zimmerman’s injuries, saw bloody nose.
Get this woman off the stand!
She’s a FOX watcher and surely any education she claims to have is that of her own narrow-minded white world.
Saying E81 is closed minded is an understatement. And yet she claims to be educated. Good fking grief!
the fact that she’s claiming that there was more media background on Trayvon than George Z, says it all. O’Mara did a job of trying to trash Trayvon. and the media helped him. We had to dig up the stuff about GZ’s kickboxing and his sullied history of violence and abuse.
The more she talks, the greater her chances of being dismissed vs Bernie using his strike. He’s banking on a strike save here. BRILLIANT!
Bernie is making her talk so she can be dismissed.
Did Judge Nelson just put the paddle to West’s azz? SMACK!
Can you believe that? West: “I object to the objections”
Shorter West: Let me question him the way I want and you Judge stop the objections from Bernie.
I missed it!! Late for the party! Had some personal business to take care of this morning and am just getting online. Darn. I would have loved to see Judge Nelson smack West. LOL!
Oh Xena! The Judge smacking West was just the beginning. Juror E81 came in and show the world her natural hate filled ass.
Trent just posted this morning’s session, but court is back in session so I’ll watch it later. Can’t wait to hear/see it.
What a bigot and she calls herself educated.
Juror E-75 is up
a young white male in his 20’s. Read about the case on facebook. Followed the case on FBI, Twitter, Instagram.
Serving on the jury wouldn’t be a hardship b/c he has finances. Parents will help.
Wonder if they’re checking his history of posting on social media sites.
Does West not understand how FB works?
Anyone who has lived in Florida the past year knows about this case. This guy has had way too much exposure and has had time to form his opinions.
Juror E-75- Facebook friends talked about riots, they were mad b/c not enough was being done.
Just recently graduated. Friends on fb claimed to be friends with TM and voiced their opinion that Zimmerman was guilty.
I knew West was going there with did anyone know about Trayvon Martin’s background?
This is not about Trayvon’s background. It’s about GZ’s background and why he was the one left standing with the GUN over a dead black boy.
Judge had to put West in his place AGAIN! West is off the chain with arrogance.
Unfuckingbelievable! you may be the judge, but you can’t be the judge until it suits me. Who dis CaC?
Arrogant S0B!
That boy’s heading for the beach now, as I type. He ain’t sweating it.
The kid is smart! He ain’t giving up ish. West got frustrated b/c he couldn’t get anywhere and snapped. Judge Nelson clapped back.
bwa ha ha ha ha ha
White folks made Being Black in America about RACE. PERIOD
75 potential jurors have been dismissed so far.
Any potential juror who slyly tries to shift blame Trayvon Martin (DEAD)-MURDERED by George Zimmerman needs the boot to their asses PRONTO!
Juror E50 is up
A white male, 55 years old & retired.
Juror E50 says it’s sad on both sides. He has lost a child. He heard people use racial slurs. Didn’t think it was necessary. He grew up around multi racial people. Doesn’t care what color a person is.
Daughter is divorced with a 4 year old child and lives with him. If she gets job it may be a problem for him to serve b/c of child care issues. Reads the Orlando Sentinel.
Remembers racial reaction, feels like it was blown up.
Here we go
Court is in session
*Sips coffee* Another day of sifting out the WEEDS…
Speaking of ill-will, the State shall have no problem proving it based on the following evidence;
http://youtu.be/EGY6XIv9hYg&rel=0
Thank you for this, Xena!
I like what was said in the Dr. Drew video about “ill will.”
Sybrina Fulton, mother of fatally shot teen Trayvon Martin, listens to a prospective juror in the trial of George Zimmerman, who has been charged with second-degree murder.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/pro-trayvon-martin-man-george-zimmerman-jury-article-1.1370906
So far, 200 people have filled out jury questionnaires. Of those, 25 have been questioned and 20 have been moved into a jury pool that will eventually be whittled to six jurors and four alternates.
A pair of African-Americans got extra scrutiny Wednesday. But Zimmerman lawyer Mark O’Mara categorically denied the dense teem was trying to keep blacks off the panel.
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Bullshit! Then why did African Americans get extra scrutiny?
I don’t know how she and Mr. Martin do it. I don’t believe I could be in the room with my child’s murderer.
I know. I can’t imagine how she feels. And then to hear some potential jurors try to shift the blame on the victim? Lets continually lift up the Martins in prayer as they seek justice for their son.
I agree, I have never understood how the families (especially the parents) of murdered victims get through these trials. I think that most of them are just so determined that the murderer(s) will be brought to justice that they somehow manage to get through the trial with grace and dignity. Also, the pursuit of justice is really the one and only thing left that the family can do for the person who was murdered, and they know they have to do it. They need closure for themselves as well, because in some ways I’m sure that it helps them to go on with their lives especially if the perpetrator is convicted and has to pay a price for taking the life of another person.
To be murdered is absolutely the worst thing that can happen to us. You can hear it in Trayvon’s death screams from the moment he knew he was going to be killed until the moment that Zimmerman pulled the trigger and silenced him forever.
That is the really hard part, living with that, and it is probably worse than the trial.
I can’t imagine what’s swirling around in Sabrina Fulton’s head and heart right now. God Bless her and Tracy.
It’s painful.
Zimmerman – Race debate and ‘stealth jurors’
Good morning, everyone! We’re on to day 4. One day closer to Justice4Trayvon!