Why do they keep telling the LIE that George Zimmerman was a neighborhood watch captain?

[LaydeeBug]

Seriously. I saw the Martin family lawyer say, POINT BLANK, George Zimmerman was not, is not, and never has, belonged to any neighborhood watch program.

[niyad]

1. because "crazed,violence-prone racist vigilante" would not cast him in a favourable light??

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[guitar man]

2. My 2 cents

They are trying to very subtly paint this asshole Zimmerman as some type of authority figure. In doing that, they can then very subtly and insidiously plant in the minds of the public that Trayvon was "uppity".

A lot of people fall for this type of subliminal shit. I for one, don't.

[Ecumenist]

10. Guitar, I said that at the beginning , that he died for being "uppity".

[onehandle]

3. Because 'deluded vigilantes with a gun' are a dime a dozen.

'Neighborhood watch captain' gives him gravitas.

[thecrow]

4. Because there's no accounting for stupid

and lots of news sites originally did not fact check this before they reported it..

[Cleita]

5. Because according to Adolf Hitler you have to repeat a lie over and over again

until people believe it. So it makes you wonder what their social philosophy is.

[Downwinder]

6. Thought they were telling everybody that their Neighborhood Watch

might be armed and dangerous.

[louis-t]

7. I have heard very few qualifiers like "self-appointed"

but I have heard the term at least once.

[dballance]

8. There is NO neighborhood watch in that neighborhood

Zimmerman was the self-appointed Sheriff in town.

Love to know if he tried to become a law enforcement officer and got turned down.

[Ecumenist]

9. Hell, the national head of Neghborhood Watch said he wasn't a member, that all their

chapters are registered and that wasn't one of them. He also made a point that a very basic tenet was that you are not to carry ANY TYPE OF WEAPON, mace not even a metal flashlight and you CERTAINLY aren't to confront a suspect. YOU ARE NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH, the eyes for law enforcement and that's all.

[LaydeeBug]

13. I would LOVE to see that statement. nt

[lacrew]

11. The HOA called him that

I can't find it now; but, in the very early days of this, somebody dragged up a mailing from the HOA to the residents. Its telling people to be on the lookout for crime; and, it says to contact the neighborhood watch 'Captain', George Zimmerman....the quotes indicating that this was an informal title.

I have seen news segments filmed at the community gates; and, the familiar blue neighborhood signs are there...so it seems they had a program; and, they unofficially deemed Zimmerman to be the leader.

Now, they may not have had an 'official' organization, sanctioned by and trained under the guidance of the national organization. Its possible that the community originally had this, when the signs went up, but let things slip to an organization of one - Zimmerman.

I think the question is moot, however. AFAIK, being a part of neighborhood watch does not impart any additional authority. He could have been wearing a neighborhood watch ballcap and t-shirt, and it wouldn't have changed the situation.

[LaydeeBug]

17. Forgive me, but even *if* some informal newsletter called him that, it still does not make

it true.

Signed,
LayDeeBug
The "Captain" of Laydees everywhere

[lacrew]

18. You asked why he was called the 'Captain'

....I answered the question.

Sorry if you didn't like the answer.

[LaydeeBug]

20. I was sort of talking about the message, not the messenger.

but. Ok.

[Amimnoch]

12. That this kind of vigilante racist "justice" can even happen in this age is bad enough,

but so many out there actually trying to justify it, and the lengths so many are going to for "justification" has really shook my core belief that, in general, we were moving past our racist ways.

Don't get me wrong, I wasn't born yesterday, of course I know racism is alive and well. I even subscribe to the theory that EVERYONE is racist. One of my favorite quotes is "everyone is racist. The question is, what are you going to do about it?" So with this in mind, it has floored me just how many are absolutely willing to go to bat for Zimmerman, how far so many will go to justify his actions.. Like I said, I knew racism was still alive and well, but I really didn't think it was still as prevalent as it is now appearing to be. It's been a while since something has depressed and disheartened me so much.

[Life Long Dem]

14. So it's not even true he was a self appointed neighborhood watch captain?

First they said he was the neighborhood watch captain. But they still continue to say he was a "self appointed" neighborhood watch captain.

[LaydeeBug]

21. That's what they're now saying to mitigate the lie. They're also using "Volunteer"

because I think this things turns once he is not that at all.

[Life Long Dem]

22. After I posted this, I saw ABC News use the word "Volunteer"

[Blue_Tires]

15. I love the mythical self-promotion to "Captain" of a one-man force

Maybe I'll start calling myself "Prime Minister" or "Vice Pope" since I've always loved those titles

[dbackjon]

16. Minister of Vice Blue Tires?

[TorchTheWitch]

19. I think for myself I prefer "Caesar"

I rather like the idea of tossing out the corrupt greedy senators and appointing myself a god emporer. But maybe also because I like warm indoor baths in small swimming pools and wearing light comfortable unconstricting bedsheets.

All hail Caesar.

[Rex]

23. Because the M$M didn't like the truth and thought

their version of reality fit better into the story they fabricated.

[Marrah_G]

24. He is not a member of Neighborhood watch...

.. nor is there anyone else in the group he is "captain" of. He is in my opinion a mentally unstable person who wanted desperately to be a police officer.

WIth all those 911 calls, it's a shame that nothing could have been done about him before he took a promising young life.