George Zimmerman sues family of Trayvon Martin, publisher, prosecutors for $100 million - The saga that never ends continues

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article238030539.html

George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer acquitted of homicide charges in the 2012 fatal shooting of unarmed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Sanford, is suing Martin’s family, prosecutors and others involved in the case he claims rested on false evidence, according to a copy of the suit sent to the media Wednesday.

Zimmerman is represented by Larry Klayman, a high-profile legal crusader tied to conservative causes and the founder of Judicial Watch before splitting with the activist group.

The suit in Polk County Circuit Court cites information in a documentary about the case that accuses the Martin family of engineering false testimony, and the director has scheduled a press conference this week in Coral Gables to coincide with a film screening there. The suit seeks $100 million in civil damages, alleging defamation, abuse of civil process and conspiracy. A copy of the suit was distributed to media Wednesday by the movies’ director, Joe Gilbert. The case does not yet appear on the online docket of the Polk court system.

The lead defendant in the suit is Sybrina Fulton, Martin’s mother who became a national figure in the wake of her son’s death as a campaign surrogate for Hillary Clinton and a national advocate for social justice and reducing gun deaths. She’s running for the District 1 seat on the Miami-Dade County Commission being vacated by a term-limited Barbara Jordan in the Miami Gardens area.

Martin lived with Fulton, then a county employee, in Miami Gardens, and was visiting his father, Tracy Martin, in Sanford on Feb. 26, 2012, when he died in a gated community where his father’s fiancee lived. Martin was returning from a store with candy. Zimmerman, 28 at the time, reported Martin as suspicious to police in a recorded call after 7 p.m.

The details that followed remain in dispute, with Zimmerman claiming he was attacked by Martin and defended himself. Police and prosecutors described an unjustified shooting of a teenager in a hoodie with Skittles and a drink. A jury acquitted Zimmerman of all charges in 2013.

The lawsuit presses the Zimmerman version of events, with allegations of efforts by the Martin family to produce a false narrative through dishonest accounts from witnesses. The suit also names prosecutors in the Zimmerman case, alleging false prosecution, as well as book publisher Harper Collins over the October release of “Open Season: Legalized Genocide of Colored People.” The book is by Ben Crump, who represented the Martin family. Crump is also named in the suit, which states all defendants “have worked in concert to deprive Zimmerman of his constitutional and other legal rights.”

Crump, Klayman and a campaign representative for Fulton did not respond immediately to requests for comment.

 

[Super-Chevy454]

Don't believe the lies that pro-Zimmerman criminals spout. These people aim to destabilize self defense laws and advocate for criminals to be able to do whatever they want to innocent American people. They should be hung as traitors.

So I guess we shouldn't listen anymore Trayvon's former girlfriend Rachel Jeantel testimony?

 

[FierceBrosnan]

Yes we will get some of them lulz. The /pol/ threads about this are gonna be filled to the brim with dindu nuffin memes. I think if he were to sue, he should do it at a lower amount. 130 million dollars is way too fucking much. You're literally raping the family at that point out of their money.

However, then you can look at this as kind of petty. Zimmerman not being guilty was already the commeaupeance to the other side, suing them now doesn't really matter or will impact them in the long run. I do agree that the media should be held accountable for crafting this successful narrative of the "innocent black boy" and "racist Zimmerman" though as it was this narrative that spawned Blacks Live Matter, an even worse variation of the Black Panthers. You can't even hate on them because if you do, you are forcing them to do the whole "oh so you think black lives don't matter" and shit and it really fucking annoys me being black myself. I would be all for a movement uplifting African-Americans, but this isn't the way to do it, especially when it was predicated on a skewed narrative. Had the Trayvon Martin case been like Emmett Till, there would be a whole lot of justification for fairness through activism, but this is just a plain skewed narrative and honestly, this news story should've just been a one and run to be quite honest.

Once again, we must reinforce that Zimmerman is a dick, a criminal, and a shady figure, but the evidence shown within this case does not show him to be the one within the wrong, completely. However he did jump the gun, no pun intended, on his reaction.

No matter how we slice it more bad than good came out of this and I predict even more idiocy will follow the current case. Hard to believe it's been nearly 8 years.

Edit: grammar.

 

[The Pink Panther]

No matter we slice it more bad than good came out of this and I predict even more idiocy will follow the current case. Hard to believe it's been nearly 8 years.

Yes indeed.

A drink to a story CNN can uphold other than the impeachment inquiry and Steve Harvey can complain about on his radio show tomorrow morning.

 

[Mikeula2099]

LOL can't wait to hear the pavement apes cry about this and the pussy liberals try and pretend blacks are innocent victims

 

[KingCoelacanth]

Also, their coverage was not 100 percent false as some have pointed out.

Their coverage is wrong enough that despite reporting on it for months on end and the entire trial being openly streamed, people to this day have major misconceptions about what transpired.
They still think that Zimmerman was acquitted due to Stand Your Ground, even though his defense never used it
People still think that Zimmerman continued to follow Martin after the dispatcher advised against it
People still think that Zimmerman shot Martin immediately after seeing and not after Martin purposely went back to his car to engage him
People still think that Martin was a helpless 4 foot tall baby boy, even though he was about half a foot taller than zimmerman
Zimmerman's defense was so strong that evidence and witness statements alone were enough to prove him not guilty.

Seeing someone creeping around the yard of a house that had been broken into multiple times recently then keeping track of them while you contact police is not some crazed psycho mentality like you are trying to portray it.
But yes, after months and years of the media doxxing zimmerman's parents, airing his SSN on live TV and generally making him out to be public enemy no. 1, Zimmerman did indeed begin to display anti-social behavior.

 

[nekrataal]

LOL can't wait to hear the pavement apes cry about this and the pussy liberals try and pretend blacks are innocent victims

Don’t forget about all of the woke white allies who treat black people like they’re special.

 

[Mikeula2099]

Don’t forget about all of the woke white allies who treat black people like they’re special.

on the upside Trayvon has been crime free for 7 years.

 

[Feline Supremacist]

I still have a folder of memes from the Zimmerman trial on an old computer. Lots of images of Jentel as Jabba the Hut.
Edit; And the guy who troll called a witnesss by using a picture of some black homo fellating a huge candy cane as his Skype avatar.

 

[MelloYello]

ZimZam wants that sweet T-Shirt money that TrayBabys family made off of his death. His family also settled out of court for over a million. Also his mother received a paid vacation worth $40,825 after his death.

That's called "winning the nigger-lottery". Just like that lying sack of shit mother who profitted from Jazmine Barnes' death, and the imaginary "Blue Eyes White Male".

Then the groid went on national television after the trial and flat out admitted that she had perjured herself on the stand by saying that she knew damned well Trayvon was beating a white faggot's ass, and not running away scared like the prosecutors had coached her to say on the stand.

Ah yes, the one who couldn't even read her supposed own testimony back to the court, upon being cross-examined.

It's rare that you see a witness for the prosecution, acting so inept that they completely exonerate the defendant.
I suppose that's the result when someone's BMI exceeds their IQ. Why any prosecutor would call that brainlet on the stand is beyond me.

 

[Mariposa Electrique]

But yes, after months and years of the media doxxing zimmerman's parents, airing his SSN on live TV and generally making him out to be public enemy no. 1, Zimmerman did indeed begin to display anti-social behavior.

While I don't agree with everything you just said, we all have choices in this world. There have been a lot of people who have become enemy number 1 by committing major (or accused of major crimes), yet they don't end up shirtless on dating apps, or beating the hell out of their girlfriends and pointing a gun at them. He also punched his first wife during a domestic scenario. There have even been reports about his anger problems before the Martin shooting occurred from friends and acquaintances. It's a bit strange that before and after his acquittal, he has been following the same pattern.....and he's probably doing it unconsciously. Not rape, not drugs, it's always confrontation, which turns to violence.

 

[The Pink Panther]

While I don't agree with everything you just said, we all have choices in this world. There have been a lot of people who have become enemy number 1 by committing major (or accused of major crimes), yet they don't end up shirtless on dating apps, or beating the hell out of their girlfriends and pointing a gun at them. He also punched his first wife during a domestic scenario. There have even been reports about his anger problems before the Martin shooting occurred from friends and acquaintances. It's a bit strange that before and after his acquittal, he has been following the same pattern.....and he's probably doing it unconsciously. Not rape, not drugs, it's always confrontation, which turns to violence.

Maybe he just doesn't have it in the head.

 

[KingCoelacanth]

While I don't agree with everything you just said, we all have choices in this world. There have been a lot of people who have become enemy number 1 by committing major (or accused of major crimes), yet they don't end up shirtless on dating apps, or beating the hell out of their girlfriends and pointing a gun at them. He also punched his first wife during a domestic scenario. There have even been reports about his anger problems before the Martin shooting occurred from friends and acquaintances. It's a bit strange that before and after his acquittal, he has been following the same pattern.....and he's probably doing it unconsciously. Not rape, not drugs, it's always confrontation, which turns to violence.

Even if we assume that all those incidents are solid and not just a watery mess smeared around by tabloids and the media in the same manner that the rest of the trial was handled, none of it matters.
On the night of the incident, all evidence points towards Zimmerman having done nothing wrong.
If you want to talk about a murky history, you could talk about Martin's history of drug dealing, violence, etc. After the incident police searched Martin's room and found a bunch of stolen items (at least according to one of Zimmerman's lawyers during a press conference), so it looks like Zimmerman's intuition about Martin being scum was right.

 

[Super-Chevy454]

Yes indeed.

A drink to a story CNN can uphold other than the impeachment inquiry and Steve Harvey can complain about on his radio show tomorrow morning.

They have no choices if they wants to boost their ratings who are very very low.

 

[The Pink Panther]

They have no choices if they wants to boost their ratings who are very very low.

Ratings that are majorily from colleges, airports, and restaurants.

CNN's YT channel gets better ratings than the TV broadcast.

 

[ZeCommissar]

The only one who won in the Trayvon Martin case are those that control the MSM, and those at the top that seek to keep the citizens of America divided against each other regardless of race.

They were both criminal apes that got into a heated argument that could have been entirely avoided. One of them ended up dead, and all of this happened in the state of Florida. This is as un-newsworthy as it can possibly get but the powers that be found a way to stir up tension that benefits them so here we are.

 

[The Pink Panther]

The only one who won in the Trayvon Martin case are those that control the MSM, and those at the top that seek to keep the citizens of America divided against each other regardless of race.

They were both criminal apes that got into a heated argument that could have been entirely avoided. One of them ended up dead, and all of this happened in the state of Florida. This is as un-newsworthy as it can possibly get but the powers that be found a way to stir up tension that benefits them so here we are.

This.

I fucking hate the MSM, goddamn. If there's one group of elites that should be shot out back, no cap, it's them. There's nothing worse than purposefully trying to divide and misinform people only for financial benefit and play all of them off as suckers because you subconsciously are supposed to trust them.

 

[The Last Stand]

I think if he were to sue, he should do it at a lower amount. 130 million dollars is way too fucking much. You're literally raping the family at that point out of their money.

If Zimmerman truly wanted to push this defamation of character argument, why couldn't he sue the MSM stations for "fabricating" said incident in the first place? He already killed their son and made a public pariah of himself, it seems like he has a vendetta against the family.

They're the one that turned this into nationwide news. If anybody deserves a lawsuit, it's them. Although Zimmerman is a scumbag.

 

[Dom Cruise]

Agreed.

Trayvon was a chest-puffing thug who should not have automatically resorted to violence, but that does not excuse Zimmerman being a wannabe tough guy and a complete idiot at that. Had he just stood back and let the cops do their fucking job, none of this would have happened.

Instead, George Zimmerman decided to enact his cowboy fantasies and the guy ended up drastically worsening race relations in the United States as a result.

People tend to forget that despite the high crime rates within inner city black communities, there was a sort of racial detente in the Clinton and Bush years. After the LA Riots, race relations seemed to calm down a lot compared to what was before, and it wasn't until the one-two punch of the Zimmerman trial and the Ferguson Riots did things completely go to shit.

Not even the clusterfuck that was Hurricane Katrina was able to sink the detente, aside from Kanye West sperging on TV about Dubya. But Zimmerman's actions and the resulting media freak show that followed sure as hell did (although the great letdown that was Barack Obama's presidency also played a role)

The Trayvon Martin incident would be a comedy of errors were it not so horrifyingly tragic.

After the LA riots race relations had seemingly reached a sort of... equilibrium in America.

Things were by no means perfect, but they were functional, but the Zimmerman case dropped like a bomb and things have been spiraling out of control ever since.

 

[The Pink Panther]

If Zimmerman truly wanted to push this defamation of character argument, why couldn't he sue the MSM stations for "fabricating" said incident in the first place? He already killed their son and made a public pariah of himself, it seems like he has a vendetta against the family.

They're the one that turned this into nationwide news. If anybody deserves a lawsuit, it's them. Although Zimmerman is a scumbag.

Maybe it is a personal vendetta...I'm not sure though. This is like the only story we have so far on this. I want to wait and see what his motive for this is.

 

[HOMO FOR LIFE]

After the LA riots race relations had seemingly reached a sort of... equilibrium in America.

Things were by no means perfect, but they were functional, but the Zimmerman case dropped like a bomb and things have been spiraling out of control ever since.

Zimmerman case was a fucking revealation for America.

That niggers are not innocent in their demise. They are their own worst enemies. Faggot media and liberal elites cover up this fact like charletan they are.

I mean it was so black and white it shouldve been nothing controversial. Yet they made this Trayvon nigger thug into an innocent lil kid who clearly had zero future and absolute trash of family.

I mean is it worth it? Was it worth it? No. It wasn't. This nigger family shoulsve been subjugated to absolute humiliation for being so trashy but no. They were "martyred"...because they were trashy and worthless.

What a fucking insanity.