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in what sense was zimmerman playing games with the judge?
He had a valid passport and an expired passport.
One of his conditions of bond was to turn in his passport. He turned in the expired on and kept the valid one. Not only is that playing games with the judge, it's kind of making him look like a flight risk.
Not only that, he applied for the second passport 2 weeks after the shooting, claiming that he had lost the original one that was due to expire in May. He then turned in the "lost" passport to the judge.
He also lied about the amount of money he had - they found this out after they reviewed jailhouse tapes of him speaking to his wife on the phone about the money he was transferring into his bank account, apparently in some sort of code.
One of his conditions of bond was to turn in his passport. He turned in the expired on and kept the valid one. Not only is that playing games with the judge, it's kind of making him look like a flight risk.
Not only that, he applied for the second passport 2 weeks after the shooting, claiming that he had lost the original one that was due to expire in May. He then turned in the "lost" passport to the judge.
He also lied about the amount of money he had - they found this out after they reviewed jailhouse tapes of him speaking to his wife on the phone about the money he was transferring into his bank account, apparently in some sort of code.
Having access to so much money, and having a new passport, does sound like he and his wife could have been planning a trip out of the country prior to the trial. Good that his bond was revoked.
I guess maybe because I'm a father of two black youngmen that frequently goes to the store by themselves unarmed. Maybe perhaps because being of the darker hue myself, might have concern about some wanna be cop approaching me with some nonsense and a gun.
Does that answer your question
Well I am not black so I don't know what your experiences have been and whether you deserve a pass because of negative experiences or are just paranoid and need counseling
I am disturbed by some black folk that jump to I think a paranoid conclusion that this was some sort of profiling based on race and race alone. As I have said before, Arabs in general I don't pay much notice but Arabs on a plane give me pause for concern. I think young black men with a negative history in this neighborhood is the problem.
Not that I am naive enough to believe there isn't still racism in the world I do believe that it has become more of xenophobic by definition than racial hate. It is a trust problem based on I believe mutual negativity so what say we all get a little more positive. As an old psych teacher once said to me you come at me fist rolled up how do expect I am going to come back?
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