[Vision2020] just when I thought the Zimmerman trial was as sleazy as it gets

Tue Jul 16 04:59:05 PDT 2013

Hi Scott,

The transcript is, in a way, one dimensional.   In truth, I am disgusted at
her eagerness to ply her jury experience into a book deal.  She was
unabashedly sympathetic to "George" and uncritically accepted his version of
the event.   Extracts below illustrate my concerns.

"JUROR:  I think George Zimmerman is a man whose heart was in the right
place, but just got displaced by the vandalism in the neighborhoods, and
wanting to catch these people so badly, that he went above and beyond what
he really should have done.  But I think his heart was in the right place.
It just went terribly wrong. "

 COOPER:  Do you feel that George Zimmerman racially profiled Trayvon
Martin?  Do you think race played a role in his decision, his view of
Trayvon Martin as suspicious? 

 JUROR:  I don't think he did.  I think just circumstances caused George to
think that he might be a robber, or trying to do something bad in the
neighborhood because of all that had gone on previously.  There were
unbelievable, a number of robberies in the neighborhood. 

COOPER:  Why do you think George Zimmerman found Trayvon Martin suspicious
then?

 JUROR:  Because he was cutting through the back, it was raining.  He said
he was looking in houses as he was walking down the road.  Kind of just not
having a purpose to where he was going.  He was stopping and starting.  But
I mean, that's George's rendition of it, but I think the situation where
Trayvon got into him being late at night, dark at night, raining, and
anybody would think anybody walking down the road stopping and turning and
looking, if that's exactly what happened, is suspicious.  And George said
that he didn't recognize who he was. . . . 

 COOPER:  Well, was that a common belief on the jury that race was not --
that race did not play a role in this? 

 JUROR:  I think all of us thought that race did not play a role. 

 COOPER:  So nobody thought race played a role? 

JUROR:  I don't think so. 

COOPER:  That wasn't part of the discussion in the jury room? 

JUROR:  No, no, we never had that discussion. 

 COOPER:  It didn't come up, the question of, did George Zimmerman profile
Trayvon Martin because he was African-American? 

 JUROR:  No, I think he just profiled him because he was the neighborhood
watch, and he profiled anyone who came in acting strange.  I think it was
just circumstances happened that he saw Trayvon at the exact time that he
thought he was suspicious. 

COOPER:  The prosecution tried to paint George Zimmerman as a wannabe cop,
overeager.  Did you buy that? 

 JUROR:  I think he's overeager to help people.  Like the lady who got
broken in and robbed, while her baby and her were upstairs, he came over and
he offered her a lock for her backsliding glass door.  He offered her his
phone number, his wife's phone number.  He told her that she could come over
if she felt stressed or she needed anybody, come over to their house, sit
down, have dinner.  Not anybody -- I mean, you have to have a heart to do
that and care and help people. 

As to the question you asked me, Scott.  Here's my answer.

JUROR:  It's just sad that we all had to come together and figure out what
is going to happen to this man's life afterwards. [meaning George Zimmerman]
You find him not guilty, but you're responsible for that not guilty.  And
all the people that want him guilty aren't going to have any closure.

 COOPER:  Do you feel sorry for Trayvon Martin?

 JUROR:  I feel sorry for both of them.  I feel sorry for Trayvon, in the
situation he was in.  And I feel sorry for George because of the situation
he got himself in.

If the video of the entire show is available please watch it.  In between
episodes of her interview Anderson Cooper led a panel discussion about her
remarks.  Jeffrey Tobin, ["American lawyer, author, and legal analyst for
CNN and The New Yorker"] in particular, understood exactly how she
inadvertently revealed her bigotry and bias about "those people."  Even more
frightening is her thoughts about George Zimmerman's (unlikely) future as a
neighborhood watch person.

 COOPER:  Is George Zimmerman somebody you would like to have on a
neighborhood watch in your community? 

 JUROR:  If he didn't go too far.  I mean, you can always go too far.  He
just didn't stop at the limitations that he should have stopped at. 

 COOPER:  So is that a yes or -- if he didn't go too far.  Is he somebody
prone, you think, to going too far?  Is he somebody you would feel
comfortable --

 JUROR:  I think he was frustrated.  I think he was frustrated with the
whole situation in the neighborhood, with the break-ins and the robberies.
And they actually arrested somebody not that long ago.  I -- I mean, I would
feel comfortable having George, but I think he's learned a good lesson. "

COOPER:  So you would feel comfortable having him now, because you think
he's learned a lesson from all of this? 

 JUROR:  Exactly.  I think he just didn't know when to stop.  He was
frustrated, and things just got out of hand. 

Did you get that ?  George has learned a "good lesson."  What the hell is
wrong with this greedy cretin?

Rose Huskey

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From: Scott Dredge [mailto:scooterd408 at hotmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 12:16 AM
To: Rosemary Huskey; viz
Subject: RE: [Vision2020] just when I thought the Zimmerman trial was as
sleazy as it gets

I watched part 1 and part 2 of the interview on youtube.  So...what is it
that she specifically said for you to render the verdict that she is a
'racist'?

Here is the full transcript for reference:
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/trayvon-martin/os-cnn-transcript-g
eorge-zimmerman-juror-speaks-20130715,0,983202,full.story

Also, can you point out where in the transcript she says in effect that 'She
is really sad for what George Zimmerman's life is going to be like'?

-Scott

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From: donaldrose at cpcinternet.com
To: vision2020 at moscow.com
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2013 22:50:52 -0700
Subject: [Vision2020] just when I thought the Zimmerman trial was as sleazy
as it gets

I happened to be watching Anderson Cooper tonight and listened to a juror
(who has signed a book deal about her experience) spill her racist  guts all
over CNN.  It probably is available on you tube.   

She is really sad for what George Zimmerman's life is going to be like.  

Rose Huskey

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