‘Martin case fuels tensions in US’

April 11th, 2012

FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda

Craig Sonner and Hal Uhrig told the media in Sanford, Florida, on Tuesday that they had not heard from their client who has refused to answer their calls, texts and emails since Sunday.

“He’s gone on his own. I’m not sure what he’s doing or who he’s talking to. I cannot go forward speaking to the public about George Zimmerman and this case as representing him because I’ve lost contact with him,” Sonner said. Uhrig added, “Whenever we call him, the call goes to voicemail.”

They said that they were astonished to learn that Zimmerman had called the prosecutor personally after they told him not to speak to anyone directly.

Press TV has conducted an interview with Frederick Alexander Meade, a journalist, author and human rights activist from Atlanta, Georgia, to discuss the issue more. What follows is an approximate transcription of the interview.

Press TV: How suspicious do you think this case is, besides being it racially motivated, as many say?

Meade: I think the strange factor in this is George Zimmerman, the actual shooter. His behaviors on that night were clearly odd and his behaviors moving forward had been odd.

I hear today you have his former attorneys are now saying to the press that they no longer will represent him; they have lost contact with him; he is making calls to the state’s attorney’s office which is very unusual and he has called media personalities, one in particular, a high profile commentator and he has spoken to this individual and did not inform his attorneys he was going to do so.

So the strange factor in all of this is George Zimmerman. His behaviors are erratic; they make no sense and as a result, we found ourselves where we are now, in a situation that increasingly is becoming more and more bizarre.

Press TV: And of course this recent case about, in the US, a teacher in the state of Michigan that she was fired for helping students organize a fundraiser to help the family of Trayvon Martin. I mean, it seems that racial profiling is going as far as firing the teachers.

Meade: What is going on in this country is really there is a great divide. Trayvon Martin’s case has opened the way for the polarization of groups within this country.

We have a large number of whites supporting Zimmerman, a large percentage of blacks essentially all blacks supporting Trayvon Martin along with some other groups and again this case has really polarized the nation that you have people being fired for attempting to raise money for the Martin prosecution is unfortunate.

Perhaps that individual violated some kind of school policy. That may very well be the case but irrespective of that, it does speak to the intensity that has been brought forth as a result of this case.

This is a very high stakes situation within the American society. This case is fueling a lot of tension in this country and we may only hope that justice prevails here. If justice does not prevail in this situation, that is if the American public believes that somehow justice will subvert it, there is no telling what may occur as a result.

Press TV: So how will the Trayvon Martin case and its surroundings shape the future of not only the black community in the US but also other ethnic minorities?

Meade: Any time you have an innocent unarmed person gunned down for color, what comes to happen is other groups that have been oppressed came to identify with the individual and as a result, the light is further shown on injustice in this country with respect to certain population: Hispanics, Muslims, women, native Americans, any number of other groups who perpetually experience discrimination in this country came to catch themselves to tragedy such as it or any kind of movement that promotes justice.

So moving forward, you are going to have more increased conversations with respect to police brutality, laws that create the conditions under which injustice can occur. That is the kind of conversation you are going to see moving forward, in particular the gun laws.

The stranger ground law that exists in Florida will be more increasingly, will become a subject of debate. They will either repeal the law or amend it. That is the kind of conversations that are occurring among legislations in that state; not only in Florida but in Georgia and any other state that has a similar gun law. And that is a kind of activity that you are going to see moving forward.

MSK/JR