-By Warner Todd Huston
The brother of accused killer George Zimmerman tweeted a photograph comparing accused baby killer De’Marquise Elkins to Trayvon Martin, the young man shot and killed in Florida in 2012.
In a March 24 Tweet, Robert Zimmerman, Jr. posted a photo of De’Marquise Elkins flashing gang signs including a raised middle finger alongside a photo of Trayvon Matin with both middle fingers raised. A caption on the photo reads, “A picture speaks a thousand words. Any Questions?”
Along with the graphic of photos comparing the two young men, Zimmerman writes, “Alleged FBpics of 13mo. old Antonio Santiago’s alleged killer & Trayvon Martin. Uncanny.”
[Note, it seems Mr. Zimmerman has deleted the original Tweet now, screen shot below.]
De’Marquise Elkins has been arrested in Georgia for shooting and killing 13-month-old Antonio Santiago. Elkins is charged with shooting the baby and the baby’s mother in a robbery attempt. Trayvon Martin was shot and killed by Robert Zimmerman’s brother, George, in 2012. George Zimmerman has maintained that Martin was assaulting him and that the shooting was an act of self-defense.
Robert Zimmerman, the accused shooter’s younger brother, has been a staunch and outspoken supporter of his older brother but his latest tweet has drawn sharp criticism on his Twitter account.
In response to critics, Zimmerman posted a Tweet demanding that the “liberal media” should “ask what these 2 black teens did to a woman & baby” and this may be a “reason ppl think blacks might be risky.”
Zimmerman also accused the media of refusing to fully report his brother’s case and of refusing to show photos of Trayvon Martin in thug-like poses.
Zimmerman’s Tweets fueled many replies accusing him of being racist for universally portraying young black men as dangerous. Zimmerman disputes this interpretation.
In another Tweet, Zimmerman wrote, “I realize many will call anything I say/tweet ‘racist’-they do it everyday…I hope 1 day U R Just as fervent calling ppl Who lied ‘Liars.'”
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Warner Todd Huston is a Chicago based freelance writer. He has been writing opinion editorials and social criticism since early 2001 and before that he wrote articles on U.S. history for several small American magazines. His political columns are featured on many websites such as Andrew Breitbart’s BigGovernment.com, BigHollywood.com, and BigJournalism.com, as well as RightWingNews.com, RightPundits.com, CanadaFreePress.com, StoptheACLU.com, AmericanDaily.com, among many, many others. Mr. Huston is also endlessly amused that one of his articles formed the basis of an article in Germany’s Der Spiegel Magazine in 2008.
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