{"id":17052,"date":"2013-03-26T08:10:06","date_gmt":"2013-03-26T12:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theredphoenixapl.org\/?p=17052"},"modified":"2026-04-22T09:37:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T14:37:37","slug":"george-zimmermans-brother-goes-on-racist-twitter-tirade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redphoenix.news\/es\/2013\/03\/george-zimmermans-brother-goes-on-racist-twitter-tirade\/","title":{"rendered":"George Zimmerman\u2019s Brother Goes on Racist Twitter Tirade"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Zimmerman compares Trayvon Martin to a black teen who murdered a baby.<\/span><\/h3>\n

By<\/em><\/span>\u00a0Alyssa Figueroa<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

On Saturday, the media reported that De\u2019Marquise Elkins, a 17-year-old teen, along with another 14-year-old had been detained as suspects for<\/span>\u00a0shooting and killing<\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0a mother named Sherry West’s 13-month-old baby.<\/span><\/p>\n

Afterward, George Zimmerman\u2019s brother, Robert Zimmerman, Jr.,<\/span>\u00a0took to Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0to offer a racist comparison of De\u2019Marquise Elkins and Trayvon Martin by tweeting a photo of Elkins and Martin side-by-side holding up their middle fingers. It read “A picture speaks a thousand words … Any Questions?” Robert tweeted the photo at Michael Moore, the NAACP, the NRA, and a Breitbart.com editor.<\/span><\/p>\n

The photo below:<\/span><\/p>\n

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I guess when Zimmerman was trying to compare someone who shot and killed a baby to someone who was unarmed, shot and killed, skin color was all he could come up with\u2026 And middle fingers.<\/span><\/p>\n

Zimmerman continued trying to compare the teens, posting a Tweet that upholds his brother\u2019s version of events:<\/span><\/p>\n

\"zimmerman1\"<\/a>Then, he finally got to his point, following up with blatant racism:<\/span><\/p>\n

\"zimmerman2\"<\/a>While George Zimmerman and his defenders have been working to convince others his actions weren\u2019t motivated by race, Robert\u2019s tweet says it all about how our society continues to criminalize black men because of deep-rooted racism.<\/span><\/p>\n

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