George Zimmerman, left, and attorney Mark O'Mara in court in April. Photo credit: Gary W. Green/Orlando Sentinel
George Zimmerman?s legal team has answered?Benjamin Crump?s comment that race is ?the elephant in the room? in the closely followed case.Crump, an attorney for Trayvon Martin?s family,?made the remark to my colleague Martin Comas for?our report last month titled ?Sides in Trayvon case fought media war to shape views.?
I also posted?Crump?s extended remarks on?this blog.
The Zimmerman team, on its blog, says: ?The real ?elephant in the room,? however, is that race should not be a factor in the George Zimmerman case, and should never have been made one.?
Zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder in the Feb. 26?fatal shooting?of Martin, who was 17.
The Zimmerman team writes: ?Mr. Crump is right in talking about the George Zimmerman case when he says: ?It shouldn?t be about race.? But by projecting race onto the George Zimmerman case, Mr. Crump is pinning a supposed civil rights victory on a Zimmerman conviction. The problem is that by associating a Zimmerman conviction with a civil rights victory, Mr. Crump has framed a scenario where a Zimmerman victory in a Self-Defense Immunity Hearing or a Zimmerman acquittal will represent a civil rights defeat. That is inappropriate and dangerous to us as a nation.?
The Zimmerman team reiterates a point that defense attorney Mark O?Mara made in our report: ?The Zimmerman defense team is not arguing against civil rights. We are defending a man who claims he shot and killed an attacker in necessary self-defense.?
If you?ve been following the Zimmerman case, his attorneys remarks will be of great interest. I also had an extended interview with O?Mara, and I posted those lengthy comments online.
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