| | According to the victim, an altercation began when Martin suddenly appeared from behind and said, "You got a f----- problem, homie? You got a problem now", knocked him down and and pounded his head on a concrete sidewalk. The victim received a nose fracture, two black eyes, lacerations to the back of his head, a back injury, and facial bruising. When Martin saw the gun, he reached for it saying, "You're going to die tonight m-----------!" President Obama later remarked, "Trayvon Martin could have been me."<ref>http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/19/politics/obama-zimmerman/ </ref> | | According to the victim, an altercation began when Martin suddenly appeared from behind and said, "You got a f----- problem, homie? You got a problem now", knocked him down and and pounded his head on a concrete sidewalk. The victim received a nose fracture, two black eyes, lacerations to the back of his head, a back injury, and facial bruising. When Martin saw the gun, he reached for it saying, "You're going to die tonight m-----------!" President Obama later remarked, "Trayvon Martin could have been me."<ref>http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/19/politics/obama-zimmerman/ </ref> |
| − | After he was exonerated, the victim responded to the President's provocative comments: "I think that throughout the process the president should done when he said he was going to do and not interject himself in a local law enforcement matter or a state matter and waited until the facts came out, instead of rushing to judgment, making racially charged comments and pitting American against American. I believe that he should of taken the higher road given his position and, been an example, been a leader as the president should be and say let's not rush to judgment."<ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/george-zimmerman-accuses-barack-obama-of-fuelling-racial-tensions-with-comments-following-trayvon-martin-shooting-10129778.html </ref> | + | After he was exonerated, the victim responded to the President's provocative comments: "I think that throughout the process the president should have done what he said he was going to do and not interject himself in a local law enforcement matter or a state matter and waited until the facts came out, instead of rushing to judgment, making racially charged comments, and pitting American against American. I believe that he should of taken the higher road given his position and, been an example, been a leader as the president should be and say, let's not rush to judgment."<ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/george-zimmerman-accuses-barack-obama-of-fuelling-racial-tensions-with-comments-following-trayvon-martin-shooting-10129778.html </ref> |