George Zimmerman says he has been victimized by everyone, blames Obama


Because sometimes it's just not enough to be acquitted of murder and then fade into the background, George Zimmerman is back and blaming everyone else — including President Obama, the Department of Justice, and even God — for what happened the night he shot and killed Trayvon Martin, as well as what has transpired in the years since.
In his first comments since the Department of Justice announced on Feb. 24 it would not file charges against him, the perpetual victim said that he has a clean conscience and should never have been put on trial. He also feels absolutely zero remorse for what happened, saying in his videotaped address that he would not change anything about that night because "as a Christian, I believe that God does everything for a purpose, and he had his plans, and for me to second guess them would be hypocritical and almost blasphemous."
While he had plenty of harsh words for the media that he claimed painted him as a racist and the Department of Justice which he said violated his civil rights, most of his vitriol was saved for the president, whom he referred to as "Barack Hussein Obama." "For him to make incendiary comments as he did and direct the Department of Justice to pursue a baseless prosecution he by far overstretched, overreached, even broke the law in certain aspects to where you have an innocent American being prosecuted by the federal government which should never happen,” he said.
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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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