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Lies about George Zimmerman (and Trayvon Martin) by the media, by prosecutors, or by others, and reported by the media as fact

 * 1) That GZ is 250 lbs and guilty looking in his orange county jail jumpsuit and that TM was 11 or 12 years old and had an innocent, angelic smile. (inappropriate juxta of photos—too many TV networks and websites to mention).
 * 2) That GZ had a criminal record. (GZ's crime was shoving an undercover police officer, unbeknownst to GZ, who was investigating underage drinking and harassing GZ's friend.  Weren't the charges dropped when he entered a "diversion" program, leaving his record clean?)
 * 3) That GZ is violent.  (like the Tea Party, I suppose)
 * 4) That GZ is a racist.  (like the Tea Party, I suppose—oh, wait!  he's a registered Democrat!)
 * 5) That GZ racially profiled Trayvon Martin.  (this shooting has nothing to do with race)
 * 6) That GZ profiled TM. (the Corey affidavit—at best an inflammatory half-truth very likely to be misunderstood)
 * 7) That GZ confronted TM. (the Corey affidavit.  no evidence whatsoever supports this)
 * 8) That GZ attacked TM.  (no evidence for this—quite the reverse)
 * 9) That GZ killed TM in cold blood.  (no evidence supports this claim)
 * 10) That GZ "executed" TM. (Congressman, member of the CBC)
 * 11) That GZ followed TM and shot him like a rabid dog. (female CBC Congresswoman in cowboy hat)
 * 12) That GZ shot TM in the back of the head.  (Jesse Jackson)
 * 13) That GZ said "fucking coons".  (CNN, Anderson Cooper, Gary Tuchman, Rick Sierra, on 3/22/12)
 * 14) That GZ volunteered to the police dispatcher that TM was black.  (NBC News)
 * 15) That GZ followed TM after the police dispatcher said he didn't need to follow him. (CNN Piers Morgan interview with Rbt Z, Jr., 4/11/12.  GZ's brother, Rbt Z, Jr., asked a simple and insightful question during this interview: who in his right mind calls 911, knows the police are on the way, and then blows somebody away in cold blood?)
 * 16) That GZ was not injured during the altercation.
 * 17) That GZ's father was a magistrate who pulled strings for his son.
 * 18) That the surveillance video at the Sanford police station shows GZ uninjured.  (ABC News video, Matt Gutman)
 * 19) *That TM was not the voice screaming for help during the altercation. (Tracy Martin, in the early days) *a contradiction, because it's true.
 * 20) That TM was the voice screaming for help during the altercation.  (Sybrina Fulton)
 * 21) That GZ was not the one screaming for help during the altercation with TM.  (Tom Owen, acoustic forensics expert, for Orlando Sentinel).
 * 22) That GZ was on top of TM during the altercation.  (two female witnesses that came forward later)
 * 23) That GZ was a "habitual caller to cops".  (Frances Robles, Miami Herald, 3/21/12)
 * 24) That GZ "focused on young black males".  (Frances Robles, Miami Herald, 3/21/12)
 * 25) That GZ made 46 calls to 911 between January 2011 and February 26, 2012.  (Frances Robles, Miami Herald, 3/21/12)
 * 26) That there were 402 police calls to The Retreat between January 2011 and February 26, 2012.  (Frances Robles, Miami Herald, 3/21/12)
 * 27) That TM lay unidentified in the police morgue for 3 days.  (FoxNews Shepard Smith)

In sum, all the evidence indicates that George Zimmerman is simply telling the truth.