I can see why you'd think he says coons but it seems like he could be saying punks too.
Either way, the fact that he used its plural form shows that it was a racist comment.
Actually the original article was linked was this
My wife and I promptly pointed out how stupid this is since these kids were arrested and charged with hate crimes. Hence NO NATIONAL OUTRAGE. and my other post was the response........... Yea...........
I still don't get where people are hearing punks, I might understand hearing goons.
No one says goons anymore, it's clear what he said. Uncle Ruckus says it every mourning to make his teeth white.
I just cant... I mean.. again.... dat comment section...
They are really comparing this to the Trayvon martin case... when the first sentence of the article contains "Seven black teens have been arrested."
Ignorant america is just not aware that Zimmerman has still yet to be arrested for murder. Partly... The rest know, and want him to be freed because he did what was right. Shooting an unarmed kid, who by the same coin, had an alleged lack of a right to defend himself or attack, a would be stalker with a gun. I mean, I know for a fact that all the people in these comment sections wouldn't defend Trayvons right to have murdered Zimmerman if thats what went down, and would be screaming for that gold-toothed hoodlum to be jailed.
Its really hard to try and comprehend why they can't put the shoe on the other foot, and see that something needs to be done here.
A large segment of the Conservatives have knee jerk reaction to anything that happens to minorities. But what about poor whitie! I feel like it has really been expanded upon recent years. Somehow they think racism is gone and whenever minorities complain about anything its their fault or they do it "ten times worse".
I still don't get where people are hearing punks, I might understand hearing goons.
Sounds like punks to me and why would goons be understandable, who says goons anymore?
lol, it's not significant for his "self defense" claim anyway.
I don't understand how people can hear a "p" sound. I just can't. It definitely sounds like "coons". That coupled with the fact that he said, "These assholes always get away" after identifying Trayvon as being black is all the proof I needed.Sounds like punks to me and why would goons be understandable, who says goons anymore?
Sounds like punks to me and why would goons be understandable, who says goons anymore?
I don't understand how people can hear a "p" sound. I just can't. It definitely sounds like "coons". That coupled with the fact that he said, "These assholes always get away" after identifying Trayvon as being black is all the proof I needed.
I still don't get where people are hearing punks, I might understand hearing goons.
right. you hear the OO, long O sound... not a U.
For me I hear a PUH sound at the beginning. I dunno that's just how it sounds to me. It's very possible it will sound different to me in a different state of mind as I initially thought it said coons when that 911 tape first released. I still don't think it's clear enough to truly decipher it with 100% certainty and even then, at least in my mind, it really doesn't matter. The other actions surrounding him picking out Trayvon as suspicious makes me believe he profiled him anyway.
I thought stand your ground isn't relevant to this case anyways.
it's easy to hear coons if that's what you're expecting. likewise with punks.
it's easy to hear coons if that's what you're expecting. likewise with punks.
Zimmerman's 'black friend' says it's between "coons" and "goons".
He also said coons could be a term of endearment but didn't go on to explain why Zimmerman would use "fucking coons" as a term of endearment while pursuing Trayvon Martin.
What is it going to take to put this guy away? Seriously I'm fuming, the more I hear, the angrier I am.
I hear "cold".
In the first YouTube video put up I mean, not the new one.
That he used black people's power of telekinesis. You have that right?
The fact that the Magical Black Friend Zimmerman pulled out of his ass has basically conceded he said coons is pretty damning, no?
I've listened to the recording several times and I definitely hear coons.
I remember the people who heard punks... lol
It was for sure coons, there are some terms you never forget when you hear them
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/01/us-usa-shooting-florida-idUSBRE82U0B120120401Lawyers for Martin's family are preparing a formal request that the federal government also investigate the specific report that state attorney prosecutors interfered with a homicide detective who wanted to charge Zimmerman with manslaughter.
"We are asking the Justice Department to investigate that," attorney Benjamin Crump, who has been retained by the Martin family as it pressures authorities to arrest Zimmerman, told Reuters late Saturday. "We are concerned about interference in the investigation.
Trayvon lawyers want U.S. to review prosecutor's role
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/01/us-usa-shooting-florida-idUSBRE82U0B120120401
Sounds to me like he's saying poons. I know that doesn't make sense but that's what it sounds like to me, the ph-sound is very clear.
I'm going to be honest here. I don't hear coons. I hear punks. I still believe Zimmerman profiled him regardless though.
One of the witnesses seen him putting his hand on his head after shooting. So perhaps he was thinking of a story to tell and of course there was screaming, so he said it was him.
I still contend that it might have been Martins blood on his head. The Anderson Cooper video posted a couple of pages ago had two women witnesses who say the saw Zimmerman on top of Martin after the shot with his hand on the wound. Then he got up and placedhis hand on his head.
Just in case this got buried, I'm putting it up again.
I had chills down my spine when I heard that audio. Since the media frenzy began, we've constantly heard quotes from Zimmerman and his relatives that this was self-defense. Hearing the audio is mind blowing.
I'm putting this in bold because I haven't seen this thoroughly clarified in the past 15 pages:
1. Assume for a moment that we don't have conclusive evidence as to whom the person yelling for help is, now let's go through the concrete facts.
2. The gunshot and subsequent halt to the yelling happens at 41 seconds into the 911 call, so the yelling and heavily lopsided balance of power in the fight, at a very minimum lasted for 41 seconds. Those 41 seconds of yelling for help come from a single voice, which indicates that one person in particular was under constant duress for at least 41 seconds. The presence of only voice in duress indicates a clear division in this fight: one person in a dominant, controlling position, and the other person under extreme duress.
3. There is a one second gap between the last call for help and the gunshot. This means the person calling for help had to have been the victim of the gunshot, because the cries for help stopped after the gunshot.
4. The chances of the person in duress being able to (1) break free from his duress (2) compose himself for a chance to fire the weapon, and (3) fire the weapon, in a split second, is impossible. This means the victim of the gunshot (Trayvon Martin), was undoubtedly in a state of constant and unremitting duress before he was killed. This goes against every notion of Martin being the instigator of the altercation and the dominant component.
5. Whoever fired that gun, was the person who instigated the fight, remained the dominant component, and ended the incident with a gunshot.
Thoughts?
2 experts says it was not him as wellJust in case this got buried, I'm putting it up again.
I had chills down my spine when I heard that audio. Since the media frenzy began, we've constantly heard quotes from Zimmerman and his relatives that this was self-defense. Hearing the audio is mind blowing.
I'm putting this in bold because I haven't seen this thoroughly clarified in the past 15 pages:
1. Assume for a moment that we don't have conclusive evidence as to whom the person yelling for help is, now let's go through the concrete facts.
2. The gunshot and subsequent halt to the yelling happens at 41 seconds into the 911 call, so the yelling and heavily lopsided balance of power in the fight, at a very minimum lasted for 41 seconds. Those 41 seconds of yelling for help come from a single voice, which indicates that one person in particular was under constant duress for at least 41 seconds. The presence of only voice in duress indicates a clear division in this fight: one person in a dominant, controlling position, and the other person under extreme duress.
3. There is a one second gap between the last call for help and the gunshot. This means the person calling for help had to have been the victim of the gunshot, because the cries for help stopped after the gunshot.
4. The chances of the person in duress being able to (1) break free from his duress (2) compose himself for a chance to fire the weapon, and (3) fire the weapon, in a split second, is impossible. This means the victim of the gunshot (Trayvon Martin), was undoubtedly in a state of constant and unremitting duress before he was killed. This goes against every notion of Martin being the instigator of the altercation and the dominant component.
5. Whoever fired that gun, was the person who instigated the fight, remained the dominant component, and ended the incident with a gunshot.
Thoughts?
ANGELA COREY, FLORIDA STATE ATTORNEY: First decision will be, do we have everything we need and if we do we probably won't need a grand jury.
COOPER: And you're hoping to make that decision, you think, within the next couple of days?
COREY: No, no. Probably -- hopefully by the end of the week after next, or -- we need a couple of weeks to continue to do this. Remember, our burden of proof is beyond a reasonable doubt. That's an extremely high burden especially in light of the "Stand Your Ground" law.