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Zimmerman: Martin killing was 'God's plan'

George Zimmerman said he was not "a racist" or "a murderer" and asserted his killing of unarmed black Florida teenager Trayvon Martin was "God's plan."

"I'm not a racist and I'm not a murderer," Zimmerman, a former crime-watch volunteer charged with second-degree murder in Martin's death, told Fox News Channel in a recorded interview that aired Wednesday night.

He said he believed he was owed an apology by the Rev. Al Sharpton, film producer Spike Lee and others who he said rushed to judgment and stirred up public sentiment against him.

Zimmerman is a white Latino. Martin was black. Sharpton and Lee had no immediate comment.

Zimmerman, accompanied by lawyer Mark O'Mara, told Fox News he would tell Martin's parents "I'm sorry" but he also said he regretted nothing related to the Feb. 26 killing.

"Do you regret getting out of the car to follow Trayvon that night?" he was asked.

"No sir," Zimmerman said.

"Do you regret that you had a gun that night?"

"No, sir."

"Do you feel you wouldn't be here for this interview if you didn't have that gun?"

"No, sir."

"You feel you would not be here?"

"I feel it was all God's plan and for me to second guess it or judge it --"

"Is there anything you might do differently in retrospect, now that the time has passed a little bit?"

"No, sir."

Zimmerman, 28, shot Martin, 17, as he was walking to the home of his father's girlfriend from a convenience store in Sanford, just north of Orlando. He later told police he shot Martin in self-defense. (UPI)


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청소년 죽게하곤 뻔뻔하게 “신의 뜻이다”


미국에서 올해 초에 비무장 상태의 트레이본 마틴 (17)군을 총으로 사살해 전국적인 비난을 받았던 자율방범대원이 이 모든 것이 “신의 뜻”이라고 말해 논란이 되고 있다.

조지 짐머맨 (28)은 폭스 뉴스와의 인터뷰에서 자신은 ‘인종차별주의자가 아니며, 살인자도 아니’라며 자신을 비난했던 알 샤프튼 목사, 영화감독 스파이크 리 등이 자신에게 사과해야 한다고 주장했다.

변호사 마크 오마라를 대동하고 인터뷰에 나선 짐머맨은 마틴의 부모님에게는 죄송하지만 사살 당시 일에 대해서는 전혀 후회가 없다고 말했다. 또한 그 사건을 되돌아보며 ‘다르게 하고 싶은 일이 있냐’라는 물음에도 ‘아니다’라고 단호하게 말했다.

짐머맨은 “(이러한 위치에 있는 것은) 저를 위한 신의 계획’의 일부일 뿐”이라며 자신이 판단하거나 의혹을 가질 위치에 있지 않다고 밝혔다.

짐머맨은 2월 26일, 편의점에서 그의 아버지의 여자친구 집으로 걸어가던 마틴을 총으로 사실했다. 그는 정당방위를 주장했으나 현재 2급 살인 혐의를 받고 있다.

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