And yet,
that is precisely what Sybrina said she wanted to hear from GZ.
Trayvon's Murder: Mother's Interview After Zimmerman's Charged - YouTube
The Today Show, Sybrina's entire reply. Question is asked at 3:08.
Ann Curry: Tracy and Sybrina, either of you can take this question:
If you were to come face to face with George Zimmerman, what do you want to tell him? What do you want to ask him?
Sybrina: Um, one of the things that I still believe in, a person should apologize when they're really, when they're actually remorseful for what they've done. Um, I believe that it was a(n) accident, I believe that uh, it just got out of control, and he couldn't turn the clock back.
Um, I would ask him: Did he know that that was a minor? That that was a teenager, and that he did not have a weapon?
Um, I would ask him, that I understand that his family is hurting, but think about our family, that lost our teenage son; I mean it's just very difficult to live with day in and day out. Um, I'm sure that his parents can pick up the phone and call him, but we can't pick up the phone and call Trayvon any more.
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IMO, Sybrina
did in fact express a clear and distinct wish to hear a sincere expression of condolence, literally
"for the loss of their son," in addition to answering those two specific questions.
A statement like "I am sorry I shot your son" would unfortunately be used unfairly to attack his self-defense defense. I believe GZ feels terrible about what happened, and respectfully gave the victim's mother exactly what she asked for, without sacrificing himself to a possible life in prison for something he claims he didn't to: commit murder.
If GZ truly acted in self-defense to protect his own life, and is therefore unfairly and wrongly charged with murder, it would be ludicrous legal suicide for him to actually apologize, as he no doubt would have done immediately, and no doubt longs to do, were he not otherwise so crucially constrained.
JMO
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