Gun advocate to Cenk: ‘If you jump on top of me. count on it, I’m gonna shoot you’ (Part 1)
Cenk interviews Larry Pratt, executive director of the Gun Owners
of America, who says that George Zimmerman’s self-defense claim in the
Trayvon Martin shooting has reportedly been corroborated by one witness.
“Martin passed from becoming a victim to becoming an aggressor,” Pratty says.
Cenk says, “Even if those are the facts of the case, that’s nuts,” and Pratt answers, “If you jump on top of me, and you start beating the tar out of me, and I can get my hand on my gun — count on it, I’m gonna shoot you.” (Part 1 of 2.)
“Martin passed from becoming a victim to becoming an aggressor,” Pratty says.
Cenk says, “Even if those are the facts of the case, that’s nuts,” and Pratt answers, “If you jump on top of me, and you start beating the tar out of me, and I can get my hand on my gun — count on it, I’m gonna shoot you.” (Part 1 of 2.)
Gun advocate to Cenk: ‘Martin should have run away’ (Part 2)
Cenk interviews Larry Pratt, executive director of the Gun Owners
of America, about the shooting of Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman.
Pratt contends that Zimmerman was attacked by Martin and acted in
self-defense.
“[Martin] should have run away,” Pratt says. “He had his stalker on the ground. Once Martin had neutralized the threat, that’s when he should have taken off to get out of there. He doubled down, and he started to really beat the tar out of the guy.”
Cenk says, “Funny how the kid with no gun is the one who, in your mind, gave up all his rights. But Zimmerman, the freak stalker who called the police 49 times on black males, called this guy a coon, chased him down with a gun — he has all the rights in the world.” (Part 2 of 2)
“[Martin] should have run away,” Pratt says. “He had his stalker on the ground. Once Martin had neutralized the threat, that’s when he should have taken off to get out of there. He doubled down, and he started to really beat the tar out of the guy.”
Cenk says, “Funny how the kid with no gun is the one who, in your mind, gave up all his rights. But Zimmerman, the freak stalker who called the police 49 times on black males, called this guy a coon, chased him down with a gun — he has all the rights in the world.” (Part 2 of 2)
Trayvon
Martin, 17, was shot and killed on Feb. 26 during a confrontation in a
gated community in Sanford, Fla., with George Zimmerman, a 28-year-old
neighborhood watch volunteer who was patrolling the neighborhood.
Martin, seen in this family photo, was unarmed and walking to the home
of his father's fiance from a convenience store with a bag of Skittles
in his pocket.
George
Zimmerman, seen in this booking photo, has not spoken publicly. He told
police that he spotted Martin as he was patrolling his neighborhood on a
rainy evening and called 911 to report a suspicious person. In the 911
recordings, a dispatcher is heard telling Zimmerman not to follow
Martin. However Zimmerman ignored that advice and got out of the car to
go after Martin.
Martin
was black, and Zimmerman's father is white and his mother is Hispanic.
Martin's father has said he was attacked because he was black.
Zimmerman's family says he is not a racist. 
After
spotting Martin, Zimmerman called 911 and talked to a dispatcher, who
tells him not to go after Martin. Parts of the audio are hard to
understand. Zimmerman uses some expletives, and some people claim to
hear him using a racial slur while following Martin. Others do not hear
him saying that.
Police
have not arrested Zimmerman. Florida has a "Stand Your Ground" law,
which was passed in 2005 and allows a potential crime victim who is "in
fear of great bodily injury" to use deadly force in public places. The
case has been turned over to prosecutors for review.
There
has been a growing national outcry for Zimmerman to be arrested. An
online petition urging local authorities to prosecute Zimmerman has
drawn more than 500,000 signatures at website Change.org.
Sanford
Police Chief Bill Lee temporarily stepped down, saying that he had
become a distraction. "As a former homicide investigator, a career law
enforcement officer and father, I am keenly aware of the emotions
associated with this tragic death of a child. I'm also aware that my
role as a leader of this agency has become a distraction from the
investigation," Lee said Thursday. 
Obama
has responded in unusually personal terms. On Friday, he vowed to get
to the bottom of what happened and said: "If I had a son, he'd look like
Trayvon. I can only imagine what these parents are going through, and
when I think about this boy, I think about my own kids."
The Justice Department has opened an investigation into the case.
