@Ben L. said:
Okay, here's a transcription of the facts that are in the video. Tell me which ones are misrepresented or taken out of context:
*sigh*
Ok, sure, I will. But instead of quoting each and every line, I'm going to take out anything that
1) Was obviously false (First 2 lines)
2) Wasn't said by John Oliver (clips)
3) Was a question or wasn't a complete sentence (4th and 5th lines)
and just address things that John Oliver represented on the show.
0:55-1:10 "Of the many truly depressing things about this case, where a man was found not guilty after admitting pursuing and shooting an unarmed teenager..."
Misrepresenting because it makes it sound as though he shot him while persuing. Specifying unarmed also implies that TM was helpless against JZ.
1:40-1:45 "We can get a verdict like this, not because the system has broken down, but because the system is working exactly as designed."
I suppose this is technically true, but is saying that there's something wrong with the verdict, which there isn't. It's more of an opinion than a fact (The system didn't work)
1:50-2:20 "[recap of events] And if at any point during that process, you get scared, you can shoot the minor to death, and the state of Florida will say 'Well, you did what you could.'" note that disagreeing with this fact proves you aren't paying attention.
1) Poisoning the well. 2) Is trying to say that GZ did something illegal and shot someone because of it, when in reality the only thing illegal was TM attacking him.
2:40-2:50 "[this case] definitely has some racial undertones, if not racial only-tones."
There were no racial motivations by GZ, which is what this is implying. Or, if you group it with the next lines, can be answered the same as them.
3:00-3:20 [clip of George Zimmerman's lawyer saying that if George Zimmerman was black, "he never would have been charged with a crime"]
3:20-3:40 "[sarcastically] because our legal system is notorious for being lenient on black people."
Quote is taken out of context. The lawyer was saying that the only reason that he was charged was because people were outraged because for once a black kid was killed by a non-black. Had he been black, nobody would have cared (ala Chicago). The part that JO says is a complete non-sequiter.
4:00-4:05 "That was George Zimmerman's brother"
4:05-4:10 "expressing a fear of armed vigilantes."
Implies that GZ was going out to kill someone in order to get justice done, when all he was doing was reporting to the police about crime in his neighborhood, and trying to keep track of the suspect.