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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsZimmerman’s MySpace nickname included ‘datniggy’; family insists on innocent explanation
George Zimmerman, the Hispanic Floridian who killed black teenager Trayvon Martin on Feb. 26, had a MySpace account whose username was datniggytb, The Daily Caller has learned.
According to a family member whose identity The Daily Caller has agreed not to reveal for safety reasons, the datniggytb name is not a racial slur, but a friendly nickname that referred to George himself.
That was an old nickname his black friends gave him, the Zimmerman family member said. He didnt have an issue with the profile name.
Asked about the significance of the letters tb at the end of the username, the family member insisted that they did not stand for Trayvon Benjamin, his shooting victims first and middle names.
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Full article here: http://dailycaller.com/2012/04/11/zimmermans-myspace-nickname-included-datniggy-family-insists-on-innocent-explanation/
According to a family member whose identity The Daily Caller has agreed not to reveal for safety reasons, the datniggytb name is not a racial slur, but a friendly nickname that referred to George himself.
That was an old nickname his black friends gave him, the Zimmerman family member said. He didnt have an issue with the profile name.
Asked about the significance of the letters tb at the end of the username, the family member insisted that they did not stand for Trayvon Benjamin, his shooting victims first and middle names.
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Full article here: http://dailycaller.com/2012/04/11/zimmermans-myspace-nickname-included-datniggy-family-insists-on-innocent-explanation/
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Zimmerman’s MySpace nickname included ‘datniggy’; family insists on innocent explanation (Original Post)
Tx4obama
Apr 2012
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orpupilofnature57
(15,472 posts)1. Thats how he landed in jail , parental casuistries
HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)2. Assuming it was Zimmdad who orchestrated the dog and pony show,
He sure didnt do GZ any favors. The more those clowns yakked, the worse GZ looked.
etherealtruth
(22,165 posts)3. If true ... not only is Zimmerman racist scum
... he's also as dumb as a sack of rocks (admittedly the two go hand in hand)