On March 24, 2013 Robert Zimmerman, the brother of the accused murderer of Trayvon Martin tweeted an image of De'Marquis Kareem Elkins along side the image of Martin. He sent the tweet to several recipients on Twitter including the NAACP, NRA and film-maker Michael Moore. Elkins is the 17-year-old arrested along with a 10-year-old in the shooting of an infant in a stroller in Brunswick, GA earlier this week. The Zimmermans are white people.
The image contained the words:
"A picture speaks a thousand words. Any questions?"
In the Brunswick shooting, the mother of the teen along with his aunt were arrested on today in connection with the case. The tweet was sent to suggest that Trayvon Martin and De'Marquis Elkins were both of the same mindset. Other than connecting them in an image posted on Twitter, the only similarities are the fact that they both were African-American youths around the age of 17.
In the Tweet Zimmerman stated:
"1 of those pics is a person who may have murdered @ point-blank range, the other: a person who gave every indication they prob would've."
Robert's brother George is facing second-degree murder charges for the Feb. 2012 fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin. George Zimmerman pleaded not guilty in the case on the grounds of self defense. The case gained national attention due to the Florida "Stand Your Ground" law of which Zimmerman was original released by the Sanford Police Dept.
For Robert Zimmerman to compare a kid walking home with a bag of Skittles and a can of ice tea to a cold-blooded murderer, only causes people to imagine that the correct similarity would have been his own brother.