Report: Zimmerman to sue NBC over biased edit job on 911 call about #Trayvon

Via the NY Post’s Page Six:

Trayvon Martin shooter George Zimmerman is suing NBC over the network’s botched editing of his 911 tape, Page Six can exclusively reveal.

We hear Zimmerman’s attorneys are about to file a complaint against NBC and its top executives, naming news president Steve Capus and correspondent Ron Allen, who was the reporter on the scene for the broadcast on β€œToday” on March 27. He also remained the reporter for the story on β€œNBC Nightly News.”

A source tells us, β€œThe suit will be filed imminently against NBC and its news executives. The network’s legal department has put everybody in the news department involved with this incident on notice, telling them not to comment.”

NBC launched an internal probe after producers misleadingly edited the 911 call placed by Zimmerman just before he shot the unarmed Florida teenager. The edit made it appear that Zimmerman had immediately told police that Martin was black, when the full tape reveals the neighborhood watch captain only did so when responding to a question posed by a dispatcher. Combined sections from two different parts of the tape gave the false impression that Zimmerman had said: β€œThis guy looks like he’s up to no good or on drugs or something. He’s got his hand in his waistband. And he’s a black male.”

My advice for Zimmerman’s legal team: Nail the b*stards.

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