The Love of Money is The Root of All Evil
Everyone has an agenda, a historic and unfortunate fact embedded in, and a consequence of, the ultimate root of evil – the “love of money”.
This would include a diverse and somewhat disparate list of interested affiliations with the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. From self-serving media entities, to the concentric circles of self-identified “friends”, and perhaps even some family members surrounding George and Shellie Zimmerman. One can well imagine how “trust” would be a scarce commodity.
The latest Nuevo faux-cause celeb seeking his forty pieces of silver, fifteen minutes of fame and pound of proverbial flesh is Mark Osterman. The former friend, advocate and confidant of George Zimmerman is writing a book to share/expose his experience inside the hurricane of hate surrounding the George Zimmerman V. Trayvon Martin fiasco.
We use the term “former” in relation to the friendship because one can scarcely imagine a scenario where a book release ahead of potential litigation would be beneficial. Especially if you are a potential witness in the trial of a friend and now committing potential testimony to paper in advance. Not a good idea under any circumstance.
Osterman was noted as a witness interviewed by the FBI who were looking into allegations of Zimmerman’s racism, and his identity was outed by Frances Robles of the Miami Herald in July. Coincidentally Mr. Osterman lives in the same Lake Mary community where Cristina Meza, the accusatory cousin of George also grew up.
Apparently Mark Osterman is busy making the Madison Avenue rounds and guest appearing on pre-taped TV shows in preparation for his upcoming book release. Nothing of any ‘good moral value’ is ever an outcome from this type of crap.
More information will follow at a later date, in the interim it might interest readers to re-familarize themselves with Mr. Osterman’s background and how he connects…..
(Via Daily Mail) George Zimmerman stayed at the home of a close friend who is a former police officer for six weeks during the height of the public outcry over the Trayvon Martin shooting.
The Miami Herald revealed while the world was looking for Zimmerman in the wake of the shooting in Sanford, Florida, he was hiding out in his friend Mark Osterman’s house in the neighboring town of Lake Mary.
This news comes the same day as Zimmerman requested to have the judge in his case be replaced because he does not think he will get a fair trial because circuit judge Kenneth Lester Jr. thinks Zimmerman ‘flaunted the system’ by failing to disclose his true financial holdings.
Though Mr Osterman’s name was blurred out of court documents that were released publicly Thursday, The Herald used the personal stories mentioned during his police interview about the Martin shooting to determine his identity.
Mr Osterman said that he has known Zimmerman since 2006, when his wife Sondra worked with Zimmerman. The couple became close friends with Zimmerman and his wife Shellie, so much so that Mrs Osterman presided over the Zimmerman’s wedding.
During the interview, Mr Osterman, 44, described a seemingly close relationship with Zimmerman, saying that the two men would frequently go over to one another’s houses, take hunting trips, and go on monthly visits to the nearby Gander Mountain shooting range.
Mr Osterman also claimed that he was the one to teach Zimmerman how to shoot.
Though Mr Osterman, an Army veteran, met some of Zimmerman’s friends by hosting a graduation party for Zimmerman after he finished Seminole State College, he told FBI and Florida Department of Law Enforcement officials that he believes himself to be his one close friend.
‘Zimmerman stays in casual contact with a lot of people, but is not known to have any other close friends,’ Mr Osterman told investigators. (read more)