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NBC NEWS APOLOGIZES FOR EDITING GEORGE ZIMMERMAN’S 911 CALL

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NBC News apologized for the way it edited the 911 conversation between George Zimmerman and a police dispatcher in the Trayvon Martin case.

NBC’s “Today” show ran edited audio last week that appeared to reveal Zimmerman saying, “This guy looks like he’s up to no good … he looks black.”

But a transcript of the 911 call showed that Zimmerman actually said, “This guy looks like he’s up to no good. Or he’s on drugs or something. It’s raining, and he’s just walking around, looking about.”

The 911 handler responded, “OK, and this guy — is he black, white or Hispanic?”

“He looks black,” Zimmerman replied.

Zimmerman, a volunteer neighborhood watch leader, admitted shooting and killing 17-year-old Martin in Sanford, Fla., in February but claimed it was in self-defense and justified under the state’s Stand Your Ground law. He also claimed Martin attacked him.

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Martin was unarmed when he was killed by Zimmerman, who followed him despite being told not to by a 911 dispatcher. The shooting is being investigated.

Martin’s death sparked protests across the US, with many angry that no charges were filed against Zimmerman.

The NBC audio was aired Mar. 27. Critics claimed the edited version suggested Zimmerman targeted Martin because he was black.

The network launched an investigation after criticism in other media. Fox News presented a “before” and “after” version of the call last week.

A statement from NBC said Tuesday, “During our investigation, it became evident that there was an error made in the production process that we deeply regret. We will be taking the necessary steps to prevent this from happening in the future and apologize to viewers.”

Attorney Craig Sonner said Monday that Zimmerman would hand himself in if charges were filed against him.

“If he is asked, he will turn himself in,” Sonner said. “There’s not going to be a manhunt or anything like that. We’re preparing for trial. We’ve done all we can except ask for discovery [evidence-sharing] from the state, which is not available to us yet.”

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GERALDO RIVERA REFLECTS ON HIS TRAYVON MARTIN ‘HOODIE’ COMMENTS

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Geraldo Rivera speaks on the "Fox & friends" television program in New York. (AP2010)

It has been a wrenching week. There is nothing more disorienting than to be attacked by people you love. Rather than an existential threat, it is frustrating and depressing, particularly because I meant well.

What caused the schism with my base was my rant in this space last week against hoodies like the one worn by 17-year old Trayvon Martin on the evening he was shot dead by George Zimmerman inside a modest, burglary-plagued gated community in Sanford, Florida.

I said then that his hoodie killed Trayvon as much as Zimmerman did. Because the language was as brutal as it was straight-forward and simplistic, half the nation — mostly the young and the minority half — condemned me.

The rage and ridicule became a viral avalanche. It became so big a distraction from the important story of the tragic homicide of an unarmed kid that it obscured the main questions, which are: Why was the youngster killed, and why wasn’t his killer arrested?

So I did something hard for a proud man. I apologized. But to be clear, I apologized for insensitivity and for the hubris caused, not for the potentially life-saving advice given to fellow minority parents. Don’t let your young man go out into the cruel night wearing an outfit that may as well be a sign that says: “Stop and frisk,” or even “Shoot me.” A minority male over the age of 15 wearing a hoodie in a hood not his own after dark is a 911 call waiting to happen.

Zimmerman’s particular 911 calls on the night he killed Trayvon prove he was acting with good intentions, however over-zealous and misguided. Zimmerman saw the kid as another in the neighborhood’s long sorry string of similarly garbed kids “up to no good.”

Since my condemnation of gangsta garb, a legion of hoodie supporters from American Apparel to Russell Simmons to my son Gabriel to Congress members to college kids to cable news pundits to basketball icons to state legislators has donned the garment to show that hoodies are mainstream, and that only irrational trigger-happy vigilantes like Zimmerman or jerks like Geraldo could be oblivious.

They are right about hoodies being mainstream. You see them every day everywhere from day care centers to college campuses. But context is everything, and they are worn by the furtive as well as the festive.

And none can deny that there exists a rogue’s gallery of hoodie wearers on countless surveillance videos of 7/11 stick-ups and bank robberies. I am not, as one clever critic suggested, asking black or brown young men to dress like “Family Matters” Steve Erkiel. But if you’re flying Jolly Roger‘s skull & crossbones don’t be surprised when some jerkoff with a gun takes you for a pirate.

NBC NEWS APOLOGIZES FOR EDITING GEORGE ZIMMERMAN’S 911 CALL

The 911 handler responded, “OK, and this guy — is he black, white or Hispanic?”

“He looks black,” Zimmerman replied.

The NBC audio was aired Mar. 27. Critics claimed the edited version suggested Zimmerman targeted Martin because he was black.

A statement from NBC said Tuesday, “During our investigation, it became evident that there was an error made in the production process that we deeply regret. We will be taking the necessary steps to prevent this from happening in the future and apologize to viewers.”

“If he is asked, he will turn himself in,” Sonner said. “There’s not going to be a manhunt or anything like that. We’re preparing for trial. We’ve done all we can except ask for discovery [evidence-sharing] from the state, which is not available to us yet.”

GERALDO RIVERA REFLECTS ON HIS TRAYVON MARTIN ‘HOODIE’ COMMENTS

The rage and ridicule became a viral avalanche. It became so big a distraction from the important story of the tragic homicide of an unarmed kid that it obscured the main questions, which are: Why was the youngster killed, and why wasn’t his killer arrested?

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NBC NEWS APOLOGIZES FOR EDITING GEORGE ZIMMERMAN’S 911 CALL

The 911 handler responded, “OK, and this guy — is he black, white or Hispanic?”

“He looks black,” Zimmerman replied.

The NBC audio was aired Mar. 27. Critics claimed the edited version suggested Zimmerman targeted Martin because he was black.

A statement from NBC said Tuesday, “During our investigation, it became evident that there was an error made in the production process that we deeply regret. We will be taking the necessary steps to prevent this from happening in the future and apologize to viewers.”

“If he is asked, he will turn himself in,” Sonner said. “There’s not going to be a manhunt or anything like that. We’re preparing for trial. We’ve done all we can except ask for discovery [evidence-sharing] from the state, which is not available to us yet.”

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GERALDO RIVERA REFLECTS ON HIS TRAYVON MARTIN ‘HOODIE’ COMMENTS

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