Oliver is the friend of Zimmerman who also provided unofficial legal counsel to the neighborhood watch volunteer in the days and weeks following the killing of Martin. In a rare interview with the media, Oliver talked about Zimmerman’s state of mind in the aftermath of this explosive and fateful night.
“He couldn’t stop crying. He’s a caring human being,” Joe Oliver, 53, a former television news reporter and anchor in Orlando who has known Zimmerman for several years, told Reuters in a telephone interview.
“I mean, he took a man’s life and he has no idea what to do about it. He’s extremely remorseful about it,” Oliver said, relating stories told to him by Zimmerman’s mother-in-law, a close friend of Oliver’s wife.
“I’m a black male and all that I know is that George has never given me any reason whatsoever to believe he has anything against people of color,” Oliver said.
