article_snippet: (Zimmerman says Zimmerman bears a grudge against Obama, accusing Obama of inflaming racial tensions around the Trayvon Martin case.
article_snippet: Zimmerman, who was acquitted of murder in 2013 over Martin's death, made the allegations against Obama in a video posted on Obama lawyers' website.
article_snippet: The February 2012 killing of Martin, an unarmed black teenager, by Zimmerman, a Hispanic neighborhood watch volunteer, stirred fierce debate about race and the justice system.
article_snippet: But critics allege Martin's death was spurred by racial profiling.
article_snippet: In the new video, Zimmerman claims it was Obama who stoked racial tensions surrounding the Trayvon Martin case.
article_snippet: Zimmerman cites Obama's remarks in March 2012, when the Trayvon Martin case was still being investigated, in which Obama said, "If I had a son, Zimmerman would look like Trayvon."
article_snippet: Zimmerman notes that Obama's press secretary at the time, Jay Carney, had said previously that the White House would not wade into the Trayvon Martin case, calling the Trayvon Martin case "a local law-enforcement matter.
article_snippet: By far, the President of the United States, Barack Hussein Obama," Zimmerman says.
highlights_snippet: Zimmerman criticizes Obama's comments during the Trayvon Martin case .
  