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Story highlights Zimmerman criticizes Obama's comments during the Trayvon Martin case "To me, that was clearly a dereliction of duty," he says

Zimmerman, who was acquitted of murder in 2013 over Martin's death, made the allegations against Obama in a video posted on his lawyers' website.

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.

Zimmerman, who is now 31, said he shot Martin in self-defense during a confrontation in Sanford, Florida. But critics allege the death was spurred by racial profiling.

In the new video, Zimmerman claims it was Obama who stoked racial tensions surrounding the case.

He cites the President's remarks in March 2012, when the case was still being investigated, in which Obama said, "If I had a son, he would look like Trayvon."

"To me, that was clearly a dereliction of duty, pitting Americans against each other solely based on race," Zimmerman says in the conversation with his lawyer Howard Iken, who does not appear on camera.

Zimmerman notes that Obama's press secretary at the time, Jay Carney, had said previously that the White House would not wade into the case, calling it "a local law-enforcement matter."

Asked if he felt there was one government agency or official who brought the most unfairness to his situation, Zimmerman is quick to respond.

"By far, the President of the United States, Barack Hussein Obama," he says.

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Former neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman said in a video that surfaced on Monday that President Obama should've reminded the American public not to "rush to judgement" in discussing the shooting of Trayvon Martin.

Zimmerman made the comments in an interview with his Tampa, Fla. divorce lawyer that was recorded on March 8, the Orlando Sentinel reported on Monday.

Zimmerman recorded the interview because, he said, he felt he was at liberty to be more open after the Department of Justice announced on Feb. 24 that no charges would be filed against him.

Having been acquitted of murder in the 2013 fatal shooting of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, Zimmerman said Obama only contributed to his victimization and the persecution of "an innocent American."

He was particularly upset about the speech Obama gave in which he said, "If I had a son, he would look like Trayvon."

Zimmerman bemoaned the President's reaction and said Obama should have told the American public: "Let's not rush to judgement."

"For him to make incendiary comments as he did and direct the Department of Justice to pursue a baseless prosecution, he by far over-stretched, over-reached," Zimmerman said in the video.

In his conversation with his lawyer, Zimmerman said he had a clean conscience but wished he hadn't gone to trial.

"I believe that the American judicial system failed in the sense that I should not have even gone to trial, but I do believe that the jury process succeeded and ultimately justice was served and I was acquitted and I am a free man," Zimmerman said. "Obviously, if there was a different outcome then I would feel differently."

Zimmerman also maintained his innocence throughout the interview.

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George Zimmerman in a recent interview accused President Barack Obama of a dereliction of duty by using racially charged comments to divide the public against him during his murder trial.

Although Zimmerman turned down many requests for interviews after he was acquitted for killing 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, he spoke to his divorce lawyer about the case in an interview recorded earlier this month.

I feel that now is the perfect time to speak my mind without fear of retaliation by the president, the attorney general, the federal government etc., Zimmerman explained. Initially I was extremely alleviated. Quickly that turned into realization that the Department of Justice finding that there was no basis to pursue [federal] charges was just the beginning of a journey my personal journey to correct the wrongs that the federal government did. To ensure that it never happens to any innocent American ever again.

The former neighborhood watchman insisted that he had a clean conscience after he was found to be not guilty.

I believe God has his plans, and for me to second-guess them would be hypocritical, almost blasphemous, he said when asked if he wished the encounter that ended Martins life would have turned out differently.

And according to Zimmerman, Barack Hussein Obama was the government official who was the most unfair to him by far.

President Obama held his Rose Garden speech stating if I had a son he would look like Trayvon, he explained. To me, that was clearly a dereliction of duty pitting Americans against each other solely based on race.

He took what should have been a clear-cut self-defense matter, and still to this day on the anniversary of the incident he held a ceremony at the White House inviting the Martin-Fulton family and stating that they should take the day to reflect upon the fact that all childrens lives matter, Zimmerman continued. Unfortunately for the president, Im also my parents child and my life matters as well. And for him to make incendiary comments as he did and direct the Department of Justice to pursue a baseless prosecution he by far overstretched, overreached, even broke the law in certain aspects to where you have an innocent American being prosecuted by the federal government, which should never happen.

Zimmerman argued that instead of making racially charged comments and pitting American against American, the president should have told people not to rush to judgement.

Ask for the Martin-Fulton family and their attorneys not to incite violence and asked for calm from the entire community, he remarked.

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In a recent interview, George Zimmerman criticizes President Obama for his response following the shooting death of Trayvon Martin in 2012 and reflects on his life since then. (Video provided by the law firm of Ayo and Iken in Orlando Florida)

George Zimmerman, the ex-neighborhood watchman accused and then acquitted of murdering Trayvon Martin, said he doesnt feel guilty for surviving the incident. But he blames President Obama for the way he handled it.

Zimmerman lashed out in a 13-minute video posted online Monday by his lawyer. He said with the Justice Department investigation behind him, he finally felt he could speak out without fear of retaliation by the president.

In February 2012, Zimmerman shot and killed unarmed 17-year-old Martin in Sanford, Fla., where Zimmerman was a neighborhood watch volunteer. Since then, Zimmerman has maintained that he pulled the trigger in self-defense. Still, Martins death ignited worldwide discussions about racial profiling.

Zimmerman was charged with second-degree murder and, in July 2013, a jury acquitted him. Then last month, the Justice Department, which had been investigating the case as a potential hate crime, decided not to prosecute him.

In the video, Zimmerman compared his ideals to those of Anne Frank, saying, I still believe that people are truly good at heart, as Anne Frank has said, and I will put myself in any position to help another human in any way I can.

He said he would only feel guilty for Martins death if he thought he could have saved both Martins life and his own that night.

Only in a true life or death scenario can you have mental clearness to know that you cannot feel guilty for surviving, he said. Had I had a fraction of the thought that I could have done something differently, acted differently so that both of us who survived, then I would have heavier weight on my shoulders. That sense in the back of my mind but in all fairness you cannot as a human feel guilty for living, for surviving.

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George Zimmerman compares himself to Anne Frank, blames Obama for his woes

George Zimmerman discussed his feelings about the Trayvon Martin case in an interview with his attorney.

George Zimmerman, the former neighborhood watchman who killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin three years ago in a case that captivated the country, lashed out at the president, the federal government, Florida police and the media in an interview released this month in which he also invoked Anne Frank.

(Yes, Anne Frank.)

In the March 8 Q&A with his attorney, which was posted on the law firm's website, Zimmerman saved his harshest criticism for the president, whom he referred to as Barack Hussein Obama."

He said the president inflamed racial tensions when he stated in a Rose Garden speech that "If I had a son he would look like Trayvon."

Zimmerman told lawyer Howard Iken: To me that was clearly a dereliction of duty pitting Americans against each other solely based on race, in what should have been a clear-cut self-defense matter."

Zimmerman was found not guilty in the 2012 shooting. To see his interview scroll to the end for a transcript click here.

Unfortunately for the president, Im also my parents child and my life matters as well," Zimmerman said. He added that, in asking for an investigation, the president "overreached, even broke the law in certain aspects ." He didn't elaborate.

Zimmerman, now 31, said he did the interview now because he felt he could speak without fear of retaliation after the Department of Justice found last month there was insufficient evidence to pursue civil rights charges against him.

This undated file family photo shows Trayvon Martin. Trayvon, 17, was slain in a 2012 shooting in Sanford, Fla., by neighborhood crime-watch captain George Zimmerman. / AP Photo/Martin Family

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