# George Zimmerman - In the news again **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 31, 2014, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480 "2014-07-31T13:26:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1 "2014-07-31T13:26:59Z")
[George Zimmerman’s made the news again](http://www.cbs12.com/news/top-stories/stories/-gun-shop-owner-says-zimmerman-never-hired-provide-security-despite-his-claims-cops-18106.shtml?wap=0&) > [@](#): > > Zimmerman told officers the owner had given him permission to be there and asked him to provide security after a recent burglary. Officers attempted to confirm but were unable to reach the owner. No citations were issued. > > Pompano Pat’s manager Sam Porter said Tuesday that Zimmerman “in no way, shape or form” has been employed by the store. > > “George has a good heart,” Porter told the Orlando Sentinel. “We were broken into about two and a half weeks ago and had some guns stolen, so I think he took it upon himself to try to help the owner.” > > The Sentinel reports Zimmerman would watch over the store after hours from his pickup truck, according to Porter. > > The station reports Pompano Pat’s offered Zimmerman a free gun just days after the conclusion of his murder trial last year. What a swell guy. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/E2jPwMM7Do4/maxresdefault.jpg "The Hero Gotham Deserves") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2jPwMM7Do4) ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/2 "2014-07-31T13:43:00Z")
\*We interrupt this program to bring you an important news update. George Zimmerman, who last year was found not to have broken the law, was interviewed by police today and found not to be breaking the law again. Are your children at risk? Further updates as they happen. We now return you to Celebrity Mud Wrestling, starring Tanya Harding.\* Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/3 "2014-07-31T13:45:04Z")
Announcement: In case anyone thought otherwise, nobody’s accusing Zimmerman of having broken the law. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/4 "2014-07-31T13:51:08Z")
I like **Shodan** ’s synopsis better than I like the presumably sarcastic “swell guy,” comment. Shodan is exactly correct: Zimmerman broke no law, did nothing wrong, and yet somehow garners from **aClockworkMelon** a vague insinuation of wrongdoing. > [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > Announcement: In case anyone thought otherwise, nobody’s accusing Zimmerman of having broken the law. No. But at the same time, your comment – imprecise as it is – creates an impression of questionable, shifty conduct on his part. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/5 "2014-07-31T13:53:31Z")
You are, of course, absolutely right. He did nothing wrong. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6frI0Xjufg) ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/6 "2014-07-31T13:56:56Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > You are, of course, absolutely right. He did nothing wrong. > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=\_6frI0Xjufg&t=0m45s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6frI0Xjufg&t=0m45s) So why are you following that concession with a link to the Tim Burton Batman theme? ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/7 "2014-07-31T14:03:27Z")
You do get that **AClockworkMelon** is implying that Z-man is acting out some “secreet vigilante for justice” fantasy/delusion, right? Not illegal, I guess, but sitting in an alley in a dark truck, armed, with no legitimate permission to be there is just stupid, and seems to be part of a pattern for Z-man. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/8 "2014-07-31T14:13:27Z")
Somebody get this dumbass off the street and give him a night time security guard job protecting a container storage yard. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/9 "2014-07-31T14:17:18Z")
> [@leftfield6](#): > > You do get that **AClockworkMelon** is implying that Z-man is acting out some “secreet vigilante for justice” fantasy/delusion, right? That’s what I found interesting. After he killed that kid, I would have thought he would no longer want to be a security guard/cop-wannabe but this story indicates he still has the same desire/drive/fantasy. The psychology is interesting. ---
**Author:** ![leahcim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b4bc9f/32.png) [@leahcim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leahcim)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/10 "2014-07-31T14:21:22Z")
There are lots of non-illegal things that are nonetheless creepy. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/11 "2014-07-31T14:32:46Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > That’s what I found interesting. After he killed that kid, I would have thought he would no longer want to be a security guard/cop-wannabe but this story indicates he still has the same desire/drive/fantasy. The psychology is interesting. Having been found innocent, I have to assume he feels that his efforts to keep the city safe are working, and any attempt on the part of the prosecution to imply he murdered an innocent teenager were desperate attempts to make a case out of nothing. Has he come out and said “actually, I don’t really think he was doing anything wrong; he was just in the wrong place at the wrong time”? That seems unlikely. Seriously, if the owner of the shop had let it be known that George would be sitting in the alley, armed and waiting for miscreants, I have to think that the miscreants would find someplace else to break into. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/12 "2014-07-31T14:36:39Z")
> [@leahcim](#): > > There are lots of non-illegal things that are nonetheless creepy. And if this news affiliate reports on a tenth of them, they won’t have room for much else. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/13 "2014-07-31T14:41:45Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > > > That’s what I found interesting. After he killed that kid, I would have thought he would no longer want to be a security guard/cop-wannabe but this story indicates he still has the same desire/drive/fantasy. The psychology is interesting. > > Having been found innocent, I have to assume he feels that his efforts to keep the city safe are working, and any attempt on the part of the prosecution to imply he murdered an innocent teenager were desperate attempts to make a case out of nothing. Even though he was found innocent, some people would be shaken by the experience (if not of having taken a life, then surely of the arrest and trial) so that they might change their behavior. I’ve heard even experienced police officers are affected by their involvement in a shooting death. ---
**Author:** ![MichaelEmouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/michaelemouse/32/101_2.png) [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/14 "2014-07-31T14:41:56Z")
This [George Zimmerman - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Zimmerman) says that he was in the JROTC because he wanted to be a Marine. Do we know why that didn’t happen? He graduated high school in 2001. For a vigilante who aspires to be a Marine officer, is there a better year than 2001 to sign up or go to college and then sign up? ---
**Author:** ![dba\_Fred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c37758/32.png) [@dba\_Fred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dba_Fred)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/15 "2014-07-31T14:50:04Z")
I’ll take a shot - perhaps he is color-blind? ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/16 "2014-07-31T14:51:50Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > Shodan is exactly correct: Zimmerman broke no law, did nothing wrong That is a complete non-sequitur. Even granting that it is is true that he has broken no law, plenty of well informed people believe that Zimmerman has done a great deal of wrong. Even if not technically a murderer, he is a known killer of humans. ---
**Author:** ![dba\_Fred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c37758/32.png) [@dba\_Fred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dba_Fred)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/17 "2014-07-31T14:55:05Z")
And plenty of people believe in UFOs or that Obama was born in Kenya - in court, it’s not what you believe, it’s what you can prove. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/18 "2014-07-31T14:58:54Z")
If this thread experiences a change of venue and all we find ourselves in court, you will have a hell of a point. ---
**Author:** ![dba\_Fred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c37758/32.png) [@dba\_Fred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dba_Fred)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/19 "2014-07-31T15:13:34Z")
Is that a mundane pointless belief of yours, **VT** , that you must share? ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2014, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/20 "2014-07-31T15:28:21Z")
> [@MichaelEmouse](#): > > This [George Zimmerman - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Zimmerman) says that he was in the JROTC because he wanted to be a Marine. Do we know why that didn’t happen? > > He graduated high school in 2001. For a vigilante who aspires to be a Marine officer, is there a better year than 2001 to sign up or go to college and then sign up? The article that is cited as the source for reporting his Marine aspirations says he was obsessed when he was 14 with becoming a Marine. Lots of people change their minds from when they were 14. I wanted to be a major league baseball player. I have seen nothing else other than that. So?? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480.md?page=2)