# 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:** 60
**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1181 "2016-05-13T08:09:23Z")
> [@you\_with\_the\_face](#): > > Zimmerman is the only man alive who makes Trump seem honorable and trustworthy in comparison. And even Trump thinks [moron George Zimmerman](http://www.twitlonger.com/show/ghtocu) is [a sicko and bad news.](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/402758686659325952) (Although that was in 2012 and 2013, so who knows what he thinks now.) ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1182 "2016-05-13T14:11:45Z")
Gee, ya think? :rolleyes: [ > [@](#): > > At one point early Friday, the bidding surpassed $65 million with the leading bidder using the screen name “Racist McShootFace.” The site later showed that account had been deleted. > > Other screen names of bidders on the site included “Donald Trump,” ''shaniqua bonifa" and “Tamir Rice,” the name of a black 12-year-old who was shot and killed by Cleveland police in 2014 while playing with a pellet gun. ]([http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US\_GEORGE\_ZIMMERMAN\_PISTOL?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2016-05-13-07-36-38](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_GEORGE_ZIMMERMAN_PISTOL?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2016-05-13-07-36-38)) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1183 "2016-05-13T15:56:02Z")
> [@you\_with\_the\_face](#): > > Every time he makes a public spectacle of himself, I’m reminded of how revolting he is as a pathological liar. NPR reported this morning that he claims a BLM activist threatened his life. Is there with any sense who really believes this happened? It’s not that it’s impossible, but this is Zimmerman. Actually I would be surprised if he hadn’t been threatened. These days when your at the center of such an emotionally charged and well publicized issue, death threats come with the territory. It just takes one idiot with a phone. ---
**Author:** ![you\_with\_the\_face](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ecccb3/32.png) [@you\_with\_the\_face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/you_with_the_face)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1184 "2016-05-13T16:13:04Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > Actually I would be surprised if he hadn’t been threatened. These days when your at the center of such an emotionally charged and well publicized issue, death threats come with the territory. It just takes one idiot with a phone. I seriously believe it’s safer to assume that whatever Zimmerman asserts is actually the opposite. He is the type of liar that doesn’t just have zero credibility. He has negative credibility, in the mathematical sense. So it doesn’t matter if what he claims is plausible. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1185 "2016-05-13T18:02:41Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Gee, ya think? :rolleyes: [url=[http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US\_GEORGE\_ZIMMERMAN\_PISTOL?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2016-05-13-07-36-38](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_GEORGE_ZIMMERMAN_PISTOL?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2016-05-13-07-36-38)] > 😃 > > > [@](#): > > > > Other screen names of bidders on the site included “ **Donald Trump** ,” That one might actually be true. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1186 "2016-05-13T18:30:04Z")
Here is the Gun Broker announcement: > [@](#): > > Late last night, George Zimmerman created a listing on our web site for the gun from the Trayvon Martin case four years ago. Mr. Zimmerman alerted news organizations that began reporting on the listing first thing this morning. > > Listings on the [GunBroker.com](http://GunBroker.com) web site are user-generated, exactly like social media posts. Mr. Zimmerman never contacted anyone at [GunBroker.com](http://GunBroker.com) prior to or after the listing was created and no one at [GunBroker.com](http://GunBroker.com) has any relationship with Zimmerman. Our site rules state that we reserve the right to reject listings at our sole discretion, and have done so with the Zimmerman listing. > > We want no part in the listing on our web site or in any of the publicity it is receiving. > > [GunBroker.com](http://GunBroker.com) prides itself in being a safe and legal way to buy and sell firearms online in full compliance with all Federal, State, and local laws. [GunBroker.com](http://GunBroker.com) proudly supports the Second Amendment rights of the American public. > > [GunBroker.com](http://GunBroker.com) will not be fielding press inquiries regarding this matter. [http://www.gunbroker.com/User/Announce.aspx?#5/12/2016%202:41:31%20PM](http://www.gunbroker.com/User/Announce.aspx?#5/12/2016%202:41:31%20PM) ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1187 "2016-05-13T18:34:08Z")
They know the shit-storm that would come down on them if they allowed this auction. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1188 "2016-05-13T18:35:43Z")
[Martin Shkreli wants to buy the gun.](http://occupydemocrats.com/2016/05/13/wont-believe-just-offered-buy-gun-killed-trayvon-martin/) ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1189 "2016-05-13T18:37:08Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Martin Shkreli wants to buy the gun.](http://occupydemocrats.com/2016/05/13/wont-believe-just-offered-buy-gun-killed-trayvon-martin/) Wouldn’t we all be more surprised if he didn’t? ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1190 "2016-05-13T18:45:41Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Martin Shkreli wants to buy the gun.](http://occupydemocrats.com/2016/05/13/wont-believe-just-offered-buy-gun-killed-trayvon-martin/) I’m skeptical. That article gives no source and a number of false bids have been made under famous names. ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1191 "2016-05-13T18:52:15Z")
Why is this even newsworthy? Let the idiot sell his damn gun to whomsoever wants to buy it, who gives a shit? The less I hear about this dangleberry the better I like it. He clearly misses his brief time in the spotlight and yearns for the attention of the media. He should be totally ignored; that he would not like at all. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1192 "2016-05-13T18:53:41Z")
Okay, Rawstory is also reporting it. They’re marginally more credible than a blog post on Occupy Democrats, but all they have are some quotes (not screenshots) of Twitter posts, and those posts don’t explicitly say that Shkreli wants to buy the gun. > **[Racist trolls defend George Zimmerman after ‘Pharma Bro’ offers to buy gun as...](https://www.rawstory.com/2016/05/racist-trolls-defend-george-zimmerman-after-pharma-bro-offers-to-buy-gun-as-reminder-of-racism/)** > > "Pharma bro" Martin Shkreli inserted himself into the George Zimmerman hubbub after making an offer on Twitter to buy the gun used to kill Trayvon Martin and "put it in a museum as a disgusting reminder of racism in the US."Shkreli, who is only... ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1193 "2016-05-13T18:59:50Z")
I looked at Shkreli’s Twitter feed (God, i’m never doing that again), and all i see is the post quoted in RawStory, where he essentially makes a hypothetical comment, saying that he would only ever consider buying the gun as a museum piece and a reminder of racism. I see no evidence that he ever seriously considered making a bid or actually buying the weapon. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1194 "2016-05-13T18:59:52Z")
> [@aldiboronti](#): > > Why is this even newsworthy? Let the idiot sell his damn gun to whomsoever wants to buy it, who gives a shit? The less I hear about this dangleberry the better I like it. He clearly misses his brief time in the spotlight and yearns for the attention of the media. He should be totally ignored; that he would not like at all. Agreed. The idjit in question alerted the news media because he’s simply a fucking troll who was sad because he was not getting more attention. And the news media falls for troll bait once again. (as do we all) ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1195 "2016-05-13T20:00:36Z")
Someone needs write some Real Person Slash starring Skreli and Zimmerman. Call it “The Hate Fucks.” ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1196 "2016-05-13T20:38:30Z")
I’m waiting for Zimmerman fanboy **doorhinge** to drop by. I’m certain it will be enlightening. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1197 "2016-05-13T20:44:26Z")
> [@andros](#): > > I’m waiting for Zimmerman fanboy **doorhinge** to drop by. I’m certain it will be enlightening. Lately he’s been busy [in this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=792480) promoting Arithropobia and basically trying out for the starring role in _Idiocracy Too_. ---
**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:** [May 13, 2016, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1198 "2016-05-13T21:13:00Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Lately he’s been busy [in this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=792480) promoting Arithropobia and basically trying out for the starring role in _Idiocracy Too_. Arithropobia: [noun] an extreme or irrational fear of Ar\*tha Franklin. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1199 "2016-05-13T21:19:10Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Arithropobia: [noun] an extreme or irrational fear of Ar\*tha Franklin. Let’s see you try to coin a new Latin term meaning “fear of math”. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2016, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1200 "2016-05-14T01:37:56Z")
> [@Lord\_Feldon](#): > > And even Trump thinks [moron George Zimmerman](http://www.twitlonger.com/show/ghtocu) is [a sicko and bad news.](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/402758686659325952) (Although that was in 2012 and 2013, so who knows what he thinks now.) A good candidate for head of the FBI, one suspects… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480.md?page=59) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480.md?page=61)