# 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:** 70
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1381 "2020-02-19T22:55:16Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > I swear, every time that this thread gets bumped I am almost certain it going to be about GZ getting killed. :mad: I’ll keep waiting. > [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > :mad: :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1382 "2020-02-20T08:57:36Z")
Those tweets by Warren and Buttigieg aren’t even about Zimmerman and don’t even mention him. They are basically just eulogies for Trayvon Martin. That alone was enough to trigger Z into having a paranoid meltdown and thinking he is being defamed just because someone says something nice about Trayvon Martin. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1383 "2020-02-20T13:43:37Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Zimmerman still alive? Arrrgh! :mad: > [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > :mad: > [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > I’ll keep waiting. :mad: :mad: ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1384 "2020-02-20T14:17:47Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Every time I see this thread come out from under the rock, I hope it’s going to be news of GZ’s horrible demise. > > But no. The cockroach keeps on living. Ditto. I keep hoping he’ll pull that gun of his on the wrong person - in front of witnesses, and get blown away. In front of witnesses, so the one who kills him gets off scot free on a self defense stand your ground defense. ---
**Author:** ![PatriotX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@PatriotX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotX)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1385 "2020-02-20T15:04:41Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > Ditto. I keep hoping he’ll pull that gun of his on the wrong person - in front of witnesses, and get blown away. > In front of witnesses, so the one who kills him gets off scot free on a self defense stand your ground defense. Well, he seems like a fuck-up who seeks fucked up situations. So, eventually he’ll have a fuck-up that really fucks him up. ---
**Author:** ![LAZombie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b38774/32.png) [@LAZombie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LAZombie)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1386 "2020-02-20T15:46:12Z")
Zimmerman had pure and honorable intentions going after Trayvon, and he has every right to sue Mayor Peter and Warren. How many of you are aware of the following about Zimmerman? Does this at all change your opinion of Zimmerman? "Olivia Bertalan, a former neighbor of Zimmerman’s from The Retreat at Twin Lakes, testified that she was the victim of a home invasion in the gated community. **Bertalan said that she hid in her son’s bedroom as two teenagers broke into her home.** After the robbery, she said that Zimmerman had come over to her house and offered her a lock for her sliding glass door. Bertalan also testified that Zimmerman told her that she could go spend time with his wife if she felt too scared to be home alone during the day. **She estimated that she had discussed the robbery with Zimmerman about 20 times after it happened."** > **[Trial of George Zimmerman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_of_George_Zimmerman#Expert_witness_testimony_2)** > > State of Florida v. George Zimmerman was a criminal prosecution of George Zimmerman on the charge of second-degree murder stemming from the killing of Trayvon Martin on February 26, 2012.\[Note 1\] > On April 11, 2012, George Zimmerman, a Hispanic man, was charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, a Black teenager. In support of the charges, the State filed an affidavit of probable cause, stating that Zimmerman profiled and confronted Martin and shot him to death ... ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1387 "2020-02-20T16:20:12Z")
> [@LAZombie](#): > > Zimmerman had pure and honorable intentions going after Trayvon, and he has every right to sue Mayor Peter and Warren. > > How many of you are aware of the following about Zimmerman? Does this at all change your opinion of Zimmerman? “Past performance is no guarantee of future results” indeed. IMHO guys that are wrongfully accused do follow a more enlightened path if they are condemned “unfairly” by their actions,[I don’t see him doing that.](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-33979927) And this latest trolling act (were Zimmerman was not named at all by Pete or Warren) by Zimmerman is helpful only to show how guys like you do not mind all the hooks and lines on their mouths. ---
**Author:** ![PatriotX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@PatriotX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotX)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1388 "2020-02-20T16:38:16Z")
> [@LAZombie](#): > > Zimmerman had pure and honorable intentions going after Trayvon, and he has every right to sue Mayor Peter and Warren. > How many of you are aware of the following about Zimmerman? Does this at all change your opinion of Zimmerman? > "Olivia Bertalan, a former neighbor of Zimmerman’s from The Retreat at Twin Lakes, testified that she was the victim of a home invasion in the gated community. **Bertalan said that she hid in her son’s bedroom as two teenagers broke into her home.** After the robbery, she said that Zimmerman had come over to her house and offered her a lock for her sliding glass door. Bertalan also testified that Zimmerman told her that she could go spend time with his wife if she felt too scared to be home alone during the day. **She estimated that she had discussed the robbery with Zimmerman about 20 times after it happened."** > [Trial of George Zimmerman - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_of_George_Zimmerman#Expert_witness_testimony_2) **Doesn’t change the impression of Zimmerman as a tough-guy-wannabe who got in over his head w/ a 14 yr old.** I don’t see how a tough-guy-wannabe is incompatible with this behavior. Lots of tough-guy-wannabes want to be a protector. Most people have some good in them even if they’re an asshole or a tough-guy-wannabe. Zimmerman is probably nice to lots of people. :shrug: ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1389 "2020-02-20T16:40:50Z")
(bolding mine) > [@LAZombie](#): > > Zimmerman had **pure and honorable** intentions going after Trayvon… You misspelled “paranoid”. ---
**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:** [February 20, 2020, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1390 "2020-02-20T17:00:58Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Those tweets by Warren and Buttigieg aren’t even about Zimmerman and don’t even mention him. They are basically just eulogies for Trayvon Martin. That alone was enough to trigger Z into having a paranoid meltdown and thinking he is being defamed just because someone says something nice about Trayvon Martin. It’s almost as if he has a tendency to go into killer attack mode at the slightest provocation. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1391 "2020-02-20T17:04:31Z")
If he’s suing for defamation of character he should have filed in small claims court. The guy’s an attention whore who wants desperately to be famous. I say we all just ignore him. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1392 "2020-02-20T17:09:59Z")
> [@you\_with\_the\_face](#): > > It’s almost as if he has a tendency to go into killer attack mode at the slightest provocation. Yeah, he should be careful with that before somebody gets hurt. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1393 "2020-02-20T17:15:41Z")
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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1394 "2020-02-20T19:19:30Z")
> [@LAZombie](#): > > Zimmerman… You bill is now past due, troll. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1395 "2020-02-20T19:49:43Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > If he’s suing for defamation of character he should have filed in small claims court. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1396 "2020-02-20T21:04:08Z")
> [@LAZombie](#): > > Zimmerman had pure and honorable intentions going after Trayvon, and he has every right to sue Mayor Peter and Warren. > > How many of you are aware of the following about Zimmerman? Does this at all change your opinion of Zimmerman? > > "Olivia Bertalan, a former neighbor of Zimmerman’s from The Retreat at Twin Lakes, testified that she was the victim of a home invasion in the gated community. **Bertalan said that she hid in her son’s bedroom as two teenagers broke into her home.** After the robbery, she said that Zimmerman had come over to her house and offered her a lock for her sliding glass door. Bertalan also testified that Zimmerman told her that she could go spend time with his wife if she felt too scared to be home alone during the day. **She estimated that she had discussed the robbery with Zimmerman about 20 times after it happened."** > > [Trial of George Zimmerman - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_of_George_Zimmerman#Expert_witness_testimony_2) Any evidence at all that is was Trayvon who committed those crimes? If not, it is completely and utterly irrelevant. ---
**Author:** ![PatriotX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@PatriotX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotX)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1397 "2020-02-21T13:42:49Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > Any evidence at all that is was Trayvon who committed those crimes? If not, it is completely and utterly irrelevant. I think the point was to show that Zimmerman is a good guy rather than Martin deserved what he got. I think the poster’s working assumption is that assholes are never nice to anyone at any time or something. Therefore, since Zimmerman tried to comfort that woman after her trauma, that means Zimmerman was a good guy at all times. not sure. waiting to hear back from that poster ---
**Author:** ![LAZombie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b38774/32.png) [@LAZombie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LAZombie)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1398 "2020-02-21T16:30:53Z")
> [@PatriotX](#): > > I think the point was to show that Zimmerman is a good guy rather than Martin deserved what he got. > I think the poster’s working assumption is that assholes are never nice to anyone at any time or something. > Therefore, since Zimmerman tried to comfort that woman after her trauma, that means Zimmerman was a good guy at all times. > > not sure. > waiting to hear back from that poster First, Trayvon was 17 years old and nearly six feet tall not 14 which you wrote in a previous post. There is a massive difference in size and strength between a 14 yo and a 17 yo. I can only assume you wrote this because you have a false narrative to promote. Second, the animosity toward Zimmerman is not solely due to the fact he killed Trayvon but his perceived mindset when he called the police and then followed Trayvon. Deranged liberals believe Zimmerman was a white man who after watching Fox News left his mansion frothing with hate and looking to kill the first Black person he could find. The truth is Zimmerman is a dark skin Hispanic Democrat who was on a routine errand when he encountered someone who he did not recognize and who was behaving in a suspicious manner. Given that it was a gated community and private property, only a limited number of people should been there. Plus, he had organized a Neighborhood Watch due to the recent crimes that had been committed. It was two African American teenagers who had committed the home invasion robbery. Zimmerman was motivated by the desire to protect those around him not racism. The truth is Zimmerman was a good neighbor. The world needs more George Zimmermans. The worse part of this is how gullible the average Democrat is and how powerful liberal propaganda is. I too initially thought Zimmerman hunted down an 11 year old child and shot him in the back because the news promoted that image. When I examined the facts, the truth was much different. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1399 "2020-02-21T16:53:37Z")
[Zimmerman is a paranoid loon with gun fetish](https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/264992-george-zimmerman-rips-obamas-crocodile-tears-on-guns), no matter what his voting record is. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480/1400 "2020-02-21T16:57:28Z")
> [@LAZombie](#): > > When I examined the facts, the truth was much different. [Your track record of examining facts to find truth leaves much to be desired.](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=881870) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480.md?page=69) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-zimmerman-in-the-news-again/694480.md?page=71)