# Zimmerman makes the news again. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 22, 2013, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zimmerman-makes-the-news-again/664222 "2013-07-22T18:11:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zimmerman-makes-the-news-again/664222/1 "2013-07-22T18:11:27Z")
He’s such a horrible person. He didn’t even stick around for the news conference and thank yous. 😛 Bit by bit the man’s true character is emerging in spite of the year long hate campaign. I am amazed he’s still in Florida. I thought he’d be out of the state by now. > **[Zimmerman helps family out of overturned SUV | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2013/07/22/us/florida-zimmerman-vehicle/index.html?hpt=hp_t2)** > > Four days after he was acquitted of murder, George Zimmerman stepped out of seclusion to help a family get out of an overturned vehicle in Florida, authorities said Monday. > [@](#): > > Five days after he was acquitted of murder, George Zimmerman stepped out of seclusion to help a family get out of an overturned vehicle in Florida, authorities said. > > Zimmerman helped four people get out of an SUV that had overturned Wednesday evening in Sanford – the same community where the former neighborhood watch volunteer fatally shot teenager Trayvon Martin in 2012 – Seminole County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Heather Smith said. > > Authorities were called after the SUV went off the road and rolled over in the area of Interstate 4 and State Road 46. By the time a deputy arrived, Zimmerman and another man already had helped the two adults and two children out of the vehicle, Smith said. > > Zimmerman did not witness the crash, and he left after making contact with the deputy, Smith said. No injuries were reported. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zimmerman-makes-the-news-again/664222/2 "2013-07-22T18:13:33Z")
This just in, George Zimmerman still shot a kid to death. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zimmerman-makes-the-news-again/664222/3 "2013-07-22T18:15:38Z")
[He’s in the Pit.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=697274) ---
**Author:** ![Zjestika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/8edcca/32.png) [@Zjestika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zjestika)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zimmerman-makes-the-news-again/664222/4 "2013-07-22T18:15:56Z")
He’s already back to patrolling the same area? Freaky. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zimmerman-makes-the-news-again/664222/5 "2013-07-22T18:15:57Z")
Truly a tale of redemption befitting our modern attention spans. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zimmerman-makes-the-news-again/664222/6 "2013-07-22T18:20:35Z")
Just saying… It took a lot of integrity to stop and help given the hate and nationwide demonstrations that are going on. I’m not sure that I would have stopped. He’s a better man then me. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zimmerman-makes-the-news-again/664222/7 "2013-07-22T18:29:39Z")
Attention spans? 😕 You are aware that the biggest nationwide demonstrations were just this past weekend? Like 24 hours ago? The President spoke about it Friday. Just three days ago? The country hasn’t remotely moved past this story. It’s just keeps getting hotter. > [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Truly a tale of redemption befitting our modern attention spans. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zimmerman-makes-the-news-again/664222/8 "2013-07-22T18:33:58Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Attention spans? 😕 Who is this Zimmerman guy, anyway? Is he the guy with the deli in Ann Arbor? ---
**Author:** ![CrazyCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zimmerman-makes-the-news-again/664222/9 "2013-07-22T18:38:26Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Just saying… > > It took a lot of integrity to stop and help given the hate and nationwide demonstrations that are going on. > > I’m not sure that I would have stopped. He’s a better man then me. Integrity, my big fat ass. Not stopping to at least make sure there was help on the way would make him an even worse person than his most vocal detractors make him out to be. Damn good thing none of the people he helped out of that vehicle had serious neck injuries. He could have wound up adding to his kill list. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zimmerman-makes-the-news-again/664222/10 "2013-07-22T18:40:19Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Bit by bit the man’s true character is emerging in spite of the year long hate campaign. Not necessarily. One could make the argument that, having been acquitted based on character/believability issues, that he would be even MORE sensitive to public image. Not saying that’s the case here, of course, but I don’t think there’s just one possible interpretation. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zimmerman-makes-the-news-again/664222/11 "2013-07-22T18:41:01Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I’m not sure that I would have stopped. Really? I think most people would have stopped. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zimmerman-makes-the-news-again/664222/12 "2013-07-22T18:41:33Z")
I’m not sure I wouldn’t have gotten myself out of that SUV right quick and ran like hell if I saw George Zimmerman coming at me. I’m white, so I probably would have been okay, but still, why take chances? ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zimmerman-makes-the-news-again/664222/13 "2013-07-22T18:42:33Z")
People drive by accidents every single day. Heck they zoom by accidents on the freeway. It’s rare that anyone stops. People do call 911 on the cell phone and just keep driving. I’m getting cynical in my old age. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zimmerman-makes-the-news-again/664222/14 "2013-07-22T18:44:13Z")
> [@CrazyCatLady](#): > > He could have wound up adding to his kill list. Only if the family was black. ---
**Author:** ![Sateryn76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Sateryn76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sateryn76)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zimmerman-makes-the-news-again/664222/15 "2013-07-22T18:50:36Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > Really? I think most people would have stopped. I don’t know if I would have, seeing as there have been lots and lots of death threats against me and my family, if I were him. Supposing he’d been recognized by the wrong person, not only would he be in danger, but possibly the family in the wreck and the other helper guy. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zimmerman-makes-the-news-again/664222/16 "2013-07-22T18:50:54Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Attention spans? 😕 You are aware that the biggest nationwide demonstrations were just this past weekend? Like 24 hours ago? The President spoke about it Friday. Just three days ago? We appear to be in violent agreement. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zimmerman-makes-the-news-again/664222/17 "2013-07-22T18:52:05Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > Who is this Zimmerman guy, anyway? Is he the guy with the deli in Ann Arbor? No, I’m pretty sure he’s the Men’s Wearhouse guy who got fired or something. ---
**Author:** ![Terr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zimmerman-makes-the-news-again/664222/18 "2013-07-22T18:53:36Z")
If only Zimmerman stayed in his truck instead of getting out… ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zimmerman-makes-the-news-again/664222/19 "2013-07-22T18:53:43Z")
NBC has an update. The crash was even worse than initially reported. I would stop for a burning vehicle. No matter how much I was hated. > **[U.S. News: Latest Breaking Stories, Video, and Photos on American Politics,...](https://www.nbcnews.com/us-news?lite)** > > Get the latest news headlines and top stories from NBCNews.com. Find videos and news articles on the latest stories in the US. > [@](#): > > Police say George Zimmerman helped rescue a family trapped in a burning vehicle on a Florida highway last week, Zimmerman’s first known public sighting since his acquittal in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. ---
**Author:** ![Lion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/57b2e6/32.png) [@Lion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lion)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zimmerman-makes-the-news-again/664222/20 "2013-07-22T19:03:21Z")
Watching the Zimmerman haters scramble to find ways to further demonize him leaves me tickled. The cognitive dissonance they must experience from the media’s hit job against him and the emerging truth that he’s a normal, innocent guy must be maddening. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zimmerman-makes-the-news-again/664222.md?page=2)