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XanaDUer

(12,939 posts)
Wed Mar 21, 2012, 03:30 PM Mar 2012

Other tidbits from the past of squeaky-clean George Zimmerman

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That July, Zimmerman — 21 at the time — was at a bar near the University of Central Florida when a friend was arrested by state alcohol agents on suspicion of serving underage drinkers, according to an arrest report.

Zimmerman was talking with his friend, became profane and pushed an agent who tried to escort him away, the report said. Authorities said he was arrested after a short struggle.

...Capital One accused Zimmerman of failing to pay more than $1,000. He settled with the company for $2,135.82, records show, to cover his debts with interest, as well as attorney and court costs. However, the credit-card company soon reported that Zimmerman wasn’t making the payments he had agreed to.

Zimmerman’s employer at the time, CarMax, agreed to garnish his wages. That arrangement was canceled in late 2008 because Zimmerman was no longer employed by CarMax.

http://www.theprovince.com/news/George+Zimmerman+neighborhood+watch+volunteer+killed+Trayvon+Martin/6336669/story.html

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Other tidbits from the past of squeaky-clean George Zimmerman (Original Post) XanaDUer Mar 2012 OP
more CatWoman Mar 2012 #1
I'm telling you XanaDUer Mar 2012 #2
he's a lowlife POS CatWoman Mar 2012 #3
Didn't he assault a police officer, too, more recently? But they let him keep his gun. freshwest Mar 2012 #4
That may have been the pushing-the-agent thing XanaDUer Mar 2012 #5
He may really be some kind of low-life hit-man 99th_Monkey Mar 2012 #7
I'm sort of wondering what the dad did or does XanaDUer Mar 2012 #8
That's probably more likely. 99th_Monkey Mar 2012 #9
I read that his father is a well-connected attorney in Florida. yardwork Mar 2012 #11
I just get a creepy Ted Bundy feeling when I read all of this stuff. ScreamingMeemie Mar 2012 #13
Oh yes, I think so too. Like a fire bug intentionally setting fires. yardwork Mar 2012 #14
I think that's closer to what he dreamed of being than what he actually was. yardwork Mar 2012 #12
But that does not explain how he's never arrested, much less convicted of his crimes. 99th_Monkey Mar 2012 #16
I think it's his dad. Apparently he's a lawyer who moved from Manassus, Virginia about ten years ago yardwork Mar 2012 #17
That seems a perfectly plausible hypothesis in this case. ~nt 99th_Monkey Mar 2012 #18
That would explain a lot. n/t X_Digger Mar 2012 #19
If you read that it shows every time that he is the montanacowboy Mar 2012 #6
A lot of new information in this story!!! winstars Mar 2012 #10
Keep it coming DU malaise Mar 2012 #15
I don't care about this shit. I care that Zimmerman MURDERED an innocent teenager Taverner Mar 2012 #20
So why are you reading it? XanaDUer Mar 2012 #21
You're missing my point... Taverner Mar 2012 #22

XanaDUer

(12,939 posts)
2. I'm telling you
Wed Mar 21, 2012, 03:32 PM
Mar 2012

this is the tip of an really big, Titanic-sinking iceberg with this dude.

EDIT: Typo

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
4. Didn't he assault a police officer, too, more recently? But they let him keep his gun.
Wed Mar 21, 2012, 03:37 PM
Mar 2012

And yet, he's running loose today.

XanaDUer

(12,939 posts)
5. That may have been the pushing-the-agent thing
Wed Mar 21, 2012, 03:39 PM
Mar 2012

I am amazed at the charmed Life Mr. Zimmerman seems to have been living, though.

He. seems to have people in authority cutting him breaks here and there.

 

99th_Monkey

(19,326 posts)
7. He may really be some kind of low-life hit-man
Wed Mar 21, 2012, 04:03 PM
Mar 2012

for some in power politically, and knows where the bodies
are buried, and who ordered the killings. would not surprise
me.

 

99th_Monkey

(19,326 posts)
9. That's probably more likely.
Wed Mar 21, 2012, 04:37 PM
Mar 2012

all of which is quite obviously about as investigation-worthy as it gets..

yardwork

(61,588 posts)
11. I read that his father is a well-connected attorney in Florida.
Wed Mar 21, 2012, 04:54 PM
Mar 2012

I suspect that George Zimmerman has serious mental problems that make it impossible for him to keep a job or support himself. I think that his wealthy parents probably bought or rent a house for him in this community outside Orlando and hoped that he would stay out of trouble. George filled his time volunteering as the neighborhood vigilante and apparently dreaming of a job in law enforcement, which he couldn't obtain, despite having a degree in criminal justice or taking courses or something. Details aren't clear.

Where is George Zimmerman now? Does he have a job? Who owns the house he lived in?

And what does the condo association where he lived know about his activities? Did they know that he carried a concealed weapon? Did they know that he'd called 911 46 times in the past 14 months? News reports say that the HOA knew that residents of their community had complained that Zimmerman was profiling them and harassing them.

ScreamingMeemie

(68,918 posts)
13. I just get a creepy Ted Bundy feeling when I read all of this stuff.
Wed Mar 21, 2012, 05:00 PM
Mar 2012

It's making a large leap but I wonder if he could possibly be "setting up" the burglaries etc. in his neighborhood.

yardwork

(61,588 posts)
12. I think that's closer to what he dreamed of being than what he actually was.
Wed Mar 21, 2012, 04:56 PM
Mar 2012

The picture I get of George Zimmerman is somebody who fantasized about being powerful and important but who is in real life a complete fuck-up.

 

99th_Monkey

(19,326 posts)
16. But that does not explain how he's never arrested, much less convicted of his crimes.
Wed Mar 21, 2012, 05:17 PM
Mar 2012

against his ex-gf, even assaulting a police officer was somehow pooh-poohed and he was
not convicted of any crime.

Of course he is probably part of the NRA good ol' boy clan, so there is that.

I still suspect he's "got something" on some of the local officials, which helps explain
why he keeps getting a "get out of jail free" card.

yardwork

(61,588 posts)
17. I think it's his dad. Apparently he's a lawyer who moved from Manassus, Virginia about ten years ago
Wed Mar 21, 2012, 05:33 PM
Mar 2012

The family sounds well-connected. Maybe connected to some shadowy things, in fact.

montanacowboy

(6,082 posts)
6. If you read that it shows every time that he is the
Wed Mar 21, 2012, 03:40 PM
Mar 2012

aggressor yet he always seems to turn it onto the victim. This is his pattern, he abuses, beats, the victim and then lies and totally turns the story around. What a friggin POS.

XanaDUer

(12,939 posts)
21. So why are you reading it?
Thu Mar 22, 2012, 01:51 PM
Mar 2012

Of course he murdered an innocent young person. But he ain't squeaky clean by a long shot. Why would cops claIm that?

 

Taverner

(55,476 posts)
22. You're missing my point...
Thu Mar 22, 2012, 04:25 PM
Mar 2012

For me, the first and foremost issue is that Zimmerfuck is a murderer

Sounds like he was a grade A asshole too

But even if he was an angel, he should still be tried for murder one

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