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Hissyspit

(45,788 posts)
Fri Mar 30, 2012, 09:37 AM Mar 2012

Former Co-Worker: Zimmerman Lost Security Guard Job After He ‘Snapped’

Source: Daily News

Former co-worker: Zimmerman lost security guard job after he ‘snapped’

By David Edwards
Friday, March 30, 2012 9:25 EDT

The neighborhood watchman who in February shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was once fired from his job as a security guard for “being too aggressive,” according to a new report.

An unnamed former co-worker told the New York Daily News that George Zimmerman was paid under-the-table for providing security for illegal house parties between 2001 and 2005, but was let go because his anger issues “became a liability.”

“Usually he was just a cool guy,” the former co-worker explained. “He liked to drink and hang with the women like the rest of us. … But it was like Jekyll and Hyde. When the dude snapped, he snapped.”

“He had a temper and he became a liability,” he recalled. “One time this woman was acting a little out of control. She was drunk. George lost his cool and totally overreacted. … It was weird, because he was such a cool guy, but he got all nuts. He picked her up and threw her. It was pure rage. She twisted her ankle. Everyone was flipping out.”


Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/03/30/former-co-worker-zimmerman-lost-security-guard-job-after-he-snapped

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Former Co-Worker: Zimmerman Lost Security Guard Job After He ‘Snapped’ (Original Post) Hissyspit Mar 2012 OP
This can be easily verified or discredited if true lunatica Mar 2012 #1
It is amazing how this criminal used legal loopholes to keep his pistol and hidden weapon permit Kolesar Mar 2012 #2
He just listed that his dad was a judge ON THE FORM. slampoet Mar 2012 #4
Ding ding malaise Mar 2012 #6
they are doing that in iowa now PatrynXX Mar 2012 #16
But his dad says George is a nice guy! nt auburngrad82 Mar 2012 #3
Yeah, I heard him say it! KansDem Mar 2012 #7
rofl! TeeYiYi Mar 2012 #15
Anybody remember----"The Shadow Knows" used to scare the doo doo out of me crunch60 Mar 2012 #19
YES!!! Scared the pee out of me too. n/t bitchkitty Apr 2012 #29
that is just so hard to believe! snapped? comeon. /sarcasm BootinUp Mar 2012 #5
With all of the dirt they've tried to dig up on Trayvon nobodyspecial Mar 2012 #8
This fits in with a google search of his email itsrobert Mar 2012 #9
Observe and Report. Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2012 #10
She must have had on hoodie lace underwear. HopeHoops Mar 2012 #11
A fishnet hoodie, obviously a dangerous fucking C@*n /nt Dragonfli Mar 2012 #20
'Security Guard' My Butt! OneAngryDemocrat Mar 2012 #12
Yeah, and to keep calling him neighborhood watch captain is completely false. xtraxritical Mar 2012 #14
I can't believe they still so casually repeat that bullshit like it was fact. Dragonfli Mar 2012 #22
Post removed Post removed Apr 2012 #27
"After he 'snapped?'" KansDem Mar 2012 #13
I don't know why this guy is not locked up yet Justice4allofus Mar 2012 #17
GUN NUT Skittles Mar 2012 #18
I have been told that a nearly sexual obsession with firearms is normal and such folks Dragonfli Mar 2012 #21
oh don't I know Skittles Mar 2012 #24
LIES Misses123 Apr 2012 #26
Illegal security guard? Law abiding concealed permit holder? jpak Mar 2012 #23
Post removed Post removed Apr 2012 #25
I was just about to hit report before I saw the smilies sakabatou Apr 2012 #28

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
1. This can be easily verified or discredited if true
Fri Mar 30, 2012, 09:41 AM
Mar 2012

Evidently being in public didn't act as a deterrent if this story is true.

Kolesar

(31,182 posts)
2. It is amazing how this criminal used legal loopholes to keep his pistol and hidden weapon permit
Fri Mar 30, 2012, 09:43 AM
Mar 2012

That's Florida!

PatrynXX

(5,668 posts)
16. they are doing that in iowa now
Fri Mar 30, 2012, 12:15 PM
Mar 2012

stupid permit thing Brandstad put in. sheriff turn the guy down for a permit because he had a long rap sheet but this guy went to court and the court gave the permit to him. zzzzzz stupid...

Iowa is heading down to one Violent state


maybe I can find a really long cornfield and dump Terry in the middle of it....

nobodyspecial

(2,286 posts)
8. With all of the dirt they've tried to dig up on Trayvon
Fri Mar 30, 2012, 09:59 AM
Mar 2012

it sure seems George is the only on with a violent, criminal past.

Paid under the table for four years? I'm sure he paid taxes on those earnings. Right? Let's go for tax evasion as well.

itsrobert

(14,157 posts)
9. This fits in with a google search of his email
Fri Mar 30, 2012, 10:00 AM
Mar 2012

He does or had an email address of [email protected]

This comes up when you search using that email address


Help Graduation Party CYBER PAPERBOY
www.cyberpaperboy.com › orlando
Dec 4, 2011 – You may also respond by emailing [email protected] ; however, due to junk mail filters, your response may not be recieved. There is ...
You visited this page on 3/29/12.


However the link goes dead when you click on it.

 

xtraxritical

(3,576 posts)
14. Yeah, and to keep calling him neighborhood watch captain is completely false.
Fri Mar 30, 2012, 11:34 AM
Mar 2012

In his own mind he was a neighborhood watch captain, in reality he was a self deluded wannabe, with a concealed weapon.

Dragonfli

(10,622 posts)
22. I can't believe they still so casually repeat that bullshit like it was fact.
Fri Mar 30, 2012, 09:13 PM
Mar 2012

It was established as bullshit early on, watch groups have spoken up explaining he is not one of theirs.
But they keep just casually describing him that way.

Response to xtraxritical (Reply #14)

 

Justice4allofus

(72 posts)
17. I don't know why this guy is not locked up yet
Fri Mar 30, 2012, 12:48 PM
Mar 2012

His history shows a pattern of lack of self-control. He cannot control his temper and freaked out over a hoodie.

Dragonfli

(10,622 posts)
21. I have been told that a nearly sexual obsession with firearms is normal and such folks
Fri Mar 30, 2012, 08:58 PM
Mar 2012

are law abiding bedrock citizens.

We have an entire group here at DU to explain it to you.

Response to Hissyspit (Original post)

sakabatou

(42,152 posts)
28. I was just about to hit report before I saw the smilies
Sun Apr 1, 2012, 01:48 AM
Apr 2012

Last edited Sun Apr 1, 2012, 03:24 AM - Edit history (1)

Damn that sounds too much like a Fox-bot. Or maybe I should've.

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