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Sat Mar 24, 2012, 02:27 AM

Raine1967 (3,128 posts)

68. Exactly. I hear you.

I know small town too.

Connections make a lot of difference.

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72 replies	Author	Time	Post
George Zimmerman's father is a retired Judge [View all]	Raine1967	Mar 2012	OP
Hmmm. This gets stranger and stranger	hifiguy	Mar 2012	#1
and his mother was a court interpreter	CatWoman	Mar 2012	#4
And we all know how much clout 'court interpreters' have, right?	elleng	Mar 2012	#55
In a small town	Eddie Haskell	Mar 2012	#61
no, i think what happened was the cops just took Zimmerman at his word	JI7	Mar 2012	#2
Maybe not, but they later added a bloody nose to the police reports for a reason.	Life Long Dem	Mar 2012	#9
In this county if the police knew his father was a judge or ex-judge,	Baitball Blogger	Mar 2012	#14
Yep	mackattack	Mar 2012	#23
Which is all the more reason why this investigation needs to go	Baitball Blogger	Mar 2012	#36
That behavior is common to a lot of counties.	TheOther95Percent	Mar 2012	#64
If it's that common, why can't we put an end to it?	Baitball Blogger	Mar 2012	#65
If it wasn't a coverup, why did they only test Trayvon for drugs and alcohol	pnwmom	Mar 2012	#41
it has become a coverup as people started asking questions	JI7	Mar 2012	#45
Social connections matter.	nadinbrzezinski	Mar 2012	#52
good catch, Raine	CatWoman	Mar 2012	#3
Hold on to your cards, folks,	WolverineDG	Mar 2012	#5
His father was also retired from the military	FarCenter	Mar 2012	#6
Who the fuck cares if the family was very catholic and he had a strict upbringing???	Avalux	Mar 2012	#19
George Zimmerman was the "victim of a minor criminal assault?" I am skeptical.	yardwork	Mar 2012	#24
Sounds like he may have some serious paranoia/mental illness issues	lolly	Mar 2012	#32
Or maybe he was teetering on the brink of paranoia, and his strict family pushed him over.	pnwmom	Mar 2012	#43
Yeah	lolly	Mar 2012	#56
Or like many parents daddy cannot see beyond the surface of his childs problems with the	jwirr	Mar 2012	#49
usually defects claim to be uber religious and supportive of the military	fascisthunter	Mar 2012	#29
That's georgie's problem, he was an altar boy	Dont call me Shirley	Mar 2012	#35
ok, so he doesn't discriminate. Does Dad think killing for sport is a better defense?	DisgustipatedinCA	Mar 2012	#7
There you go.	sendero	Mar 2012	#8
OP - He was actually here on the Virginia Supreme Court, and believe he retired here in VA	HipChick	Mar 2012	#10
I will look into that.	Raine1967	Mar 2012	#69
What was reported here in the DC area was that his father was a magistrate in Virginia	onenote	Mar 2012	#11
Oh?	Rex	Mar 2012	#12
That's what I was looking for!	Baitball Blogger	Mar 2012	#13
I thought he was white?!?	Egalitariat	Mar 2012	#15
Hi mother is spanish - his father is white	CatWoman	Mar 2012	#16
George Zimmerman's mother is Peruvian, not Spanish. I read.	yardwork	Mar 2012	#22
my bad	CatWoman	Mar 2012	#25
No problem. I don't really have any proof, anyway. Just something I read.	yardwork	Mar 2012	#27
I read the same	CatWoman	Mar 2012	#30
Hispanic is an ethnicity, not a race. nt	MADem	Mar 2012	#47
He was kicked out of school, he didn't withdraw	HipChick	Mar 2012	#17
The guy that burned down my condo and he	Ichingcarpenter	Mar 2012	#18
Exactly. I hear you.	Raine1967	Mar 2012	#68
info from WDBO website on the father:	steve2470	Mar 2012	#20
The guy is 28 -- so if he wants to be a cop so bad, how come he's not one already? Methinks he	Nay	Mar 2012	#34
Thank you. I've been wondering about this. I read that he was a lawyer. Didn't know he became judge.	yardwork	Mar 2012	#21
The college threw him out, he did NOT withdraw....n/t	monmouth	Mar 2012	#26
13 years of college down the drain.	yardwork	Mar 2012	#28
LOL	CatWoman	Mar 2012	#31
Bluto later became a Senator, remember.	Ikonoklast	Mar 2012	#40
!!!	CatWoman	Mar 2012	#42
There's that other shoe. Been waiting for that to drop. n/t	X_Digger	Mar 2012	#33
LOL, Seminole State made that decision for him	obxhead	Mar 2012	#37
I can just imagine what kind of judge daddy was to	Solomon	Mar 2012	#38
If he was a magistrate, he'd be doing a lot of traffic court and things like that, yes?	MADem	Mar 2012	#46
info on Virginia's magistrates:	steve2470	Mar 2012	#48
whooee boy. Him belly full I tell you.	Solomon	Mar 2012	#51
Thanks for the info! n/t	X_Digger	Mar 2012	#58
I know they do traffic court in MA--I beat the rap in front of one! nt	MADem	Mar 2012	#60
I knew they where covering his ass for a reason like that. Second of all I know MANY latino's who	Justice wanted	Mar 2012	#39
I did not know that, but now that I do, I can't help but wonder if that played a role. nt	MADem	Mar 2012	#44
Perhaps in the same circuit?	nadinbrzezinski	Mar 2012	#50
'Retired magistrate judge' means LITTLE, in the circumstances, imo,	elleng	Mar 2012	#53
It means a lot.	Eddie Haskell	Mar 2012	#62
Haven't seen anything that says he was a judge 'in the same town,'	elleng	Mar 2012	#54
Well that speaks volumes nt	marlakay	Mar 2012	#57
Wow.	Major Hogwash	Mar 2012	#59
He may not have a concealed weapon permit	yardwork	Mar 2012	#70
I just don't get it!	Herlong	Mar 2012	#63
yeah, that father's statement is as laughable as it is clichéd	Blue_Tires	Mar 2012	#66
That explains everything.	MelungeonWoman	Mar 2012	#67
As Well as his father being a retired magistrate judge..	abynorml	Mar 2012	#71
Zimmerman BIG WHITE Daddy?	celfon	Mar 2012	#72

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