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Tue Mar 27, 2012, 06:19 PM Mar 2012

George Zimmerman, Son of a Retired Judge, Has 3 Closed Arrests [View all]

Did George Zimmerman have help from his father, a retired judge, in clearing his name in three separate arrests?

That’s the question that’s being asked now that more information on Trayvon Martin’s 28-year-old killer is being revealed. Robert Zimmerman, a former Orange County magistrate judge, recently wrote a letter to The Orlando Sentinel defending his son, who’s been dragged through the mud for shooting the unarmed 17-year-old last month. In the letter, the senior Zimmerman asks people not to jump to conclusions and insists that his son didn’t follow the young boy home as he walked through their gated community.
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Now more info is being dug up on his “victimized” son through public records and revealing his checkered past.

According to a records search on George, he was previously arrested for domestic violence, resisting an officer without violence and most shockingly, resisting an officer with violence — a  felony charge that surely could have landed him in prison.

All three of those arrests, however, were mysteriously closed with no semblance of charges for the Florida resident. So how was someone with a violent past including that of battery against an officer able to carry a 9 mm handgun? Maybe that’s a question Robert Zimmerman should answer …
http://rollingout.com/culture/george-zimmerman-son-of-a-retired-judge-has-3-closed-arrests/

Well, why was he allowed to carry?




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The law... HereSince1628 Mar 2012 #1
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Mar 2012 #2
Now his father is an ex-orange county magistrate? Baitball Blogger Mar 2012 #3
Pappy is retired military also. Fuddnik Mar 2012 #4
Wow. This explains quite a bit. Baitball Blogger Mar 2012 #11
There's an Orange County in Virginia. nt TheWraith Mar 2012 #19
Thank you for that information. Baitball Blogger Mar 2012 #23
this story gets more disgusting by the minute niyad Mar 2012 #5
Allowed to carry mbuch64 Mar 2012 #6
Maybe he has never been convicted billy_e Mar 2012 #18
You are comparing a kid's school suspension with a felony as an adult? uppityperson Mar 2012 #22
looks like daddy's law may have trumped everything... spanone Mar 2012 #7
But wait.... The Midway Rebel Mar 2012 #8
That would make sense if Zimmerman was white 40lbsHammer Mar 2012 #10
In this context, he effectively was. Ken Burch Mar 2012 #12
Damn Skippy. nt MrScorpio Mar 2012 #15
His father is white and that combined with the fact that he is a retired judge Ecumenist Mar 2012 #17
It's my understanding that Hispanic is an ethnic not a racial category. CottonBear Mar 2012 #25
You are right...there's no such thing as a Hispanic "race" Ken Burch Mar 2012 #27
Thanks for your concern. Thankfully, they only scared the heck out of us and we never saw them again CottonBear Mar 2012 #38
Yes. Hispanics can be of any race--white, black, asian, native peoples, you name it. MADem Mar 2012 #36
OK, thanks for the info. I like the term " cultural connection." CottonBear Mar 2012 #39
OH, yeah...that would be Alberto Fujimori Ken Burch Mar 2012 #42
Not only three closed arrests, but a fourth no arrest. Solomon Mar 2012 #9
What is a "closed" arrest? Does it mean he was not charged? n/t CottonBear Mar 2012 #26
K & R !!! WillyT Mar 2012 #13
my goodness lifesbeautifulmagic Mar 2012 #14
Retired magistrate judge from another state - TBF Mar 2012 #30
here's another guess pure speculation librechik Mar 2012 #16
K&R n/t Tx4obama Mar 2012 #20
OMG, he's Uday Hussein Canuckistanian Mar 2012 #21
His father was a magistrate. That certainly helps why he wasn't charged and arrested. spicegal Mar 2012 #24
I've seen it reported that his father was a retired Virginia judge onenote Mar 2012 #29
"Well, why was he allowed to carry?" Hubert Flottz Mar 2012 #28
“Solon used to say that speech was the image of actions; - that laws were like cobwebs" AtheistCrusader Mar 2012 #31
well marshall gaines Mar 2012 #32
"At no time did George follow or confront Mr. Martin." - Robert Zimmerman Ganja Ninja Mar 2012 #33
Wow. Major Hogwash Mar 2012 #34
K & R! dmoyer Mar 2012 #35
Rollingout.com retraction Arby Mar 2012 #37
K and R Quixote1818 Mar 2012 #40
'Cause the NRA said he could? Volaris Mar 2012 #41
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