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lifesbeautifulmagic

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14. my goodness

Reply to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Tue Mar 27, 2012, 08:30 PM

Mar 2012

daddy is a retired judge??? How the hell did I miss that, and OF COURSE that is why the police blew this off.

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George Zimmerman, Son of a Retired Judge, Has 3 Closed Arrests [View all] Are_grits_groceries Mar 2012 OP

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