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notadmblnd

(23,720 posts)
169. yes there is proof
Sat Jul 27, 2013, 07:17 PM
Jul 2013

What did occur was that an accident occurred where a car slid on it’s side into a median. People at the scene called 911, which went to the Sanford office of the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office. BEFORE responding to the 911 call, News Ball.com reports that Seminole Sheriff’s Dept. Officer Patrick Rehder, a self-styled friend and supporter of Zimmerman, contacted Zimmerman by cell phone directing him to go to the accident so as to appear to be a hero. News Ball.com also provides a social media screen capture of a curious statement about Rehder taking pleasure when someone gets credit for something they did not do.

Rehder’s name appears on the accident report as the responding officer; social media shows his connection to Zimmerman.

There were plenty of people driving by who witnessed the accident, and stopped to help the family out of the vehicle, BEFORE Zimmerman showed up, according to the 911 calls, but no ‘thank you’ press conference mentioning anyone else by name specifically was scheduled by the family, and no mention of anyone other than Zimmerman was made by the sheriff.

Zimmerman showed up AFTER he was called by a SCSO member according to a report at News Ball.com, Zimmerman then got out of his car with a fire extinguisher, and apparently left without doing anything especially heroic. You can hear the course of events here in the 911 calls; many people who were there as the accident happened stopped to get people out, and the fire and smoke problem from the calls, appeared some time after they were out of the car. As you can hear from the calls, people were out before there was a smoke or fire problem; Zimmerman did not appear to risk his life to pull anyone out of a burning car, as was claimed. :





http://ivn.us/penigma/2013/07/25/george-zimmermans-heroic-car-crash-rescue-appears-to-be-a-fraud/
BS PR move! hrmjustin Jul 2013 #1
Oddly, that's exactly what I thought. sybylla Jul 2013 #21
Yup, pictures/video or it didn't happen. Myrina Jul 2013 #29
Even if they did come up with photos, I wouldn't believe it wasn't staged. Squinch Jul 2013 #56
Interesting standard you fabricated. Please post the pictures/video of Zimmerman shooting anyone or 24601 Jul 2013 #80
we don't need no damn pictures of him shooting trayvon hopemountain Jul 2013 #96
Not my standard of proof. Back up the thread and find the originator. 24601 Jul 2013 #106
prejudice exists daybranch Jul 2013 #50
No! I don't believe it. I admit i may be wrong but I just question the whole thing. hrmjustin Jul 2013 #51
I question it too Plus it happened last week classykaren Jul 2013 #85
No, this is called skepticism. Z killing an unarmed 17 year old was prejudice. Squinch Jul 2013 #58
Skepticism...not prejudice. n/t JimDandy Jul 2013 #92
Pure prejudice...I won't attempt to explain, I believe you to be prejudiced...see how that woiks? BornLooser Jul 2013 #94
yes there is proof notadmblnd Jul 2013 #169
Looks like someone has some explaining to do. Kingofalldems Jul 2013 #170
Happened with Tonya Harding, too gleannfia Jul 2013 #88
i did not know that. hrmjustin Jul 2013 #89
That was a couple years after she was tried in court JimDandy Jul 2013 #111
This thread makes me sad. Convinceable Jul 2013 #164
What makes me sad is Trayvon is dead and Zimmerman got away with it. hrmjustin Jul 2013 #165
That's nice. tblue Jul 2013 #2
I thought he lacked the physical strength. bravenak Jul 2013 #3
No, no... that was sooo last year, when he was JimDandy Jul 2013 #69
300lb self-declared panzy snaps into action NoOneMan Jul 2013 #4
Setup. The NRA needs to clean him up a bit before he becomes their spokesperson. nt onehandle Jul 2013 #5
What, there were no burning buildings that he could louis-t Jul 2013 #6
Holy hiding out batman Boom Sound 416 Jul 2013 #7
I bet the car crash victim didn't want to be rescued by a murderer. Mr. David Jul 2013 #8
Raise your hand if you believe mainstreetonce Jul 2013 #9
Not just IN Sanford, but less than 1 mile from where he JimDandy Jul 2013 #77
I think that it is George's idea to hang out by the scanner and seek opportunities to be a hero. yardwork Jul 2013 #98
You might be right about the scanner, JimDandy Jul 2013 #105
I read that Zimmerman did call in the accident, but I may have been mistaken. yardwork Jul 2013 #107
Do you have a link for that? JimDandy Jul 2013 #114
I reread some articles and they don't say he called it in, so maybe I was mistaken. yardwork Jul 2013 #115
Thanks for rechecking! JimDandy Jul 2013 #120
No problem. I edited my post up above. yardwork Jul 2013 #121
George Zimmerman did not call 911 JimDandy Jul 2013 #147
He'd better get busy. Ednahilda Jul 2013 #10
Welcome to DU, Ednahilda! An understatement if ever there was one. calimary Jul 2013 #13
Now, what was it about cars being remote-controlled by hacking? KansDem Jul 2013 #11
So where and how is the victim? surrealAmerican Jul 2013 #12
SURE HE DID. And i'm Jacqueline Kennedy. n/t onecent Jul 2013 #14
Good thing he didn't have a gun . . . aggiesal Jul 2013 #15
Oh come on you guys, people in this thread can't seriously be implying this was a conspriacy. Kurska Jul 2013 #16
It is so obviously a PR stunt that even a child couldn't fall for it. cosmicone Jul 2013 #22
+1 Dawson Leery Jul 2013 #23
Why? Because you don't like the idea of it happening? Kurska Jul 2013 #24
Oh brother cosmicone Jul 2013 #34
well, its being reported that way everywhere now Bacchus4.0 Jul 2013 #36
It is because the media have been dumbed down. cosmicone Jul 2013 #37
ok, sure I'd love to hear more details on this story Bacchus4.0 Jul 2013 #41
You can bet you bottom dollar that it wasn't an African American notadmblnd Jul 2013 #78
Well, I'm sorry about your fundmental misunderstanding of statistics. Kurska Jul 2013 #38
Ok, but I can spell statistics and statistically. cosmicone Jul 2013 #43
Oh boy a single typo, that sure invalidates all the scientific principles I communicated in my post. Kurska Jul 2013 #44
You didn't communicate anything scientific. cosmicone Jul 2013 #45
Did you actually read my post? Because you clearly didn't if you think it is that high. Kurska Jul 2013 #48
Probabilities are compounded. cosmicone Jul 2013 #54
Only if you want to needlessly complicate a probability. Kurska Jul 2013 #60
YOU are the one who needs a basic statistics course U4ikLefty Jul 2013 #67
I already said the 1 in 50,000 is a simplification Kurska Jul 2013 #83
If I were Georgie UglyGreed Jul 2013 #64
and if he wins the powerball ... cosmicone Jul 2013 #97
how on earth could it be rigged UglyGreed Jul 2013 #155
Conflating a conspiracy theory and a PR stunt (two wholly separate concepts) LanternWaste Jul 2013 #46
Actually people are implicating the police department of Sanford in this. Kurska Jul 2013 #49
The police are implicated in that they announced that George Zimmerman rescued somebody. yardwork Jul 2013 #102
"George Zimmerman was listening to the police scanner" you have zero evidence of this n/t Kurska Jul 2013 #117
LOL! That is the kindest interpretation. What else do you suppose happened? yardwork Jul 2013 #119
"Do you really think that George Zimmerman just happened to be passing by an accident" Kurska Jul 2013 #123
Population of Sanford, FL in 2011: 53,926 yardwork Jul 2013 #134
I actually tend to believe that the whole thing was staged. n/t cosmicone Jul 2013 #133
It's entirely possible. The family lies all the time, we know that. yardwork Jul 2013 #135
You are correct, however ... cosmicone Jul 2013 #55
He probably has a scanner and heard the call. KittyWampus Jul 2013 #27
Excellent point n/t cosmicone Jul 2013 #32
+100 billh58 Jul 2013 #31
i agree, Sanford Police Dept has no credibility with me JI7 Jul 2013 #112
Sound almost as make-believe as attempting to transfer money over the phone from jail... LanternWaste Jul 2013 #47
Look, compared to shooting down Paul Wellstone's plane, Nye Bevan Jul 2013 #52
Yeah, the replies in this thread are disappointing. Hosnon Jul 2013 #143
The rescued said "thank you George" at which point he felt endangered and shot/killed him uppityperson Jul 2013 #17
A poorly planned PR move. Dawson Leery Jul 2013 #18
Super George is back! yardwork Jul 2013 #104
"Get away from us, Z-man, we'll save ourselves. We don't want the infection." n/t Judi Lynn Jul 2013 #19
Was he threatened by the truck?Did it look suspicious?...nt Evasporque Jul 2013 #20
And I'll bet the rescued victim was black too. edbermac Jul 2013 #25
Not black...there's pics at the link: SunSeeker Jul 2013 #145
Additionally, How is he out in public? He should be followed constantly. onehandle Jul 2013 #26
Oh sure, TeleTubby is the new Batman ... Myrina Jul 2013 #28
How does this make him less of a wannabe cop? johnd83 Jul 2013 #30
Looks like Zimmerman has hired Vladimir Putin's publicist Gus Lammas Jul 2013 #33
Reasonably doubtful n/t targetpractice Jul 2013 #35
Zimmerman as hero vouched for by Sanford, FL cop dusty trails Jul 2013 #39
Until I see a video or pictures obama2terms Jul 2013 #40
Maybe this is true or maybe it's not. Who gives a damn. nt ladjf Jul 2013 #42
Lame PR stunt fail. blackspade Jul 2013 #53
Removing a possibly injured person from a vehicle crash is not advisable Ash_F Jul 2013 #57
Exactly. cosmicone Jul 2013 #59
Zimmerman should be in jail. Inkfreak Jul 2013 #61
A bit suspicious... Helen Borg Jul 2013 #62
Why would the police report a non-injury crash to the media? SunSeeker Jul 2013 #63
Excellent question... Spazito Jul 2013 #65
Wondering also. lumpy Jul 2013 #72
Because the federal govt has a tip line for info about him? marshall Jul 2013 #79
They reported this to the media, not the feds. nt SunSeeker Jul 2013 #86
Or perhaps both? marshall Jul 2013 #91
I didn't ask why the media covered it, I asked why the police reported it to the media. SunSeeker Jul 2013 #99
I assume they report all such accidents marshall Jul 2013 #108
The police reported it; the media did not dig it up from public records. SunSeeker Jul 2013 #128
Here is video of the rescue PD Turk Jul 2013 #66
Who called the police? How much time before the cop arrived was GZ supposedly there? WCLinolVir Jul 2013 #68
You are more of a journalist than the ABC affiliate who "broke" this story. nt SunSeeker Jul 2013 #129
I'm skeptical, but CNN has been treating this like the Second Coming! B Stieg Jul 2013 #70
conspiracy wingzeroday Jul 2013 #73
Or maybe just synchronicity B Stieg Jul 2013 #150
or 2 wingzeroday Jul 2013 #154
So, the fuck what? He should have offered Trayvon a ride, home. Cha Jul 2013 #71
Why are they makeing this guy out like a hero? hobby10113 Jul 2013 #74
exactly as expected. daybranch Jul 2013 #75
Why don't you John2 Jul 2013 #87
SERIOUSLY SICK POST... JimDandy Jul 2013 #130
What a filthy vile racist post. /nt yardwork Jul 2013 #136
My sixth alert in 7 and 1/2 years on DU. JimDandy Jul 2013 #138
Some jurors don't even take the time to research the thread. n/t cosmicone Jul 2013 #141
I'd like to believe so, because the alternative is awful. n/t JimDandy Jul 2013 #148
Wow. Another Jury fail. Sheesh. nt SunSeeker Jul 2013 #146
I was Juror #2. chervilant Jul 2013 #158
Thanks for your careful reading and your vote! JimDandy Jul 2013 #160
I use my IL to eliminate posts from people who are chervilant Jul 2013 #166
DU has become a cesspool tabasco Jul 2013 #159
I didn't know a news corporation could suck a dick Scootaloo Jul 2013 #76
Hero complex, this man has... Locut0s Jul 2013 #81
Seriously, he should see a psychiatrist, JimDandy Jul 2013 #127
Excellent point Blasphemer Jul 2013 #151
Fox News will have orgasms over this doc03 Jul 2013 #82
I heard George also donated blood for Kate Middleton earlier today. BraveDave Jul 2013 #84
I'm 72 Years Old DallasNE Jul 2013 #90
with you on this, dallasNE hopemountain Jul 2013 #95
I am a few years younger than you, but have actually been first on the scene at several accidents, niyad Jul 2013 #139
This message was self-deleted by its author silvershadow Jul 2013 #93
DU never disappoints. flvegan Jul 2013 #100
Tim TEBOW!! Did he save Tim Tebow!?!?!? underpants Jul 2013 #110
I guess that's why they let him go agincourt Jul 2013 #101
I actually saw that comment on either USA Today or the NY Times today underpants Jul 2013 #109
Does the Sanford PD release a statement everytime TriplD Jul 2013 #103
Why would the police be reporting this? truebluegreen Jul 2013 #113
Hmm, the number of right wing whackadoodles saving people from minivan crashes is about the same as Thor_MN Jul 2013 #116
Something like that Egnever Jul 2013 #131
Sorry, dude. There are no "whacko senators" from my state! Liberal_Stalwart71 Jul 2013 #152
Sorry, he is an MD. And a whacko. Thor_MN Jul 2013 #153
Apologies. I thought you said that he's from MD. LOL!! Liberal_Stalwart71 Jul 2013 #161
I was too tired to remember how to spell physician.. And didn't think about MD also being a State. Thor_MN Jul 2013 #162
Good thing they werent wearing hoodies. DCBob Jul 2013 #118
The bullshit is strong in this story Hugabear Jul 2013 #122
I'm not interested enough in George Zimmerman to have an opinion, but this changes nothing about truthisfreedom Jul 2013 #124
It's simple. He is Forest Forest Gump. Norbert Jul 2013 #125
+1 Egnever Jul 2013 #132
Up, up and awaaaaay! tofuandbeer Jul 2013 #126
To take this story at face value you have to belive 3 things... DaDeacon Jul 2013 #137
geez, did any of you read the comments after the article? absolutely vile and disgusting, as niyad Jul 2013 #140
okay, I am confused. the headline says "truck", and the body of the article says "suv"--are niyad Jul 2013 #142
yes they are...n/t DaDeacon Jul 2013 #144
Horseshit. 6000eliot Jul 2013 #149
I don't know UglyGreed Jul 2013 #156
He's the Tom Cruise of Sanford. tavernier Jul 2013 #157
This message was self-deleted by its author Convinceable Jul 2013 #163
Oops. Looks like another fake story. Kingofalldems Jul 2013 #167
Care to offer any proof? Freddie Stubbs Jul 2013 #168
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