Zimmerman Charged With Aggravated Assault After Allegedly Pointing Gun At Girlfriend
Source: TPM
CAITLIN MACNEAL NOVEMBER 18, 2013, 5:36 PM EST
George Zimmerman was charged Monday with aggravated assault with a weapon, battery and criminal mischief after his girlfriend claimed he pointed a long-barreled shotgun at her inside their residence, Florida police told reporters during a press conference Monday.
After police responded to her 911 call, Zimmerman had pushed his girlfriend out of the home in Apopka, and had barricaded himself inside. A table was broken inside the residence, and Zimmerman was not holding a weapon at the time. Police said there were at least two weapons inside the home.
Zimmerman's girlfriend did not sustain any injuries.
The aggravated assault charge is a felony, and the other two charges are misdemeanors. Police did not charge Zimmerman after an altercation with his estranged ex-wife in August.
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Here's George Zimmerman's Latest Mugshot (PHOTO)
TOM KLUDT NOVEMBER 18, 2013, 2:55 PM EST
The sheriff's office in Seminole County, Fla. released George Zimmerman's booking photo on Monday after he was arrested for an alleged domestic dispute with his girlfriend.
Zimmerman, who was acquitted earlier this year in the fatal shooting of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin, will not be charged for a separate domestic dispute in September involving his estranged wife.
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blue neen
(12,322 posts)Zimmerman got away with murder before. Apparently, he thinks that will always be the case.
CherokeeDem
(3,709 posts)there is no remorse in that face... just total detachment.
Hopefully this will keep him off the streets before he does more damage...
Codeine
(25,586 posts)I've known some men like this before -- a few women as well. So much uncontrollable anger boiling beneath the surface.
Trajan
(19,089 posts)We later discovered she was Bipolar ....
Yeah ... it made perfect sense ....
Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)olddad56
(5,732 posts)heaven05
(18,124 posts)love him.
RBInMaine
(13,570 posts)he hopefully goes down. But let's not get into this blame game.
heaven05
(18,124 posts)Last edited Tue Nov 19, 2013, 10:16 AM - Edit history (1)
zimpig got away with murder, assault and battery, speeding(intexas) with a loaded gun in his car. What blame game??? The authorities love this POS. No blame game!!!!! FACT!!! geez
valerief
(53,235 posts)JustAnotherGen
(31,828 posts)Past behavior is a strong indicator of future behavior. They've shown us how it's done with Mr Too Wet to Step On And Too Low to Kick.
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)AUDIO of Girlfriend's 911 call here: http://tmz.vo.llnwd.net/o28/assets/mov/Zimmerman%20arrest%20Nov%202013%20911%20call%201-MP3%20for%20TMZ.mp3
AUDIO of Zimmerman's 911 call here: http://www.tmz.com/videos/0_jycoxebp/
Article here: http://www.tmz.com/2013/11/18/george-zimmerman-arrested-domestic-violence/
p.s. Zimmerman says on the call that the girlfriend IS pregnant.
Voice for Peace
(13,141 posts)He must have been thinking fast.
RBInMaine
(13,570 posts)Ash_F
(5,861 posts)She may have saved that woman's life by calming her down and getting her away from the house.
Bjorn Against
(12,041 posts)He says the police were already there but he still had to call the 911 emergency line to let them know "what really happened". He then goes on a rant about his relationship problems to the 911 operator as if that were the proper forum for relationship counseling. What a moron.
riverwalker
(8,694 posts)"if the police are there...why are you calling me?"
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)... so that he will use a copy of the 911 call in court instead of taking the witness stand.
Just like he used the 911 tape and the staged video to tell his side of the story in the Trayvon Martin trial without talking the stand.
I think folks are going to see right through his BS this time
arcane1
(38,613 posts)alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)A demented asshole who points his weapon at his pregnant girlfriend, and and stalks and shoots young black men dead in the street. He's a perfect match for gunner shitheads everywhere.
underpants
(182,829 posts)DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)As I posted below fame works
RBInMaine
(13,570 posts)underpants
(182,829 posts)That tends to be enough
calimary
(81,320 posts)or reach him, or help him, or fix him. Many women fall into that - the whole "well, he hasn't met ME yet." And that, as we know, RARELY works in real life, outside of the bodice-ripper soft-porn novels.
Historic NY
(37,451 posts)this guy is going to kill again, he has been embolden.
Ahpook
(2,750 posts)yurbud
(39,405 posts)Ash_F
(5,861 posts)Just because they wanted to lord their power over Black poeple and proclaim "WE are still in charge!", they let him go.
And now he continues to terrorize people as a free man.
I hope their political statement was worth it.
RBInMaine
(13,570 posts)They wanted to convict this asshole and tried to. Half the jury said no and convinced the others to go along. It was a tough case.
Those prosecutors tried hard to convict him. Hopefully this time his ass will go down.
Ash_F
(5,861 posts)The Republican nominated judge could have stricken several violations of legal procedure by the defense, such as the animation, and the badgering of the witness.
It was a tough case because it was a crime against a Black person in a Republican area.
JustAnotherGen
(31,828 posts)Law Enforcement to include the DA's office are a bunch of dirty birdies. Let's not pretend any of them actually cared about the victim - the victim being Trayvon.
Ash_F
(5,861 posts)They cared to make a statement of White domination of this country. Too bad politics got in the way of justice for that young man.
noiretextatique
(27,275 posts)basking in her 15 minutes, without a care about Trayvon Martin or his family
Ash_F
(5,861 posts)I guess his replacement wasn't too enthused about finding justice for the victim either.
RBInMaine
(13,570 posts)I said before on this forum that this guy is a cop wannabe, and he is also a gun nut, and it is a LETHAL combination. He is also on a protracted power trip.
What happened with Trayvon? He profiled and pursued the kid with gun drawn in the dark. He accosted him and stopped him wanting to detain him so he could look like a hero to the cops and his neighbors. An argument ensued. It was very dark. Trayvon could not see the gun. Trayvon went from flight to fight mode and stood HIS ground. The argument escalated into a physical confrontation. Trayvon
was getting the better of the asshole. The asshole Zimmerman, who already had the gun out, raised it and fired while Trayvon was over him. The bastard should have gone down for manslaughter because he started the whole thing, and it was Trayvon defending HIMself. This twisted-thinking loose cannon of an egomaniac is going to kill someone
else unless he is put away. I hope they good case with this and are able to lock his ass up for good long while.
heaven05
(18,124 posts)watching!!!!???? Why didn't you help the poor unarmed black kid???? You were right there. Wow. I'm astounded you didn't help Trayvon.
madokie
(51,076 posts)for a long time too.
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)hollowdweller
(4,229 posts)gopiscrap
(23,761 posts)LongTomH
(8,636 posts).......is there still a possibility that charges could be filed?
bravenak
(34,648 posts)You know how he gets when people mind their own business acting crazy. Maybe he thought she was on drugs and hopped up on skittles and iced tea. She also had a cell phone. These things have caused him trouble before; when he had to take out a dangerous thug on a rainy evening. Only his keen intellect could process the dangers unfolding before him, giving him the wherewithal to stand his ground before this dangerous phone wielding thug of a woman. This time she was lucky, he almost had to take her out.
JustAnotherGen
(31,828 posts)bravenak
(34,648 posts)DonCoquixote
(13,616 posts)gets his day to shine. I would want Tray martin in my neighborhood any day of the week over this clown.
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)DonCoquixote
(13,616 posts)until dozens and dozens of gungeoneers broadbushed those of us who were against Zimmerman, who were commenting more on racism than the precious pistols, were all put on blast. Nice try.
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)"not much until..." = "Yes"
Good to know.
BTW, while I am in favor of the RKBA I'm not a Zimmerman fan, sympathizer... IMHO, he was very wrong in doing what he did. I've not studied the case in enough detail to understand how he avoided conviction. If the trial and verdict were congruent with the existing laws, then this case points to a gap or flaw in the existing laws.
truthisfreedom
(23,148 posts)Just sayin'.
aznativ
(69 posts)After having been a cop for 20 years, I can tell you that about 80% of what is said on 911 is a lie/half truth/embellishment etc.
Everyone who calls wants to appear in a better light than the other half of the problem no matter who the suspect is. There are always two sides to every story and everyone always insists they are telling the truth. Any woman who wants to have a relationship with Zimmerman has definitely got issues so odds are this isn't one sided.
I don't know all the facts in this, but just because a police officer has probable cause to make an arrest, doesn't mean there will be a conviction as we have already learned.
I have been attacked while arresting the bad husband/boyfriend by the "victim" enough times to just take all this with a grain of salt as the other half can be crazy too. I have seen women go nuts and stab, shoot and beat their BF / hubby with a bat. One of the last calls like this I went on was some lady walked up to her hubby in the street and took him out with a shotgun in front of the neighbors and they were not even actively fighting- she was just a bitch and all the neighbors said so. She is in prison btw.
This shit happens all day long in this country and all we are worried about is this guy and his likely mentally imbalanced girlfriend. I mean who would even associate with this guy with his known past? Convicted or not, he is a wierdo for sure and I bet she is too.
Unfortunately domestic violence not only involves people with issues, mental problems and such, but many innocent women, children and men as victims. I do have to say though, I hated those calls the most because you never knew who was really telling the truth unless they flat out confess which happens quite a bit. Just a mess and sometimes going into a house and seeing the absolute disaster some peoples lives are with their kids sitting on the couch wailing....makes me sick.
After is all said and done- we the cops no matter how we handle it are just a bunch of assholes...even the victims call us that as we haul off the abuser in handcuffs. They stand there in front of their kids with the steak over their eye telling their crying kids what a bunch of assholes the cops are for arresting dad...........nevermind she is the one who called. Dont know how I survived 20 yrs of that without going nuts. Good thing I just dealt with street crime for the most part.
My bet is this is mutual to some degree. I think we need to worry about more important stuff- Zimmerman will take care of himself and perhaps this is it for him. Ha we can only hope.
heaven05
(18,124 posts)leftynyc
(26,060 posts)Will they make him give up his guns until the trial?
aznativ
(69 posts)that the cops found SHOULD be seized for evidence. Usually conditions of release (at least in AZ) mandate the accused surrender all firearms to the Sheriff or local PD until trial is over. Sometimes they can retain one (one that was not used in the crime) for self defense if they do not live with the victim and can articulate the need....
Zimm may be able to articulate a need since so many people have supposedly been threatening him over the outcome of the trial.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,182 posts)....you reeeeeaaaalllly have to wonder if maybe, just maybe, it's his problem, not hers.
aznativ
(69 posts)guys like him attract women with issues. What woman out there would really be attracted to someone like him with all the KNOWN baggage?
Answer: Someone with issues.
My take is she is off her rocker too.
Niceguy1
(2,467 posts)I bet it was more of a mutual combat kind of thing.
Arkana
(24,347 posts)Zimmerman is clearly not mentally fit to own a gun. I guess it's going to take him killing a white kid for the justice system to actually put him in jail.
Tom Ripley
(4,945 posts)GladRagDahl
(237 posts)to be punished. Perhaps it's finally time that he gets what he needs.
Amimnoch
(4,558 posts)After all, he's just the victim, I'm sure he was just trying to stand his ground against his pregnant girlfriend. (that is definitely sarcasm)
I'm sooo about to shove this in the faces of some of the right wing jackasses that vehemently defended this POS during the Martin trial, on some of the political combat boards I frequent.