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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Wed Nov 14, 2018, 12:07 AM Nov 2018

George Zimmerman pleads no contest in stalking case ...

George Zimmerman pleaded no contest Tuesday to a misdemeanor charge of stalking a private investigator who contacted him over his killing of Trayvon Martin, according to multiple reports. The investigator, Dennis Warren, reached out to Zimmerman on behalf of producers behind “Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story,” a documentary series on the slain teenager produced by rapper Jay-Z.

After the initial contact, Zimmerman allegedly responded with a barrage of threats to Warren, including that he would feed Warren to an alligator. Zimmerman sent 55 calls, 67 texts, 36 voicemails and 27 emails over nine days last December, according to Seminole County Sheriff's Office, and threatened to appear at the investigator's residence.

The no contest plea entails no admission of guilt for Zimmerman, Orlando's WFTV reported, though he will serve 12 months of probation and be unable to possess a firearm during that time.

Zimmerman was charged with stalking in May. As part of the case, Zimmerman claimed that he's $2.5 million in debt with no income.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/11/13/george-zimmerman-pleads-no-contest-stalking-case-linked-jay-z/1987732002/

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George Zimmerman pleads no contest in stalking case ... (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Nov 2018 OP
What the hell does it take to lose gun ownership permanently? Christ. nt Laffy Kat Nov 2018 #1
So get a job like the rest of us. MontanaMama Nov 2018 #2
For a while he was the right-wing gun-nut darling TlalocW Nov 2018 #8
Thoughts and prayers uppityperson Nov 2018 #3
I don't know how to feel for the man... SimpleC Nov 2018 #4
Like FL isn't hell enough for us these days, we have this one still living here... FM123 Nov 2018 #5
He still has SCantiGOP Nov 2018 #6
$2.5 million in debt with no income. left-of-center2012 Nov 2018 #7

MontanaMama

(23,301 posts)
2. So get a job like the rest of us.
Wed Nov 14, 2018, 12:21 AM
Nov 2018

Maybe he thinks since he’s above the law that he shouldn’t have to work either. Jobs are freaking everywhere...which is one of the reasons we need immigrants...but I digress. Zimmerman is a parasite.

TlalocW

(15,379 posts)
8. For a while he was the right-wing gun-nut darling
Wed Nov 14, 2018, 12:38 AM
Nov 2018

Gun stores were having him out for autograph sessions; he was selling paintings on eBay for large amounts... well, one, I think. And then there was the issue on whether or not he copied another painting... Anyway, he was expecting this to blow up so he would be on the gravy train for life. Even without all the other shit he's done that made him too radioactive, his star was going to fade. You can only ride the coattails of shooting an unarmed Black kid for so long.

He's tasted what he thinks is la dolce vita though so he doesn't want to return to being an everyday Joe.

TlalocW

FM123

(10,053 posts)
5. Like FL isn't hell enough for us these days, we have this one still living here...
Wed Nov 14, 2018, 12:27 AM
Nov 2018

Please just go away. Leave the country or something, take Scott & DeSantis with you!

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