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George Zimmerman detained for gun threats and iPad beating

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Captain Obvious, Sep 9, 2013.

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  1. TheSportsPredictor

    TheSportsPredictor Well-Known Member

    Re: George Zimmerman arrested

    Yes, please change "arrested" to "is an asshole".
     
    TheSportsPredictor, Sep 9, 2013
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  2. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

    Re: George Zimmerman arrested

    She is obviously not the brightest bulb, so the second part of that is I suppose a possibility, but don't you figure she knew that when police got to the house they were going to have to find her father bruised and the iPad smashed? She also said there was a witness from across the street.

    She might be dumb enough to put herself in a situation where her claims would be so easy to disprove. But that's not where my money is going.
     
    LongTimeListener, Sep 9, 2013
    #38
  3. Greenhorn

    Greenhorn Active Member

    CNN is now reporting that the couple had not been to a national park.

    SportsJournalists.com could then be on the verge of a four-fold cross rip.
     
    Greenhorn, Sep 9, 2013
    #39
  4. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    Re: George Zimmerman arrested

    1) Piecing things together, it sounds like him and her dad got into a fight. She called 911. Did she gild the lily?

    a) On the call, she said when the police got there that they told his bodyguards to stand aside. The bodyguards with him make it less likely he was alone with a gun and pointing it and making it threats.
    b) Her dad was still outside while she was on the phone -- she told him to get inside. That wouldn't be someone who was afraid of a guy waving a gun.
    c) The dad said he didn't need an ambulance, but she insisted he did.

    She may be conniving. She might not be.

    But based on a little info, we don't have a clue what was going on there. I'll bet that there is a divorce going on and her dad and Zimmerman got into it and she called 911, and it wasn't quite as dramatic as many people are assuming.

    All of that said, this guy is an idiot. He courts trouble.
     
    The Big Ragu, Sep 9, 2013
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  5. BrianGriffin

    BrianGriffin Active Member

    BREAKING: Ipad ap Zimmerman's wife was using discovered:

     
    BrianGriffin, Sep 9, 2013
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  6. 3_Octave_Fart

    3_Octave_Fart Well-Known Member

    Shelly Zimmerman tried to outsmart somebody when she perjured herself.
    She's the last person to realize she's dumb, as is the case with many dumb people.
     
    3_Octave_Fart, Sep 9, 2013
    #42
  7. poindexter

    poindexter Well-Known Member

    Why are we letting CNN dictate the narrative?
     
    poindexter, Sep 9, 2013
    #43
  8. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    And. ... reports now that she is not pressing charges.
     
    The Big Ragu, Sep 9, 2013
    #44
  9. Mark2010

    Mark2010 Active Member

    George Zimmerman and a gun? Something tells me this will not end well.
     
    Mark2010, Sep 9, 2013
    #45
  10. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    He should be locked up for defacing an iPad.
     
    Inky_Wretch, Sep 9, 2013
    #46
  11. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    Doesn't look like he was even armed:

    Ms. Zimmerman, who filed for divorce four days ago, told a dispatcher that Mr. Zimmerman had his hand on his gun as he argued with her father, David Dean, at Mr. Dean’s home.

    “And he keeps saying, ‘Step closer,’ ” Ms. Zimmerman said.

    “Step closer and what?” asked the dispatcher.

    “And he’s going to shoot us,” Ms. Zimmerman responded.

    But Ms. Zimmerman later changed her account.

    “No one ever saw a gun,” said Officer Zach Hudson of the Lake Mary police. “He said he has no gun on him and we haven’t found a gun. I think she assumed that he had one on his person.”

    nyti.ms/1exRKyk
     
    YankeeFan, Sep 10, 2013
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  12. ifilus

    ifilus Well-Known Member

    The question of the gun became confused later when police told reporters there was no gun involved, but George Zimmerman's attorney told CNN's Anderson Cooper 360 that he believed his client had a firearm on him.

    "He acted appropriately. He never took the weapon out," said Mark O'Mara, who is also a CNN legal analyst. O'Mara said he never saw the gun.

    http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/09/us/george-zimmerman-detained/
     
    ifilus, Sep 10, 2013
    #48
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