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Sorry, I don't pay attention to a man's pants.
And any major conflict from Travyon Martin protests lasted about a week to a month. Stuff was handled before it got completely out of control compared to today.
Trump Enslavement Syndrome - Orange man good. /r/The_Donald and any public demonstration of rabid pro-Trump enthusiasm in spite of all reason.
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Probably because it was part of the whole "villify Zimmerman" thing the media had going.
I'm a bit fuzzy at this point but I also believe the Ferguson riots over the violent thug Michael Brown were ALSO going on at that point.
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Indeed, George Zimmerman, man of extreme virtue and future saint. The media sure did vilify this poor, innocent individual,
George Zimmerman - Wikipedia
Life after the trial
Domestic violence arrests
In 2013, Zimmerman's estranged wife called 911 to report that Zimmerman had assaulted her father and was threatening her with a gun. Zimmerman was not charged over the incident.[41] In November of that same year, Zimmerman was charged with felony aggravated assault after he allegedly pointed a shotgun at his girlfriend during a domestic violence incident. The case was later dropped.[42] In January 2015, Zimmerman was again charged with domestic assault after allegedly throwing a wine bottle at a different girlfriend. Again the charges were later dropped.[43][44]Shooting by Matthew Apperson
On September 9, 2014, Zimmerman was named by police in a road rage incident in which another driver, later named by police as Matthew Apperson, claimed that Zimmerman followed and threatened him.[45][46] Zimmerman later claimed in testimony that Apperson approached him over a rear tire leaking air, which Zimmerman was already aware of. He had explained this to Apperson before Apperson asked if Zimmerman knew he was "wrong for killing that little black boy". Zimmerman lost Apperson after the two stopped at a gas station and Zimmerman drove off.[47]On May 11, 2015, Apperson shot at Zimmerman while the two were driving in separate cars on a street in Lake Mary. Zimmerman was grazed by glass and metal shards when the bullet broke through his passenger-side window and was stopped by the metal window frame, causing minor facial injuries from flying glass and debris. Zimmerman flagged down a police officer and was taken to the hospital.[48][49][50] Apperson maintained that Zimmerman was the aggressor and that Apperson acted in self-defense.[51][52] Zimmerman also had a gun with him at the time of the incident, but Zimmerman's attorney said that "George absolutely denies having shown it, waved, displayed, pointed it." A Lake Mary police spokesperson stated that "the investigation has proven that George Zimmerman was not the shooter."[51]
On May 15, 2015, Apperson was jailed in Sanford, Florida with a bond of $35,000.[53] While free on bond, Apperson was accused, convicted and jailed for disorderly conduct, which revoked his bond.[54] Lake Mary PD "learned that Apperson has exhibited unusual behaviors in which he had recently been admitted to a mental institution. It appears that Apperson has a fixation on Zimmerman and has displayed some signs of paranoia, anxiety, and bipolar disorder."[55]
On September 22, 2015, a judge ruled Apperson would stand trial for second-degree attempted murder along with one count of aggravated assault and one count of shooting into an occupied vehicle.[47][54][56] Apperson was convicted of attempted murder and aggravated assault with a firearm on September 16, 2016.[57] On October 17, 2016, Apperson was sentenced to 20 years in prison on the charge of attempted 2nd-degree murder. He was also given a 15-year concurrent sentence for aggravated assault stemming from the same incident.[58][59]
Paintings
Painting of an American flag by Zimmerman
In December 2013, Zimmerman began selling paintings he had made. His first painting, of an American flag, sold for $100,099.99 on eBay in late December.[60]
On the auction page for the painting, Zimmerman wrote:
It was later reported that the American flag painting was copied without attribution from a stock image taken from Shutterstock.[61]
In January 2014, the Associated Press and a Jacksonville, Florida photographer Rick Wilson demanded that Zimmerman halt the sale of one of his paintings because the news agency asserted it directly copied a photo owned by the AP. The photo and painting identically show Jacksonville-based prosecutor Angela Corey (whose office prosecuted Zimmerman for the shooting death of Martin) holding her thumb and fingers together. Zimmerman apparently made up the quote that he added to the painting: "I have this much respect for the American judicial system." The controversy was similar to that arising from the use of an AP photo by Shepard Fairey in his composition of the Barack Obama "Hope" poster.[62] Led by attorney John Michael Phillips, the cease and desist halted the sale of this and other paintings by Zimmerman.
In August 2015, Zimmerman began selling a limited number of prints of a painting of the Confederate battle flag in conjunction with gun seller Andy Hallinan of Florida Gun Supply, in Inverness, Florida. Hallinan is known for saying that Muslims were not welcome at his store, and that it was "Muslim free". Michael Walsh of Yahoo! News observed, "Zimmerman's latest painting brings together three highly controversial topics with which the nation is dealing: the deaths of young black men, the Confederate battle flag and discrimination against American Muslims."[63]
Andrew Russeth of the New York Observer appraised Zimmerman's work as likened to paint by number.[60] Jason Edward, a contributing editor at Art+Auction, referred to the paintings as "very primitive, the sort of thing an art critic wouldn't look at twice."[60] Christian Viveros-Fauné, an art critic for the Village Voice, has referred to Zimmerman's artistic endeavors as constituting "murderabilia".[60]
Twitter scandals
In late August 2015, controversy centering on Zimmerman arose when his Twitter profile picture of a Confederate flag "backed by an American flag" (in his words) became better-known. Frequently criticized posts of his from August included one in which Zimmerman called Obama an "ignorant baboon";[64]one in which he posted an image of Vester Lee Flanagan, an African-American former news reporter who shot and killed two ex-coworkers during a live broadcast, and wrote, "If Obama had a son..."; and another in which Zimmerman typed, in response to people who wanted him killed, that the United States understands "how it ended for the last moron that hit me" (in reference to Trayvon Martin).[65]In September 2015, Zimmerman retweeted a photo of Martin's slain body posted by another Twitter user, who had the caption: "Z-Man is a one man army". Several days later, Zimmerman posted a letter saying that the photo in the original tweet was marked as "sensitive" and was blocked, so he retweeted it because of the text message without seeing the photo.[66][67]
In December 2015, Zimmerman tweeted two photos of a topless woman he claimed was his ex-girlfriend, and accused her of cheating and of the theft of his firearm and money. He included her phone number and e-mail address on his tweet. Less than two hours later, Zimmerman's Twitter account was suspended by its administration, according to their policy against posting another person's private and confidential information, including e-mail addresses, phone numbers and familiar photos.[68][69] Zimmerman's tweet included a statement against Muslims.[70]
Gun sale
On May 11, 2016, Zimmerman posted what was planned to be the auction of the firearm he used to shoot Martin. The post, in which Zimmerman wrote that the gun was "an American Firearm icon", attracted controversy. Zimmerman subsequently explained that the Justice Department had recently returned the weapon to him. He said that he had the right as owner to sell it.[71] Zimmerman said the proceeds of the weapon would go to combating the violence against police officers by members of the Black Lives Matter movement as well as "ensure the demise of Angela Corey's persecution career and Hillary Clinton's anti-firearm rhetoric".[72] After selling the weapon, Zimmerman said that he had chosen to sell it directly as a result of Clinton "stumping around for a false campaign for the Trayvon Martin Foundation" and accused her of lying about the events of the shooting.[73][74]Though the auction was set to take place May 12, the weapon listing was removed before the auction was scheduled to begin.[71] The original auction site, gunbroker.com, released a statement stating that they wanted no part in the listing or any of the publicity related to it. Zimmerman reposted the firearm on another site, United Gun Group. Within minutes, the site went down due to the intense traffic prompted by the listing.[75] As bidding proceeded, purported bidders began using fake names such as "Donald Trump" and "Tamir Rice" to place large bids on the weapon, which were interpreted as a joke.[76] Martin Shkreli expressed genuine interest so that he could either destroy the firearm or place it in a museum.[77] Moderators on the bidding sites caught additional scam actions.[78] On May 20, Zimmerman said he had accepted a bid of $250,000 for the weapon.[79][80]
The only reason this guy isn‘t the epitome of white trash is because he’s not white.
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He a li'l angel. He dindu nuffin.Indeed, George Zimmerman, man of extreme virtue and future saint. The media sure did vilify this poor, innocent individual,
George Zimmerman - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
Life after the trial
Domestic violence arrests
In 2013, Zimmerman's estranged wife called 911 to report that Zimmerman had assaulted her father and was threatening her with a gun. Zimmerman was not charged over the incident.[41] In November of that same year, Zimmerman was charged with felony aggravated assault after he allegedly pointed a shotgun at his girlfriend during a domestic violence incident. The case was later dropped.[42] In January 2015, Zimmerman was again charged with domestic assault after allegedly throwing a wine bottle at a different girlfriend. Again the charges were later dropped.[43][44]
Shooting by Matthew Apperson
On September 9, 2014, Zimmerman was named by police in a road rage incident in which another driver, later named by police as Matthew Apperson, claimed that Zimmerman followed and threatened him.[45][46] Zimmerman later claimed in testimony that Apperson approached him over a rear tire leaking air, which Zimmerman was already aware of. He had explained this to Apperson before Apperson asked if Zimmerman knew he was "wrong for killing that little black boy". Zimmerman lost Apperson after the two stopped at a gas station and Zimmerman drove off.[47]
On May 11, 2015, Apperson shot at Zimmerman while the two were driving in separate cars on a street in Lake Mary. Zimmerman was grazed by glass and metal shards when the bullet broke through his passenger-side window and was stopped by the metal window frame, causing minor facial injuries from flying glass and debris. Zimmerman flagged down a police officer and was taken to the hospital.[48][49][50] Apperson maintained that Zimmerman was the aggressor and that Apperson acted in self-defense.[51][52] Zimmerman also had a gun with him at the time of the incident, but Zimmerman's attorney said that "George absolutely denies having shown it, waved, displayed, pointed it." A Lake Mary police spokesperson stated that "the investigation has proven that George Zimmerman was not the shooter."[51]
On May 15, 2015, Apperson was jailed in Sanford, Florida with a bond of $35,000.[53] While free on bond, Apperson was accused, convicted and jailed for disorderly conduct, which revoked his bond.[54] Lake Mary PD "learned that Apperson has exhibited unusual behaviors in which he had recently been admitted to a mental institution. It appears that Apperson has a fixation on Zimmerman and has displayed some signs of paranoia, anxiety, and bipolar disorder."[55]
On September 22, 2015, a judge ruled Apperson would stand trial for second-degree attempted murder along with one count of aggravated assault and one count of shooting into an occupied vehicle.[47][54][56] Apperson was convicted of attempted murder and aggravated assault with a firearm on September 16, 2016.[57] On October 17, 2016, Apperson was sentenced to 20 years in prison on the charge of attempted 2nd-degree murder. He was also given a 15-year concurrent sentence for aggravated assault stemming from the same incident.[58][59]
Paintings
Painting of an American flag by Zimmerman
In December 2013, Zimmerman began selling paintings he had made. His first painting, of an American flag, sold for $100,099.99 on eBay in late December.[60]
On the auction page for the painting, Zimmerman wrote:
It was later reported that the American flag painting was copied without attribution from a stock image taken from Shutterstock.[61]
In January 2014, the Associated Press and a Jacksonville, Florida photographer Rick Wilson demanded that Zimmerman halt the sale of one of his paintings because the news agency asserted it directly copied a photo owned by the AP. The photo and painting identically show Jacksonville-based prosecutor Angela Corey (whose office prosecuted Zimmerman for the shooting death of Martin) holding her thumb and fingers together. Zimmerman apparently made up the quote that he added to the painting: "I have this much respect for the American judicial system." The controversy was similar to that arising from the use of an AP photo by Shepard Fairey in his composition of the Barack Obama "Hope" poster.[62] Led by attorney John Michael Phillips, the cease and desist halted the sale of this and other paintings by Zimmerman.
In August 2015, Zimmerman began selling a limited number of prints of a painting of the Confederate battle flag in conjunction with gun seller Andy Hallinan of Florida Gun Supply, in Inverness, Florida. Hallinan is known for saying that Muslims were not welcome at his store, and that it was "Muslim free". Michael Walsh of Yahoo! News observed, "Zimmerman's latest painting brings together three highly controversial topics with which the nation is dealing: the deaths of young black men, the Confederate battle flag and discrimination against American Muslims."[63]
Andrew Russeth of the New York Observer appraised Zimmerman's work as likened to paint by number.[60] Jason Edward, a contributing editor at Art+Auction, referred to the paintings as "very primitive, the sort of thing an art critic wouldn't look at twice."[60] Christian Viveros-Fauné, an art critic for the Village Voice, has referred to Zimmerman's artistic endeavors as constituting "murderabilia".[60]
Twitter scandals
In late August 2015, controversy centering on Zimmerman arose when his Twitter profile picture of a Confederate flag "backed by an American flag" (in his words) became better-known. Frequently criticized posts of his from August included one in which Zimmerman called Obama an "ignorant baboon";[64]one in which he posted an image of Vester Lee Flanagan, an African-American former news reporter who shot and killed two ex-coworkers during a live broadcast, and wrote, "If Obama had a son..."; and another in which Zimmerman typed, in response to people who wanted him killed, that the United States understands "how it ended for the last moron that hit me" (in reference to Trayvon Martin).[65]
In September 2015, Zimmerman retweeted a photo of Martin's slain body posted by another Twitter user, who had the caption: "Z-Man is a one man army". Several days later, Zimmerman posted a letter saying that the photo in the original tweet was marked as "sensitive" and was blocked, so he retweeted it because of the text message without seeing the photo.[66][67]
In December 2015, Zimmerman tweeted two photos of a topless woman he claimed was his ex-girlfriend, and accused her of cheating and of the theft of his firearm and money. He included her phone number and e-mail address on his tweet. Less than two hours later, Zimmerman's Twitter account was suspended by its administration, according to their policy against posting another person's private and confidential information, including e-mail addresses, phone numbers and familiar photos.[68][69] Zimmerman's tweet included a statement against Muslims.[70]
Gun sale
On May 11, 2016, Zimmerman posted what was planned to be the auction of the firearm he used to shoot Martin. The post, in which Zimmerman wrote that the gun was "an American Firearm icon", attracted controversy. Zimmerman subsequently explained that the Justice Department had recently returned the weapon to him. He said that he had the right as owner to sell it.[71] Zimmerman said the proceeds of the weapon would go to combating the violence against police officers by members of the Black Lives Matter movement as well as "ensure the demise of Angela Corey's persecution career and Hillary Clinton's anti-firearm rhetoric".[72] After selling the weapon, Zimmerman said that he had chosen to sell it directly as a result of Clinton "stumping around for a false campaign for the Trayvon Martin Foundation" and accused her of lying about the events of the shooting.[73][74]
Though the auction was set to take place May 12, the weapon listing was removed before the auction was scheduled to begin.[71] The original auction site, gunbroker.com, released a statement stating that they wanted no part in the listing or any of the publicity related to it. Zimmerman reposted the firearm on another site, United Gun Group. Within minutes, the site went down due to the intense traffic prompted by the listing.[75] As bidding proceeded, purported bidders began using fake names such as "Donald Trump" and "Tamir Rice" to place large bids on the weapon, which were interpreted as a joke.[76] Martin Shkreli expressed genuine interest so that he could either destroy the firearm or place it in a museum.[77] Moderators on the bidding sites caught additional scam actions.[78] On May 20, Zimmerman said he had accepted a bid of $250,000 for the weapon.[79][80]
The only reason this guy isn‘t the epitome of white trash is because he’s not white.
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It's long overdue for the two major parties to cease to exist and for a genuine political realignment. Neither party adequately represents their traditional core constituencies. Part of the whole point of a political party, I mean other than just being pure cancer the Founders hated and hoped in vain to avoid, is aggregating issues so at least some general cluster of these issues is important enough to voters to justify party loyalty.
That's just not happening any more.
Worse, there are absolutely critical issues to any modern society that aren't being addressed at all. Both parties are overtly hostile to freedom of speech. Neither party is remotely dedicated to the Constitution they've sworn to uphold, an empty oath if there ever was one, since it seems almost any significant political activity by either party is not just neutral or apathetic to the Constitution, but actively hostile to it.
These two cancerous parties really need to burn to the ground and be outright replaced. Maybe you have a preference for one or the other but it's really a preference as to whether you'd rather have liver cancer or pancreatic cancer. It's a shit choice and we deserve better.
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Honestly I still remember my favorite election cope from the 2020 election was how "HEY LIBTARDS, IF YOU WANT TO OWN US MORE THAN YOU SHOULD LOVE AN AUDIT IN A FAIR AND HONEST ELECTION BUT ONLY ON OUR TERMS OKAY?" as though lefties are as obsessed with owning their opponents as they are on petty things (granted there are many that do such as Movieslob for example) which is funny since they boasted how they understand liberals more than how they understand conservatives.
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My favorite election cope was thinking Hunter Biden’s penis was going to result in a 400+ EV blowout for Trump.
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My favorite part of that is that Joe Biden ended up looking like a good dad who loves his fuckup son despite the fact that Hunter is a trainwreck. Somehow they think this was a L because a truly good dad is emotionally barren towards his son and treats him like a complete failure and piece of shit, like Trump did to DJTJ.
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Also Biden didn’t run as a moral scold. Even the Trump campaign itself did little or nothing with it but some segments of the base thought this was some watershed moment. The same people who thought “grab em by the pussy” was ok but a candidate’s neer do well son’s dong was going to ruin his father’s chances. Can’t have it both ways!
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So fucking what, MSNBC edited his 911 call and magazines artificially lightened his skin in photographs. He was still getting his head cracked on the curb and we had a full media blitz about how innocent and angelic Trayvon was.Indeed, George Zimmerman, man of extreme virtue and future saint. The media sure did vilify this poor, innocent individual,
George Zimmerman - Wikipedia
Life after the trial
Domestic violence arrests
In 2013, Zimmerman's estranged wife called 911 to report that Zimmerman had assaulted her father and was threatening her with a gun. Zimmerman was not charged over the incident.[41] In November of that same year, Zimmerman was charged with felony aggravated assault after he allegedly pointed a shotgun at his girlfriend during a domestic violence incident. The case was later dropped.[42] In January 2015, Zimmerman was again charged with domestic assault after allegedly throwing a wine bottle at a different girlfriend. Again the charges were later dropped.[43][44]
Shooting by Matthew Apperson
On September 9, 2014, Zimmerman was named by police in a road rage incident in which another driver, later named by police as Matthew Apperson, claimed that Zimmerman followed and threatened him.[45][46] Zimmerman later claimed in testimony that Apperson approached him over a rear tire leaking air, which Zimmerman was already aware of. He had explained this to Apperson before Apperson asked if Zimmerman knew he was "wrong for killing that little black boy". Zimmerman lost Apperson after the two stopped at a gas station and Zimmerman drove off.[47]
On May 11, 2015, Apperson shot at Zimmerman while the two were driving in separate cars on a street in Lake Mary. Zimmerman was grazed by glass and metal shards when the bullet broke through his passenger-side window and was stopped by the metal window frame, causing minor facial injuries from flying glass and debris. Zimmerman flagged down a police officer and was taken to the hospital.[48][49][50] Apperson maintained that Zimmerman was the aggressor and that Apperson acted in self-defense.[51][52] Zimmerman also had a gun with him at the time of the incident, but Zimmerman's attorney said that "George absolutely denies having shown it, waved, displayed, pointed it." A Lake Mary police spokesperson stated that "the investigation has proven that George Zimmerman was not the shooter."[51]
On May 15, 2015, Apperson was jailed in Sanford, Florida with a bond of $35,000.[53] While free on bond, Apperson was accused, convicted and jailed for disorderly conduct, which revoked his bond.[54] Lake Mary PD "learned that Apperson has exhibited unusual behaviors in which he had recently been admitted to a mental institution. It appears that Apperson has a fixation on Zimmerman and has displayed some signs of paranoia, anxiety, and bipolar disorder."[55]
On September 22, 2015, a judge ruled Apperson would stand trial for second-degree attempted murder along with one count of aggravated assault and one count of shooting into an occupied vehicle.[47][54][56] Apperson was convicted of attempted murder and aggravated assault with a firearm on September 16, 2016.[57] On October 17, 2016, Apperson was sentenced to 20 years in prison on the charge of attempted 2nd-degree murder. He was also given a 15-year concurrent sentence for aggravated assault stemming from the same incident.[58][59]
Paintings
Painting of an American flag by Zimmerman
In December 2013, Zimmerman began selling paintings he had made. His first painting, of an American flag, sold for $100,099.99 on eBay in late December.[60]
On the auction page for the painting, Zimmerman wrote:
It was later reported that the American flag painting was copied without attribution from a stock image taken from Shutterstock.[61]
In January 2014, the Associated Press and a Jacksonville, Florida photographer Rick Wilson demanded that Zimmerman halt the sale of one of his paintings because the news agency asserted it directly copied a photo owned by the AP. The photo and painting identically show Jacksonville-based prosecutor Angela Corey (whose office prosecuted Zimmerman for the shooting death of Martin) holding her thumb and fingers together. Zimmerman apparently made up the quote that he added to the painting: "I have this much respect for the American judicial system." The controversy was similar to that arising from the use of an AP photo by Shepard Fairey in his composition of the Barack Obama "Hope" poster.[62] Led by attorney John Michael Phillips, the cease and desist halted the sale of this and other paintings by Zimmerman.
In August 2015, Zimmerman began selling a limited number of prints of a painting of the Confederate battle flag in conjunction with gun seller Andy Hallinan of Florida Gun Supply, in Inverness, Florida. Hallinan is known for saying that Muslims were not welcome at his store, and that it was "Muslim free". Michael Walsh of Yahoo! News observed, "Zimmerman's latest painting brings together three highly controversial topics with which the nation is dealing: the deaths of young black men, the Confederate battle flag and discrimination against American Muslims."[63]
Andrew Russeth of the New York Observer appraised Zimmerman's work as likened to paint by number.[60] Jason Edward, a contributing editor at Art+Auction, referred to the paintings as "very primitive, the sort of thing an art critic wouldn't look at twice."[60] Christian Viveros-Fauné, an art critic for the Village Voice, has referred to Zimmerman's artistic endeavors as constituting "murderabilia".[60]
Twitter scandals
In late August 2015, controversy centering on Zimmerman arose when his Twitter profile picture of a Confederate flag "backed by an American flag" (in his words) became better-known. Frequently criticized posts of his from August included one in which Zimmerman called Obama an "ignorant baboon";[64]one in which he posted an image of Vester Lee Flanagan, an African-American former news reporter who shot and killed two ex-coworkers during a live broadcast, and wrote, "If Obama had a son..."; and another in which Zimmerman typed, in response to people who wanted him killed, that the United States understands "how it ended for the last moron that hit me" (in reference to Trayvon Martin).[65]
In September 2015, Zimmerman retweeted a photo of Martin's slain body posted by another Twitter user, who had the caption: "Z-Man is a one man army". Several days later, Zimmerman posted a letter saying that the photo in the original tweet was marked as "sensitive" and was blocked, so he retweeted it because of the text message without seeing the photo.[66][67]
In December 2015, Zimmerman tweeted two photos of a topless woman he claimed was his ex-girlfriend, and accused her of cheating and of the theft of his firearm and money. He included her phone number and e-mail address on his tweet. Less than two hours later, Zimmerman's Twitter account was suspended by its administration, according to their policy against posting another person's private and confidential information, including e-mail addresses, phone numbers and familiar photos.[68][69] Zimmerman's tweet included a statement against Muslims.[70]
Gun sale
On May 11, 2016, Zimmerman posted what was planned to be the auction of the firearm he used to shoot Martin. The post, in which Zimmerman wrote that the gun was "an American Firearm icon", attracted controversy. Zimmerman subsequently explained that the Justice Department had recently returned the weapon to him. He said that he had the right as owner to sell it.[71] Zimmerman said the proceeds of the weapon would go to combating the violence against police officers by members of the Black Lives Matter movement as well as "ensure the demise of Angela Corey's persecution career and Hillary Clinton's anti-firearm rhetoric".[72] After selling the weapon, Zimmerman said that he had chosen to sell it directly as a result of Clinton "stumping around for a false campaign for the Trayvon Martin Foundation" and accused her of lying about the events of the shooting.[73][74]
Though the auction was set to take place May 12, the weapon listing was removed before the auction was scheduled to begin.[71] The original auction site, gunbroker.com, released a statement stating that they wanted no part in the listing or any of the publicity related to it. Zimmerman reposted the firearm on another site, United Gun Group. Within minutes, the site went down due to the intense traffic prompted by the listing.[75] As bidding proceeded, purported bidders began using fake names such as "Donald Trump" and "Tamir Rice" to place large bids on the weapon, which were interpreted as a joke.[76] Martin Shkreli expressed genuine interest so that he could either destroy the firearm or place it in a museum.[77] Moderators on the bidding sites caught additional scam actions.[78] On May 20, Zimmerman said he had accepted a bid of $250,000 for the weapon.[79][80]
The only reason this guy isn‘t the epitome of white trash is because he’s not white.
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It didn't help that most people voted for Biden just really didn't want Trump to get a second term since he comes across as an annoying asshole to them and his lackluster response to COVID and the riots (Monitoring the Situation doesn't count) probably turned people off. It's rare for a president to win solely based on the appeal of not being their opponent but Biden is an outlier since he won in a year of outliers where so much bad shit happened that people would rather trust some bland cardboard they've seen before rather than the current president. If Trump were more competent or if COVID didn't happen he would've won.
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Be the change you want to see in the world.
I've been trying to get progressives to change the voting system since 2000 at least. You have to start at the local level and then work your way up with ranked choice.
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Maybe but people forget how much Trump’s 2016 win was a triple bankshot. He won on razor thin margins in the rust belt and upper midwest to secure his victory. He also ran against the most loathed candidate in recent history…and still lost the popular vote. He won those thin margins by promising on a focus of immigration, infrastructure, and trade; these three things were actually worse off in 2020 than 2016. It’s why Trump ran on the retarded boilerplate “capitalism vs socialism” campaign. I think Trump was going to lose no matter what.
It’s practically the same shit with Ron DeSantis. In 2018, he ran against a gay black tweaker and only won by 30,000 votes out of 8.2 million votes cast. If the Democrats find anyone halfway competent, Zion Ron will be packing his bags. He can keep taking brave and bold positions regarding big tech censorship…and have it only apply to politicians. He is another con artist and the best thing to happen to him is lose the 2022 governor race so people don’t fall for another grift.
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It's Florida, so I doubt it.
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"And on that day, it was learned thusly, that one simply cannot Simmer the Zimmer!"Indeed, George Zimmerman, man of extreme virtue and future saint. The media sure did vilify this poor, innocent individual,
George Zimmerman - Wikipedia
Life after the trial
Domestic violence arrests
In 2013, Zimmerman's estranged wife called 911 to report that Zimmerman had assaulted her father and was threatening her with a gun. Zimmerman was not charged over the incident.[41] In November of that same year, Zimmerman was charged with felony aggravated assault after he allegedly pointed a shotgun at his girlfriend during a domestic violence incident. The case was later dropped.[42] In January 2015, Zimmerman was again charged with domestic assault after allegedly throwing a wine bottle at a different girlfriend. Again the charges were later dropped.[43][44]
Shooting by Matthew Apperson
On September 9, 2014, Zimmerman was named by police in a road rage incident in which another driver, later named by police as Matthew Apperson, claimed that Zimmerman followed and threatened him.[45][46] Zimmerman later claimed in testimony that Apperson approached him over a rear tire leaking air, which Zimmerman was already aware of. He had explained this to Apperson before Apperson asked if Zimmerman knew he was "wrong for killing that little black boy". Zimmerman lost Apperson after the two stopped at a gas station and Zimmerman drove off.[47]
On May 11, 2015, Apperson shot at Zimmerman while the two were driving in separate cars on a street in Lake Mary. Zimmerman was grazed by glass and metal shards when the bullet broke through his passenger-side window and was stopped by the metal window frame, causing minor facial injuries from flying glass and debris. Zimmerman flagged down a police officer and was taken to the hospital.[48][49][50] Apperson maintained that Zimmerman was the aggressor and that Apperson acted in self-defense.[51][52] Zimmerman also had a gun with him at the time of the incident, but Zimmerman's attorney said that "George absolutely denies having shown it, waved, displayed, pointed it." A Lake Mary police spokesperson stated that "the investigation has proven that George Zimmerman was not the shooter."[51]
On May 15, 2015, Apperson was jailed in Sanford, Florida with a bond of $35,000.[53] While free on bond, Apperson was accused, convicted and jailed for disorderly conduct, which revoked his bond.[54] Lake Mary PD "learned that Apperson has exhibited unusual behaviors in which he had recently been admitted to a mental institution. It appears that Apperson has a fixation on Zimmerman and has displayed some signs of paranoia, anxiety, and bipolar disorder."[55]
On September 22, 2015, a judge ruled Apperson would stand trial for second-degree attempted murder along with one count of aggravated assault and one count of shooting into an occupied vehicle.[47][54][56] Apperson was convicted of attempted murder and aggravated assault with a firearm on September 16, 2016.[57] On October 17, 2016, Apperson was sentenced to 20 years in prison on the charge of attempted 2nd-degree murder. He was also given a 15-year concurrent sentence for aggravated assault stemming from the same incident.[58][59]
Paintings
Painting of an American flag by Zimmerman
In December 2013, Zimmerman began selling paintings he had made. His first painting, of an American flag, sold for $100,099.99 on eBay in late December.[60]
On the auction page for the painting, Zimmerman wrote:
It was later reported that the American flag painting was copied without attribution from a stock image taken from Shutterstock.[61]
In January 2014, the Associated Press and a Jacksonville, Florida photographer Rick Wilson demanded that Zimmerman halt the sale of one of his paintings because the news agency asserted it directly copied a photo owned by the AP. The photo and painting identically show Jacksonville-based prosecutor Angela Corey (whose office prosecuted Zimmerman for the shooting death of Martin) holding her thumb and fingers together. Zimmerman apparently made up the quote that he added to the painting: "I have this much respect for the American judicial system." The controversy was similar to that arising from the use of an AP photo by Shepard Fairey in his composition of the Barack Obama "Hope" poster.[62] Led by attorney John Michael Phillips, the cease and desist halted the sale of this and other paintings by Zimmerman.
In August 2015, Zimmerman began selling a limited number of prints of a painting of the Confederate battle flag in conjunction with gun seller Andy Hallinan of Florida Gun Supply, in Inverness, Florida. Hallinan is known for saying that Muslims were not welcome at his store, and that it was "Muslim free". Michael Walsh of Yahoo! News observed, "Zimmerman's latest painting brings together three highly controversial topics with which the nation is dealing: the deaths of young black men, the Confederate battle flag and discrimination against American Muslims."[63]
Andrew Russeth of the New York Observer appraised Zimmerman's work as likened to paint by number.[60] Jason Edward, a contributing editor at Art+Auction, referred to the paintings as "very primitive, the sort of thing an art critic wouldn't look at twice."[60] Christian Viveros-Fauné, an art critic for the Village Voice, has referred to Zimmerman's artistic endeavors as constituting "murderabilia".[60]
Twitter scandals
In late August 2015, controversy centering on Zimmerman arose when his Twitter profile picture of a Confederate flag "backed by an American flag" (in his words) became better-known. Frequently criticized posts of his from August included one in which Zimmerman called Obama an "ignorant baboon";[64]one in which he posted an image of Vester Lee Flanagan, an African-American former news reporter who shot and killed two ex-coworkers during a live broadcast, and wrote, "If Obama had a son..."; and another in which Zimmerman typed, in response to people who wanted him killed, that the United States understands "how it ended for the last moron that hit me" (in reference to Trayvon Martin).[65]
In September 2015, Zimmerman retweeted a photo of Martin's slain body posted by another Twitter user, who had the caption: "Z-Man is a one man army". Several days later, Zimmerman posted a letter saying that the photo in the original tweet was marked as "sensitive" and was blocked, so he retweeted it because of the text message without seeing the photo.[66][67]
In December 2015, Zimmerman tweeted two photos of a topless woman he claimed was his ex-girlfriend, and accused her of cheating and of the theft of his firearm and money. He included her phone number and e-mail address on his tweet. Less than two hours later, Zimmerman's Twitter account was suspended by its administration, according to their policy against posting another person's private and confidential information, including e-mail addresses, phone numbers and familiar photos.[68][69] Zimmerman's tweet included a statement against Muslims.[70]
Gun sale
On May 11, 2016, Zimmerman posted what was planned to be the auction of the firearm he used to shoot Martin. The post, in which Zimmerman wrote that the gun was "an American Firearm icon", attracted controversy. Zimmerman subsequently explained that the Justice Department had recently returned the weapon to him. He said that he had the right as owner to sell it.[71] Zimmerman said the proceeds of the weapon would go to combating the violence against police officers by members of the Black Lives Matter movement as well as "ensure the demise of Angela Corey's persecution career and Hillary Clinton's anti-firearm rhetoric".[72] After selling the weapon, Zimmerman said that he had chosen to sell it directly as a result of Clinton "stumping around for a false campaign for the Trayvon Martin Foundation" and accused her of lying about the events of the shooting.[73][74]
Though the auction was set to take place May 12, the weapon listing was removed before the auction was scheduled to begin.[71] The original auction site, gunbroker.com, released a statement stating that they wanted no part in the listing or any of the publicity related to it. Zimmerman reposted the firearm on another site, United Gun Group. Within minutes, the site went down due to the intense traffic prompted by the listing.[75] As bidding proceeded, purported bidders began using fake names such as "Donald Trump" and "Tamir Rice" to place large bids on the weapon, which were interpreted as a joke.[76] Martin Shkreli expressed genuine interest so that he could either destroy the firearm or place it in a museum.[77] Moderators on the bidding sites caught additional scam actions.[78] On May 20, Zimmerman said he had accepted a bid of $250,000 for the weapon.[79][80]
The only reason this guy isn‘t the epitome of white trash is because he’s not white.
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I gotta admit, with that list of charges, you truly cannot flim flam the zim zam.
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They genuinely thought Biden's love for his son was going to destroy him.
If that doesn't say anything about how these people think, I don't know what does.
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It didn't help that they focused too much on Hunter than anything Joe actually did. Like if they focused on shady shit Joe Biden himself did than if his son was some crackhead who fucked whores it would've been more substantive.
Then again whenever these people argue they always bring up exceptions and shit (i.e. Nurses dancing on Tiktok, one article saying extremist shit, or something a few idiots said) as a way to generalize their opponents or paint the world as some woke paradise of hedonistic douchebags.