Florida Police Chief: George Zimmerman Is ‘a Sandy Hook Waiting to Happen’

[Hissyspit]

Source: Guardian

Florida police chief: George Zimmerman is ‘a Sandy Hook waiting to happen’

By Richard Luscombe, The Guardian
Friday, September 13, 2013 12:45 p.m.

A series of indiscreet emails by a Florida police chief has revealed his belief that Trayvon Martin’s killer George Zimmerman is a volatile character who is “a Sandy Hook waiting to happen”.

Steve Bracknell is the chief of the Lake Mary police department, which is investigating Zimmerman, 29, for allegedly threatening his estranged wife, Shellie, and his father-in-law with a gun on Monday.

In an email exchange with a Lake Mary resident critical of the department’s initial decision not to arrest or charge Zimmerman, Bracknell appears to agree with the writer’s description of Zimmerman, acquitted in July of murdering Martin, an unarmed black teenager, as “a ticking time bomb”.

“Zimmerman is a Sandy Hook, Aurora waiting to happen,” the resident, Santiago Rodriguez, told Bracknell in his first email, seeking an explanation for why Lake Mary officers did not charge Zimmerman.

“Your reference to Sandy Hook … I agree,” Bracknell replied.

Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/13/george-zimmerman-florida-police-chief

[onehandle]

1. The totality of gun culture is also.

He's just their poster child.

[gopiscrap]

13. yup he sure is!

[shenmue]

2. I think so too

Scary as it is, there's a lot wrong there.

[ForgoTheConsequence]

3. I agree.

And when he goes off those jurors are going to have to live with themselves and the decision they made to let a known killer walk free.

[Fantastic Anarchist]

5. Fucking cowards, those jurors.

[darkangel218]

26. I cant get out of my mind how that juror refered to GZ as George

The affection in her voice was sickening.

[Scairp]

11. Yep

He's an angry guy and I believe he was an angry guy even before he killed Trayvon, and whether he had a gun or not on his hip, it sounds as if he was making physical movements that intended to make his estranged spouse and her father believe he had a gun on his person. Plus he completely destroyed her iPad by smashing it to bits and then using a pocket knife on it. I don't believe that part is in dispute. That is a violent act, a threat intended to frighten them into believing he would to do something more if they goaded him into it. He showed up there after agreeing to stay away so she could come get her personal things, why did he do that? Most reasonable people not wishing to escalate the plethora of hard feelings that occur with divorce would have done. Of course, if I had been her I would have insisted on asking the police to be present. She must know better than anyone what is going on inside his head so why she didn't get a police escort is beyond me. I guess she thought her father being there was enough. It seems he wanted a confrontation and he got one. He needs a therapist and time out of the limelight to get himself together so that he doesn't become a killer again. Divorce is nasty sometimes, and I'm really glad these two don't have kids (they don't right?), but it's so much worse in this situation because he is such a notorious character who has already proven he is capable of killing an unarmed person for no reason other than the one he made up in his head. I hope someone in his family or a close friend can prevail upon him to get help to deal with his anger and his feelings of impotence that make him feel that he must carry a gun at all times, which he was doing even before his deadly encounter with Trayvon. Clearly his feelings of inadequacy are not new and have been enhanced 100 fold since he killed that kid. Now he thinks everyone wants to kill him as payback and he definitely MUST have a gun at all times (and, apparently, a bodyguard. Who's paying for that when he has put in a claim with the state to cover his legal bills?). Someone needs to convince him that most of the rest of society isn't like him, carrying firearms and looking to murder him because he got off on his killing of Trayvon.

[truth2power]

17. I think he's a sociopath. It's a character trait. Ergo...

"a therapist and time out of the limelight to get himself together" ain't gonna happen. Nohow, no way.

He is going to come to a bad end.

If Providence has any say in it, he'll avoid taking someone with him when he goes.

[Scairp]

28. I'm not sure

I think it might not be that bad. I think internally he's a frightened little man and doesn't know how to deal with his fear and anger except to lash out. He might actually be salvageable as a human being. I'm not a psychiatrist and wouldn't deign to try and guess what his mental health issues are, but at the very least he must be prevented from killing again and since the legal system chose not to stop him then the mental health system needs to step up and try and see to it he doesn't kill again. He's on the edge here, his infamy, his divorce. He is going to pop again if he doesn't get professional help.

[FarPoint]

24. You have characterized this most accurately.

Yes...he indeed was angry even before he murdered Trayvon....

[gopiscrap]

14. I agree...I would love to know who those jurors are

and have their face plastered all over the news the next time Zimmy kills some one!

[Fantastic Anarchist]

4. The guy is definitely dangerous ...

... someone please tell me that they took away his gun.

[Incitatus]

18. nope

In fact last I read, he has multiple guns.

[Fantastic Anarchist]

25. Fucking great.

[obama2terms]

6. What I don't get is

Why is all of this coming out now? If all of these people think this now, then they had to have thought it during the trial. And now they are whining about him being a ticking time bomb? Well guess what? If they had convicted his sorry ass we wouldn't be having these issues now would we? The stupidity of these people is painful, if they had spoke up a while back, GZ would be exactly where he needs to be, in prison.

[MisterP]

7. because an atmosphere of impunity is far more important than any one case that upholds

that selfsame atmosphere--or even what you choose to do with that impunity

[gopiscrap]

15. Too many threats, too much money floating around during the trial.

I am sure there were more than a few NRA lawyers more than willing to fuck up anyone's life who happened to have crossed their path.

[bearssoapbox]

8. Whats really sad, and frightening about the situation.

He probably won't do what's right and take just himself out.

There will be innocents killed in the crossfire.

[ejpoeta]

9. You know what happens when someone is bailed out of things

and never made to face consequences??? exactly what george zimmerman is doing right now.

[heaven05]

10. protecting this animal

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will make all who allowed this travesty/caricature to be roaming the streets of society to be complicit in his next shooting/murder/incident.

[gopiscrap]

16. Yep, my thoughts exactly and when it happens they should be exposed as such.

[gopiscrap]

12. I totally agree with the Police Chief now do something about it!

[davidn3600]

20. You can't. We are a reactionary justice system

You have to first break the law in order for the system to act.

[Stryder]

23. Depends who you are.

https://www.commondreams.org/further/2009/09/02-0

[Egnever]

19. A little late to the party

But yea..

[blkmusclmachine]

21. .

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[Snake Plissken]

22. This has to be exciting news for the Zimmerman fan club

Their hero is likely to murder more innocent children

[Aerows]

27. He really is

The man obviously has rage issues and carries guns. He has been absolved of Trayvon's murder which is likely to only encourage him to hurt more people.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

29. And yet there are STILL people here on DU who defend this racist asshole to no end and want him

to keep his fucking gun. It's sick!!