BREAKING: George Zimmerman Launches Website, Features Vandalized Black Cultural Center

[kpete]

Source: Think Progress

BREAKING: George Zimmerman Launches Website, Features Vandalized Black Cultural Center
By Judd Legum on Apr 9, 2012 at 6:09 pm
According to NBC News correspondent Mara Schiavocampo, George Zimmerman has launched a new website:

Mara Schiavocampo@maracamp
Zimmerman's attorneys have confirmed the site is operated & authorized by him RT @thinkprogress:@maracamp How do you know this is authentic?
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On the website — therealgeorgezimmerman.com — Zimmerman solicits donations to support his “living expenses and legal defense.” He also features a photo of a vandalized black cultural center at Ohio State Universityhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/05/george-zimmerman-supporter_n_1406071.html


Zimmerman alleges that other purported legal defense funds are not actually providing him with financial support.

Read more: http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/04/09/461201/breaking-george-zimmerman-launches-website-features-vandalized-black-cultural-center/

[freshwest]

1. Sure, George.

[truthisfreedom]

2. I give him about one more month of freedom.

[zeemike]

15. If he is arrested he will spend a few hours at the jail

then it is out on bail and free for the next few years as the trial drags on and on...just like OJ...and likely with similar results.

[tblue37]

27. Maybe, like Tom Delay, he will have time to go on _Dancing with the Stars_. nt

[Ecumenist]

3. AND.....the site is down! Boy, that was quick. It was also T.A.C.K.Y!! Stay Classy,

zimmy, I bet your parents are proud.

[Tx4obama]

8. It's not been taken down, it is just getting too much traffic and it's overloaded.

I had the same problem. Just keep refreshing and the pages will come up eventually.

The graffiti photo is on his site via the 'Album' link there.

[fantomas]

14. Hosted by GoDaddy too

Poor elephants.

[zeemike]

16. From all the right wingers going there to help him out with some money

These people know exactly how to play the game
They spent the last month making him into martyr and now he will have a flood of money to work with.

[primavera]

50. ALEC will probably pick up his tab - n/t

[thecrow]

51. Maybe we'll see him running for office soon!

Wheeee!
Wouldn't that be special?

[lark]

56. I went there to tell him he was was a murdering fuck and I wouldn't spit on him to put out a fire

only I couldn't find a place to make comments. Booo. I tried anyway and hope he got the bad vibes I was sending to him. Can't wait until he's in jail, but am concerned about Angela Corey not taking this to grand jury.

[Katashi_itto]

33. We'll see...posting it to 4chan...

[mike_c]

4. bwahahahahaha-- he needs to feed the hamsters....

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[blitzburgh55]

5. http://www.therealgeorgezimmerman.com/

LOL.

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[Lil Missy]

6. I see. He can't win on the merits so he has to besmirch blacks in general. Ohio State???

Pathetic.

[jade3000]

20. Why did he post that Ohio State photo?

That is extremely bizarre to me. Surely, he must realize that makes him look racist.

[lunasun]

28. Not looking racist to the people donating...........?

[Lil Missy]

43. Because he's a desperate bigot grasping at straws. n/t

[RZM]

7. I find it hard to believe that this isn't a hoax

Although according to the tweet, his lawyers confirmed it was him. I'd like to see additional confirmation of that before taking it to the bank.

If it was him, it was not a bright move at all. I would think his lawyers would instruct him to take it down immediately.

[robinlynne]

9. agreed.

[CreekDog]

69. well you were wrong

[RZM]

70. Thanks for the heads up there, Creekster

I'm wrong quite often, especially when making a prediction without hard evidence.

BTW, I was also leaning towards Zimmerman not being charged. Looks like I was wrong there too.

Have a nice day.

[spicegal]

10. This would have been way better for GZ if the police had done their job.

By not serving justice in the beginning, they've caused this thing to mushroom out of control.

[Boabab]

19. In fairness, the lead Sanford police detective tried to.

He wanted to charge GZ, at least, for manslaughter. However, he was overruled by the State Attorney's Office.

Even after the case mushroomed nationally, had the new prosecutor quickly arrested and charged the killer, things would have calmed down. Now, both sides are dug in. The fact that GZ has not been arrested or charged has given his supporters the leeway to proclaim that he's innocent.

Of course, rational people know differently, but just check out some of the mainstream media message boards. GZ is getting plenty of love there.

I just want to see the autopsy report, and am shocked that it hasn't been leaked yet.

[amandabeech]

62. From what I've read about Florida law here on the internet, I wouldn't expect to see the autopsy

until Z was charged or indicted. Under Florida law as I understand it, the prosecutor puts into the public record any information that it provides to the defense. It gives that info to the defense when charges are filed by the prosecutor or when the grand jury indicts someone.

There have been many leaks in this case, some of them of very dubious origin. It appears that the medical examiner has maintained much better information security than others.

Don't be shocked if information does not leak--that generally reflects a well-run organization.

[fantomas]

11. A sure fire way to reduce his living expenses...

Arrest him today and deny him bail.

[wandy]

12. My My. All the thrills and spills. I hope they get the final rewrite done soon....

I can't wait for the movie.
George Zimmerman; the greatest suburban hero since, who? John Galt?
I think we're being sold something here.
I don't think it's a movie ticket.
Ahaaaaa. The wonderfully goodness that can come out of an armed and unbalanced neighborhood watch.
Ya that's it. Let's all get our gun, or a brick or a stick and protect the citizens from someone that we don't like the looks of!
Stand You're Ground. Kill it first. No need to ask questions later.

[southernyankeebelle]

13. Am surprised that his Lawyers would support such a thing. I have a feeling all

the shit he and his folllowers are saying isn't going to help him.

[abelenkpe]

17. You think his blatant racism and paranoia

might be a bad thing?

I'd agree if we lived in a normal world during normal times.

[southernyankeebelle]

21. No I think is puts a light on his racist friends.

[abelenkpe]

23. It does do that :)

[southernyankeebelle]

25. Yep it sure does.

[amandabeech]

60. You're taught in law school that all clients, including those accused of murder,

deserve the best defense that his or her lawyers can mount.

It isn't easy for an attorney to remove him or herself from representing someone with whom the lawyer has a representation agreement. The agreement is often verbal for a bit and then reduced to writing.

Finding that your client is guilty is not a reason for which attorneys may recuse (?--I just got off the phone from an hour chatting with my Mom and I'm finding the Kenwood 2010 Sonoma Chardonnay to taste particularly good--she's 90, god bless her, but sometimes old themes in our relationship reprise themselves to the detriment of who we are today, but I digress) him or herself.

Zimmerman's lawyers are resigning because their client will not cooperate with them and had told the prosecutor, Ms. Corey, that those guys do not represent him, but are legal advisors, sort of like the status of court-appointed attorneys to a pro se (representing him or herself) defendant.

If all of this sounds nuts to you, it sounds nuts to Zimmerman's former attorneys because in their press conference (which I see as partially as a call for Zimmerman to come in from the cold (or the hot since Z may still be in the South), because the attorneys said that they thought that Zimmerman may have cracked from the shock of the shooting, the seclusion, the bounty on his head, and the media spectacular led by Rev. Al Sharpton, with whom I often agree generally but who has left a bad taste in my mouth after the Tawana Bradley circus.

[southernyankeebelle]

64. Well god bless your 90 year old mother. I wish my mother was still around. I lost her at the age

of 65. Yes I agree with everything you said. It is a crazy case.

[amandabeech]

65. Thanks for your support! Really old oldies can be a blessing,

but they can often be cantankerous.

I'm sorry that your mother left us at the not-so-old age of 65. I like to hope that people like your mom are watching from a better place, and can get that nice Kenwood Chardonnay if they please.

What fools we must look to them!

[southernyankeebelle]

66. LOL, my momma was a great momma. Now she might cook with wine more than drink it.

But she like drinking it once and awhile. My mother-in-law now was something else. When her huband died she seemed to go into her 2d childhood. She started hanging around the 50 yr old guys who loved to drink. She was in her mid 80s. Talk about cantankerous. Wow she gave us a run for our money that is for sure.. The trouble she managed to get herself in you wouldn't believe me if I told you. I laugh now but it wasn't funny at the time. I think her husband kept her in line. She finally died at the age of 89. I hate to say it but it was a relief.

[amandabeech]

67. Wow! Your mother-in-law sounds like a handful.

I can understand your relief!

[southernyankeebelle]

68. I loved her to death but it truly was a relief. Can you see yourself going to court because your

80 something mother-in-law wanted to buy a bowl of soup but she was a little tipsy and she was driving on the wrong side of the road. They charged her with DWI at 9 pm at night. Wow the court room was packed with many cases that day. Then the judge calls her first because of her age. I went up with her. That damn judge asks me where was I all this time. I told him she is well over 85 and I was coming home from work and my husband had been at work. Can you see what his express was when I had to call him and ask him if he was sitting down. I told him he needed to bail his momma out of jail. I swear that last year she lived was such an experience. I would have never guess she was that way. It was funny after it was over. I happened to work for the local government at the time and they would kid me about it. I would tell them you wouldn't be laughing had it been your parent. But she really was a good person. After her husband died it was like she changed and wanted to do things she couldn't when her husband was alive.

[bongbong]

18. This is.......

..... kinda like domestic terrorists soliciting funds after they get caught.

Oh, wait, repigs do that all the time. IOKIYAR.

[olddad56]

22. Mr. Zimmerman might make one of the GOP candidates a good running mate.

[Cali_Democrat]

26. George Zimmerman and Joe the Plumber - 2016

Millions of GOPers would vote for this ticket, no doubt.

[Kablooie]

24. Okay, Anonymous. The gauntlet is down. Can you take on this challenge?

[-..__...]

32. Anonymous mind set types...

are just as likely to have created that website... not saying that they did, but with their checkered past, it's the kind of thing they would do just to stir shit up, or just for the LULZ.

[yardwork]

36. I can't think of any instance where Anonymous created a fake website, complete with racist photos,

misspellings, atrocious grammar, etc.

I believe that we are looking at a George Zimmerman original here.

[-..__...]

38. I didn't post that it was them...

or that they're behind it.

It's just my opinion (based on experience and observation), that this is the kind of thing they would do.

Stir shit up, generate controversy, red herring, LULZ... whatever.

misspellings, atrocious grammar, etc.

And, that would be the beauty of it/finishing touches of it... it has to appear convincing, but, that's only if one believes (or is certain), that Zimmerman is prone to "misspellings, atrocious grammar, etc".

I believe that we are looking at a George Zimmerman original here.

It probably is his website... it might very well be his website, and if it is... he needs to find better attorneys/legal advice.

If this has the blessings/advice of his legal team... he's fucked.

[Tunkamerica]

44. no

[got root]

40. you must be thinking of some other group

[KlondikeAnnie]

29. He invites comments on his website...

http://therealgeorgezimmerman.com/Contact.html

It does load. It just takes persistence.

[sakabatou]

30. He's not racist at all...

[KlondikeAnnie]

31. Zimmerman quotes Edmund Burke

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil, is that good men do nothing. - Edmund Burke."

http://therealgeorgezimmerman.com/Contact.html > Comments

[drm604]

57. You mean his lawyer, or his publicist, quotes Edmund Burke.

I'm doubtful that Zimmerman ever heard of Edmund Burke.

[ChazInAz]

34. Cute, a murdering racist quoting Edmund Burke.

Apparently he has very little in the way of self-awareness.
I left him a little message.

[KlondikeAnnie]

35. I'm glad to hear that

I hope he gets many little messages.

[KlondikeAnnie]

37. He calls the murder a "life altering event" for himself

Of course it was a "life altering event" for Trayvon, but that's not on his radar.

[Ruby the Liberal]

41. Well, be sure and print that at 600px to show your teacher tomorrow, Sparky.

[got root]

42. worst website

evah

[Iamnewhere]

45. No kidding...

With GZ's dad being a judge and his grandpa being a high level cia operative with family connections to cover things ups, you would wonder why this is so poorly done. Is this a reverse cia psyop? Makes you wonder. Will the truth come out?

[GreydeeThos]

46. This looks like a scam

Registrant:
1. Domains By Proxy, LLC Registrant. GoDaddy hosting
2. No email address on website
3. No email address for webmaster in ISP lookup list
4. Accepting donations by credit card of PayPal

Any supporter of Zimmerman who is stupid enough to give this website their credit card number deserves what is coming to them.

[chrisa]

61. Agree - how do we even know this is Zimmerman's site?

Not just someone who put it up in an effort to steal donations?

[barbtries]

47. they need to arrest his ass, fast.

then he won't have to worry about his living expenses - he'll be the guest of the state.

[lunatica]

48. I can't tell if he's happy to be famous or despairing to be unknown

[jpak]

49. I sent him Confederate Money - I'm sure he can find lots of folks that will accept it.

yup

[FunkyLeprechaun]

52. I Left him a little comment

It's easy to put in fake info and hide your IP number. He said in his "The Facts" website that the facts will come out. I said everything that's come out of this case- LIE- Broken nose/head bashed (FACT- Security Camera footage shows no sign of wounds), LIE- it's him crying on the 911 call (FACT- Voice experts say it's not him), LIE- He's not a racist (FACT- He's used racist language in the 911 calls), etc, etc. I put that in my comments and then ended with, "I wonder what your lawyers were thinking." (In terms of him setting up this website)

I didn't think that he'd do something even stupider and this comes out. I hope he gets a lot of comments like mine (not threatening but state what's been reported in the news, especially with the 911 tapes/witness statements/security camera footage). I hope they outnumber his defender comments 1,000 to one.

All of that said, it looks like a teabagger website as well.

[Catherine Vincent]

53. Did a freeper help him out with the layout?

Check out that huge flag displayed.

[MsFlorida]

54. Its really his website - was on local news this morning

n/t

[SunSeeker]

55. This will make a nice prosecution exhibit at his murder trial.

[KamaAina]

58. Sounds like a job for Anonymous

[Skeptikat]

59. I feel better now...

[99th_Monkey]

63. Does this make Paypal.com an accomplice? Obstructing justice maybe? Or? ~nt

[GoneOffShore]

71. I wonder how long until Anonymous takes a crack at that site?