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Heather MC

(8,084 posts)
6. it's just a matter of time. Hopefully next time the victim will be white. and he will go to jail
Thu Aug 1, 2013, 12:11 AM
Aug 2013

Disclaimer i don't want any shot
but it's gonna happen scared guy with itchy trigger finger.

Maybe he will pull a Barney Fife and Shoot himself in foot

AsahinaKimi

(20,776 posts)
12. I do not get this....
Thu Aug 1, 2013, 04:13 AM
Aug 2013

He was not pulled over according to the video, yet the cop says he was pulled over for speeding. How did they figure he was speeding when He was already pulled over to the side flashing his blinkers? Some thing is not right with this.

Response to AsahinaKimi (Reply #12)

Cronus Protagonist

(15,574 posts)
5. Not the brightest bulb in the cutlery drawer, for sure
Thu Aug 1, 2013, 12:05 AM
Aug 2013

And I've never had a cop let me off for speeding - did he flash his breasts at the officer or what?

DallasNE

(7,402 posts)
10. Probably A Fee Paid Talk With Some Militia In Texas
Thu Aug 1, 2013, 01:12 AM
Aug 2013

Watch, he will be in demand as a speaker and get rich from this. And he will probably put the money in an offshore account to protect it from a civil suit.

pacalo

(24,721 posts)
11. I was thinking along the same lines.
Thu Aug 1, 2013, 02:50 AM
Aug 2013

When most people are asked where they're heading by an officer, they usually would say 'Dallas, Oklahoma City...'.

A thousand miles away from Stanford, FL, Zimbo says he's going 'nowhere in particular'. Is that to mean he's on an aimless road trip -- & where's all the luggage?

Why didn't he just instinctively tell the officer his destination?

Militia groups crossed my mind, too.

Midnight Writer

(21,745 posts)
8. "Please, Sir, stop playing with your gun". Really?
Thu Aug 1, 2013, 12:53 AM
Aug 2013

On what planet do you get pulled over by a cop, your glovebox is open, and you are HOLDING A GUN, and the cop, totally unalarmed, says "Please, sir, stop playing with your gun" I mean, I know it is Texas, but still.

What is it with this guy and the police? It brings to mind the police video of Zimmerman arriving at the Sanford Police Station after he had just shot an unarmed civilian. The cops turn their backs on him and walk into the station, while George walks BEHIND the squad car and FOLLOWS them into the building.

Or his "interrogation" by the police after the shooting, in which the detective seems to be giving Zimmerman advice. "I don't have a problem with that but...you have to realize, other people are going to be looking at this... you have to watch what you say." Really?

DallasNE

(7,402 posts)
9. So What Was The Speed Limit And How Fast Was He Clocked?
Thu Aug 1, 2013, 01:08 AM
Aug 2013

And how often do they issue warning tickets for going that much over the speed limit.

I have never been issued a warning ticket in my life and all 3 of my lifetime speeding tickets were for going 7 mph over the speed limit and all were out of State - one was a fixed wing craft flying overhead.

Murder must be a pretty profitable business because that vehicle costs over $30,000.

My guess is that he is on his way to some kind of speaking engagement for a fee, probably somewhere in Texas.

erpowers

(9,350 posts)
13. Bought Before Trial
Thu Aug 1, 2013, 08:28 AM
Aug 2013

It is possible George Zimmerman bought the vehicle before the start of the trial. Remember, hundreds of thousands of dollars were raised for Zimmerman's defense fund. However, before the trial started it was stated that Zimmerman had spend much of if not most of the money. Zimmerman never said what he had bought with the money.

AndyA

(16,993 posts)
15. Zimmerman thinks he doesn't have to obey the laws--he got away with murder
Thu Aug 1, 2013, 08:47 AM
Aug 2013

So he can do whatever he wants.

I don't think it will be long before Zimmerman's in the headlines again and someone is dead.

MissNostalgia

(159 posts)
16. My thought exactly
Thu Aug 1, 2013, 10:21 AM
Aug 2013

He will either shoot someone he knows or another innocent individual he 'suspects' as a danger. The right wing will pretend they never supported this guy if his next victim is white.

skamaria

(329 posts)
17. Chuck Zimmerman?
Thu Aug 1, 2013, 10:28 AM
Aug 2013


Ridin' along in my automobile
My baby beside me at the wheel
I stole a kiss at the turn of a mile
My curiosity runnin' wild

Cruisin' and playin' the radio
With no particular place to go.

Ridin' along in my automobile
I was anxious to tell her the way I feel,
So I told her softly and sincere,
And she leaned and whispered in my ear
Cuddlin' more and drivin' slow,
With no particular place to go.

No particular place to go,
So we parked way out on the Kokomo
The night was young and the moon was gold
So we both decided to take a stroll
Can you imagine the way I felt?
I couldn't unfasten her safety belt!

Ridin' along in my calaboose
Still tryin' to get her belt aloose
All the way home I held a grudge,
For the safety belt that
wouldn't budge
Cruisin' and playin' the radio
With no particular place to go.
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