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Showing Original Post only (View all)Oh Noes...the 'story' of the Zimmerman crash is falling apart at the seams.. [View all]
Less than one mile from where George Zimmerman killed 17 year-old Trayvon Martin, a new debate has erupted after a reported car crash involving an SUV carrying 4 family members flipped over and George as Juror B37 fondly calls him, put on his Superhero cape, then came out of hiding miraculously he happened to be at the right time and right place to save the trapped family. The responding officer who to went to the scene also happens to be a vocal George Zimmerman supporter on his Facebook account: Patrick Rehder.
Stay with me here, because the story gets really interesting.
NewsBall.com has a very detailed report
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Newsball continues, The plot thickens as there is NO mention of Officer Rehder meeting George Zimmerman at the crash scene anywhere on his facebook, despite the July 17th incident being sandwiched in between continual support of George Zimmerman both before, & from the aftermath of the trial.
Who else did not mention the accident? The people involved in the accident. Also, there are no pictures or videos of said accident. And the mother involved in the supposed crash deleted her Facebook page after being asked about the authenticity of the incident.
NewsBall.com reports further:
Longtime supporter (& one source still being investigated by NB is claiming friend) of George Zimmerman, Officer Patrick Rehders cell phone records reveal a text or call to George Zimmerman right after the 5:47 PM crash was called in. This tipped Zimmerman off to the car crash accident & to get there to assist the family before Officer Rehder arrived. Zimmerman, still hiding out in the same neighborhood that he killed Trayvon Martin in, was less then a mile away to jump into action & be a hero with his passive aggressive approach KNOWING that his name on the police report would eventually be made public. We didnt give Zimmerman enough credit he had a larger role in orchestrating this then we thought was possible.
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The family isnt talking, but Sanford Police Capt. Jim McAuliffe told reporters that Zimmerman, 29, was identified by Mark Gerstle as the man who pulled him from the mangled vehicle last week. George Zimmerman pulled me out, firefighters were told.
The sheriffs stated that the driver & passenger have expressed they are not interested in speaking with the media about this incident. They also never talked about it on their facebook walls. Nor did their family members. Nor did the responding office. Despite lots of talk of Zimmerman before & after the incident. & no pictures exist of the crash. Neither Mark or Dana Gerstle had a comment to NewsBall by the time of this publication.
UPDATE 7/23: Instead of a response from either parent from the emails we sent them, Dana Gerstles facebook has suddenly disappeared a day after we took all of her pictures from it:but her brother Joey Muffoletto & sister Angel Muffoletto Thurlow still remain on facebook never mentioning anything about their sisters car accident on their walls. Lets say that George did rescue a family of four. Why couldnt he defend himself against a 17 year-old during a fight? Id love to see the insurance reports and pictures of the accident in question.
Mark Gerstle the driver involved in the alleged accident, refuses to speak of the dynamic rescue by Zimmer Man. The family cancelled their scheduled Press Conference. Zimmerman defense team is now speaking on behalf of the family? Really? Why is that?
http://freakoutnation.com/2013/07/24/its-a-bird-its-a-plane-its-zimmer-man-but-his-reported-rescue-of-the-car-crash-seems-to-be-falling-to-pieces/
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Oh Noes...the 'story' of the Zimmerman crash is falling apart at the seams.. [View all]
HipChick
Jul 2013
OP
So a cop gets to the scene, texts Zim, then waits for him to show and pull them out?
NightWatcher
Jul 2013
#1
The hell with the NSA... why don't we just follow "curious George" around?
MrMickeysMom
Jul 2013
#244
I don't know what to say. A professional calls a non-professional to do his job?! Really now?!
vaberella
Jul 2013
#165
If I am in the predicament these people were in the crash I hope the officers recognize and take an
AlbertCat
Jul 2013
#235
Do you really want a responding police officer to stop driving & start texting his buddies
Doremus
Jul 2013
#260
He "saved" four people. That excuses him from responsibility of murdering one!
Nanjing to Seoul
Jul 2013
#114
I didn't believe it in the first place. I know there's such a thing as coincidence.
matthews
Jul 2013
#9
Ok every person who said I was wrong yesterday and the day before needs to read this post.
hrmjustin
Jul 2013
#13
I know. That is why Fox hasn't been on it 24/7. Because they would be on it nonstop
anneboleyn
Jul 2013
#179
I love how the people who scold "conspiracy theorists" claim to be critical thinkers
Bjorn Against
Jul 2013
#33
"Di Miao says he believes Zimmerman's nose was broken and that either Zimmerman or
nenagh
Jul 2013
#234
I never believed the story from the start simply because i saw those pictures of the streak
7962
Jul 2013
#207
The first time I heard the story..it reminded me of those carefully crafted Palin PR snowjobs
HipChick
Jul 2013
#71
At the risk of sounding like an Ass....I knew absolutely, positively this whole "Accident/Hero..
BlueJazz
Jul 2013
#51
There was a report from the scene, showed some skid marks, nothing else, said the
jtuck004
Jul 2013
#56
No falling apart at any seams, yet. And as to the accident victims speaking to the media,
GiaGiovanni
Jul 2013
#59
unsubstantiated, idiotic conspiracy posts about how Zimmerman attempted to illegally transfer money?
LanternWaste
Jul 2013
#221
Zimmerman targeted, stalked and KILLED a teen who was simply walking home from the store
Skittles
Jul 2013
#93
OMG! I feel terrible that I laughed but I did. Like the guy in Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
yardwork
Jul 2013
#92
I feel bad for this family being put in a middle of the crap. When it comes to Zimmerman
southernyankeebelle
Jul 2013
#113
Will we ever get to the bottom of this? I'd sure like to know and if George didn't really help
rainy
Jul 2013
#119
How come the family won't go on the record. And the cop at the scene is a big supporter and never
hrmjustin
Jul 2013
#130
A buddy and I were first at the scene once. It wasn't a real bad crash but we did have
brewens
Jul 2013
#121
I guess we'll see, won't we? Someone put it out there for a reason. It seems a little too
brewens
Jul 2013
#160
He was accused of molestation by a relative, so I wouldn't dismiss "predatory."
anneboleyn
Jul 2013
#177
Hope this goes down like OJs'. Missed the kill, got him on theft (?). In jail where he belongs.
toby jo
Jul 2013
#232
your post had to have been linked to other sites. 13K views? Impressive
Pretzel_Warrior
Jul 2013
#282