George Zimmerman, 29, was pulled over July 28 at 12:54 p.m for speeding near the town of Forney, Texas, with his gun in the glove compartment, reports Mediaite.com.[1]
The incident occurred mere weeks after a jury of 6 women — 5 White and one Latina of unknown race — decided that he was ‘not guilty’ of second-degree murder for killing unarmed, 17-year-old Trayvon Martin as he attempted to walk home from the store.
Zimmerman informed the police officer that the gun was in the car shortly after he approached , and upon questioning said that he was going “nowhere in particular.”
The town of Forney is about 20 miles east of Dallas, Texas.
According to CBS News, Zimmerman was driving a gray Honda pick-up with Florida plates and had the following exchange with the police officer:
Officer: “Where you headed to?”
Zimmerman: “Nowhere in particular.”
Officer: “Nowhere in particular? Why do you say that?”
Zimmerman: “You didn’t see my name?”
Officer: What a coincidence.”
See dash-cam footage below:
Zimmerman’s background was checked, and he was given the following verbal warning:
“Just take it easy, go ahead and shut your glove compartment and don’t play with your firearm, okay?”
After being told to “have a safe trip,” Zimmerman was then allowed to leave.
As previously reported by NewsOne[2], this is the second public Zimmerman sighting. The former neighborhood kill captain was allegedly one of two men who came to the aid of the Gerstle family of four: Dana, 41; Mark, 52; and their two children, Sadie and Matthew, when their blue Ford SUV rolled over on a highway in Seminole County, Florida.
That story has been called into question, though, because the reporting sheriff deputy, Patrick Rehder[3], is a public Zimmerman supporter, no one else spoke to Zimmerman at the scene and it is believed that Zimmerman was called to the scene by the sheriff’s department in a desperate media grab for positive attention.
Though mainstream media rushed to paint killer Zimmerman as a “hero” after allegedly rescuing the family, they do not want to be affiliated with the man guilty of killing unarmed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.
Read more of that story here.[4]
RELATED:
Cornel West: President Obama Is A Global George Zimmerman [VIDEO][5]
Zimmerman Juror: His ‘Heart Was In The Right Place’ [VIDEO][6]
References
- ^Mediaite.com. (www.mediaite.com)
- ^NewsOne (newsone.com)
- ^Patrick Rehder (ivn.us)
- ^here. (newsone.com)
- ^Cornel West: President Obama Is A Global George Zimmerman [VIDEO] (newsone.com)
- ^Zimmerman Juror: His ‘Heart Was In The Right Place’ [VIDEO] (newsone.com)
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