Zimmerman shooter must wear monitor

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Zimmerman shooter must wear monitor
| May 29, 2015 | Updated: May 29, 2015 2:54pm

Judge Debra Nelson on Friday ordered Matthew Apperson to wear the GPS device so Zimmerman will know when he's close by.

Apperson's attorney argued during a brief hearing that the monitoring was unnecessary.

Apperson was charged earlier this month with aggravated assault and battery for firing a gun into Zimmerman's car during a traffic run-in. Zimmerman had minor injuries.

A police report says Apperson had a fixation on the former neighborhood watch leader and had recently been admitted to a mental institution.


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[daleanime]

1. It would be simpler if we just locked Zimmerman up for the rest of his life...

that way he would be safe.

[bravenak]

2. Good.

They better have taken his guns too.

[warrant46]

3. Kind of like suicide by cop

Mess with Zimmerman, follow him, shoot at him

He needs his medication

[Paladin]

4. Yeah, because God forbid that Zimmerman be jeopardized by hostile gunfire.

Hardly any of you pro-gun militants have an appreciation of irony. Trust me, you don't know what you're missing.

[hack89]

7. So you want Zimmerman to be shot?

what a surprise.

[warrant46]

8. Based on Matthew Apperson's profile and actions

If he would have been shot for stalking Zimmerman, another jury would have given Zimmerman the keys to walk

[cmkramer]

17. You do realize

that if the sainted Trayvon hadn't sucker punched Zimmerman, knocked him to the ground and pounded his head on the pavement, he never would have been shot.

[Paladin]

18. Sounds like bullshit, now more than ever, given Zimmerman's subsequent behavior. (nt)

[ustilago]

19. You do realize...

...that it's very possible he was trying to disarm him?

If Zimmerman had listened to the cop and hadn't followed him, Martin wouldn't have had a reason to confront him. But I suppose if you were being shadowed by some random idiot with a gun while you were walking through some neighborhood at night minding your own business, you'd just cower on the ground and piss yourself.

[Lost-in-FL]

5. What for? For missing his shot? nt

[Jack-o-Lantern]

6. Zimmerman, always the victim.

[jmowreader]

9. I would order Zimmerman to wear one too

Zimmerman is not the model of stability...now Zimmy will know if Apperson is fixin' ta shoot him but Apperson won't have the same level of protection.

[davidpdx]

11. Just what I was thinking

They have the monitor on the wrong person.

[jmowreader]

15. No, it's not really that

I'm quite positive Apperson would blow Zimmerman's shit away given half the chance. I'm equally positive Zimmerman would do the same for Apperson. They BOTH need to give the other warning of their approach.

[davidpdx]

16. I agree, it can't be done forever

And if Zimmerman were to know Apperson were nearby, what would really stop Zimmerman from shooting Apperson even if no threat existed? I mean we know Zimmerman gets his kicks off on being a bully. All he has to do is say he was protecting himself.

[herding cats]

10. It would be amazing if they'd do this for women/men hiding from a violent person with a "fixation"

Instead they're usually told they have to give up their entire lives to hide from the person with the "fixation" on them if they want to remain safe until/if they're put behind bars. Then they have to be extra vigilant to not leave a trail for them to find when they get released. Because, "ultimately you're the only one who can assure your long term safety."

Our system is broken.

[davidpdx]

12. Zimmerman needs one of those magnetic collars put around his neck

like from the movie Wild Wild West. Then drop him off next to the nearest rail road track.

[Snobblevitch]

13. I actually think the judge made a good decision.

I also believe that judges should order these GPS devices to be worn by defendants waiting for trial for similar crimes that include assault on another person. The person assaulted should have an idea of the location of their alleged attacker.

[MisterP]

14. for Zimmerman they'll just follow the sirens, I guess