Police won't charge George Zimmerman for alleged furniture theft

[Shampoyeto]

Source: UPI

The man acquitted in the shooting death of an unarmed black teen won't be charged with stealing furniture from his mother-in-law, Lake Mary, Fla., police said.

Department spokesman Officer Zach Hudson characterized the matter as "a civil dispute" between George Zimmerman and his mother-in-law landlord, Machelle Dean, the Orlando Sentinel reported Wednesday.

Zimmerman, 29, is the former Neighborhood Watch volunteer in Sanford, Fla., acquitted by a Seminole County jury in July in the death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. Zimmerman said he killed Martin in self-defense.

Zimmerman's mother-in-law, Machelle Dean filed a police report last month, accusing, Zimmerman of stealing a king-sized bed, an antique chair and several other furniture pieces from the house he rented from her, a police report said.





Read more: http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2013/10/24/Police-wont-charge-George-Zimmerman-for-alleged-furniture-theft/UPI-32311382636248/

[get the red out]

1. The teflon asshole

He can do just about anything and get off.

[Shampoyeto]

2. What did he do in this instance? nt

[get the red out]

3. According to the article.....

Zimmerman's mother-in-law, Machelle Dean filed a police report last month, accusing, Zimmerman of stealing a king-sized bed, an antique chair and several other furniture pieces from the house he rented from her, a police report said.

Dean also accused Zimmerman of defacing the kitchen cabinets by writing on them, the police report said.

[Shampoyeto]

6. I know but what did he do, is what I'm asking nt

[maddezmom]

7. According to the police report

He took some stuff and vandalized the kitchen. police said it is a civil matter so I guess they will have to sue him.

[uppityperson]

11. He stole and vandalized. And killed a teen. And threatened his wife, punched her dad. And pulled

over twice for speeding since the trial. But relating to this incident? Stole and vandalized.

[Nine]

29. applause

[jsr]

39. +1.

[lunatica]

44. LOL! n/t

[Shampoyeto]

52. what did he steal? nt

[uppityperson]

53. Did you even read the article you posted?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=631548

[Shampoyeto]

56. i didnt ask you what he was accused of stealing

I asked you what he stole. Does any human being think those are identical questions? You did not read the article.

[uppityperson]

57. I wasn't there so can not be an eye witness. Were you?

[Shampoyeto]

59. When did i say or imply i was an eyewitness? nt

[okaawhatever]

14. Because they describe his mother in law as his landlord, it would see the house was

furnished or semi-furnished when he rented it. When he moved he took it with him, or sold it while he was living there. Because it's considered part of the rental agreement, it's a civil matter. Also, with it being his mother in law they may not have had a lease so that could prove problematic. That's my guess. People are arrested criminally for doing that, especially taking appliances, so it would be interesting to see if it's Florida's laws that don't allow it or lack of documentation by the landlord. (mother in law).

[Shampoyeto]

25. "That's my guess"

Thanks.

[meanit]

28. What he allegedly did

is in your own OP.

[Shampoyeto]

60. the member did not say GZ "allegedly" stole something

He said he stole it. Did I ask what the allegation was? We all know what the allegation is.

[LanternWaste]

61. I'd hate to think you're holding others to a higher standard of rhetoric than you're holding yoursel

"We all know what the allegation is...."
You just wrote "we all", you of course have evidence to back up that everyone of any relevance has absolute certainty of that....?




I'd certainly hate to think you're merely holding others to a higher standard of rhetoric than you're holding yourself to

(of course, insert distinction without a difference here...)

[Shampoyeto]

62. Huh? Would anyone not know what the allegation is (furniture theft) after reading the article?

I don't get it. Explain your last post.

What's my standard? Not to say someone stole or did not steal something unless the allegation is proved? I hold everyone to that standard, including the person who says GZ stole something.

Lantern, what did Zimmerman steal?

[GreenStormCloud]

31. No. That type of sitution is a civil dispute.

Maybe they can go before "Judge Judy".

[scheming daemons]

4. OP is the new dkf

[get the red out]

10. I was just thinking that

[NoGOPZone]

24. .

[Recursion]

48. Anybody up for a deadpool?

I call midnight eastern time or so.

[maddezmom]

5. Oh boy

Your on a roll.

[KurtNYC]

8. "Stand your Ottoman" ?

"carpe d'sofa" ?

[cosmicone]

9. Only if the sofa was black and

had a slip-cover shaped like a hoodie.

[Ranchemp.]

26. I don't care what anyone says,

that there is the honest to god truth and funny.

[gopiscrap]

32. then it would get shot

[get the red out]

12. hilarious

I read that and remembered that the ottoman was the only survivor of the leather chair and ottoman my husband bought when our dog was a teething puppy. So I guess we should have taken her to court, except she was too damn cute.

[awoke_in_2003]

27. If Skittles was under the cushions...

she would have jumped out and kicked his ass

[gopiscrap]

13. What the fuck does he have on law enforcement in FL?

[okaawhatever]

15. They're probably big 2A and NRA supporters. Since NRA was behind stand your

ground laws, they have an interest in making these laws stick. Also, that Angela woman who was the special prosecutor is incredibly evil and politically corrupt so she may have put the word out.

[gopiscrap]

16. Yup, that's what I was kind of thinking also!

[gopiscrap]

17. welcome to DU

[dawn frenzy adams]

18. Remember?

Do not forget how the Mainstream Media protected Zimmerman? His attorney was given total access to CNN and Fox where lies were reported as facts about Trayvon Martin. The young man was totally scandalized by the press. Yet, Zimmerman, who had a criminal record of domestic violence and felony assault on a police officer, was quashed by the media.

This is how the media reports when people of color are involved. It's called the ni@@er treatment. When President Obama was running for his first term, Jerome Corsi, a known right-wing liar and so-called publisher, was permitted on CNN- where he proclaimed Obama was gay. Remember the sheer madness propagated by the media in both campaigns? Yet, John McCain's verified adultery, racism, incompetence, and violence against his colleagues, was kept from the public sphere. We see this with the Obama birth certificate. Again, liars were given space in the Mainstream Media to defame the President. The corrupt Mainstream Press has decided that Republican opinions, which are basically lies, should be treated as facts. This is why our country is a mess.

[okaawhatever]

22. Absolutely. I know why Reagan and Company started this whole right wing

takeover by removing almost all rules against the media. If people only know what you tell them, they'll support your takeover.

[gopiscrap]

33. It's because in order to get to the top of a corporation

or own a huge, you pretty much have to be a psychopath in order to get there (I know there are a few exceptions) and so these self absorbed ass wipes are the ones who own the media and have made the media their own person corporate whore. Almost all these shitstains are repukes. That's why the Democrats message never gets out

[bobopa]

19. His esteemed ranking

as a member of the KLAN is serving him well I see . . . .

[blackspade]

20. Can the cops cover his ass any more?

What is it with this guy?

[tofuandbeer]

21. If should have been arrested or not is one thing...

But this thug gets into trouble every few months, and still there are people who are standing behind him.
It's messed up. If I lived near him, I'd keep clear: to me, he seems very dangerous.

[appacom]

45. If I lived near him I'd be provocative (just a hair less than aggressive) and packing always.

[Cosmocat]

50. It isn't going to end well

Minus his getting the golden get out of jail free card x 2 (his dad, the ex-judge and becoming a right wing cause celebrate) he still has always been likely to end up in jail.

But, you enable a guy like this by his not being held accountable?

He IS going to end doing something so bad people can't protect him from it.

[tofuandbeer]

55. Yes. I agree.

[Nine]

30. By the way, UPI is not a great source. (nt)

[davidpdx]

34. API is a legitimate news source for LBN

Unlike RT News, Raw News, etc.

[Puzzledtraveller]

35. Had a client the other day, last name Zimmerman

I just called for him by his first name I really didn't feel like saying it out loud. It's like I developed an aversion to it. Through no fault of all the unrelated Z's in the world.

[Shampoobra]

42. Bob Dylan must have seen this coming, over 50 years ago

Changed his name from Bob Zimmerman to Bob Dylan:

What does the word "destiny" mean to Dylan?

"It's a feeling you have that you know something about yourself - nobody else does - the picture you have in your mind of what you're about will come true," says Dylan. "It's kind of a thing you kind of have to keep to your own self, because it's a fragile feeling. And if you put it out there, somebody will kill it. So, it's best to keep that all inside."

When Bradley asked Dylan why he changed his name from Robert Zimmerman, he said that was destiny, too. "Some people – you're born, you know, the wrong names, wrong parents. I mean, that happens," says Dylan. "You call yourself what you want to call yourself. This is the land of the free."

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/12/02/60minutes/main658799.shtml

[crim son]

36. Police won't charge Zimmerman with anything.

How is this news?

[Homer99x]

37. C'mon people

These people are in an ugly divorce. Hmmm, maybe that has something to do with it? Zimmerman is old news, you are being hoodwinked into not looking at everything else that is going on.

[gopiscrap]

38. welcome to DU

but I do think it's important because of the NRA money behind all this and the crookedness of the cops down there.

[Niceguy1]

40. I think it is drama

Related to a divorce...

[valerief]

41. Who is this clown sticking out his butt for?

[Posteritatis]

43. State might as well just cut the pretense and give him extraterritoriality. (nt)

[Shampoyeto]

46. the Lake Mary police is a local entity, not "state" entity

Did you know that?

[Recursion]

47. Who does this guy have pictures of?

Good lord

[kydo]

49. As the Village People would almost sing "whY, is this news"?

Why is this news? YMCA oh yeah Why is this news?

No really, why is this news? No one cares about the racist murder zimmerman, is loserman and doesn't deserve any more of our attention.

[bravenak]

51. I'm sure he'll stay out just long enough to kill somebody else.

Kid killers like killing. And he still has his gun. When he does kill his next victim, I hope their surviving family sue this police department for letting him go on a mini crime spree without repercussions.
This paranoid child killer has now assaulted people, destroyed his wife's iPad that had video of him possibly committing an offense, drives around armed ( ready to kill again), and has now committed theft.
Any one who defends this psychotic killer needs to have their head examined.

I for one will not support a child killer. I lost my first child and I couldn't imagine killing a kid. Kid killers need to be imprisoned for live and be forgotten about by society as a whole.
If I killed a kid I don't know how I'd look at myself in the mirror. Anybody that hires this guy needs to be boycotted. He should live a life of homelessness and degradation. Self respecting bums, street folks, prostitutes and crackheads, should spit on him when they see him sleeping in his shopping cart in the alley. Three legged dogs should piss on him. He should go hunting with Dick Cheney.

[pitbullgirl1965]

63. Beautifully stated

The arrogance of him: remember when he visited the gun factory? The same factory that manufactured his murder weapon?
He deserves hell on earth. I can't even look at the guy: those pictures of his fat, smug face were enraging.

Damn the two jury members who folded, and the prosecutors who didn't do their job.

[Myrina]

54. Jebus Criminy, that man can't get arrested or convicted for anything!!

What dirt does he have on the PD/Prosecutors??

[Arkana]

58. What's it gonna take for this guy?

He shoots and kills a defenseless black kid and gets off. Then he threatens his ex-wife and her father and walks away. Now he's stealing shit and getting away with it.