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In reply to the discussion: Far too many people are missing the point: This is an attempted police coverup. [View all]SunSeeker
(51,726 posts)56. It could also explain how he got those officer assault charges dropped.
Zimmerman was previously arrested for assaulting an officer. As I learned on Rachel Maddow, it's where that ubiquitous faceshot of him in the orange jumpsuit comes from.
Apparently he shoved a police officer at a bar near the University of Central Florida in 2005. Then, a month later, a woman accused Zimmerman of domestic violence and had an injunction filed against him.
http://www.northmobilepost.com/tag/george-zimmerman-arrested/
Ok, it is a disgusting fact that beating up on a woman in this country doesn't always land you in jail , but since when is shoving a cop ever blown off?
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Far too many people are missing the point: This is an attempted police coverup. [View all]
TheWraith
Mar 2012
OP
I just commented on that on a different thread. Police are learning the hard way that this is not
appleannie1
Mar 2012
#1
There is probably a lot more of the cover up activity than we know...in this case!
murray hill farm
Mar 2012
#13
I tend to think its more like shoddy police work, they went through the motions based on a bias...
Historic NY
Mar 2012
#16
Was he at least taken to police headquarters to give a statment of what happened? n/t
patricia92243
Mar 2012
#49