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In reply to the discussion: Why wasn't cop wannabe Zimmerman a cop? [View all]obamanut2012
(29,369 posts)33. He did loan forensics at a firm in Orlando
He has not been back to work since the killing.
This was an article in an Orlando publication I read online yesterday. The article included his suit-and-tie cleancut employee photo.
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I have a feeling that charges like that get dropped a lot. Drug possession not so much.
yardwork
Mar 2012
#7
I think he's buddy-buddy with some of the cops, which would also explain their action in this case..
X_Digger
Mar 2012
#20
That is especially worth asking because the local people did not run a background check on him and
jwirr
Mar 2012
#46
I sincerely doubt that he was an insurance underwriter. That requires a college degree.
yardwork
Mar 2012
#14
I see it. I don't believe it. Edited to add - wait. This is Florida. Real estate scams.
yardwork
Mar 2012
#18
...according to anonymous sources. I don't believe that he was an underwriter. He had no experience.
yardwork
Mar 2012
#17
A felony assault on a police officer charge & 2 domestic assaults in '05, to start
leveymg
Mar 2012
#6
Articles state that the Sanford police department "trained" him and his buddy.
yardwork
Mar 2012
#37
I don't think we disagree. His training was poor and he didn't follow common sense, much less rules.
yardwork
Mar 2012
#40
+99999.09 Much too lolo....even the cops have their standards....most Departments do
opihimoimoi
Mar 2012
#41