General Discussion

Bluerthanblue

(13,669 posts)

42. I don't think we do either,

Mon Mar 26, 2012, 02:51 PM

Mar 2012

didn't mean to make it sound like I did, but I can see how you get that.

I was amazed at what little training is involved in the Neighborhood Watch program. Especially the way the media and Zimmermans supporters harp on the alleged ... authority.. or legitimacy... that title is supposed to infer.

I'm also blown away by how many false statements are made by the media. I read an article which stated that Zimmerman's lawyer said he'd recieved stitches on the back of his head. Yet no where in the full article did they quote anything by the lawyer which actually said that.

It's difficult to filter the gossip from the facts.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

47 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Why wasn't cop wannabe Zimmerman a cop? [View all] NNN0LHI Mar 2012 OP

Record of violent assaults, including assault on a police officer. yardwork Mar 2012 #1

Yet they pass out concealed carry permits to idiots like this? NNN0LHI Mar 2012 #2

Charges were dropped. X_Digger Mar 2012 #4

I have a feeling that charges like that get dropped a lot. Drug possession not so much. yardwork Mar 2012 #7

What, then, do YOU think is the reason Cirque du So-What Mar 2012 #15

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 would also explain why he was allowed to abuse the 911 call system. yardwork Mar 2012 #21

Do we know if it was actually 911 or was it the non-emergency number? X_Digger Mar 2012 #23

I've seen the same confusion. Have no idea if it was 911 or non-emergency. yardwork Mar 2012 #26

It was 911 obamanut2012 Mar 2012 #32

Thanks. I thought it was 911. yardwork Mar 2012 #38

Still Cirque du So-What Mar 2012 #22

Or.. and this is just another guess.. X_Digger Mar 2012 #24

Was that assault in a different place? Was it in Miami? yardwork Mar 2012 #27

Yeah, I'm fuzzy on those details, and don't have them close at hand. n/t X_Digger Mar 2012 #28

I looked and couldn't find info on where the previous assault took place. yardwork Mar 2012 #29

*sigh* I hear ya. n/t X_Digger Mar 2012 #30

That is especially worth asking because the local people did not run a background check on him and jwirr Mar 2012 #46

His old man is a retired judge. That might have something to do with it. 11 Bravo Mar 2012 #44

That was my contention all along Cirque du So-What Mar 2012 #45

I'm glad he wasn't allowed to be a cop. no_hypocrisy Mar 2012 #3

What is his occupation? other than neighborhood watch captain? WI_DEM Mar 2012 #5

He was a student (5 years) at a college in North Florida....n/t monmouth Mar 2012 #9

I've been wondering the same thing. No employer has stepped forward. yardwork Mar 2012 #10

i read somewhere that he was working somewhere barbtries Mar 2012 #12

I sincerely doubt that he was an insurance underwriter. That requires a college degree. yardwork Mar 2012 #14

the link is in this thread. barbtries Mar 2012 #16

I see it. I don't believe it. Edited to add - wait. This is Florida. Real estate scams. yardwork Mar 2012 #18

He did loan forensics at a firm in Orlando obamanut2012 Mar 2012 #33

He was/is an underwriter for a mortgage risk management firm Fawke Em Mar 2012 #13

...according to anonymous sources. I don't believe that he was an underwriter. He had no experience. yardwork Mar 2012 #17

My husband is in insurance... he'd like to know his qualifications, too. Fawke Em Mar 2012 #47

A felony assault on a police officer charge & 2 domestic assaults in '05, to start leveymg Mar 2012 #6

And I wish the media would stop referring to him as a "Watch Captain". chelsea0011 Mar 2012 #8

Too violent? Probably not -- compared to other cops izquierdista Mar 2012 #11

As a cop he might have to face a real criminal that might also be carrying. obxhead Mar 2012 #19

Just guessing but they must have determined ... Ganja Ninja Mar 2012 #25

Yet they "trained" him to be the volunteer captain of a neighborhood watch. yardwork Mar 2012 #31

He wasn't an official community watch volunteer obamanut2012 Mar 2012 #34

Articles state that the Sanford police department "trained" him and his buddy. yardwork Mar 2012 #37

articles state a lot of things- many of them gross distortions. Bluerthanblue Mar 2012 #39

I don't think we disagree. His training was poor and he didn't follow common sense, much less rules. yardwork Mar 2012 #40

I don't think we do either, Bluerthanblue Mar 2012 #42

Sit. Speak. Lie down. LiberalEsto Mar 2012 #43

I'm not sure how extensive his training was. Ganja Ninja Mar 2012 #36

Too stupid. Iggo Mar 2012 #35

+99999.09 Much too lolo....even the cops have their standards....most Departments do opihimoimoi Mar 2012 #41