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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIt appears Zimmerman's "heroic rescue" may have been staged
Its a bird. Its a plane. Its Zimmer Man! But his reported rescue of the car crash seems to be falling to pieces
http://freakoutnation.com/2013/07/24/its-a-bird-its-a-plane-its-zimmer-man-but-his-reported-rescue-of-the-car-crash-seems-to-be-falling-to-pieces/
EXCLUSIVE PICTURES of the white family that hero George Zimmerman SAVED from a car in flames or was it STAGED?
http://newsball.com/exclusive-pictures-of-the-family-that-george-zimmerman-saved-from-a-burning-car-or-was-it-staged/
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)It sure smelled fishy from the start! LOL
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)Hey Zimmerman fans can you explain this?
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In other words, freakoutnation is a blog where anyone can post anything. Exactly how did anyone manage to secure the private cell phone records of the police officer. And who did it?
I'm not saying that the original story wasn't embellished. But... c'mon. Use a little bit of skepticism.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)McPops
(69 posts)I thought you would fire back by trying to refute my statement.
But to answer your question...
Not really. I mean, there are some things that I don't know that I wish I did. For example, I wish I knew what happened between Zimmerman and Trayvon in the seconds before the fight broke out.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)McPops
(69 posts)The "investigator" wasn't named. The author of the article is anonymous. The web site has no credibility as a news source.
Sure, the news item may be genuine. But it looks to me more like a wild goose chase.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)MSNBC will send investigators on the story. They are not going to let this go.
Pelican
(1,156 posts)... they are desperate to have something to push back with after they edited the 911 tapes for dramatic and racist effect.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)Pelican
(1,156 posts)... and Zimmerman was physically there. At some point he probably made physical contact with one of the victims that ranged from a touch on a shoulder to pulling them out of a vehicle.
That's about it..
Do I consider that to be heroic? No. Not any significant risk to himself.
Is that probably better that 90% of the populace who just drove by? Yeah...
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)I have doubts about much of it. Time will tell.
Pelican
(1,156 posts)hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)Why did the family pull out of the presser?
Skittles
(153,169 posts)according to Pops, Zimmy is a swell guy who "just wanted to help" (IN BOTH INCIDENTS), dead teenaged boy be damned
JimDandy
(7,318 posts)"Exactly how did anyone manage to secure the private cell phone records of the police officer."
was made for the officers work phone logs.
McPops
(69 posts)And the story would have mentioned it if that is how they obtained the information.
There is a simpler explanation: The story is bogus.
JimDandy
(7,318 posts)so, unless the state has made a specific exemption in their governmental records request law, the logs of a city-owned police department phone should be public record, as are 911 logs and their audio content (although private info from logs, such as names and phone numbers, are nearly always redacted).
If a records request was made for Officer Rehders official phone log, what the requester probably received was a log with a time stamp indicating a call was made from that phone immediately after the officer received the call about the accident.
If that is all the blogger received, a log with phone number redacted, then it was too big a leap to make to assume that that call was to George Zimmerman.
ELI BOY 1950
(173 posts)Bethany Rockafella
(952 posts)Marr
(20,317 posts)You can't seriously be saying the story is suspect because there are no photographs. Who takes photos of minor roadway accidents?
Don't get me wrong, it sounds to me like claims that he "saved" anyone are overblown exaggerations. But the notion that he might have stopped to help people in a car that had overturned isn't shocking at all. I've done it myself and I'm certainly no hero, nor did anyone treat me as such afterward. It's just a rather unspectacular occurrence.
VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)I know I would get pictures of that...
Tutonic
(2,522 posts)I suspect that most of what happened was staged to make that fat ass look like a man. Evidently its working for a lot of DUers.
madashelltoo
(1,698 posts)And, if folks had to be rescued you'd better believe someone would have filmed it. With or without Super Zman. And, there would be photos or insurance and police reports.
anneboleyn
(5,611 posts)Xyzse
(8,217 posts)I've also stopped and helped an overturned car more than once. Of course, I left as soon as there are more capable hands are there, and I've reported it to 911.
It is an unspectacular occurrence, and I don't see why it is being hyped up so much.
bigwillq
(72,790 posts)BWAH!
Cha
(297,334 posts)Last edited Thu Jul 25, 2013, 05:16 AM - Edit history (1)
If zimmer man was called into to rescue them.. though nobody is talking about it much and there's no pics.. It's a Damn Good Thing the Gerstles aren't a Black Family.anneboleyn
(5,611 posts)for trying to orchestrate an "incident" like this for Zimmerman (and possibly endangering a family as Zimmy's rescue took place before trained medical personnel arrived at the scene)? Very odd behavior for a police officer.
dionysus
(26,467 posts)who got the cops cell phone records?
they staged a roll over with a fire with no one else driving by and witnessing it?
sometimes this shit is just silly.
Z is a murdering piece of shit, but even hitler liked dogs....
Pelican
(1,156 posts)Say it ain't so!
Maybe it's super hackers!
reformist2
(9,841 posts)Dreamer Tatum
(10,926 posts)Starry Messenger
(32,342 posts)the officer was doing texting Zimmerman to go "help" should be investigated.
The officer fills his FB page with pro-Zim crap, has the guy's phone number. And people are saying there was no chance of any collusion of Sandford PD and Zimmerman? BS.
wercal
(1,370 posts)And they know he texted Zimmerman...because they know his number?
This blog is woo.
AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)Pretzel_Warrior
(8,361 posts)jtuck004
(15,882 posts)Again.
Cha
(297,334 posts)turd needs a gun.
greatauntoftriplets
(175,743 posts)cpwm17
(3,829 posts)How many people are in on your conspiracy theory?
McPops
(69 posts)When someone like Anomaly from Freakoutnation can't be trusted, then I'm tellin' you... you just can't trust anyone.
Kingofalldems
(38,461 posts)Puzzledtraveller
(5,937 posts)lunasun
(21,646 posts)and creepy........
anneboleyn
(5,611 posts)I am not trying to be a conspiracy nutcase. Honestly. It is just weird at this point.
lunasun
(21,646 posts)One of those things that make you go " Hmm "........
HipChick
(25,485 posts)Puzzledtraveller
(5,937 posts)I think some people here need to take a long break from the news and DU.
c588415
(285 posts)I was waiting to hear a news flash from FOX News stating that Zimmerman rescued a black family involved in a car crash. What a load of crap!
matthews
(497 posts)would have made absolutely sure to do would be to have some kind of proof that all this happened.
chemenger
(1,593 posts)On Edit: BTW ... the family he helped "rescue" reportedly didn't show up for the staged photo op because they were afraid of being targeted. O'Mara in particular looked very disappointed.