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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy wasn't cop wannabe Zimmerman a cop?
You just know this guy had to apply for the job of a cop at some point.
Why was he turned down?
We are not seeing the entire picture here.
Don
yardwork
(61,650 posts)I would assume that police departments frown on that kind of thing.
NNN0LHI
(67,190 posts)That doesn't make sense either.
Don
X_Digger
(18,585 posts)Some have speculated that his father, the ex-virginia magistrate judge had something to do with that, but I think that's a stretch.
yardwork
(61,650 posts)Our prisons are full of people arrested for possession and "intent to sell" while people like George Zimmerman walk around with concealed carry licenses despite a history of violent assaults.
Cirque du So-What
(25,941 posts)why charges were dropped? The average Joe doesn't get a pass on charges that serious.
X_Digger
(18,585 posts)We know he was a criminal justice major (the degree he was seeking at the local college is a pre-requisite).
I wonder how many 'ride-along's he's done.
yardwork
(61,650 posts)I have a feeling that if I called my local 911 46 times in a year to report potholes and 7 year old children I would get pushback.
X_Digger
(18,585 posts)I've seen it referenced both ways, so I'm not sure.
In any case, he was also 'trained' in the neighborhood watch by Sanford PD.
yardwork
(61,650 posts)Apparently this varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. In my area, we're encouraged to call 911 if we see anything suspicious. Other places you're supposed to call another number.
obamanut2012
(26,080 posts)As per the printouts in the Mother Jones' article.
yardwork
(61,650 posts)All kinds of information points to the Sanford police department knowing Zimmerman and supporting his actions leading up to this shooting. His HOA also seems to have known, approved, and supported his behavior, to the extent of kicking another resident out of a recent HOA meeting when that person complained that Zimmerman was harassing him.
Cirque du So-What
(25,941 posts)felony assault upon police officers is not exactly the best way to win their friendship. IMO it would take an insurmountable number of doughnuts to make up for such a transgression.
X_Digger
(18,585 posts)Was the narcotics officer black?
eta: The narcotics officer in the 'assault on an officer' case, that is.
yardwork
(61,650 posts)I'd have to go back and reread the articles, but my impression was that the assault on the officer didn't take place in Sanford. I could be wrong, though.
X_Digger
(18,585 posts)yardwork
(61,650 posts)Googling this case is horrific this morning. The astroturfing has begun.
X_Digger
(18,585 posts)jwirr
(39,215 posts)they called him "squeaky clean". If his assault on an officer took place in Virginia they may not have known about it. Also if charges were dropped is it even in the records?
11 Bravo
(23,926 posts)Cirque du So-What
(25,941 posts)The person to whom I was responding was suggesting otherwise.
no_hypocrisy
(46,122 posts)WI_DEM
(33,497 posts)monmouth
(21,078 posts)yardwork
(61,650 posts)I've read in news reports that he worked for Carmax at the time of the previous assaults. I've read that he had his own pressure washing business at one time. No evidence that he has a job.
Daddy parked him in this little town and hoped he would stay out of trouble, is what I think.
barbtries
(28,799 posts)like a brokerage, or as an insurance underwriter. according to the article he had not shown up for work since he murdered Trayvon. i wish i could provide the link but i have read so widely i cannot recall where it was. google should help
yardwork
(61,650 posts)He may have been emptying trash cans at a brokerage.
barbtries
(28,799 posts)underwriter.
yardwork
(61,650 posts)Now I believe it.
obamanut2012
(26,080 posts)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.
Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)yardwork
(61,650 posts)If he really was an underwriter, then somebody pulled serious strings to get him that job. OR he was employed by one of this scummy companies that is responsible for all the real estate scams in Florida in recent years.
Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)Hubs has been in insurance for years and still can't qualify for underwriting.
leveymg
(36,418 posts)Yes, from the beginning, we've been shown a slanted, incomplete picture that downplays this guy's history of violence and racial animus. This story is being treated by the corporate media as fuel on long-smoldering, unaddressed racial and class tensions. They've tried their damnedest to water it down.
chelsea0011
(10,115 posts)izquierdista
(11,689 posts)Too stupid? Probably not -- compared to other cops
Too fat? Maybe -- recruits have to be in shape, it's after they are on the force they can pack on the donuts.
I have to think it is a combination of the three, plus coming off as a creepy, nosy, busybody. But you are right, we are not seeing the entire picture, and I, for one, have absolutely NO desire to have the details of the picture filled in for me.
obxhead
(8,434 posts)He's a coward.
Ganja Ninja
(15,953 posts)he was a dangerous idiot and would be a menace to the community if allowed to carry a gun and a badge.
yardwork
(61,650 posts)obamanut2012
(26,080 posts)He did it on his own. It makes me wonder if he had any training at all, except for his CCW permit and his paranoia.
yardwork
(61,650 posts)Bluerthanblue
(13,669 posts)there isn't much 'training' involved in being part of a "Neighborhood Watch".
There is an overview here:
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:EKT33aAju0kJ:www.sanfordfl.gov/police/flyers/Neighborhood_Watch_english.pdf+sanford+florida+neighborhood+watch&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEEShI4DPkujSRzssqTBwytkJ1A0mNDokfM2vfBtY3cLYn8awva0Ws3M0zhC6OEw7LAhmSl6e-Zb-6QAtp5WVqxMyuIPrkWH4lmXwsTT-qRnBjk6HY31erOa1MPc-lyQxwkFHBjhN9&sig=AHIEtbQrWXoOwZS7JnaUzZ5QpjkkpLO5aw
yardwork
(61,650 posts)My point is that the Sanford police department was apparently aware of and supportive of George Zimmerman's actions.
Bluerthanblue
(13,669 posts)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.
LiberalEsto
(22,845 posts)Back off... not so much
Ganja Ninja
(15,953 posts)He maybe got a pamphlet and took a few classes. What ever he got from them it didn't stick with him because he ignored rule after rule after rule that night.