Florida man found guilty of attempting to murder George Zimmerman: report
Source: Reuters
16 SEP 2016 AT 20:14 ET
A Florida man was found guilty on Friday of attempted murder for shooting at George Zimmerman during a roadside confrontation with the ex-neighborhood watch captain widely known for killing unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, local media reported.
Matthew Apperson, 37, who according to prosecutors has a history of mental illness, was convicted in a jury trial in the Orlando suburb of Sanford, Florida, according to accounts by the Orlando Sentinel newspaper and 24-hour Orlando television news channel News 13.
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Police asserted in their arrest affidavit for Apperson that he seemed to have a fixation on Zimmerman, who claimed to have acted in self-defense when he shot Martin, a high school student walking through the community after stopping at a convenience store. Police initially declined to arrest Zimmerman, citing Floridas so-called Stand Your Ground law.
Appersons lawyer in turn questioned Zimmerman on the witness stand, getting Zimmerman to acknowledge that he had sold the gun used to shoot Martin for $250,000 and considers Black Lives Matter activists to be terrorists, according to the Orlando Sentinel.
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Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2016/09/florida-man-found-guilty-of-attempting-to-murder-george-zimmerman-report/
uppityperson
(115,677 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,829 posts)Zimmerman is known to be aggressive.
Ilsa
(61,695 posts)If he had been able to kill him, he probably could have said anything to get away with it.
onehandle
(51,122 posts)The Small Penis Society had a good day between this and Trump assigning them the task of gunning down a woman.
jmowreader
(50,560 posts)We find that you willfully and with malice fired at George Zimmerman and missed.
The court finds it completely reprehensible and despicable that you missed, and sentences you to 500 hours on a pistol range of your choice.
Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)Zimmerman, having successfully murdered Martin, still free.
niyad
(113,344 posts)an actual murderer is still free.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)They might as well have let him succeed...
Great job, Florida...
bluestateguy
(44,173 posts)nt