Zimmerman resurfaces
In Texas and gets a warning for speeding. Also, he was lawfully carrying a gun. This is apparently newsworthy.
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July 31st, 2013 at 8:53 pm
It is newsworthy because to the Media it is unknown that people own more than one gun.
But, but, but the FBI has Zimmerman’s gun.
Find a gun you like, buy multiple copies of that gun.
July 31st, 2013 at 9:05 pm
Have a gun and a backup. Have a gun the government doesn’t know about.
July 31st, 2013 at 9:18 pm
He’s in the right place. I am not a Texaholic, but am willing to allow as how anything untoward occurring toward him in Texas would be taken as a personal affront by every Texan. On the face of this Earth.
The police there seem polite, too.
August 1st, 2013 at 9:22 am
Apparently, if there are millions of people who hate you and perhaps would like to see you dead, as well as numerous death threats and bounties on your person, the Forney TX Police are happy to leak to the media:
– your route of travel
– a picture of the vehicle you’re driving
– whereabouts of your means of defense
Keep servin’ & protectin’ bitches.
August 1st, 2013 at 10:23 am
I don’t blame the cops. They initially told the Dallas Morning News to go peddle their papers, but then had to comply with a public records request under Texas law. (Actually, police reports are public records in all fifty states. It’s mostly a good thing to know what the cops are doing.) The media are the ****heads, here, but then they’re the ones responsible for Zimmerman’s ordeal in the first place.
And I agree that Texas is likely the best place for him.
August 1st, 2013 at 10:24 am
*all fifty-seven states*
August 1st, 2013 at 11:08 am
How would the media even know Zimmerman had been stopped? Why would ANYONE know, except the officer involved and the person who ran the plates and license?
I understand that arrest records are public, but records of every driver stopped?
August 1st, 2013 at 1:10 pm
All media outlets have “sources” at police stations and other places where things happen. All towing companies have “spotters” at parking lots. It’s the way of the world, what can you do.
August 1st, 2013 at 1:13 pm
Yeah, nk is wrong on this. Records of traffic stops are not public, to my knowledge. I’d love to see the source of what he’s saying.
Furthermore “I don’t blame the cops. They initially told the Dallas Morning News to go peddle their papers, …”
How is that not a totally unnecessary leak of sensitive information?
August 1st, 2013 at 1:34 pm
nk Says: “All media outlets have “sources” at police stations, … , what can you do?”
Gangs and murderers often have sources too. In this case, these unnamed police officers are a source for anyone tracking GZ down today. That’s not OK and if that’s business as usual, these police need to have their badges stripped.
August 1st, 2013 at 1:36 pm
If I were him, I’d be looking for a way to legally carry tow rockets and a backup Apache heli.
August 1st, 2013 at 2:12 pm
“If I were him, I’d be looking for a way to legally carry tow rockets and a backup Apache heli.”
There is no law in texas against carrying them. Its actually harder to legally carry a handgun than a rocket launcher.
August 1st, 2013 at 2:37 pm
The website says that this was the “second incident”….The first was where Zimmermen saved those folks. Media spin:sometimes subtle, always unappreciated.
–Matt R.
August 1st, 2013 at 2:53 pm
There is no law in texas against carrying them. Its actually harder to legally carry a handgun than a rocket launcher.
True (assumed) – but it’s a lot harder to get a TOW.
I’m not sure there are any even in the NFA system, plus the wait and cost would be exorbitant.
Also, the TOW isn’t really man-portable.
August 1st, 2013 at 3:24 pm
And I think you have to have an FEL, but I could be wrong.
August 1st, 2013 at 4:50 pm
@ mariner: Most “news” organizations, and many reporters, have police scanners. Unless that department uses encrypted radios, every newsy in that part of TX would have heard it when the officer called in to check his license. Here in VA, it would have gone something like:
Officer: “Central 123”
Dispatch: “123”
O: “10-27, Florida license number [$number]” (10-27 being the ten code in this part of VA for a license check.)
D: “123, that 27 is available.”
O: “Go ahead.”
D: “That comes back valid to a George Michael Zimmerman, [$descriptors], valid Florida 10-32 permit, negative 10-29’s.” (10-32 = “firearm”, meaning a carry permit in this context, and 10-29 = “warrant”)
Any reporter, or anyone in the newsroom, who heard that exchange was going to be on the phone asking the police department for the records even before the cop finished giving the warning. Once the newscritters started asking, the police had no choice but to release it, since it wasn’t any part of an active investigation. While that certainly sucks in this particular case, I much prefer having that transparency in police procedures to the increased potential for abuse that is inherent in the alternative.
August 1st, 2013 at 5:07 pm
What Jake said. If the Department isn’t using an encrypted channel, the media can and does listen to all traffic for anything they deem newsworthy. Zimmerman riding in a deuce coupe with the royal baby sitting shotgun is the perfect distraction for all the insanity they don’t want to cover.
August 1st, 2013 at 7:15 pm
Nice how the author of that article managed to call GZ a murderer. Several times. Asshole.
August 1st, 2013 at 9:10 pm
bob r, yeah I really liked the way he went out of his way to say that Zimmerman was acquited of MURDER!!! a couple of weeks ago.
Well that and the PSH that Z had a GUN!!!!! in his car.
August 1st, 2013 at 11:15 pm
Memo to Zimmerman…
Drive slow and don’t get stopped by police.
And if you are stopped, don’t point out your name and fame.
Do that and you can find a place in Texas to live without to much paparazzi.
And once a Texas citizen, get a CHL ASAP.
August 2nd, 2013 at 12:38 am
I wish the State Trooper would’ve just gave me a “warning” instead of a speeding ticket the last time I was traveling south on HWY 59 in Texas!
Ouch! (my wallet said)
Of course, I wasn’t coming from a lynching…er..politically-induced show trial in Sanford, FL either…
August 2nd, 2013 at 7:25 am
Jake,
That’s a fine theory, but it’s just that until it’s proven. The fact remains that the police were used here as a tool to expose a hunted man’s position.
And transparency in police procedures? Give me a break. Just try to FOIA anything of substance from a police department, let’s use VA as an example. VA cops won’t release any performance/complaint records about the officers who carry a gun and badge of authority.
Paul, I couldn’t agree more. GZ needs to slow his roll and keep his mouth shut about who he is. A name change and a beard wouldn’t hurt either.
August 2nd, 2013 at 11:20 am
It may have been the officer himself who leaked the info:
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/08/02/texas-police-officer-to-be-questioned-over-george-zimmerman-stop/?intcmp=trending
August 2nd, 2013 at 11:22 am
At least they blurred out the license plate # on the truck he was driving. Although I’m sure he’s changed vehicles by now.
August 2nd, 2013 at 1:04 pm
@cop leak, and your theory is just a theory.
August 2nd, 2013 at 5:04 pm
Jeff,
I stated no theory, rather an indisputable fact: “…the Forney TX Police are happy to leak to the media…”
Whether due to ill-will, avarice, or policy this information was provided to the media by member(s) of the Forney PD.
Furthermore, from wizard’s link I am not the only one who sees this as a problem: “A Texas city plans to question the police officer who pulled over George Zimmerman because the lawman reportedly snapped a picture with his personal phone during the traffic stop.”
August 2nd, 2013 at 5:29 pm
Where in the article did it say the Forney TX Police were happy to leak to the media? You clearly don’t like police, and you’re projecting your feelings into an issue to come up with the answer you like. I have a theory that you would have been complaining about the police no matter what happened. The only indisputable fact is that a traffic stop took place without incident. No one got searched, no one confiscated anything, everyone went about there day.
As far as the Officer taking a picture, “reportedly” might as well be “may have.” Even if the officer did, is it fathomable he asked George Zimmerman for permission?
It’s funny how no one trusts the media until they proffer a narrative that they can agree with. Every working officer I know that has dran the ire of the media has had comments after comment condemning them, but when the allegations prove false, no one sticks around to eat crow. They just move on to the next complainant based more on assumption than facts.
August 2nd, 2013 at 10:38 pm
On the bright side; at least 3 of my “Progressive” acquaintances have damn near stroked out see Zimmerman free and armed.
Take your pleasures where you can.
August 3rd, 2013 at 9:13 am
Not surprising though. Didn’t a pro-2A group in Ohio donate a chunk of cash to Zimmerman for rearming and security? I heard it was something to the tune of $12k, so… yeah, they’re gonna hound him.
August 3rd, 2013 at 9:44 am
Toastrider, they sure did. So did … Brad Thor.
[Blazing Saddles Randolph Scott chorus sings “Brad Thor!”]
“Don’t pull over Brad Thor: Upgrade to DirecTV.”
August 3rd, 2013 at 5:00 pm
@ copsleak: Yes, it’s just a theory. It’s also the most likely explanation of how the media got wind of the stop. Reporters have police scanners. Heck, even our local college paper has a scanner. It’s how they keep up with things.
Sorry, I’m having trouble finding where I said there was enough transparency in police procedures. Care to help me out?