Really, Zimmerman? 400 death threats per MINUTE?

[Sheldon Cooper]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2383833/Robert-Zimmerman-reveals-family-400-threats-MINUTE-social-media-tells-Starbucks-employees-told-theyd-beat-s--him.html

Zimmerman's brother claims family gets 400 death threats a MINUTE and that a Starbucks employee told him 'they'd beat the s*** out of him'



George Zimmerman's brother today revealed their family receive as many as 400 death threats a minute on social media sites and said he almost got beaten up by two Starbucks' employees.

Three weeks after his brother was acquitted of all charges relating to the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, Robert Zimmerman reveals for the first time the psychological impact it has had on the family - who live under constant fear and have to keep in touch 24/7.

'No one has really asked us to get into the psychological aspect of this,' he said. 'You don’t know if some one stops you in public and says, "excuse me sir", you don’t know if you dropped your wallet or if someone recognizes you and wants to kill you.



Zimmerman said the threats sometimes average 400 per minute.

Speaking about a time he was threatened in a Starbucks in Washington DC, he explains: 'Someone thought I was George Zimmerman. I said, no, George is in jail. They started saying, "we know you’re Zimmerman; it’s right here on the receipt..."

'They pulled out their phones and started texting people and calling people. Someone finally noticed the receipt said Robert instead of George, or R instead of G, and they said "Oh, it’s not George Zimmerman" and they all calmed down.

'Someone then said "Yeah, but you look like that Mother f***er and if you were anyone of the Zimmerman’s we were going to take you outside and beat the sh*t out of you." They were both Starbucks employees.

Sorry, Zimmerman. When you can so blatantly lie about one thing (400 death threats/minute?) you are not believable about other things. I hope your brother never knows a minute of peace for the rest of his pitiful life. And if you and the rest of your family is suffering, there are counselors for that sort of thing. Instead of blaming others, grow up and take some action to help yourself.

[Scuba]

1. Bummer. Why do you s'pose that is Robert?

[Siwsan]

2. For a family that wants to be 'left alone', they sure are media greedy

Karma is a powerful force. I'm a firm believer that nobody ever really gets away with anything. Sometimes the fear of something happening is far more destructive than what is being feared.

[MrScorpio]

3. God willed it.

https://twitter.com/TheTweetOfGod/status/356255200828338177

[tblue]

27. Oh heck yeah.

This is God's plan, suckahs!

[hobbit709]

4. for how many minutes?

[reusrename]

38. For 1/400th of a minute?

Is this a test?

[FarPoint]

5. It's all about self promotion.

Create and maintain the image of being a victim...helps seal the defense and defocus from the truth.

This should wear out soon enough...Zimmerman and company will need a second act....they need the comfort and support to sustain the new found following.

[matthews]

21. How else can they keep the donations rolling in? The murder of Trayvon Martin

has become a 'cottage industry' for this bunch.

When does Zimmie and the wife go to court for their lies about their finances and his 'other' passport? I'd google it but since he'll probably skate on that too, I don't think its worth the trouble.

[Atman]

6. "Sometimes average?"

How the hell does that work, mathematically?

[hobbit709]

8. If you don't check your mail and twitter for a week

and it takes a minute to download a week's worth.

[davidpdx]

7. He's a lying prick

I wouldn't believe anything that comes out of his mouth.

[Snotcicles]

9. Thats 24000 an hour. I think some guy called twice. nt

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[Little Star]

10. Liar! Can't stand that guy!

[DefenseLawyer]

11. Death threats are not cool

Even if it's someone you loathe. I realize that most of that comes from the frustration of what appears to be an injustice, must morality and justice should not bend to accommodate one's personal list of bad people. It would not be "okay" if someone murdered George Zimmerman. It would not be "okay" if the guards shot Charles Manson in his cell. It's not "okay" for someone convicted of something horrible to be raped in prison. Not that this is anything new at DU "I am totally opposed to capital punishment... except for Mike Vick. Fuck him. I want him to watch him being ripped apart by wild dogs". Etc. Etc. For any particular bad guy, you will see a mob rise up here just like anywhere else.

[aquart]

51. Yes. It's a way to vent the terrible helplessness we feel at assorted gross injustices.

And then there's the simple delight of karma. That's when something truly awful happens to someone who's done something truly awful. For instance, if Jamie Dimon were eaten by wolves, I would contribute to a defense fund for the wolves and mourn that he couldn't have simply fallen into a vat of acid.

Me I don't threaten what I can't deliver which isn't much. So, no death threats.

But damned if I won't rejoice when pure scum gets his.

[99Forever]

12. Too effen bad, you slimy POS.

May you and your murdering, cowardly, POS brother never have a moment of peace in your lives.

[gordianot]

13. As much as people should not be in fear of murder what do they expect?

For every supporter of George Zimmerman on the fringe there must be one who wishes him harm. It might be easier to avoid this; shut up, stay off of television, grow a little hair, and get rid of the headlight stare.

[MisterP]

34. ...stop applauding murder...

[gordianot]

35. You have that very wrong.

Zimmerman's brother is coming close to making the same mistake that ended the life of a 17 year old kid. What part of just go away eludes them?

[Pelican]

14. In the hours right after the verdict...

... if you took anything vaguely threatening and tallied it, then maybe yes.

Right now? This minute? Probably not....

[onehandle]

15. Zimmy is the OJ for the 21st Century. He's a time bomb who will get himself killed...

...or kill someone else in a fit of paranoia.

Is there a Zimmerman on your block?

[mercuryblues]

16. when you take into

account what the Zimmerman's consider threats, I'd say he is telling the truth.

Better tie your shoe before you fall, your tie is crooked, you're going to poke your eye out with that are all threats in their world.

[malaise]

17. Maybe the entire Zimmerman family should think about the psychological impact

on the Martin family. After all George Zimmerman followed Trayvon (against orders) and shot him stone cold dead.

Fuck off Zimmerman - you merely face threats - George murdered Trayvon Martin and nothing any of you say or do will change that fact. I will never have one drop of sympathy for any of them.

[FarPoint]

23. You make a rational plan for a family

so walled up in lies and denial...they can no longer look into a morality pool. The path has been chosen...and they chose poorly...it will always be turbulent for the Zimmerman Klan.

The Martin family....they can move forward, upward and onward.

[malaise]

24. and Klan is the right word

May they all go to their graves miserable cretins defending the murderer among them.

[Igel]

18. Some random woman also made it into the news briefly.

Her phone # was one digit off from GZ's and she was getting an unreal number of death threats.

Apparently from people who can't tell a female from a male voice (most people reliably can most of the time).

And who simply refused to believe her when told that she wasn't GZ, didn't know GZ, and they had a wrong number. They'd continue with their death threats.

Scum.

[Pelican]

22. Done forget the 70-something pastor George Zimmerman...

He got a nice steady stream of hate as well from morons.

[surrealAmerican]

19. If that were true ...

... (and that's a pretty big if) how would they know? Do they have a large enough staff to read all their messages to determine which are death threats? It's not the sort of thing you can determine without reading the message.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

20. If you do the math , in a couple of years everybody in the U S would have threatened him/nt

[PowerToThePeople]

25. bad math =(

I must have punched wrong numbers on calculator.

1.4 years for 300 million to threaten. not 2.5 days

[dem in texas]

26. Boo Hoo, Poor Zimmerman, He is the Victim

What at bunch of pure scumbags the Zimmerman brothers are. I'd like to be a fly on the wall and listen to what that family has to say to each other, bet there's lots of crazy talk going on. I posted that we'd be hearing from G. Zimmerman again and already we have. He was stopped for speeding in Texas carrying a loaded gun. Stay tuned, there will be more.

[giftedgirl77]

28. Hmm karma's a bitch. I'm ok with this entire

Klan having to look over their shoulder's for the rest of their lives.

[tularetom]

29. Death threats are not the weapon of choice for Zimmerman opponents

It's usually those who support his actions and cheer his acquittal that like to employ the online death threat as a means to intimidate those they oppose.

I'd almost bet Trayvon Martin's family has received more death threats than this clown.

[samsingh]

30. zimmerman seems to lie a lot

[dballance]

31. So when do they get their own reality TV show?

Beaten up by two Starbucks employees? Are you kidding me? What, were they wearing hoodies? Have you looked at the average Starbucks employee? Not very threatening from what I've seen. But maybe it's a family genetic trait to be afraid of other people for no good reason.

[tblue]

32. Don't come crying to me, Robert.

I don't know how many threats they actually get. Do they sit there and tally every one every minute? Can you say, "new phone number"?

These clods sure love attention. And now they want our sympathy? Um, no. If they'd shown a modicum of humility and human kindness, toward Trayvon's memory and his family, maybe they wouldn't have so many people hating on them. I'm sure the whole Z Klan is packing heat all the time now anyway, just itching for their own Shootout at the OK Corral. So pardon me if I don't give a damn about you and your no-good brother, Robert.

[hfojvt]

33. yes, let's not blame the a$$holes that make death threats

boy, I can hardly wait to apply this rationale to other cases.

Is Sandra Fluke receiving death threats? Then I can just tell her

"if you and the rest of your family is suffering, there are counselors for that sort of thing. Instead of blaming others, grow up and take some action to help yourself."

Is Gleen Greenwald getting death threats?

"if you and the rest of your family is suffering, there are counselors for that sort of thing. Instead of blaming others, grow up and take some action to help yourself."

Is Bernie Sanders getting death threats?

"if you and the rest of your family is suffering, there are counselors for that sort of thing. Instead of blaming others, grow up and take some action to help yourself."


Rachel Maddow?

"if you and the rest of your family is suffering, there are counselors for that sort of thing. Instead of blaming others, grow up and take some action to help yourself."


Eugene Robinson?

"if you and the rest of your family is suffering, there are counselors for that sort of thing. Instead of blaming others, grow up and take some action to help yourself."

Trayvon Martin's parents?

"if you and the rest of your family is suffering, there are counselors for that sort of thing. Instead of blaming others, grow up and take some action to help yourself."

Wheeee, this is fun. All power to the violent a$$holes who make death threats!!!

[Skittles]

37. did any of those people murder someone?

I do not condone vigilante justice but I certainly do not feel sorry poor Zimmerman has to look over his shoulder lest he run into someone willing to practice the same bullshit he did

[hfojvt]

41. Did Robert Zimmerman murder anyone?

"you or your family" refers to Robert and his parents.

If it is okay, or we can shrug off death threats to Robert Zimmerman and tell him to stop complaining, grow up, and get counselling. Then surely we can tell the same thing to any of those people I mentioned if they get death threats.

[Skittles]

44. Zimmerman publicly defends his racist, paranoid, gun humping brother

is he expecting anything less? He is now frightened of what every black man who dares to venture in the "wrong neighborhood" feels. The Zimmermans rallied around their murdering relative - f*** them all.

[JI7]

48. yup, and it wasn't just sitting in court , this fucker is making the media rounds

going on twitter and other shit attacking the kid murdered by his brother.

ariel castro's family turned against him. they aren't out there defending and making excuses for him as this fucker is.

[Skittles]

61. I do not condone vigilante justice but do I have any sympathy for the Zimmerman clan?

HELL NO......I also do not condemn people for not avoiding their criminal family member. However, standing by someone and actively supporting and making excuses for them are two different things.

[Skittles]

36. now you know what it feels like to be stalked, asshole

[struggle4progress]

39. Hmm. That would be 17 million a month. Nope: I don't believe it

[Egnever]

40. That brother is making a killing

Best thing that ever happened to him was his brother shooting a kid. He is cashing in in a big way.

[JI7]

42. i hate looking at his fucking face

he has the face of a fucked up douchebag jackass .

[cliffordu]

43. Run for the rest of your life, motherfucker.

Chickenshit punk with a gun.

Stand your ground for the next 30 years. I dare ya.

[napkinz]

46. Supreme Irony ...

[B Calm]

47. Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive!

[qualitybeatsquantity]

49. I want to see Z scared and frightened for the rest of his miserable existence

I hope he has to always be looking over his shoulder.

Sure he got away with murder but the people can still punish him by ostracizing him, his family and supporters and treating him like the murder he is.

[Vattel]

50. Sad.

It appears that Robert Zimmerman believes that his brother did not commit murder. Does that mean we should all be sneering at him and celebrating the hardships he faces?

[KG]

52. a family of practiced and willful liars.

[bravenak]

53. Not all liars are Zimmerman , but all Zimmermans are liars.

Or something.

[Tien1985]

54. If it's true,

They should be reporting it to police, not the media. The police could do something about it. Unless, ya know, it isn't true, in which case they can just go to the media and get lots of attention. Like he's doing now.

[burnodo]

55. If the family's receiving death threas, then George is

so why the fuck is he driving around the country?

[JustAnotherGen]

56. Man up

[Sunlei]

57. a bit, kind of like it must feel to be a 'hoodie' just walking around in the usa........

'threats' like email/phone/texts/posts messageboards-..are connected to personal ID..turn them in to the authorities.

words without death threat are free speech. Z and family are allowed to speak free in the USA, just like people can also speak back.

[otohara]

58. He Reminds Me of James Nichols - Brother of Terry

who wrote a book and was on TV way too much.

Go away Zimmerman's ... quit reminding people you still exist.

[AngryOldDem]

59. Please, keep the attention on ME.

All this is just a publicity grab. Zimmerman likes being in the public eye -- all he wants to do, after all, is keep us safe from all the baddies, and THIS is how he's treated??? THIS is the thanks he gets????

George, you got off extremely lightly. Now go the fuck away. Please.

[napkinz]

60. and the award goes to ...