George Zimmerman's brother not sure if strangers want to return his wallet or kill him

[Amerigo Vespucci]

‘I’m not sure how to trust’: George Zimmerman’s family forced into isolation



http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/aug/4/im-not-sure-how-trust-george-zimmermans-family-for/

Soon after his brother George Zimmerman was acquitted in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, Robert Zimmerman Jr. revealed last week that their family is forced to live in isolation for fear of those still angry with the verdict.

“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,” he told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview.

The Zimmerman family has been living in complete isolation since the verdict, only leaving the house when it’s absolutely necessary.

“It taxes everyone’s mind, knowing you have to stay in touch and in constant communication because of the threats,” Mr. Zimmerman told Breitbart. “Are we doing everything to stay alive at home, and if any of us have to leave, are we doing everything we can to support each other?

[Voice for Peace]

1. boo hoo

[RedCappedBandit]

2. Kind of how Trayvon must have felt when he was stopped in public by the murderer GZ

[Amerigo Vespucci]

4. Yep...

...not sure if he was going to be able to go home and enjoy his Skittles and Arizona Iced Tea or be murdered in cold blood by a self-appointed neighborhood watch captain.

My heart goes out to the uncertain members of the Zimmerman family.

[truebluegreen]

13. Bless their hearts.

[kestrel91316]

3. Why worry about such things?? If they scare you, just shoot them dead.

You won't do jail time if they scared you first.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

59. Irony...I love it, I loathe it.

There's so much truth behind what you've posted. He got away with murder. He knows it. His loud-mouthed brother knows it. Mommy and Daddy know it. Trayvon's parents know it.

I think my favorite part of the trial was the manner in which O'Mara and his team attempted character assasination on a corpse. This fucker must sleep very soundly every night, on a big stack of cash.

[Politicalboi]

5. LOL!

"And if any of us have to leave". He means YOU George.

I have NO sympathy for him or his family. Let the chips fall where they may.

[truebluegreen]

14. I think he already left...

wasn't he spotted (traffic stop--speeding, with a gun in the car natch) in nowhere-in-particular Texas?

[Politicalboi]

21. Yeah, but he can come back

GZ is probably doing his western Just Us Tour (him and his gun) looking to save people in need. He'll be back. They always come back.

[bpositive]

6. Hmmmm

Maybe George will think twice before killing another innocent person.

How's it feel to live in fear, karma baby.

Do I feel bad for the family? I'm not sure- did they think their son was innocent? Were they happy that he was not convicted?

[joeglow3]

7. Wow, the views of many here amaze me.

I have no problem with the views toward George, but why does his entire family deserve the fear? Sins of the father and all that...

[Amerigo Vespucci]

11. I'd agree with that if I hadn't read some of his brother's interviews

His parents stuck pretty close to "our son is a good boy" but if you read some of Robert Zimmerman's interviews, I think he did a pretty good job of making some enemies of his own. Do a DU search on "Robert Zimmerman," read some of the threads...you'll see what I mean.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

17. Robert Zimmerman's interview on CNN the night of the verdict....

....showed him to be an asshole of the highest order. His patronizing "George has mentored young black boys" and "What would make a young man so angry as Trayvon to attack my brother" is all I needed to hear from that shitstain.

[joeglow3]

19. While I agree with your distaste, it takes a LOT more for me to condone violence

Guess we will just have to agree to disagree.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

27. I don't think anyone here is condoning violence

I think the Zimmerman brothers are extremely unpopular, due to a direct result of their own words and / or actions, and if they have a fear of the public, they planted the seeds.

If I went on TV and talked trash in teh same manner as Robert Zimmerman, I'd probably be concerned for my safety, too.

[Skittles]

29. no one is condoning violence

they're simply commenting that it's ironic they who so easily excused vigilantism in their loved one now live in fear of the very same

[yardwork]

38. Who is condoning violence here? Has anybody been violent toward the Zimmerman family?

It looks to me like George Zimmerman is a hero to a lot of people. I doubt that this story is true. The Zimmerman family is not know for telling the truth.

[chemenger]

55. Pity the "young black boys" being mentored by a LOSER!

[Politicalboi]

23. Okay, just his brother and father

Those are the only ones I know of that agree with the jury. This is the karma of a wrong verdict. They thought the worst was behind them. Only now they have to look behind them EVERYWHERE they go. I have NO sympathy. I have sympathy for Trayvon's parents.

[joeglow3]

24. I am capable of sympathy for multiple people at once

What do you expect a parent to say? "That was bullshit and my so should be on death row?" I hardly consider the fact that they acted like a parent worthy of living your life in fear.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

28. Are you ignoring the Robert Zimmerman comments or just choosing not to acknowledge them?

Agreed, the Zimmerman parents acted like Zimmerman's parents and his brother acted like an asshole. And when assholes go out in public, sometimes people say "There goes the asshole." If that's Robert Zimmerman's future, he created it.

[Skittles]

30. how about not saying ANYTHING

in respect for the loved ones of a murdered teenager?

[Sotf]

47. How can you, as members of the jury...

... even doubt this man's guilt when his own mother won't speak to his defense!?

[joeglow3]

48. Which is it?

You say he is guilty because of a lack of his mother speaking out, while so many demand she not speak out to show respect for the Martin family. You can't have both.

[Sotf]

57. I think...

... that any reasonable juror would expect and overall disregard a defense of their son. In the same vein they will look strongly and negatively upon a lack of a defense.

I think if Zimmerman's mother hadn't come out and said she believed him it would have been damning. Not to mention the fact that she probably believes his version over the Martin family and thus is justfied in expressing her position even if it causes the Martins emotional turmoil.

[hfojvt]

36. nobody can hate just one

it spreads like a virus. First George, then his wife, then his dad, his mom, his brother, his children (if he ever has a son and names him Damian or Adolf). His lawyers. His defenders on the internets.

What the heck, there's a cup of hateraid for everybody.

That's our secret "the world is full of hate - pass it on".

We didn't start the fire, but we are carrying flamethrowers and screaming for vengeance.

[SomethingFishy]

63. Because it's bullshit...

Can't leave the house? How did George get pulled over in Texas with a loaded gun in his glove box if he's forced into isolation?

Here's a view... if you don't want to be bothered GET THE FUCK OFF THE TELEVISION.

[malaise]

8. Trayvon's family is not that lucky

Fuck all the Zimmermans

[KG]

9. still playing the victims?

[hfojvt]

39. no it is the same 9 day old story posted before

posted again, for another 3 minutes of hate or something.

[Raine]

10. Aw ... now that is sad

[appleannie1]

12. Gee, now they know how black people in the south feel and they can thank Georgie.

[Skittles]

15. the poor thangs

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they have to fear vigilantism, that which they excused their dear Gerogie for

[hrmjustin]

25. +1

[Cronus Protagonist]

16. That's comforting to know

Armed maniacs with serious paranoia. The whole family is infected with it.

[Baitball Blogger]

18. How many siblings does Zimmerman have?

I haven't heard of any of them being threatened. Has anyone else have better information?

[pokerfan]

20. Is this the same brother

who said that black people are 'risky.'

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/zimmerman-brother-unleashes-twitter-rant-martin-case-article-1.1299501

[Spirochete]

22. Just do what your brother does, Zimmy -

shoot everybody you see.

[Suburban Warrior]

26. Well, Maybe Your Brother...

Shouldn't have killed an innocent kid.

[bravenak]

31. If they say excuse me, they're probably not interested in shooting him.

I'm glad they're in hiding. Makes my day.

[pitbullgirl1965]

34. Made my day too!

Shunning is a great punishment.

[bravenak]

35. Not as good as jail but ill take what I can get.

I love shaming child killers and co.

[jasond54231]

32. Can't say I'm sympathetic, honestly

The Zimmerman family have only themselves to blame.

[sad-cafe]

33. I wish they would just go away

how much money have they made off this horrible act?

I wish the "news outlets" would just ignore them

[dflprincess]

37. Perhaps if they stopped calling attention to themselves they could just fade into obscurity

yet the brother seems to be trying to prolong their 15 minutes.

[niyad]

40. or maybe the family is annoyed because the spotlight is no longer on them, and they have become

so addicted to being the news that they are telling this sob story about how afraid they are that others will act exactly as gz did.

[niyad]

41. hey, robert--if everyone is so afraid to leave their houses, what in the HELL was georgy doing in

texas, going, as he said, "nowhere in particular"?? doesn't sound too terribly worried to me.

[freshwest]

44. Yup!

[Dr. Strange]

49. Looking for traffic accident victims to save.

It's Super George!

[niyad]

50. of course, how silly of me to have forgotten

[frylock]

42. positively heartwrenching

[Avalux]

43. Robert Zimmerman can't seem to stay out of the spotlight.

From what I've seen of him, he's a pompous asshole who is enjoying every second of his 15 minutes of fame. Poor baby.

[LaydeeBug]

45. Mmm Hmmm. *Isolated* I tell you, except when he's going "nowhere in particular" in TEXAS speeding

with a loaded weapon.

That's total isolation, I tell ya, it is

[napkinz]

46. oh the irony ...

[Kolesar]

51. Breitbart, Washington Times, Moonie-luney RW bullshit ... eom

[Little Star]

52. Poor Robert Zimmerman Jr. STFU Asshole!.....

I can't stand that guy & I feel absolute hate for his fucking brother.

[Jasana]

53. My reptilian tears are falling. nt

[grasswire]

54. IMHO his wife, his brother and his father know the grisly truth about that night

And they lied for him.

Oh, and his uncle, too.

So maybe they are accessories to the crime and feel the guilt.

[PowerToThePeople]

56. F zim. Trashing this thread, seeing is name & pic makes me.

[CakeGrrl]

58. I don't see the problem here, Zimmy

Your brother getting away with a murder he instigated is not a good thing.

He and those of you who enabled him and were arrogant about his acquittal are paying the price.

Karma doles out justice one way or another.

[MrSlayer]

60. I wouldn't know him if I were face to face with him.

George I would recognize. This douche? Not at all.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

61. I knew around 5,000 or so assholes like that in Silicon Valley...he's generic.

And yet, he clings to that 15 minutes of fame. 15 minutes and ticking.

[SomethingFishy]

62. Yeah living in isolation...

Which is why George Zimmerman was pulled over for speeding in Texas, going nowhere in particular with a loaded gun in his glove box.