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Judi Lynn

(160,944 posts) Fri May 29, 2015, 05:03 PM May 2015

Zimmerman shooter must wear monitor [View all]

Source: Associated Press

Zimmerman shooter must wear monitor
| May 29, 2015 | Updated: May 29, 2015 2:54pm

Judge Debra Nelson on Friday ordered Matthew Apperson to wear the GPS device so Zimmerman will know when he's close by.

Apperson's attorney argued during a brief hearing that the monitoring was unnecessary.

Apperson was charged earlier this month with aggravated assault and battery for firing a gun into Zimmerman's car during a traffic run-in. Zimmerman had minor injuries.

A police report says Apperson had a fixation on the former neighborhood watch leader and had recently been admitted to a mental institution.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Zimmerman-shooter-must-wear-monitor-6294862.php

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Zimmerman shooter must wear monitor [View all] Judi Lynn May 2015 OP

It would be simpler if we just locked Zimmerman up for the rest of his life... daleanime May 2015 #1

Good. bravenak May 2015 #2

Kind of like suicide by cop warrant46 May 2015 #3

Yeah, because God forbid that Zimmerman be jeopardized by hostile gunfire. Paladin May 2015 #4

So you want Zimmerman to be shot? hack89 May 2015 #7

Based on Matthew Apperson's profile and actions warrant46 May 2015 #8

You do realize cmkramer May 2015 #17

Sounds like bullshit, now more than ever, given Zimmerman's subsequent behavior. (nt) Paladin May 2015 #18

You do realize... ustilago Jun 2015 #19

What for? For missing his shot? nt Lost-in-FL May 2015 #5

Zimmerman, always the victim. Jack-o-Lantern May 2015 #6

I would order Zimmerman to wear one too jmowreader May 2015 #9

Just what I was thinking davidpdx May 2015 #11

No, it's not really that jmowreader May 2015 #15

I agree, it can't be done forever davidpdx May 2015 #16

It would be amazing if they'd do this for women/men hiding from a violent person with a "fixation" herding cats May 2015 #10

Zimmerman needs one of those magnetic collars put around his neck davidpdx May 2015 #12

I actually think the judge made a good decision. Snobblevitch May 2015 #13

for Zimmerman they'll just follow the sirens, I guess MisterP May 2015 #14