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Zimmerman Set Free on Bail

April 20, 2012
Topics: Gun Control;

It appears that George Zimmerman has been set free on $150,000 bail. The judge determined that he was not likely to attempt to escape from the country, and after giving certain restrictions, allowed him to post bail.

Zimmerman will now have to wear a GPS-enabled ankle bracelet so that police can monitor his location at all times, and will have to follow a very strict curfew schedule. He has relinquished his passport to the police, and will not be able to leave the country.

At the hearing today, a previously unreleased photograph was submitted as evidence. In this photograph, which was taken at the crime scene just three minutes after the shooting, Zimmerman’s head is shown, covered in blood. This appears to support his testimony that Trayvon Martin was bashing his head into the sidewalk, forcing him to defend himself.

Martin’s parents expressed anger that Zimmerman would be allowed to post bail, and believe that Zimmerman did not act in self defense, but rather, acted as a bully and intimidated their son.

At the hearing, Zimmerman made a brief apology to Martin’s family, stating that he wished he had not killed Martin, but adding that he did not know whether Martin was armed or not.

Now that Zimmerman has posted bail, he is expected to hire a body guard and live in a secret and secure location to hide from potential vigilantes who have threatened him. He has been in prison for the past nine days, awaiting trial, and protected from potential threats.  Now that he has posted bail, he will have to find a way to provide for his own safety and security.

In March, his home address was leaked to the public, and he went into hiding. Additionally, the New Black Panther Party has issued a $10000.00 “dead or alive” bounty for anyone who can catch him. It is unclear how serious this threat is, but it appears that Zimmerman is not willing to take any risks by appearing in public.

The trial will be scheduled for a later date.



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#1 from Kalil on May 04, 2012 at 2:30 pm

If infact zimmermans plead is correct i believe that he shouldn't be charged cause he was getting alledgedly beaten by martin. He has the right to live and if he hadn't killed martin then martin might have killed him instead. George did the right thing in my eye but court would have to look at trayvon and georges background to see who has done crime or commited any felonies of any kind. George should be set free because trayvon had no right to attack him in any way and now the african american community made up a dumb rule or something about "walking while black in a congated neighborhood". Which is fueling the fire. George did what he did to survive, but happened to kill trayvon in the process.

#2 from BriaPerry on August 24, 2012 at 8:41 am

Hi Mr. Kalil, I do disagree with your statements sir. Before I begin to make valid points, I would like to say that everyone is entitled to their own opinion. Also I would love for you to comment back. You mentioned in your statement Zimmerman shouldn't be charged because he was getting allegedly beaten by Martin. If I must say NO ONE was there at the time Martin and Zimmerman got into it. Therefore you can not be so sure that Martin "allegedly"beat Zimmerman. We only know Zimmerman's side of the story, if Martin was here I'm sure we would be opened to his side as well. I do believe everyone has a right to defend their selves. If we go further into the case, Zimmerman was sitting in his car & Martin was walking down the road by himself eating & talking on the phone. If in doubt that Zimmerman felt "threatened" he should have stayed in the car or left. NOT get out the car & APPROACH HIM! Agreed? The case says that when the cops got to them Zimmerman face was covered in blood. If in doubt that Martin was beating him, Zimmerman should have took the beating like a man, and sued Martin and his parents later. I totally agree with you on self defense. But lets take into consideration that if Mr. Zimmerman felt threatened by any means, he should have stayed in the car. It does say that he called the police. ANY smart man would stay in the car & wait until the police came onto the scene.

#3 from SHARIE TAYLOR on August 24, 2012 at 9:10 am

OK,to Kalil,I don't understand your comment.Are you on Zimmerman's side or Trayvon's side? Trayvon was just walking through the neighborhood and Zimmmerman just got scared and shot him.Trayvon did not have a gun or and other kind of weapon.Now, I do agree that Trayvon should not have beat him the way he did,but,Trayon was scared too! George should not have shot him the way he did.The right thing to do was to try to stop Martin and ask why was did beating him.Not,just come out and shoot him.That was wrong.

#4 from Lanesha Hawkins on August 25, 2012 at 9:56 pm

Well I totally agree with my friends here, Ms.Sharie Taylor and Ms.Bria Perry. George Zimmerman was totally out of line by shooting Trayvon Martin. I understand self-defense but cold blooded murder is another thing. I am outraged at the point that Kalil made about the black community making up a rule about "walking while black”. First of all it’s not a rule; it is a phrase, second of all the black community did not make up anything. Sources clearly state that Trayvon Martin was not armed and only had a bag of skittles, Arizona drink and a hoodie on because it was raining. Zimmerman had absolutely no right to shoot Trayvon even in self-defense because he was not armed. Sources also state that Zimmerman made a police phone call before the shooting happened. The police phone call report states that the police told Zimmerman to wait for the police to arrive before taking action. So I think that he should have stayed in his car and minded his business, not follow an innocent teenager until it ended in a blood bath. It was totally wrong for Zimmerman to shoot Trayvon. So the phrase "walking while black" suits this situation perfectly!

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