Good thing
he decided to get out of the car:
George Zimmerman, who has been in hiding since he was acquitted of murder in the death of Trayvon Martin, emerged to help rescue a family who was trapped in an overturned vehicle, police said today.
Zimmerman was one of two men who came to the aid of Dana and Mark Gerstle and their two children, who were trapped inside a blue Ford Explorer SUV that had rolled over after traveling off the highway in Sanford, Fla. at approximately 5:45 p.m. Thursday, the Seminole County Sheriff's Office said in a statement.
The crash occurred at the intersection of I-4 and route Route 46, police said. The crash site is less than a mile from where Zimmerman shot Martin.
By the time police arrived, two people - including Zimmerman - had already helped the family get out of the overturned car, the sheriff's office said. No one was reported to be injured.
Zimmerman was not a witness to the crash and left after speaking with the deputy, police said.
Meanwhile, the article also explains why he's been in hiding:
An indication of the animosity toward Zimmerman is the number of threatening phone calls being received by a woman in Winter Park, Fla.
Lori Tankel told ABCNews.com that someone had incorrectly posted her cell phone number online thinking it was Zimmerman's. She said she started receiving threatening calls within an hour after the jury had reached a verdict on July 13.
"They were saying things like, 'Zimmerman? Is this George? We're going to get you, we're going to kill you,'" she said.
Her cell phone number is only one digit off from Zimmerman's, she said.
Tankel said she received at least 80 phone calls within one day of the jury's not guilty verdict. While the threats died down during the week, she said they ramped right back up again on Friday and continued through the weekend.
"Those phone calls were extremely malicious," she said. "I think at that point, they kind of knew it wasn't George Zimmerman's number, but they were still going to harass me."
I suppose they were, ma'am.
3 comments:
it would have been nice if the president could have have told his followers that threats against George would not be tolerated, instead of offering excuses for why black peeps are pissed off at him.
as the first black president with white upbringing, he had a prime chance to lead BOTH sides into the light, and chose not to.
Actually, I'd have preferred that he not say anything at all about the case, last year or this year. It's just not necessary for presidents to weigh in on every subject.
Say nothing, or quietly work to dismantle the incentives that the government gives poor people to have babies out of wedlock, especially poor black people. You do that, you start to defuse the bomb that's been set in the inner city.
I won't be holding my breath.
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