I just saw this in the BBC and it made my blood boil. George Zimmerman, who shot Trayvon Martin to death but was acquitted of murder due to the “stand your ground” defense (“eek a black kid!, I’m in danger!”), is now suing the Martin family, their attorney, the state of Florida, and other unspecified defendants for $100 million dollars. And it gets worse.
BBC News story here: www.bbc.com/...
Zimmerman alleges something about part of the Martins’ story or testimony being faked or questionable. Details of that are in the BBC story.
Apparently the lawsuit is timed to coincide with the release of a film about Zimmerman. Per the BBC News story:
“Trayvon's uncle, Ronald Fulton, 56, claimed the lawsuit was no more than a publicity stunt to promote a forthcoming documentary titled the "Trayvon Hoax" that claims Rachel Jeantel was an impostor.”
Right, like Sandy Hook Hoax and every other piece of conspiracy-fantasy (CF) horse shit from anti-vax to chemtrails, but worse because these evil CFs are being promoted and profiteered over the dead bodies of children.
And, this won’t be the first time Zimmerman has profited from his murder. Also per the BBC story:
“In May 2016, George Zimmerman sold the gun that killed Trayvon Martin for $250,000 (£172,000) by auction.”
Can you even imagine what kind of evil or sick personality would do these sorts of things?
- Shoot an unarmed kid.
- Show no evidence whatsoever of even the slightest degree of remorse.
- Sell the murder weapon at auction for a quarter million bucks. (And can you imagine the kind of sicko who would pay that kind of money to buy it?)
- Then go on to make or participate in making a “documentary” alleging that the family of the kid you shot dead was engaged in any sort of false testimony against you.
- And then sue the family and their attorneys and the state, for a hundred million bucks, just as the film is about to be released.
That man is a monster. If there’s a Hell he deserves an express ticket and a reserved seat next to every other murdering racist monster.
Question is, what can we do to support the Martins at this point? To my mind that’s the key thing: solidarity, standing with them, and doing whatever concretely can be done to protect them from that monster.
I’d like to see them countersue him for vexatious litigation and some kind of general pain & suffering tort, and asset-strip Zimmerman down to his swastika-themed boxer shorts.
I have to scoot for the day and I’ll be back later to reply to comments (as far as possible without saying something that could get me banned; you have no idea how this kind of thing makes my blood boil), but I checked again & again and didn’t see anyone else posting a story about this, right down to the moment I clicked the Publish button, and I felt the news needed to be known ASAP.
If anyone who’s closely associated with BLM here posts a story on this, rec their story and comment there, and ignore this one. Peace.