George Zimmerman Shooting Apparent Assassination Attempt

Gun Watch ^ | 12 May, 2015 | Dean Weingarten

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Bullet hole in George Zimmerman's vehicle.

It appears that George Zimmerman, who has survived the violent attack by Treyvon Martin, survived the media persecution, survived the trial, had his marriage destroyed and a reward posted on his head for the temerity of surviving, has apparently survived an assassination attempt.   A bullet narrowly missed George Zimmerman's head, leading to non-life threatening wounds.  The man who tried to kill him, seems to have thought he had succeeded.  From wesh.com:

Zimmerman's attorney Don West said a bullet missed Zimmerman's head, but he was sprayed with glass from his vehicle's windshield and other debris.

West said Zimmerman has been released from the hospital.

Kenneth Cornell says that the shooter approached him:

Kenneth Cornell told WESH 2’s Gail Paschall-Brown that he called 911 after the alleged shooter approached him and said, “I shot George Zimmerman.” Cornell said the alleged shooter then got on the phone with dispatch and explained what happened.

From the orlandosentinel.com:

Lake Mary Chief Steve Bracknell said Zimmerman did not shoot, but another person — an unidentified person Zimmerman knows — shot at him.

Police initially thought the shooting was a road-rage incident, but Bracknell said that might not be true.

 The media are already trying to somehow blame George Zimmerman for the shooting.

George Zimmerman has to be one of the most reviled and maligned men in America.  His sin is that he defended his life at a time when the Obama administration was looking for an incident to inflame black voters.

For the best analysis of the Zimmerman trial, Massad Ayoob has done the best job.

The investigation into the shooting is ongoing.

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Update: Conservativetreehouse is reporting that the shooter had stalked Zimmerman before.  They say he is  Matt Apperson:

Matt Apperson is the same guy who tried to gain fame in September of 2014 by claiming that George Zimmerman waved a gun at him during a road rage incident.  (Full backstory of their prior two encounters outlined HERE)

The Dailey Mail has found out these facts about Matthew Apperson:

• Matthew Apperson is under investigation over a shot fired into Zimmerman's car earlier this week 

• Apperson, 35, was said by neighbors to be 'irrational and unstable' in days leading up to Zimmerman confrontation

• One neighbor called police when she found a squirrel killed with a BB gun and told officer she feared it was 'a sign' from Apperson

• Police documents show he has also been investigated after telling phone canvasser he was planning to kill a trespasser with his Magnum .357

• Decision due within days on whether Apperson will be charged over shot fired at Zimmerman which he says was self-defense

  
  
  
  
  According to a commenter at the washingtonpost.com:
  

  WillB2
  
  5/13/2015 11:01 AM MST
  
  It is a very busy road and dozens saw the events. They were interviewed last night on local (Channel 10) TV. According to them, Apperson was chasing Zimmerman, waving a gun and yelling out of the window of his car. Zimmerman was trying to flee. Zimmerman then made a U turn in an attempt to escape, but Apperson made a U Turn as well, drew up beside Zimmerman and fired into his car. Apperson is now facing the mandatory 20 years in prison and Zimmerman won't be seeing him again until 2035.

[GOYAKLA]

M. Apperson is looking at some serious charges, if Angelka Corey moves as fast as she did against Zim and Marissa Alexander.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-mom-guilty-firing-warning-shot-husband-freed-article-1.2095188
Law on Shooting in Florida

http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0700-0799/0790/Sections/0790.19.html
Note the punishments at the link as to “intended to kill. etc!
State law here in Florida it makes no difference if car is occupied or not! Car, house , boat, etc, etc!

[Theodore R.]

You are right; most whites are sympathetic to the whole civil rights agenda and have been since the 1960s. Southern whites once resisted the movement, but no more.

[isom35]

when I see Apperson I see autistic spectrum, or at the very least ass-burgers.

[BlackAdderess]

...or just plain ass!

[Godebert]

"I applaud Zimmerman, why should he be intimidated and run into hiding in a nowhereville spider hole like a coward, you may submit to fear but that type of submission is not appealing to most of us who value freedom, that same logic is what the liberals use to squelch the first amendment, those who exercise their freedom are asking for violent attacks, no Sir in America so far; it don’t work that way. Zimmerman’s freedom was well fought for; and so he revels in it, they will try to kill him anyway whether out on the street or hiding in nowhere hole."

Well said! I've been disgusted by all the replies here on Freerepublic stating that Zimmerman should go hide in a hole somewhere like a coward. What the h#$% has happened to this place? I'm beginning to think the management has chased off all the freedom loving Constitutional Conservatives.