Bids for a painting by George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch captain who admitted to killing Florida teenager Trayvon Martin, have reached $100,000 on eBay, the online auction house. Posted on 12/17/2013 11:52:55 AM PST by Zakeet
Bids for a painting by George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch captain who admitted to killing Florida teenager Trayvon Martin, have reached $100,000 on eBay, the online auction house.
The painting is the first work by Zimmerman, who was acquitted in Martin's death, but it's not the first by a notorious character more famous for his crimes than his art.
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Jodi Arias, convicted of murdering her boyfriend Travis Alexander in May, began selling limited edition prints she drew in prison with colored pencils.
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John Wayne Gacy, a serial murderer nicknamed the "Killer Clown," began producing works of art for sale prior to his execution in 1994.
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Charles Manson, the charismatic criminal convicted of inspiring his followers to kill half a dozen people in their "Helter Skelter" rage, is a prolific prison artist.
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As a young man, Adolf Hitler, one of the world's most notorious mass murderers, dreamed of attending art school.
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We Newsers think that George Zimmerman was worse than all those other guys ... combined ... but that doesn't make us biased in any way whatsoever!
FGS! Why don’t they leave that man alone!
Unless and until he commits a crime, he should be able to live his life in peace.
The news media are the enemy of the American people and of freedom
the news media are all democrats . the news is just democrat party or socialist propaganda
Did the article mention Kevorkian?
Famous for his CRIMES?
While he’s had his share of trouble, the court has determined what he is famous for was NOT a “crime”.
Lawsuits incoming!
“but it’s not the first by a notorious character more famous for his crimes than his art.”
Exactly what “crimes” is Zimmerman famous for?
“...libel is the written or otherwise printed public defamation of a person or entity,”
Sooo, if you paint you must be a killer? Right? And, if you haven’t killed anyone yet, you will if you paint? Okay, I got it. Thanks for that truth. s/s/s
Umm, what about cop killer what’s his name who is one of the left’s heroes? What about all the prison “artists”, like nun rapists?
But a man who shot someone who was beating his head into the sidewalk is in this company?
God in Heaven, I know You’re God, because I find it impossible to have mercy or compassion for the left or their criminal tools, as You did.
This writer must have started drinking at lunch. He for got that GWB paints too.
Maybe the trayboyeeee foundation can pick it up. They’re all about justice ya know.
Oh, look....nobody at ABC took credit for that story.
We could ask them if they would pass up the chance to defend themselves if they were getting their head bashed in, on a sidewalk....
My God, what a sick society we live in. May God deal with people like this, ever so severely, for their malicious slander of good men.
It’s an old ploy. You’re supposed to put that together yourself, then think bad things...
That reminds me of California governor Edmund G. “Pat” Brown who, when facing off against movie actor Ronald Reagan in his bid for re-election, remarked that “it was an actor who shot Lincoln.”
And der Furrer, what an artist he could do a room in one afternoon. TWO COATS!
***Sooo, if you paint you must be a killer?***
Oh man, I am in trouble!
The article is an indirect smack at George Bush.
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