[101stAirborneVet]

Nonsense. His father is a former magistrate from Virginia, now living in Florida. He was not even a "judge".

[sgtyork]

mag·is·trate [maj-uh-streyt, -strit] noun 1.a civil officer charged with the administration of the law. 2.a minor judicial officer, as a justice of the peace or the JUDGE of a police court, having jurisdiction to try minor criminal cases and to conduct preliminary examinations of persons charged with serious crimes. Zimmerman’s father, a former magistrate judge, http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/george-zimmerman-lost-job-party-security-guard-aggressive-ex-co-worker-article-1.1053223 Robert Zimmerman is a Vietnam vet, as well as a former judge from Fairfax, Virginia. Read more: http://www.myfoxorlando.com/dpp/news/local/033012_Zimmerman%27s_father_defends_his_son#ixzz1qrHs6Sj7 I'll bet that his status as a former judge would appear on a police background check.