Posted on 02/18/2020 9:02:33 PM PST by conservative98
George Zimmerman wants a day in court against two of the leading Democratic presidential contenders, accusing them of defamation.
In a lawsuit filed Tuesday in Florida, the man who killed Trayvon Martin in self-defense in 2012 accused Pete Buttigieg and Sen. Elizabeth Warren of “maliciously defam[ing]” Mr. Zimmerman, using the killing “as a pretext to demagogue and falsely brand Zimmerman as a white supremacist and racist to their millions of Twitter followers.”
Mr. Zimmerman was acquitted of all charges on traditional self-defense grounds, because Martin attacked him and beat his head against the ground, supposedly for profiling the black teen while on a neighborhood-watch shift.
“The obvious intent of Buttigieg and Warren’s Tweets is alleged race baiting, in an attempt to draw African American votes during this Democrat presidential primary season,” Zimmerman attorney Larry Klayman said in an announcement of the lawsuit, according to WorldNetDaily.
The suit was filed in the Circuit Court for the 10th Judicial Circuit in Polk County, Florida.
It accuses Ms. Warren and Mr. Buttigieg of actual malice, a prerequisite to win a libel case if one is a public figure.
“Both defendants, Buttigieg and Warren, are alleged in the complaint to have acted with actual malice, as it is widely known that Zimmerman was acquitted of murder based on self-defense,” the announcement said.
The tweets in question both said Martin was killed because of “racism” or “white supremacy.”
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
Uh-oh, some liberals believed their own propaganda and wantonly spewed it out.
Good for Z. I Hope he used the same lawyer from the covington case who won $275 MILLION vs CNN.
Good for George Zimmerman... Liberals want to wantonly spewed out lies? Fine. Our side will sue the pants of them....
Good for George Zimmerman... Liberals want to wantonly spewed out lies? Fine. Our side will sue the pants off them....
GOOD!!!!}
CNN was sued for $275 million. He probably settles for 1/10 of that.
I’ve heard them both call him a murderer. If they called me that I would sue the hell out of them too.
Zimmerman did not murder anyone. That was the finding of a court and to say he did is a bald faced lie.
Well liz is already an established liar, and she’s pretty bad at figuring out what race someone is...
This is great. It’s already a win no matter how it goes from here.
Larry Klayman is Judicial Watch. Certainly no fool, but for this case?
The article tells us who the lawyer is. Zimmerman is being represented by Larry Klayman of Judicial Watch.
Once in a while, I say a little prayer for George Z.
I’m always surprised to discover he’s still alive and out of jail. I have no idea what it’s like, having your own president (Obola) fanning the flames and the hysterical anger against you.
I don’t think Klayman is associates with Judicial Watch any more.
I don’t recall him ever winning a case while he was with JW.
Zimmerman is not a “public figure”. He’s a regular citizen. His fame was not of his own choosing. Hence “actual malice” is not required.
I hope Mayo Pete takes it in the shorts.
Correct. Reckless disregard will get him a fine payout.
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