IT’S TIME TO LOCK THE JERK UP!

George Zimmerman is arrested for the third time since he was acquitted in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin

George Zimmerman is either a complete jerk or half-baked. To me it appears to be both. He has been arrested three times since he was acquitted of murder for the shooting death of Trayvon Martin in a July 2013 jury trial. While I believe the acquittal was clearly justified, this guy is dangerous and should be locked up!

His latest arrest came on Friday when Florida’s Seminole County Sheriff’s Department deputies busted Zimmerman, 31, in Lake Mary for tossing a wine bottle at his girlfriend. He was charged with aggravated assault and is roosting in the John E. Polk Correctional Facility.

During a court hearing Saturday morning, bail was set at $5,000, which in my opinion is way too low for such a dangerous ding-a-ling. As a matter of caution, Judge John Galluzzo ordered Zimmerman to surrender all weapons he owned. He was also ordered to avoid any contact with the alleged victim and to stay out of Volusia County where she lives. His next court hearing is scheduled for February 17.

Here is a list of Zimmerman’s other brushes with the law since he was acquitted of murder:

In September 2013 he was arrested after his estranged wife reported that Zimmerman had attacked her father and pointed a gun at her. The case was dismissed when she declined to press any charges.

In November 2013, Zimmerman was busted for beating up his girlfriend. She also claimed he pointed a gun at her. That case was dismissed because she also dropped the charges.

In September 2014, the jerk was investigated for telling a truck driver “I’ll fucking kill you” during a road rage incident. Zimmerman was not arrested because the truck driver did not wish to file any charges.

Let me reiterate that I believe Zimmerman’s acquittal in the Trayvon Martin shooting was clearly justified. But this half-baked jerk is too dangerous to be running loose on the streets. He should be prosecuted even if his latest victim declines to press the aggravated assault charge. Zimmerman should be kept locked up!

ADDENDUM:

DAs say that when a victim refuses to cooperate, there will not be enough evidence for a successful prosecution. But is that why, in his previous arrests, Zimmerman was not prosecuted? I seriously doubt it.

Even when a victim declines to press charges, the prosecution can still go ahead and try the perpetrator. In those Zimmerman cases, I believe the prosecutors did not have the political courage to face a predictable firestorm of criticism from the right for going after Zimmerman only because he beat the Trayvon Martin wrap.

A friend was dismissive of the latest incident because Zimmerman threw an empty wine bottle at his girlfriend and missed. But what if he had hit her? She could have been seriously injured. His dismissiveness of this incident is the same as blowing off an attempt to kill someone because the shooter missed.