George Zimmerman: Life in Photos
George Zimmerman became international infamous in 2012 after he fatally shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin while working as a neighborhood watch coordinator in a Florida gated community. Zimmerman shot the young black man after an altercation, even though Martin was unarmed and was simply visiting relatives in the area.
Zimmerman contested throughout his trial that he acted in self-defense against the young man at on July 13, 2013 jury acquitted Zimmerman of the charges of second degree murder and manslaughter. The outcry over this decision was incredibly intense and the case as a whole sparked a national discussion about civil rights and gun ownership.
Here, we’ll look back at the trial and recent photos of George since his acquittal. This photo, taken in 2015, shows Zimmerman walking out the intake building at the John E. Polk Correctional Facility with a bondsman, in Sanford, Fla. , after posting bail on a $150,000 bond on a second degree murder charge in April 2012.
George Zimmerman’s Problems With The Law
George Zimmerman is pictured her being escorted to a home by a police officer, in Lake Mary, Fla., after a domestic incident in the neighborhood where Zimmerman and his wife Shellie had lived during his murder trial. Zimmerman’s wife says on a 911 call that her estranged husband punched her father in the nose, grabbed an iPad out of her hand and smashed it and threatened them both with a gun. This was just months after Zimmerman was found not guilty for the 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin
George Zimmerman Protested
During the trial, George Zimmerman was spurned and protested against across the nation during “Justice for Trayvon” rallies. Here, Lynn Moore, of Salt Lake City, showed her support during one such rally at the Wallace F. Bennett Federal Building in Salt Lake City
Wanted For Murder
Protestors were unrelenting and demanded justice for the unarmed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin who George Zimmerman shot and killed as he worked as a neighborhood watch captain. Signs like this were not uncommon during rallies to protest his actions.
George Zimmerman Back Home
George Zimmerman attempted to keep a low profile when he returned to his own, accompanied by a police escort, following the accusation from his wife Shellie in 2015. She accused him of threatening her and her father with a gun, before punching the name in the nose and destroying her iPad
