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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Wed Feb 5, 2014, 06:06 PM Feb 2014

George Zimmerman Wants to Profit Off Trayvon Martin’s Death

Become a star for shooting and killing a black teenager? That’s just what will happen if a “celebrity” boxing match is allowed to happen.

When I read the headline that George Zimmerman—the guy who shot and killed Trayvon Martin—was going to fight rapper DMX in a “celebrity boxing match,” I assumed I was reading, The Onion. This had to be a joke, right?

But unfortunately it’s not. Celebrity boxing promoter and “self described opportunist,” Damon Feldman announced that Zimmerman and DMX had agreed to step into the ring together. As Feldman boasted, “the match will be one of the Biggest Celebrity Boxing matches of all time.”

This event is truly despicable. I can’t even imagine the pain that the media reports of this boxing match must be causing the parents of Trayvon Martin. First, they lose their son. And now the man who killed him, will be starring in a TV special where he’s considered a “celebrity.”

Let’s be clear: this is far from the typical celebrity boxing match that Feldman has set up in the past which featured the likes of Tanya Harding, Jose Canseco and Michael Lohan. This match showcases a man who shot and killed someone. That is the sole reason we know the name George Zimmerman and why he is considered a “celebrity.”

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http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/02/05/george-zimmerman-and-dmx-want-to-profit-off-trayvon-martin-s-death.html
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George Zimmerman Wants to Profit Off Trayvon Martin’s Death (Original Post) DonViejo Feb 2014 OP
Only in America... SummerSnow Feb 2014 #1
yes, this definately is part of American culture goldent Feb 2014 #14
see, he is a big tough boxer Skittles Feb 2014 #2
Too damned true. What a disgrace. n/t freshwest Feb 2014 #3
Fucker. This will only Cha Feb 2014 #4
Disgusting. sheshe2 Feb 2014 #5
You're only scratching the surface of how warped this county is. Baitball Blogger Feb 2014 #6
When the movie Natural Born Killers was released people thought it was over the top Bjorn Against Feb 2014 #7
He is a fuckin sicko, gun nut racist creep fucker. boston bean Feb 2014 #8
Too bad he was acquitted or else "Son of Sam" would be invoked. nt alp227 Feb 2014 #9
K&R pintobean Feb 2014 #10
You mean someone is going to pound their fists into Zimmerman and we get to watch? n/t DebJ Feb 2014 #11
yes, soon he will be as rich and famous hfojvt Feb 2014 #12
Does Zimmerman know who DMX even is? agentS Feb 2014 #13

SummerSnow

(12,608 posts)
1. Only in America...
Wed Feb 5, 2014, 06:15 PM
Feb 2014

you get celebrity status when you kill someone. Funny how his ilk who are always whining about the unemployed embrace him . Go get a job asshole

Skittles

(153,261 posts)
2. see, he is a big tough boxer
Wed Feb 5, 2014, 06:30 PM
Feb 2014

except when he has to go up against a skinny, unarmed teenager - then he becomes a gun humping coward......and make no mistake, that gun humping coward considers any money made to be gravy for him

Baitball Blogger

(46,776 posts)
6. You're only scratching the surface of how warped this county is.
Wed Feb 5, 2014, 07:47 PM
Feb 2014

The clan couldn't do a better job of creating a stealth society like the one that exists in my city. It's that two tiered system where the more you break the laws to advance the cause of a group of professionals in this community, the better off you'll be financially. Before you know it, you end up with 90/10 ratios where the dominant force has no incentive when it comes to protecting the interests of minorities.

And if I haven't said it enough, thank you State Attorney's office and the FBI Corruption department for doing shit all nothing about the abuse of power that goes on all the time around here.

Bjorn Against

(12,041 posts)
7. When the movie Natural Born Killers was released people thought it was over the top
Wed Feb 5, 2014, 07:56 PM
Feb 2014

Sadly it turns out that things have gotten even worse than that movie portrayed. Oliver Stone showed the killers in his movie getting the celebrity treatment, but they were also held accountable and sentenced to long prison terms. Not even Oliver Stone went so far as to suggest that a murderer would not only be treated as a celebrity, but he would also be let free and allowed to continue to legally carry a gun with him everywhere he goes.

agentS

(1,325 posts)
13. Does Zimmerman know who DMX even is?
Wed Feb 5, 2014, 09:22 PM
Feb 2014


Yeah... this ain't gonna end well for Zimmerman.



If he couldn't handle Trayvon without a gun...
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