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PHOTO: George, left, and wife Shellie Zimmerman, are shown in their respective booking photos.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/george-zimmerman-fears-wifes-safety-mug-shot-publicized/story?id=16557010
By SENI TIENABESO (@senijr_abc)
MIAMI June 13, 2012
George Zimmerman is worried about his wife's safety now that she has been arrested and her mug shot publicized, his lawyer told ABC News.
Zimmerman and his wife have both been in hiding since the neighborhood watch captain shot unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin Feb. 26 in Sanford, Fla.
Shellie Zimmerman, 25, was arrested this week on perjury charges for allegedly lying to the judge at an April 20 bond hearing about being destitute while her husband's online defense fund had $135,000 in it.
After her arrest, police released her mug shot, marking the first anyone has seen Mrs. Zimmerman who has been in hiding because of death threats against her and her family. Even when she testified at the bond hearing it was done by speaker phone because she wanted to protect her identity.
MADem
(135,425 posts)She looks like a zillion other people.
Boo hoo hoo George, get over yourself! No sympathy!
She got a mugshot taken because she LIED UNDER OATH. She is the author of her own misfortune, as is George!
lunatica
(53,410 posts)She can die her hair, cut it or just change the hair style in less than an hour and like you say, slap some glasses on. Or change her make-up.
Hell I always wear make-up and fix my hair pulled back so people are used to seeing me like that but when I don't most of those people don't recognize me even when I'm right in front of them. And it's not just that I look different. It's that most people aren't normally very observant.
gkhouston
(21,642 posts)get a hotel room where the party was being held at a deep discount. He even flew in employees stationed in other cities (and countries) for free. The first year I went to one of these, in a sequined gown, wearing about three times as much makeup as I normally would for work, my boss didn't recognize me. I paused to say hello to someone at the table where he was sitting and saw him visibly startle after I'd been speaking to the other person for about two minutes, as he suddenly put two and two together.
RZM
(8,556 posts)So she's probably going to be fine.
But when you're charged, you lose your anonymity. This isn't the first time a perp has been unhappy about that.
calimary
(81,612 posts)I'm finding it hard to feel any sympathy for either of them.
RZM
(8,556 posts)And it was indeed the one with the girl who kind of looks like Zimmerman's wife. She was something else too. She was shown physically attacking her baby daddy. After the show MTV ran a brief PSA about domestic violence.
calimary
(81,612 posts)I don't read anything about them, I don't buy magazines with them on the cover, I don't patronize ANYTHING that reinforces that kind of low-life. My best friend is an actress and truly lovely soul who, as a middle aged woman, can barely get arrested anymore. SHE should have her own show on TV. Not these nothings.
blueamy66
(6,795 posts)She was offered rehab in lieu of prison time, started the rehab and then decided she'd rather do the time.
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TheCowsCameHome
(40,169 posts)The Magistrate
(95,272 posts)Fella could have just stayed in his car and waited for the police, even better, he could have just drove on home like anybody else....
pacalo
(24,722 posts)The couple also showed greed when they conspired to hide his beg-a-thon defense funds. Even his attorney, Mr. O'Mara, didn't know about the money & he was willing to work pro bono.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Don't do the crime if you can't do the time. And keep your eye on the sparrow...
treestar
(82,383 posts)herself, or told the truth to the court about the money.
vaberella
(24,634 posts)More and more and more and more. The way this circus is playing out and the credibility of this man and his wife and even his lawyer are under question. I have never seen such a weird case. Your wife would have been safe if she never lied. You both share in the blame of her predicament!
RZM
(8,556 posts)I don't think they expected this to be a national story and they really didn't expect to receive so many donations. And when that happened, they tried to beat the system and lost. My guess is that they were winging it and not listening to experienced counsel.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)and throw in stupidity and unfounded belief that he would beat the system and you can understand what they were thinking.
Mark O'Mara doesn't come off as either inept of particularly greedy.
I think the issue is more with the Zimmerman family than their attorney.
Lil Missy
(17,865 posts)LeftyMom
(49,212 posts)magical thyme
(14,881 posts)she and her many clones are hiding up here in rural Maine.
Sheepshank
(12,504 posts)DonCoquixote
(13,616 posts)A lot of Florida gun owners are really trying to compensate for a very weakened sense of manhood.
DonCoquixote
(13,616 posts)But outright humiliation is the only thing some of these right wing types understand. Too many of them really think that they will be saved by the right wing, because in Florida, they very often ARE. Zimmerman has already gotten better treatment than any fool that got caught with a nickelbag of weed would get. And maybe if Ms Zimmerman did not go on national TV trying to raise funds, she might not be called to account for said funds.
That being said, I bet a President Mitt Romney would pardon the Zimmermans.
AlbertCat
(17,505 posts)He sure is scared of everybody. I'm sure he envisions black men going after his wife.
What a loser.
Rain Mcloud
(812 posts)Why are people so hateful towards peace loving murderers and the spouses who love them?
*Yes,this is a weak attempt at sarcasmic half wittery but it raises the question;
Do these people think? Is cause and effect even a valid concept in the Bizzaro universe or is it as incomprehensible to them as say,well satire for instance?
I have to admit i felt more kinship to the chimpanzee's i used to care for as a kid than i feel for the might makes right simians which constantly are in the news,seemingly to embarrass us sentient being's.
lookingfortruth
(263 posts)She also is a "big girl" and should have known better.
She got what she deserved.
Sorry this family is REALLY getting on my nerves.
pokerfan
(27,677 posts)SoCalDem
(103,856 posts)1) she has very pretty eyes
2) she should not have lied under oath.
3) mug shots are public info when you get arrested
Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)I thought her eyes looked rather puffy, myself. I have allergies and issues with puffy eyes, so it's something I notice.
Not that our opinions matter one wit.
However, I fully agree with points 2. and 3. of your statement.
MrSlayer
(22,143 posts)I find this to be nothing more than bullshit. He's looking for the cheap sympathy. Everything about this dude is low rent.
malaise
(269,365 posts)son again. Fuck all the Zimmerman scumbags.
When you're charged with a crime a mug shot is part of the process- they are not above the law.
Their sense of entitlement is breath-taking.
Warren Stupidity
(48,181 posts)Psychotic homicidal grifters. And full of stupid.
Cave_Johnson
(137 posts)... but in my mind's eye I imagined him having a more attractive wife.
Weird.
magical thyme
(14,881 posts)her facial features are actually quite lovely. She needs to lose the excess weight and the hate in her eyes, however.
Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)Seriously....what could her wieght possibly have to do with anything?
magical thyme
(14,881 posts)1. she looks to have lovely, classic bone structure with high cheekbones (which will also serve her well when she gets older and her face "falls off its bones" to quote a famous actress). However, her chubby cheeks are hiding that bone structure, which makes her less attractive than she could be. If her bone structure is as good as I think it is, her face could actually be movie-star or model beautiful.
2. plump is one thing; morbidly obese is another. It is unhealthy and unhealthy people (except for white people with tb, who get a peaches and cream complexion from what I understand) look less attractive than healthy people. That photo suggests she is morbidly obese.
So if she loses some of the extra weight, her underlying bone structure will enhance her looks. But she still needs to lose the hate in her eyes.
Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)There are plenty of things to dislike about this woman without boiling things down to weight and looks.
There are plenty of people out there who are obese and considered unattractive who have value and worth.
Poll_Blind
(23,864 posts)PB
magical thyme
(14,881 posts)I am not obese, but am considered unattractive for other reasons. Men have had no problem telling me I am ugly, including my father.
My reasons for being unattractive could have been changed with plastic surgery, but I never had the money for that until about 10 years ago. By then, I figured "why bother?"
It didn't mean I don't have value and worth. (Although now that I'm over 50 and single, there are new reasons why society considers me to be without value or worth.)
I had a friend who was morbidly obese. If she had lost some of the excess weight, she may not have suffered as much as she did, either emotionally or physically. Years of having a hard time getting around, congestive heart failure and a triple by-pass seriously impacted her quality of life.
At my last job, a co-worker was morbidly obese. During the training period, they kept throwing candy bars at us all night, as "rewards" and to keep us awake. Once would have been funny, but night after night for a month was terrible. Adult acne and hypoglycemia for me. Pancreatitis for her....all the extra money she earned from the 2nd job was lost to a week in agony in the hospital.
RebelOne
(30,947 posts)I would not have a loving look on my face or in my eyes.
magical thyme
(14,881 posts)and then there are the ads that appear on DU, with the crying guy.
Mug shots certainly do not enhance our appearance.
However, had she not thought she could outsmart the system and committed perjury while trying to commit fraud, she wouldn't have the mug shot circulating the internets.
And if she practiced a softer look, she might have a chance of garnering some sympathy. Poor wife is probably getting beaten up and terrified, and so on....
Instead, she looks like the one doling out the beatings, and hubbie is looking a little beaten down by comparison.
uppityperson
(115,681 posts)magical thyme
(14,881 posts)Between morbidly obese and anorexic, neither of which is healthy or optimally attractive.
uppityperson
(115,681 posts)make comments about other's "attractiveness".
magical thyme
(14,881 posts)I'm not really concerned about what you may choose to deduce. If you've read all my posts in this thread, you may or may not see that I am speaking to topics that include, but are not limited to, superficial attractiveness. That's in your eye...
snooper2
(30,151 posts)People with extra large foreheads usually are lower on the intelligence scale. Just waiting for a scientist who specializes in genetics to do a study for me
magical thyme
(14,881 posts)but her forehead is miniscule compared to mine. And my iq last tested at 155.
snooper2
(30,151 posts)In GENERAL though, that's what I propose...
All I'm asking for is a study, you can participate!
magical thyme
(14,881 posts)I never want my IQ tested again. Quit while you're ahead, is what I say. No place left to go but down....
snooper2
(30,151 posts)while at work in the office
magical thyme
(14,881 posts)When I'm not at work, I bite mine. Anxiety complex, most likely.
When I am at work, I'm mostly wearing nonlatex gloves. When not gloved up, I distinctly *don't* bite my nails out of fear that somebody's body fluid might somehow have leaked through the gloves.
Does your study pay? If it pays enough (which sadly doesn't have to be much), I can quit the job and focus on growing my nails, then be paid to work at your study and focus on clipping them instead of biting them.
treestar
(82,383 posts)A person can still be attractive and somewhat fat. There are ugly skinny people and attractive fat people. And as the bumper sticker says, I may be fat, but you're ugly and I can lose weight.
She looks rather attractive and moreso than many a skinnier person.
magical thyme
(14,881 posts)Years ago, I would be one of the "ugly skinny" people you mention. Now I'm more ugly plump.
And your bumper sticker supports my comments: she can do something about her weight. I would add that it would serve her health and her looks well to do so. As I wrote, she actually has quite lovely features with classic bone structure. If she loses some of the excess weight, that will accentuate the high cheekbones (as well as being healthier). I was quite sincere in that.
As far as my being ugly, when I was young and skinny I couldn't afford plastic surgery to save my life. During the brief period that I could have bought a nicer face, I was already in my late 40s. Too late to care. I'd been called ugly by enough men to not give a rat's ass any more.
trumad
(41,692 posts)Sheepshank
(12,504 posts)similar mouth, nose .......
RFKHumphreyObama
(15,164 posts)Go somewhere else with your sob story George
GarroHorus
(1,055 posts)No sympathy.
morningfog
(18,115 posts)That is how he got in this mess.
Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)TheCowsCameHome
(40,169 posts)Just sayin'..................
obamanut2012
(26,201 posts)And, it sounds like, tax fraud.
slackmaster
(60,567 posts)L0oniX
(31,493 posts)yea they do have "hottie" lists ...with addresses ...for all those stalkers.
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)That's why he shoots unarmed teenagers.
Dawgs
(14,755 posts)He obviously still fears the black man that would have no problem coming after him or his white wife.
His attorney needs to be careful not to let him cry about safety concerns every other day.
treestar
(82,383 posts)Are they really happening? Who would threaten his wife? They are trying to make it look like black people are threatening them, no doubt. And to make themselves the victims as usual.
Romulox
(25,960 posts)Sheepshank
(12,504 posts)GObamaGO
(665 posts)Boo Fucking Hoo.