So the life of the “not guilty” Zimmerman family isn’t so easy going after all… surprise surprise
After George Zimmerman was found “not guilty” on charges of manslaughter and murder after shooting down Trayvon Martin, his life, along with his family members’, hasn’t been too care-free.
Robert Zimmerman Jr., George’s brother, recently sat down for an interview with Brietbart, where he revealed just what life is like now that the trial is over and the riots have begun.
According to the interview, Robert claims that the family gets over 400 death threats per MINUTE on social media sites.
The internet is also the only way they can stay safe, being that they can find out if there is a riot near them as to avoid going out of their houses.
He told the outlet:
‘You don’t know if some one stops you in public and says, “excuse me sir”, you don’t know if you dropped your wallet or if someone recognizes you and wants to kill you.Anytime anyone goes out for anything, we all know about it. If my phone died, my family would be in a panic that they didn’t hear from me. It happened one time when my phone died and I fell asleep. My family really got worried and immediately started looking for me.
“After the verdict, we all have the same concerns as before. We are all concerned about our safety,” said Zimmerman. But still, the Zimmerman family chooses to be constructive and stand together. Zimmerman said their main focus is: “Are we doing everything to stay alive at home, and if any of us have to leave, are we doing everything we can to support each other.”
He also went into detail about an experience he had in Starbuck’s:
Someone was very ugly to me at a Starbucks. I was with an infant and her mother while her husband pulled the car around. Someone thought I was George Zimmerman. I said, no, George is in jail. They started saying, “we know you’re Zimmerman; it’s right here on the receipt…”
They pulled out their phones and started texting people and calling people. Someone finally noticed the receipt said Robert instead of George, or R instead of G, and they said ‘Oh, it’s not George Zimmerman’ and they all calmed down. Someone then said ‘Yeah, but you look like that Mother f***er and if you were anyone of the Zimmerman’s we were going to take you outside and beat the sh*t out of you.’ They were both Starbucks employees.
Although many of us are outraged at the verdict, we do not condone any sort of violence. Protest, but always protest peacefully.
