On Monday October 17, 2016, Matthew Apperson, the man who shot at George Zimmerman as a result of road rage, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for second degree attempted murder with one count of aggravated assault and shooting in an occupied vehicle. On May 11, 2015, Apperson confessed to shooting at Zimmerman but acted only in self-defense; stating Zimmerman’s intimidating reputation made him fear for his life while Zimmerman claimed Apperson stalked and threatened him.
I’d just like to start off by saying neither of these men seem right in the head to me. Both of these men cried self defense in a case in which they were not bothered by. During the interview, Apperson’s wife Lisa responded to the sentencing by calling “injustice” and while stating its an unfair ruling against an “innocent man” and Apperson’s mother also agreed stating that her son acted in self defense and the real bad man here is Zimmerman.
You may recognize Zimmerman who is notorious for the fatal shooting of 17 year old Trayvon Martin then was acquitted of second degree murder. There is no doubt in my mind that Zimmerman is a bad man however the way that Apperson’s wife and mother speaking on the case you’d think that Zimmerman forced Apperson to stalk and shoot at him. Yes, instead of driving down the road and minding his own business Apperson chose to stalk and shoot at Zimmerman and then cried self defense because of his “intimidating reputation”. That was no better then when Zimmerman stalked 17 year old Trayvon Martin, who was walking home minding his own business, and shot him because he “felt threatened”. He felt threatened by a 17 year old boy who weighed 46 pounds lighter then him because he “looked suspicious” walking with a hoodie on in the rain. Zimmerman then had the audacity to say “A person pulled the trigger and didn’t care, in fact he joyfully bragged about killing me and said, ‘I got him. I shot George Zimmerman.’ He thought he had killed me and he was happy about it.” Zimmerman had practically bragged and shoved it in Martin’s parents face when he tried to auction off the gun he used to kill Trayvon Martin online twice and described the gun as “a piece of American history” in the listing and also said the money made from the gun will be used to help combat the violence of police officers against Black Lives Matters supporters. He then defended his decision by saying “ I’m a free American. I can do what I’d like with my possessions”. As if that wasn’t bad enough the gun was eventually sold, Zimmerman bragged that he netted $250,000 for the gun used to kill Trayvon Martin and he continued to mock Martin’s parents by saying “I would have done anything for Sabrina Fulton and Tracy Martin to actually have taken an interest in their child.” So I do not feel sorry for George Zimmerman being shot at nor do I feel injustice for Apperson.
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Only in Florida: Zimmerman’s case of Karma
October 25, 2016
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