Please, just go away
Why can’t George Zimmerman slip into anonymity?
In the two years since the Florida neighborhood watch volunteer was acquitted of second-degree murder charges in the shooting death of teenager Trayvon Martin, he keeps popping back into the news, usually in unflattering circumstances – a road rage incident and three separate accusations of domestic violence.
But just when you think George Zimmerman couldn’t sink any lower, he hits bottom and starts burrowing into it.
News emerged this week that Zimmerman and a Florida gun shop owner who recently declared his place of business a “Muslim-free zone” are teaming up to sell prints of Zimmerman’s rendering of the Confederate flag.
Both Zimmerman and the owner of the store say they need to sell these prints in order to raise money to pay legal bills and other living expenses. They also say that some of the take will be handed over to the Boys and Girls Club.
We can only hope tBoys and Girls Club officials have the wisdom to send any donation back the minute it arrives.
In 1954, attorney Joseph Welch earned a permanent spot in history by asking U.S. Sen. Joseph McCarthy, “Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?”
The same question could be asked today of George Zimmerman.