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| April 27 - George Zimmerman's website collects staggering $200,000 in donations in only two weeks - ThatHustle.com ![]() George Zimmerman appears for a bond hearing with his attorney Mark O'Mara earlier this month. George Zimmerman's amateurish website was only online for two weeks, but it collected a staggering $200,000 in donations, his lawyer said Thursday. Zimmerman launched the site on April 9, two days before he was arrested and charged with murk for shooting Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black Florida teenager. On the site, he portrayed himself as a victim of racial politics and asked “my supporters” to send funds for his living and legal expenses. “In talking to George after I was trying to shut down his full Internet presence, he asked me what to do with his PayPal accounts,” Zimmerman lawyer Mark O’Mara told CNN’s Anderson Cooper. “I asked him what he was talking about, and he said . . . there was about $204,000 that had come in to date.” Source: NY Daily News April 27 - George Zimmerman's website collects staggering $200,000 in donations in only two weeks - ThatHustle.com |
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| 04-27-2012, 03:00 AM | away - #2 |
| his lying[..] should be sent back to jail. Martin attorney: Zimmerman misled court about money The attorney for Trayvon Martin's family says George Zimmerman should be back in jail because he failed to tell a judge he had $204,000 during a recent bond hearing. "They tried to portray themselves as indigent that they did not have any money," said Martin family attorney Benjamin Crump. "We think the court should revoke his bond immediately, and he should be held accountable for misleading the court." Zimmerman, who is charged with second-degree murk in the fatal shooting of unarmed 17-year-old Martin, has been given about $204,000 from supporters his lawyer Mark O'Mara said Thursday. The donations Zimmerman received will be discussed Friday at a court hearing in Florida, O'Mara said. O'Mara told CNN's "AC360" that Zimmerman told him Wednesday of the donations as they were trying to shut down his Internet presence to avoid concerns about possible impersonators and problems with his Twitter and Facebook accounts. "He asked me what to do with his PayPal accounts, and I asked him what he was talking about," O'Mara told Anderson Cooper. "He said those were the accounts that had the money from the website he had. And there was about ... $204,000 that had come in to date." O'Mara had said earlier this month that he believed Zimmerman had no money. "I think he's indigent for costs," he said, adding that Zimmerman's relatives had few[..]ets. Zimmerman, 28, was released Monday on $150,000 bail, 10% of which his family put up to secure his release. He is accused in the February 26 [rip] of Martin, who was African-American. Asked whether knowledge of the money might have made a difference to Judge Kenneth Lester Jr., who presided at Zimmerman's bond hearing, O'Mara said, "It might have." O'Mara continued, "I'm certainly going to disclose it to the court tomorrow -- coincidentally, we have a hearing." The hearing was originally scheduled to discuss issues about the unsealing of Zimmerman's criminal file, but the donations could overshadow that issue. Crump said Zimmerman's failure to reveal that he had the money shows that he is being dishonest. "If his testimony at the bond hearing is any indication of what is to come, then the lying has already begun," Crump said. O'Mara said he was prepared to "deal with any fallout," but predicted Lester would not feel misled. "I told him what I knew at the time, which was exactly what I was aware of." The money has been placed in a secure account since O'Mara learned about it, he said, adding, "Nobody's touching it until we figure out how to handle it." But criminal defense attorney Mark Geragos said Lester might not react benignly. "I know a lot of judges who would remand the guy back into custody immediately," he said. "If you've got more money stashed in an account and you could just pay the bond and be gone, that gives a lot of judges concern." Though the account has been closed, O'Mara said he intends to open a legal defense fund for Zimmerman. "I've had dozens, hundreds actually, of people wanting to donate," he said. O'Mara, who said he charges $400 per hour for family law cases, estimated Zimmerman's defense costs could reach $1 million. "You can really go through a lot of money on a case like this, with the intensity of it," he said. | |
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| 04-27-2012, 03:11 AM | away - #3 | ||||||
!! that !!. Last edited by JackMeHoff; 04-27-2012 at 03:13 AM.. | |||||||
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| 04-27-2012, 03:51 AM | away - #4 |
| I told you niccas the KKK got him covered | |
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| 04-27-2012, 05:30 AM | away - #5 |
| And this thread isnt getting views but the one with him having alleged african blood (doesn't everybody tho?) is? Tho it's irrelevant it's only there to stop racial debates though trayvon was racially profiled SMH. Boxden is full of Zimmerman supporters trayvon haters | |
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| 04-27-2012, 05:32 AM | away - #6 |
| This is big cuz now he got money stashed away and he's out on bail, are we gonna allow this man to walk freely? | |
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| 04-27-2012, 05:36 AM | away - #7 | |
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| 04-27-2012, 05:45 AM | away - #8 |
| Unbelievable.... No !!ing way a black dude would get all these !!ing chances. Let alone $200,000 for support? No !!ing way.. | |
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| 04-27-2012, 05:49 AM | away - #9 |
| i'm proud to say that i contributed to that fund :D | |
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| 04-27-2012, 05:58 AM | away - #10 |
| first page.... | |
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| 04-27-2012, 06:51 AM | away - #11 |
| It's kinda funny how Zimmermaniacs say, "wait for the facts" but yet will donate money to Zimmerman BEFORE a verdict can be rendered. So what if he ends up being guilty? You've basically just gave your money to a convicted murker. I wonder if all these "wait for the facts" Zimmermaniacs will ask for their money back if he's found guilty. Probably not since Zimmerman's guilt/innocence was NEVER important to them. That's how I know that Zimmermaniacs are full of !!, they live vicariously through this dude because most of them fear black people too and racially profile others too but are too scared to actually go out and shoot a black man. So Zimmerman goes and shoots a black male and they feel empowered. None of them ever really cared if he was guilty or not, he just got to do what most of them dream of doing but dont have the stones to do. | |
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| 04-27-2012, 07:04 AM | away - #12 | |
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| 04-27-2012, 07:25 AM | away - #13 |
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| 04-27-2012, 07:41 AM | away - #14 |
| I guess the message is...Kill a black man and get paid... and the some people wonder why kids are out here beatin the !! out of these Vigilantes. Last edited by erickonasis; 04-27-2012 at 01:18 PM.. | |
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| 04-27-2012, 07:42 AM | away - #15 | |
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| 04-27-2012, 07:45 AM | away - #16 | |
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| 04-27-2012, 07:48 AM | away - #17 |
| 2012 aint no joke, they are really trying to keep this man out of jail | |
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| 04-27-2012, 07:50 AM | away - #18 |
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| 04-27-2012, 09:46 AM | away - #19 |
| So this is what white people look like nowadays huh? [pic] [pic] lets lynch this racist cracka! [pic] | |
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| 04-27-2012, 09:54 AM | away - #20 | |
overcompensation is a !! [pic] | ||
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