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College Expels George Zimmerman Following Trayvon Martin Shooting
Mediaite ^ | March 22, 2012 | Meenal Vamburkar

Posted on 03/22/2012 10:53:38 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

In light of Trayvon Martin‘s death, Seminole State College has expelled George Zimmerman, the man who shot Martin. The college released a statement Thursday addressing the “high-profile controversy” — citing student safety as the sole reason.

The statement said:

“Due to the highly charged and high-profile controversy involving this student, Seminole State has taken the unusual but necessary step this week to withdraw Mr. Zimmerman from enrollment. [...] This decision is based solely on our responsibility to provide for the safety of our students on campus as well as for Mr. Zimmerman.”

The Orlando Sentinel reports Zimmerman was working toward an Associate in Arts degree:

Zimmerman, 28, first enrolled at the college in 2003 and was working toward a vocational certificate to become an insurance agent. He re-enrolled in 2009 and was working toward an Associate in Arts degree in a general studies program, according to the college.


TOPICS: Education; Government; Local News; Politics
KEYWORDS: florida; georgezimmerman; trayvonmartin
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There goes that old "presumption of innocence" thing that they're always talking about.
1 posted on 03/22/2012 10:53:45 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“7 years of college down the drain...”


2 posted on 03/22/2012 10:55:00 PM PDT by dfwgator (Don't wake up in a roadside ditch. Get rid of Romney.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
"presumption of innocence"

Which is required only in a court of law, D'uh!

3 posted on 03/22/2012 10:56:16 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

If he was a suspected member of al Queda, the school would be protecting him....


4 posted on 03/22/2012 10:57:43 PM PDT by Tzimisce (this sucks)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I thought he was 38. Now he’s 28, and Martin is 3 inches shorter and 40 lbs lighter?


5 posted on 03/22/2012 10:57:48 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: Revolting cat!

The city has already “convicted” him in the press and now this. I wouldn’t mind being his civil lawyer. I’d be mansion, Jaguar and houseboat shopping.


6 posted on 03/22/2012 10:58:47 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (Ich habe keinen Konig aber Gott)
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To: dfwgator

In Mr. Zimmerman’s case it was 9 years of school down the drain!


7 posted on 03/22/2012 10:59:26 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

PING John Edwards, he needs a job!


8 posted on 03/22/2012 10:59:44 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: Revolting cat!

Talk about the perfect storm!


9 posted on 03/22/2012 11:01:09 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (Ich habe keinen Konig aber Gott)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The Leftist e-lynching of Mr. Zimmerman is in full swing!


10 posted on 03/22/2012 11:01:30 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

I wonder if he’ll enter a float in the Homecoming parade?


11 posted on 03/22/2012 11:01:53 PM PDT by dfwgator (Don't wake up in a roadside ditch. Get rid of Romney.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

9 years of college? That’s one year away from a Ph.D!


12 posted on 03/22/2012 11:02:08 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

On FR IT IS a perfect storm!


13 posted on 03/22/2012 11:03:25 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

So because a vigilante/lynch-mob may want to take him out sans trial, he gets the boot, because after all, he is a “vigilante” who killed someone without giving him a trial first...

Is this some kind of a fluke?


14 posted on 03/22/2012 11:04:39 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Barack Obama continued to sponsor Jeremiah Wright after he said "G.D. AMERIKKA!"Where's the outrage?)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Maybe he stayed in school to hookup with 30 year old law student sluts who can’t even figure out cost effective birth control.


15 posted on 03/22/2012 11:06:04 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Barack Obama continued to sponsor Jeremiah Wright after he said "G.D. AMERIKKA!"Where's the outrage?)
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To: a fool in paradise

The vigilante mob wants to take out a vigilante? That’s something new.


16 posted on 03/22/2012 11:06:33 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: a fool in paradise

Naw, he’s picking up chicks telling them he’s the other Zimmerman’s cousin!


17 posted on 03/22/2012 11:08:22 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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It is totally inappropriate that the college would announce this publicly. Probably a violation of student privacy laws.
18 posted on 03/22/2012 11:09:49 PM PDT by iowamark (The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves)
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Way to go Zimmerman...you just guaranteed Obama 90% of the black vote!
19 posted on 03/22/2012 11:10:10 PM PDT by crazyhorse691 (Obama is just the symptom of what is destroying the U.S.)
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Way to go Zimmerman...you just guaranteed Obama 90% of the black vote!

You mean instead of the 95% he got last time?

20 posted on 03/22/2012 11:11:11 PM PDT by dfwgator (Don't wake up in a roadside ditch. Get rid of Romney.)
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