The only thing that stuck out there is that he shoved a cop, if true. That displays stupidity or severe intoxication. The fact that it was reduced and then dismissed is even more telling. I have heard of people arrested for sticking their finger in a cop’s face. They don’t dismiss charges if you have a real tussle with a cop.
I don’t put much stock in the domestic abuse allegations or speeding. This is clearly an attempt to dig up what they can.
But all that is irrelevant to me. What is relevant is what happened that night Martin was shot. And everything points to self-defense.
Plainclothes alcohol inspector. Zimmerman says he didn't know the guy was law enforcement. Not vouching for the truth of all that, but Zimmerman says that if he'd known it was a cop (i.e., officer in uniform), he'd have been respectful.
Also worth noting that the cop in question was a state alcohol enforcement agent, not a street cop, the incident occurred in a college bar when Zimmerman was 21, and that Zimmerman pled not guilty before the charges were dismissed.
Doesn’t mean he should have done whatever he did, but let’s not make it out to be more than it was, either.