George Zimmerman tweets semi-nudes of ex, says she cheated with ‘dirty Muslim,’ gets booted from Twitter
George Zimmerman, who shot and killed black teenager Trayvon Martin in Florida in 2012, is in the headlines yet again. This time, Zimmerman had his Twitter account deleted after posting semi-nude photos of his ex-girlfriend, along with her name, phone number, and e-mail address. Zimmerman also stated that the woman cheated on him with a “dirty Muslim.”
Twitter refused to comment on Zimmerman’s case specifically, and directed media inquiries to their policy banning the posting of confidential information, including “revenge porn.” Among the things not allowed according to the policy are the posting of “non-public, personal phone numbers,” “non-public, personal email addresses,” and “intimate photos or videos that were taken or distributed without the subject’s consent.”
It appears as though Zimmerman didn’t go far enough to break Florida’s new revenge porn law, however. “That law only applies to images that depict the person’s nudity or engagement in sexual conduct,” said Mary Anne Franks, a law professor at the University of Miami and legislative and tech policy director of the Cyber Civil Rights Initiative.
From The Washington Post:
Florida law has a very specific definition of “nudity,” Franks added, one that does not appear to be met by the photographs Zimmerman published.
“Its possible,” Franks said, “that Zimmerman may have researched the law to make sure that he didn’t violate it.” She pointed to a snapshot of this now inaccessible tweet, apparently from Zimmerman’s account:
The spiteful tweets and suspended Twitter account are just the latest in a series of troubling events for Zimmerman. Here is a timeline of just some of the stories we have done on George Zimmerman over the last two years:
SEPTEMBER 9, 2013 – George Zimmerman detained after allegedly pulling gun on wife and father-in-law
NOVEMBER 18, 2013 – MUG SHOT George Zimmerman arrested after incident with shotgun and his girlfriend, who claimed to be pregnant?
NOVEMBER 19, 2013 – George Zimmerman released, ordered to give up guns, served divorce papers in jail
SEPTEMBER 12, 2014 – VIDEO George Zimmerman questioned by cops when he went to a man’s work days after allegedly threatening to kill him
JANUARY 11, 2015 – MUG SHOT George Zimmerman arrested for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon
MAY 11, 2015 – George Zimmerman shot in apparent road rage incident
