ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A driver says George Zimmerman, the man acquitted of murdering Trayvon Martin, threatened to kill him, asking 'Do you know who I am?' during a road confrontation in their vehicles, a police spokeswoman said Friday.





The driver, 35-year-old Matthew Apperson, told Lake Mary police officers that a passenger in a truck stopped at a light next to his car on a busy street in the Orlando suburb on Tuesday, rolled down his window and yelled, "Hey, what's your problem? Why you shaking your finger?"

Apperson said he was listening to music with his windows rolled up at the time, and that the passenger's yelling was unprovoked.

The truck's driver then asked Apperson, "Do you know who I am?" according to a police report. Apperson said he believed it was Zimmerman.

Zimmerman was acquitted last year of second-degree murder for fatally shooting the 17-year-old Martin, a case that drew international attention and spurred national discussions about race and self-defense laws. Martin was black and unarmed.

"George Zimmerman was the driver, and they were threatening to kick my *** and to shoot me," Apperson told a police dispatcher in a 911 call.

............and then

On Thursday, Apperson said, he saw Zimmerman in his truck outside the disability benefits business where Apperson works.

It seems like the guy is sitting there, waiting for me," Apperson told a dispatcher in another 911 call. "It's disheartening to see him lurking around here."


Officers who responded to the call confirmed the truck driver was Zimmerman. In a police car video of two police officers questioning Zimmerman, an officer pulls out a gun from Zimmerman's waistband. Zimmerman shows him what looks to be a license.

Zimmerman told officers that he had an appointment at the address, according to the police report. Also located in the strip of businesses are a psychiatrist's office and a Christian counseling center.


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perhaps they should add anger management as an elective to the school curriculums these days,,,,,I just don't get all the aggression happening,,,,

Blokes like Zimmerman eventually get their comeuppance.

When The Verdict came down, I felt very similarly to how I felt after the O.J. trial; I wasn't there (in the court room), I wasn't ON the jury (who had first-hand, first-person access to all the testimony), and I wasn't privy to ALL the instructions and details of the laws/actions under consideration.

I had (to have) faith in our judicial system; if the system failed, then THAT'S where the problem is...not with the attorneys (on both sides) and the 6/12 people who served on the jury.


With the numerous stories coming out since about his violent outbursts, which *oddly* always seem to contain the words and/or attitude "Do you know who I AM?!?" - and there's been at least four of them now - it's getting increasingly difficult to NOT wonder if, rather than being someone who "stood his ground", he's not actually someone who 'got away with murder'.

I've heard of people who killed someone, went to trial, were acquitted due to extenuating circumstances...and were forever changed people because their acquittal didn't change the fact that a person died at their hands. Drunk drivers who never drink again, gun enthusiasts who get rid of all their weapons, etc. They become humbled; if they DO seek the spotlight, it's to use their unfortunate notoriety to shed light on an important and related issue to that which brought them the infamy.

It seems a more *natural* reaction in *normal* human beings.

Since his acquittal, he seems to be operating under some sort of attitude that he's untouchable...like he's got some warped version of the "double jeopardy" provision and believes that because he once was tried for A murder, he can kill whenever he might choose to,

and is protected from ever being prosecuted.


It's all very odd, at the very least.