The death of teenager Trayvon Martin continues to draw the attention of the American public, and anger soared upon the release of accused shooter George Zimmerman, who left county jail on Sunday after posting bail.
Twitter showed no shortage of people expressing a desire to kill Zimmerman, and Zimmerman’s attorney said his client would likely remain in hiding until he testifies at his own trial next year, given the death threats he has received.
Anger was also aimed at the judge who is overseeing the case, Kenneth Lester Jr. Someone using the name @Rick_Cobain on Twitter wrote:
The screenshot is via The Weekly Standard since the actual tweet has since been removed – but not before others took note and @Rick_Cobain did some serious backpeddling about his statement:
Sadly, some of the criticism against him became personal, compounding the aggressiveness.
NOTE: For anyone legitimately interested in informing themselves about the case, the media advisories and public record documents on State v. Zimmerman (2012-CF-001083-A are available at the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit court website. You can download the Probably Cause Affidavit here.