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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > C-SPAM > What happens when Chauvin walks free?
 
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lumpentroll
Mar 4, 2020

Vitamin P posted:

Is Zimmerman actually going to gun conventions and signing bags of Skittles for people?

probably

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lumpentroll
Mar 4, 2020

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On May 11, 2016, Zimmerman posted what was planned to be the auction of the firearm he used to shoot Martin. The post, in which Zimmerman wrote that the gun was "an American Firearm icon", attracted controversy. Zimmerman subsequently explained that the Justice Department had recently returned the weapon to him. He said that he had the right as owner to sell it.[70] Zimmerman said the proceeds of the weapon would go to combating the violence against police officers by members of the Black Lives Matter movement as well as "ensure the demise of Angela Corey's persecution career and Hillary Clinton's anti-firearm rhetoric".[71] After selling the weapon, Zimmerman said that he had chosen to sell it directly as a result of Clinton "stumping around for a false campaign for the Trayvon Martin Foundation" and accused her of lying about the events of the shooting.[72][73]

Though the auction was set to take place May 12, the weapon listing was removed before the auction was scheduled to begin.[70] The original auction site, gunbroker.com, released a statement stating that they wanted no part in the listing or any of the publicity related to it. Zimmerman reposted the firearm on another site, United Gun Group. Within minutes, the site went down due to the intense traffic prompted by the listing.[74] As bidding proceeded, purported bidders began using fake names such as "Donald Trump" and "Tamir Rice" to place large bids on the weapon, which were interpreted as a joke.[75] Martin Shkreli expressed genuine interest so that he could either destroy the firearm or place it in a museum.[76] Moderators on the bidding sites caught additional scam actions.[77] On May 20, Zimmerman said he had accepted a bid of $250,000 for the weapon.[78][79]

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lumpentroll
Mar 4, 2020

little munchkin posted:

lol
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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > C-SPAM > What happens when Chauvin walks free?