It turned out the final price at which a former volunteer police George Zimmerman, shot and killed in 2012 of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, has sold at auction for your gun. As stated by Zimmerman, the auction closed at a rate of 250 thousand dollars. About it reports Reuters.
His offer to sell his gun Kel-tec PF-9 has caused the enthusiastic support from the defenders of the right to bear arms and a wave of criticism from supporters of the ban — those accused Zimmerman in the quest to capitalize on the death of 17-year-old.
Sam Zimmerman, exposing the weapon for auction, stated that they would use the proceeds for a worthy purpose. Among these he ranked the fight against violence against law enforcement officers by the public movement “black Lives matter” and the rhetoric of confrontation antiroyany a possible candidate for President from the Democratic party Hillary Clinton.
May 19, Fox News channel reported that the cost of the pistol was more than 120 thousand dollars.
In February 2012 Zimmerman, who canvass the area, called 911 and reported a suspicious teenager who fled to a rear exit from the residential complex. The Manager asked the patrol to pursue him, but Zimmerman disobeyed. He caught up with the teenager between them scuffle ensued, during which Zimmerman shot the enemy in the chest at close range. As the investigation revealed, the victim was visiting his father and had intended to watch basketball with him. In that moment, when he noticed the patrol, he was returning from the store. When he was packing candy and bottled tea.
Zimmerman interrogation told that Trevor Martin hit his head on the asphalt and he shot in self-defense of his own gun, which he had a license. The patrol was charged with second-degree murder, but the jury unanimously acquitted him.
These events have caused mass protests among the African-American population.
