Gun volunteer police George Zimmerman, from which it in 2012 shot black teenager sold on us online auction of more than 120 thousand dollars. About it reports Fox News.
The auction took place on the website Gunbroker.com. Starting bid was five thousand dollars. Maximum recorded rate — $ 65 million, it made the user with the nickname Racist McShootface, however, the administration felt that to pay this amount he will not be able, and revoked his application.
In the end the price has risen to 138,9 thousand dollars, but has made a final bid of the bidder from payment refused. The exact amount, which was eventually sold belonged to Zimmerman’s gun manufacturing company Kel-Tec CNC Industries 9mm, not reported — we only know that it was more than 120 thousand dollars. The buyer chose to remain anonymous.
In July 2013 Zimmerman was acquitted by a jury on charges of second-degree murder. Recently, the U.S. justice Department decided to return his personal weapon.
In February 2012 in Sanford, Florida, Zimmerman, being on patrol as part of a group of police volunteers, staged shot and killed him in a fight unarmed black teenager, 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. The incident and the government’s decision not to immediately press charges against Zimmerman provoked mass protests among the African-American population.
