Prosecutor in Trayvon Martin's murder trial says neighbourhood watch leader was a wannabe cop 'sick and tired' of criminals Assistant state attorney Bernie de la Rionda shows George Zimmerman's gun to the jury while presenting the state's closing arguments. Photograph: Gary W. Green/AP George Zimmerman was a wannabe cop who profiled his victim Trayvon Martin as a criminal then "silenced" him with a gun he considered his "equaliser," a prosecutor said on Thursday in closing arguments at the neighbourhood watch leader's murder trial in Florida. Acting as a vigilante who was "sick and tired" of criminals coming into his Sanford gated community, Zimmerman made and acted upon wrong assumptions,...
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