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rpannier

(24,769 posts)
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 04:14 AM Sep 11

George Zinn. The guy detained and released in Utah

This guy needs help.
He is the sort of guy that makes me feel badly for anyone who is a police officer

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Zinn is known for showing up — and occasionally disrupting or being arrested at — events ranging from political speeches to the Sundance Film Festival to various protests. He holds the distinction of being the first person thrown out by security at the swanky City Creek Center mall when it first opened in downtown Salt Lake City in March 2012.

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Near the end of the video, one uniformed officer is heard saying, “He said he shot him, but I don’t know.”

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The most serious charge against Zinn came in 2013, when he was charged with threatening to place bombs at the Salt Lake City Marathon finish line. Zinn took a plea deal and received a sentence of probation, but was ultimately ordered to jail for one year, with credit for time served, after not meeting the conditions of his probation.

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In 2019, when a downtown Salt Lake City protest against the Utah Inland Port Authority turned violent, Zinn was one of five people arrested and taken to jail, KSL reported. Zinn, then 65, was arrested for investigation of disorderly conduct and failure to disperse. The other four people taken to jail were activists less than half his age.

https://www.sltrib.com/news/2025/09/10/george-zinn-what-we-know-about-man/

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George Zinn. The guy detained and released in Utah (Original Post) rpannier Sep 11 OP
So, a professional magat. C_U_L8R Sep 11 #1
Yep rpannier Sep 11 #2
Sounds like a professional RW troll. Ever city has them! LeftInTX Sep 11 #3

rpannier

(24,769 posts)
2. Yep
Thu Sep 11, 2025, 04:19 AM
Sep 11

He harasses the DA because the DA is a Dem
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He's likely mentally ill. 1st stage of Maga

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