George Zimmerman arrested for allegedly attacking pregnant girlfriend

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Well he's back at it.

George Zimmerman was arrested on domestic violence charges in Seminole County, Fla. Monday, authorities said.

The former neighborhood watch, 30, was involved in a disturbance at a home in Apopka, 15 miles north of Orlando.
Zimmerman allegedly attacked his new, pregnant girlfriend, law enforcement told TMZ.

He will be booked into the John E. Polk Correctional Facility in the city of Sanford, according to Orlando station WESH. He has been there before.

Zimmerman gained notoriety in February 2012 after he shot and killed Trayvon Martin, an unarmed teenager, in the gated community of Sanford, near Orlando. He was not charged until 44 days after the shooting.

The boy’s death and lag charges-filed ignited a national debate surrounding race and self-defense. People took to the street to protest how law enforcement was handling the case.
Civil rights activists said that Zimmerman, who identifies as Hispanic, racially profiled Martin, a young African-American. Authorities are still reviewing the case to determine whether Martin's civil rights were violated.

Zimmerman was acquitted of murder in July but did not disappear from national headlines following the verdict.
His wife, Shellie Zimmerman, filed for divorce in August.

But they were both back in the news after she accused him of threatening her with a firearm in a domestic row in September. No charges were filed. Investigators reportedly said the dispute did not escalate to criminal activity.
Later that month she admitted to NBC's "Today" that she doubts her husband's innocence in the Trayvon Martin killing case.
Then in late October she said he nailed a marksman target with 17 bullet holes to a wall in her parent’s house. Those photos surfaced on RadarOnline.

Zimmerman has also been pulled over three times since his acquittal. In July, he was given a warning for speeding near Dallas. In September he got a ticket for doing 60 mph in a 45 mph zone in Lake Mary, Fla., outside Orlando. He also got a warning for having a license plate cover and tinted windows on I-95.
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