RantCrush Top 5: October 18, 2016

Matthew Apperson, the guy who shot at George Zimmerman last year, got sentenced to 20 years in prison for attempted murder yesterday. He fired his gun at Zimmerman’s car from his own car and shattered the passenger side window, but missed Zimmerman. Now he’ll spend the two next decades behind bars.

A man who shot at George Zimmerman got 20 years. Zimmerman shot and killed an unarmed black man, got no time. BOTH CLAIMED SELF DEFENSE.

— Avi Patel (@SupremeChingon) October 17, 2016

Zimmerman shot and killed unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin in 2012 but was acquitted of all charges, which made him one of the least liked people in the country. He also tried to auction off the gun he killed Martin with earlier this year with a starting price of $5,000, saying that a portion of the revenue would be used to fight Black Lives Matter.

George Zimmerman in court, talking about how someone else had no respect for life.
That really happened.

— John (@linnyitssn) October 17, 2016

The concept that the guy who tried to kill Zimmerman but failed would get 20 years, while Zimmerman was acquitted left a lot of people speechless.

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