George Zimmerman was armed when he was pulled over for speeding Sunday in North Texas.
Zimmerman, weeks removed from his acquittal in the shooting death of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin, was pulled over in Forney, Texas, located about 20 miles east of Dallas. After the former neighborhood watch captain said that he was armed, the officer told him to place the weapon in the glove compartment of the grey pickup truck. At one point he officer did not recognize Zimmerman immediately.
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