George Zimmerman gets punched; Twitterverse cheers

After he was allegedly punched in the face at a Florida restaurant, George Zimmerman is trending — but not out of sympathy.

Zimmerman, who was acquitted in the 2012 shooting death of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin, told a 911 dispatcher that a group of men recognized him at Gators Riverside Grille in Sanford and confronted him.

“He said he was going to kill me,” Zimmerman said to police.

The Twitterverse, however, does not seem concerned for his safety. A number of twitter users posted celebratory memes, drawing a connection between Zimmerman and Dylann Roof, who was attacked Thursday next to a jail shower. Roof faces murder charges in the killing of nine black parishioners at a Charleston, S.C., church.

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