George Zimmerman has been arrested in Florida following what police called a "disturbance call."
Four months after being acquitted in the shooting death of unarmed Florida teen Trayvon Martin, Zimmerman was taken into custody by the Seminole County Sheriff's Officer around 1 p.m. Monday and is scheduled to be transported to the John E. Polk Correctional facility, according to ABCNews.com.
The sheriff's office said they will be releasing the arrest report and 911 call as soon as they are available.A spokesman for Mark O'Mara, the lead attorney who represented Zimmerman in the Martin case, told the website "Mark O'Mara is not representing George Zimmerman in today's matter or any new matters, and as such it is not appropriate for him to make any comments."
Zimmerman, then a self-appointed neighborhood watch captain, fatally shot the 17-year-old Martin on the night after Feb. 26, 2012 after ignored the advice of a 911 dispatcher and chose to follow and confront the teen he later admitted he thought looked suspicious because he was wearing a hoodie.
Monday's incident marked at least the fourth encounter he has had with police since being acquitted last July. In September, he was released without charges after his wife called 911 to say Zimmerman had punched her father in the nose and threatened t o shoot him during a domestic dispute.
He has also been pulled over twice for speeding, once in July and again in September.
Although Zimmerman's defense did not formally invoke the "stand your ground law" during trial, the case sparked a national debate about race law which now exists in at least 22 states. Sybrina Fulton, Trayvon Martin's mother, has since testified on Capitol Hill and the law and what she feels is a clear and present need to either amend or repeal it.
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