George Zimmerman is still not done being a scumbag.
Even for an acquitted killer with a trail of sick behavior, painting himself as a victim worthy of collecting damages is a new low.
Is there anything more outrageous than the man who killed an unarmed teenager walking home filing a lawsuit against the boy's forever grieving family?
But that's what the former self-appointed neighborhood watchman who killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in 2012 _ and got away with it because justice is harder to come by for black people in this country _ is up to these days.
He's trying to profit from his dirty deed.
According to a lawsuit sent to the media Wednesday, Zimmerman has named as lead defendant Trayvon's mother, Sybrina Fulton, a woman who instead of allowing herself to be paralyzed by the loss of her youngest son courageously became a powerful advocate of racial justice.
Six years after his controversial acquittal, Zimmerman also is suing prosecutors, the family's lawyer, Ben Crump, his book publisher, and others involved in the case, claiming he was prosecuted on false evidence.
The lawsuit, filed by ethically challenged Larry Klayman, a high-profile legal crusader tied to conservative causes, alleges all defendants "have worked in concert to deprive Zimmerman of his constitutional and other legal rights."
It's another pathological twist in a string of many since a Sanford jury failed to find Zimmerman guilty of second-degree murder.
Juxtapose, in the aftermath, the dignified way with which Trayvon's parents have dealt with the worst thing that can happen to a parent with Zimmerman's run-ins with the law, with people in his life _ and his alliance with racist right-wingers.
It's stomach-churning, more evidence that Trayvon Martin never had a chance to outlive this angry gun-toting bully.
Here's a guy who sees himself as some kind of star one day and wants to be in a Celebrity Boxing tournament _ and, when living off a death doesn't quite work out for him, comes up with a frivolous lawsuit hoping someone will pay up.
The case should be thrown out at first base.
Zimmerman is his own worst character witness.
Accused of racially profiling Trayvon, who was minding his own business and doing nothing wrong by walking to the neighborhood convenience store for snacks, Zimmerman rode the wave of support from the nation's right wing when the racially charged Trump candidacy was the furthest thing from anyone's imagination.
He attacked President Barack Obama for saying, in a gesture to connect and humanize, that if he had a son, he would look like Trayvon Martin.
He took to painting Confederate flags and the prosecutor on the murder case and selling them on the internet, where at least one nut job paid $100,000 for his first ugly flag painting.
Estranged from his wife, who eventually divorced him, he demonstrated quite an ability for scaring the crap out of girlfriends who told police he had been violent with them.
In 2013, only four months after his murder trial, Zimmerman was already back in criminal court facing domestic violence charges, including felony aggravated assault, as a result of a fight with his girlfriend.
The prosecutor, however, couldn't go through with the case because the girlfriend wanted charges dropped and restraining order lifted.
Then again, in 2015, Zimmerman was arrested on suspicion of domestic violence for throwing a wine bottle at another girlfriend. Again, prosecutors opted not to prosecute after the victim backed off.
Meanwhile, Fulton and Trayvon's father, Tracy Martin, found themselves at the forefront of a national movement fueled by the killing of unarmed black men, largely by police _ Black Lives Matter _ and they rose to the task of speaking up with grace.
They also created the Miami Gardens, Fla.-based Trayvon Martin Foundation and they work with youth on issues such as gun violence, bullying, youth empowerment, and conflict resolution. And Fulton, who worked on Hillary Clinton's campaign, is now running for the Miami-Dade Commission seat being vacated by Barbara Jordan.
The parents also wrote a book, "Rest in Power: The Enduring Life of Trayvon Martin."
What has Zimmerman done?
Little but cause trouble, hurt others.
A good man feels remorse, regret at taking a life. A good man acquitted rebuilds his life with hard work, not by further victimizing the people he has irreparably harmed.
Filed in Polk County, where Zimmerman supposedly lives now, the suit seeks $100 million in civil damages, alleging defamation, abuse of civil process and conspiracy.
How much more injustice can one family take?
Trayvon Martin was their son.
His family is the aggrieved party in this tragedy.
But George Zimmerman isn't done being a scumbag.
