Early stupid person of the week

| September 16, 2025

This is too good to save for the top of the week article. Remember this guy? The Bernie Sanders-lookin’ fella who was arrested moments after Charlie Kirk was shot, saying he did it? *switch to Morgan Freeman voice* He didn’t.

He was trying to confound (somewhat successfully) responding officers to allow the actual shooter to escape. After being brought back to the police department, while they were sorting things out, the guy was taken to the hospital. He’s also a well-known local provocateur at protests, so they might have had an inkling early on that he wasn’t actually the shooter.

At the hospital he apparently confessed, then let the cops look at his phone, but not before admitting there might be child porn on it. They say he made even more confessions, and is now being charged with those crimes in addition to his obstruction of the shooting investigation.

This might be the dumbest guy of the year. Pro tip: If you’re a pedo with incriminating information on your phone, you should probably not falsely admit to being an assassin to get arrested, wherein your phone will be searched. I’m no lawer though.

NY Post story:

The elderly rabble-rouser who allegedly hindered Utah authorities’ response after Charlie Kirk was fatally shot is now accused of keeping “graphic” sexual photos of children on his phone, according to law enforcement.

George Zinn, 71, was charged with four counts of sexual exploitation of a minor Monday after investigators found more than 20 images of kids as young as 5 years old, at least partially naked and “posing” in a “sexual” way, the Utah County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release Tuesday.

“Zinn admitted … that he gets sexual gratification from viewing and sharing [child sexual abuse material] images with others, and that his preferred victim age is 5 to 12 years old,” the agency alleged.

Zinn, who is a political “gadfly,” is also facing a charge of obstruction of justice after he allegedly admitted to screaming that he shot Kirk on a Utah college campus Wednesday in a bid to help the actual shooter get away.

The alleged senior citizen sicko was initially hauled off to campus police headquarters, where he refused to cooperate, but was soon taken to the hospital for a medical problem, authorities said.

He ‘fessed up to not being the shooter there, and investigators successfully requested if they could take a look at his phone.

As he handed it over, Zinn admitted to state and federal agents that he uses the electronic device to check out inappropriate images of children, the sheriff’s office said.

“Those Agents did see several images on the phone of prepubescent girls scantily dressed,” the agency said.

A search warrant was obtained Monday that led investigators to find the 20-plus illicit images and “several very graphic sexual text threads in which Zinn shared images with other parties,” according to authorities.

Zinn is being held in county jail.

Footage of the old man being cuffed and dragged away quickly circulated online in the immediate aftermath of the shooting.

He reportedly screamed “I shot him, now shoot me,” even though he was unarmed at the time of his arrest.

He later told police he wanted to cause a distraction for the real gunman, but also said he “wanted to be a martyr for the person who was shot,” according to court docs obtained by Fox 13.

Zinn’s actions stalled the probe into Kirk’s killing and wasted law enforcement resources, authorities have said.

Zinn is a familiar face locally and has gained a notorious reputation for showing up at events and often getting tossed out.

He faces numerous trespassing arrests as a result.

“Almost every political event you can think of, there was always George somewhere in the background, listening,” Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill told The Salt Lake Tribune.

The charges against Zinn come as 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, who police believe actually shot Kirk, was hit with aggravated murder and other felony counts Tuesday.

Robinson was captured more than 30 hours after he allegedly assassinated the popular conservative commentator and married father of two.

Authorities also made clear there is no evidence Robinson and Zinn colluded during the assassination. Funeral arrangements for Kirk, 31, are set for Sunday at State Farm Stadium, home of the Arizona Cardinals.

Category: Crime, Stupid Criminals

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A Terminal Lance Coolie

Somehow, I am not surprised in the least, about any of this. If you’re crazy enough to try to screen for an assassin, there’s clearly other things wrong with you.

Lock him up. Lose the key.

A Proud Infidel®™

No surprise to me, and he’ll have to be kept in PC, Protective Custody, referred to as “Punk Central” by those in general population if he wants to stay alive. In there he’ll be cooped up for 23 hours a day with 1 hour in an exercise pen, I’m sure he’s already regretting running his mouth because it’s obvious what’ll happen to him in lockup when he runs his mouth!

Odie

At 71 years of age, a life sentence won’t be that long. Less if somebody on the inside gets to him. Im willing to bet a pedos time in jail is measured by hours or days.

Awful Cause C

I would also like them to have a thorough look -including a warranted search of his electronic devices- at the guy who asked that oddly prescient question that Kirk was answering when he was shot. I’d like also to know if there’s footage of his immediate reaction when the shot happened.

5JC

With the far left, you can’t swing a dead cat without hitting a few pedos.

Amateur Historian

Why I are you swinging a dead cat around? You should be swinging this when it comes to pedos in the far left:

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Amateur Historian

Or this. Pick which you prefer:

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rgr769

Mace and claymore two-hander. Perfect for clean-up on an the pedo aisle.

Lurker Curt

Left, right, center- ALL PEDOS

Old tanker

Industrial strength wood chipper.

RCAF-CHAIRBORNE

Groovy

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Anonymous

Leatherface?
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FuzeVT

It’s must be something about being associated with a political movement whose main raison d’etre seems to be legitimizing weird sex stuff.

Anonymous

Leftist lie… ’cause in the end:
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Skivvy Stacker

And they quite literally caught him with his pants down.
This guy is the definition of Total Loser with a side of Stupid.

Anonymous

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Amateur Historian

Related (is it a Capital offense to be a POS pedo in Utah? It should be!):

Amateur Historian

Smh Utah needs to follow Louisiana’s example.

Retired Grunt

Let’s hope he is charged federally. Maybe they can Geo Cache download locations of these images to determine he trafficked them across state lines. Badah bang badah boom ….. Ladies and Gentlemen we have a federal charge.

David

One year is about right…in GenPop

RCAF-CHAIRBORNE

If you are part of Warren Jeff’s FLDS, those would be called ‘ wedding photos ‘

Amateur Historian

Related Part 2: Bastard has been arraigned in court:

STSC(SW/SS)

I wonder how many others were there to be spotters or help him escape.

I don’t care if he is in lockdown. If Bubba and Thor want a session with him, I’m sure the guards will oblige.

e.

They’ll have to answer Nature’s call eventually.

Odie

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Skivvy Stacker

From reading the messages he sent his “room mate” I don’t think he had any other people involved. In fact, this was poorly planned if he thought he could get away with it. He dropped his rifle into a bush wrapped in a towel. He changed clothes and didn’t carry them away in his backpack. He left prints on the building. He didn’t retrieve his brass…he actually put MESSAGES on his brass…this kid was no professional assassin.
That makes as much sense as saying he was a right wing, Trump supporting nut case who decided to kill a right wing Trump supporter to make the left happy.

Fyrfighter

It does sound like there was online chatter in a discord group he was associated with, talking about something big happening that day, and to Charlie.. I’d say it’s too early to tell how many people were in on it.

OmegaPaladin

It could be a group of people in the area who planned it out. Plenty of criminal conspiracies involve amateur crooks or morons. Think of a group of dudes planning to rob a bank or something similar.

fm2176

“I’ll be celebrated by my comrades on the Left for the sacrifices I made to protect the shooter!” It was supposed to be easy. Draw attention to himself, distract police and bystanders, get detained temporarily, and walk away scot-free with maybe a couple of misdemeanor charges. The cops look incompetent arresting an “innocent” senior citizen, he gets a stern talking to from a judge and pays a fine, and then it’s on to the next political event.

I don’t have anything to hide on my devices. That said, if I know I’m going to act the fool with the possibility of getting arrested, my phones are staying at home. If/when a warrant is obtained, they’ll find a bunch of pictures of my dogs, some tactically acquired memes from this site and others, and (allegedly) some instructional videos with attractive women well above the age of consent demonstrating how flexible they are.

The fringe Left are special individuals, so I’m sure that Pedo Zinn will be embraced by many regardless. All he has to do is identify as a MAP, and he checks the box for being a protected person. But in his eagerness to protect a murderer and gain some fleeting notoriety, he’s marked himself as a vile enemy of anyone who isn’t inflicted with mental illness–Left, Center, or Right.

Marine0331

How is it that all of these sicko leftist freaks really are sicko freaks? Definitely does not look good for the leftos but as we always say, it’s ok when the Dems do it.

Toxic Deplorable Racist SAH Neande

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What is it with the “Zinn” name?
There’s George here, a LibTard if there ever was one, repeat offender of various small crimes, interfering with the Charlie Kirk assassination response, with kiddie porn on his phone. W-T-Everlovin’-F?!

And then there’s Howard. Not sure of the relationship, close or distant, but with an uncommon name like Zinn, there’s gotta be something there.

Any of you that have studied history, especially US education history, he’s the LibTard that wrote the propagandist schoolbook “A People’s History of the United States”, and others of similar titles. And every one is a Marxist screed against the US, the Founding Fathers, and capitalism.

I’m starting to think that every person with the last name “Zinn” needs to be found, and administered several injections of botox to the brain to render them non compos mentis.
Irrational rant over.

11B-Mailclerk

Wasn’t “Doctor Zin” the BigBad for Jonny Quest?

FuzeVT

I immediately thought he looked like Pablo Picasso – a sad thing for Picasso to lumped in with the likes of him. Picasso was weird and backed the Socialist in Spain, but he wasn’t a kiddie diddler, to my knowledge.

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5JC

He did get with a 17 year old when he was in his 40s. They married and had a kid. But he got around… A lot… He was a horny old goat

Blaster

I hope that “they” make sure that ALL of his fellow inmates are made aware of his taste in 5-12 year old children! Then I hope he gets his old ass beat daily!

Odie

That’s not the only ass pounding he will endure.

11B-Mailclerk

Nut!

Anonymous

I guess Lars’ fantasy of revolutionary fame has come true– Antifa may be a terrorist organization now:
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-designates-anti-fascist-antifa-movement-terrorist-organization-2025-09-18/

5JC

As well it should be. They will just name themselves something else now, like National Socialists, it has a good ring to it and seems accurate.

But hey now that Lars is a member of a terrorist organization this brings up so many questions.

Does that mean he gets deplatformed here? Because if not, we will be supporting giving terrorism a voice. I will certainly leave forever if he doesn’t disavow Antifa and continues to post here, I can’t be a party to that. I won’t even look at the site any more.

He might end up being that guy that gets found guilty of espionage and loses his pension. Although someone mentioned he may not have one even though he claims to be retired. Is that stolen valor? IDK.

So many questions.

rgr769

If he is retired, he was medically retired from a broken taint.

rgr769

Slightly off topic, but President Trump just designated our beloved crazy commie’s favorite lefty org a domestic terrorist organization.

5JC

I knows, this changes things.

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