George Michael Zimmerman (born October 5, 1983) is an American man who fatally shot Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old African-American, in Sanford, Florida, on February 26, 2012. On July 13, 2013, he was acquitted of second-degree murder in Florida v. George Zimmerman. After his acquittal, Zimmerman was the target of a shooting stemming as part of a road rage incident, the perpetrator of which was convicted of attempted murder.

After the shooting, Zimmerman generated controversy for his social media activity, including his paintings of the Confederate flag and a number of other statements described as racist and Islamophobic, including calling a bar owner a "nigger-lover" according to Florida police.