Blogger who outed 'Witness 9' in George Zimmerman case unmasked

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The creator of the site does not explain or substantiate the claims about Bradman’s interest in Zimmerman, or his attitudes on race. Posters to his site focus on various conservative issues — opposition to President Barack Obama, support for presidential candidate Mitt Romney, and odes to conservative talk radio host Glenn Beck and the late right wing gadfly Andrew Breitbart. However “Sundance Cracker’s” posts often contain a “disclaimer” admonishing commenters to avoid racially abusive or offensive comments.

Still, it was the posting of personal information about Witness 9, including photos of her husband and child, that led some to question the propriety of Sundance Cracker’s careful guarding of his own identity.

Meanwhile, Bradman left one crack in his shield of anonymity — he created a Gravatar account — a universal profile which gives the user a unique online identity wherever he or she goes online or on social networking sites. The Gravatar identifies him by name, as “the author and owner of” the conservative blog, adding that he “also posts as SundanceCracker and GrandpaCracker on other sites across the internet.”

“When he’s not writing online,” the profile continues, “he’s the Phramcy Manager of the Publix Supermarket in Cape Coral, Florida.”

Reached by theGrio, the manager of one of several Publix supermarkets in Cape Coral said Bradman had not worked at the store for “two to four” years. An employee at a nearby chain said he had been a “store manager,” not a pharmacy manager, but that had “retired” from Publix Supermarkets at least five years ago. Publix Supermarkets’ corporate office referred all employment inquiries to a third party firm.

Bradman did not respond to email requests for comment. A person with the same Gravatar and the name Mark Bradman is associated with the Tea Party Patriots and the Naples Tea Party.  TheGrio sought comment via a contact email for the Naples Tea Party, but received no response.

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