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Zimmerman Will Remain Free, For Now
Sanford Police Chief Billy Lee, Jr.
Yesterday afternoon Sanford Police Chief Bill Lee, Jr. stunned the family of Trayvon Martin with the following statement:
“In this case Mr. Zimmerman has made the statement of self-defense,” Lee said. “Until we can establish probable cause to dispute that, we don’t have the grounds to arrest him.”
Trayvon, a 17-year-old junior at Miami’s Michael Krop Senior High School, was shot and killed by George Zimmerman two weeks ago. Zimmerman, the Neighborhood Watch captain for the gated condominium complex where Trayvon was visiting his father and soon-to-be stepmother, had followed the teen as he was walking back from a local convenience store at 7:00 in the evening. After deciding that Trayvon was “suspicious”, Zimmerman called the Sanford Police on their non-emergency number to report it. Allegedly he was told to keep his distance from Trayvon, and that police were on their way.
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For some unknown reason, Zimmerman left his car, carrying his black Kel Tek 9mm semi-automatic pistol concealed (he has a permit to do so), and confronted Trayvon. Details of what occurred next, according to Zimmerman, have not been released. Zimmerman’s condition when police arrived to find Trayvon dead on the ground suggests that he confronted the teen and attempted to stop him from returning to his family [residents of the complex have started to come forward with information on complaints filed with the police and the homeowners association regarding Zimmerman's intrusive and "aggressive tactics"]. Zimmerman had a bloody nose, grass clippings and moisture on his back and a minor laceration to the back of his head. Obviously, Trayvon punched him in the nose and knocked him down… and then Zimmerman shot him in the chest.
The Sanford police turned over the findings of their investigation to the Seminole-Brevard State Attorney’s Office for review Monday. It will be up to the state’s attorney to decide if the case should go before a grand jury, which could decide to indict George Zimmerman if they decide that there is sufficient evidence to disprove the claim of self defense (it is actually called “justifiable use of deadly force” in the Florida Statutes).
Civil rights leaders, including members of the NAACP and the Rev Al Sharpton, are preparing to back the Martin family in their call for justice.
In the meantime, George Zimmerman is in hiding due to numerous death threats, and Trayvon Martin has returned home to Miami, where he was buried Sunday.
Watch for the followup article “Justifiable Use of Deadly Force in Florida”, an analysis of the Florida Statues applicable to this case.
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MrK
March 24, 2012 at 8:28 pm
” Zimmerman should not have been allowed to possess a firearm based on his aggressiveness , for sure he was trigger happy and bound to use it. ”
You can literally hear his mouth watering when you listen to those tapes. He was getting off on the murder, planning it, setting up an audio trail that would make it look like selfdefense. When the 911 call taker said the obvious – if he ‘feels’ so threatened, stop following his mark – he got out of the car to stalk the kid on foot.
There is a lot of stuff between him getting out of the car and firing the shot, that hasn’t come out yet. The child shouted like he was in pain, before he was shot.
And then, there is the ‘police investigation’, which had nothing to do with any kind of investigation, and immediately set out to make the testimony of witnesses fit Zimmerman’s account of events. We know the toxicology report of the victim, but not of George Zimmerman, because he was never asked for a blood test. Even his gun was not confiscated.
Now what police officer on this planet hands a gun back to someone who has just shot someone, even in selfdefense, and who has in the past assaulted a police officer?
Instead, they investigated Trayvon Martin, in the hope of turning up evidence that he had some kind of intoxicant in his system.
Zimmerman is being shielded from investigation. I can only think of two reasons. 1) He has some kind of dirt on someone high up in their hierachy. 2) He or his father are members of the Klan or some similar organisation. Did anyone see that police captain with Benjamin Jealous? He looks like the banjo boy from Deliverance, grown up. If someone’s in the Klan, my money is on him.
Ken
March 20, 2012 at 7:15 pm
The 911 call records abviously showed that Mr. Zimmerman chose to confront Martin, though he was contructed not to do so. His claim of self-defense clearly contradicted with the 911 records as well as Martin’s cellphone record. He should have been charged with murder of Mr. Martin false reports to police about what had really happened. He should be arrested by now.
Duke Dean
March 18, 2012 at 12:21 pm
Let’s get Zimmerman of the street he’s bound to kill again he relishes the taste of killing blacks , he’s probably a rapist aswell. That creatural Monster must be arrested and given the DEATH PENALTY ASAP!!!!
Duke Dean
March 18, 2012 at 9:08 am
Zimmerman should not have been allowed to possess a firearm based on his aggressiveness , for sure he was trigger happy and bound to use it . Zimmerman is probably a serial killer and which may be discover sooner or later . He thinks he knows how to cover up his crimes , he probably watches crime investigation films. So he knows how to decoy his crimes in fact he is in the study of law isn’t he to some degree , Zimmerman is a premeditated murderer and he will kill again if he is not put behind bars soon . Mark my word George Zimmerman is SERIAL KILLER !!!!!
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Aryanna
March 17, 2012 at 11:57 am
Life in prison…I doubt if he lasts a week.
David
March 16, 2012 at 8:24 am
What a corpulent cowardly killer. He kills a kid and then runs off to hide with the complicity of the Sanford PD. Hw sick. He’s killed someone. Hopefully his is ruined forever. Hopefully he will get life in prison.