Zimmerman 'does not properly respect the law,' judge says in order revoking bond

Orlando Sentinal ^ | June 12, 2012 | Jeff Weiner

[Aunt Polgara]

The judge who revoked George Zimmerman's bond did so after he determined that it was "apparent" that Zimmerman's wife had lied under oath, and clear that Zimmerman "does not properly respect the law."

Circuit Judge Kenneth Lester revoked Zimmerman's bond on June 1, but his written order was filed Monday. In it, Lester lays out his rationale.

[stuartcr]

That was 1/2 way through the conversation. All the time he was giving the dispatcher his info. Just think if he’d turned then and finished the conversation in his car?

[treetopsandroofs]

He’s been outed as a leftist.

See #166.

[Aunt Polgara]

Has not this Judge crossed the boundaries of his job classification/description?

He certainly has in my opinion. Here is a link to his order revoking bond

Here are the facts:

Shellie Zimmerman offered to get the brother-in-law on the phone to discuss the amount in the PayPal Account, but the prosecution deceptively edited her testimony in its application to revoke bond.

At the April 27th hearing disclosing the approximate size of the PayPal account, Judge Lester claimed to not know if the PayPal account was usable for bail. How could GZ know if it was available if Lester didn't??

At the bail revocation hearing on June 1, Lester refused O'Mara's request to postpone the hearing, telling O'Mara he could defend the motion "on the spur of the moment, you can do this on the fly" (at about 23 minutes into the clip).

At the original bail hearing, Judge Lester dismissed the importance of George's run in with the plain clothes officer in the bar, but now he seems to think it is very important.

At the original bail hearing, Judge Lester dismissed the importance of the mutual restraining orders between George and a former girlfriend, but now seems to think it is important.

At the bond revocation hearing on June 1, Lester also dismissed concerns about the state's problem with the 2nd passport (at about the 45 minute mark), and does mention it in his revocation of bond ruling, but does not appear to give it much weight for the bail revocation hearing.

Lester's ruling said that George lacks respect for the law for all those factors, especially for the failure to disclose the PayPal account total, which he did not give GZ any chance to explain. A travesty of justice (in my never to be humble opinion).

[MileHi]

Seems like it.

[trisham]

I don’t watch Fox News. Am I a Leftist?

[stuartcr]

Of course the dispatcher can’t give an order.

What do you think the dispatcher was trying to convey to Zimmerman with that phrase?

[treetopsandroofs]

“I don’t watch Fox News. Am I a Leftist?”

Is Fox Right Wing?

[stuartcr]

Yes it is

[MileHi]

Very childish.

An imbed from 1999.

[kiryandil]

You’re saying the dispatcher did not advise him to stay in the car?

No, the dispatcher DID NOT advise him to stay in the truck.

As a matter of fact, Zimmerman got out of his truck in response to the dispatcher asking him for an address. Later, the dispatcher asks Zimmerman if he is following the drugged-up Fight Club wannabe:

At one point in the call it seems clear Zimmerman is walking and the dispatcher asks him whether he’s following the teen. “Yeah,” answers Zimmerman. “OK, you don’t need to do that,” the dispatcher says.

You're obviously only familiar with what NBC & ABC "news" told you, stuart.

You should stop posting your nonsense.

[stuartcr]

I don’t believe either of us can say for certain what really happened, can we?

[Sudetenland]

Yeah, all citizens should know better than to report suspicious strangers, should not check strangers hanging our in their own neighborhood, and should just be good little sheep and do exactly what the nice operator tells them.

This is not a free nation. This is not a nation in which citizens have rights. We are all to OBEY.

What in the world are you doing on FR?

It was nothing more than a sad tragedy which need never have happened had the kid not jumped Zimmerman.

[stuartcr]

???

[treetopsandroofs]

As I said in #198....

Look at the way he refers to Fox News and has no clue that Fox News is not Right Wing, and view that in the light of all his posts on this subject.

[stuartcr]

Probably so

[Dead Corpse]

You can hear him on the tape hoofing it. Dispatch asks him what he's doing, he tells them, they say "we don't need you to do that", he says "ok", and starts heading back to his truck.

It was right after that when your hero Trayvon jumps him and gets plugged for his thuggish behavior.

There is no way for you to win this one. You aren't using facts, just your opinion.

[treetopsandroofs]

I get a small thrill exposing ultra-leftists here, if it hasn’t been obvious to everyone except you.

[Sudetenland]

Right, because no citizen has the right to walk around in his own neighborhood.

[Scoutmaster]

Dispatcher or 911 operator?

Zimmerman called the non-emergency Sanford police number and talked with a dispatcher. The media has used '911 operator' either because they're too dense to understand the difference, or because it was easier and like a shorthand reference to them, or both.

The City of Sanford made it clear back in mid-March that Zimmerman did not speak with 911, but a non-emergency dispatcher.

Angela Corey's charging affidavit is careful to make that distinction as well.

[nonsporting]

Just think if he had followed directions to not go after the kid that nite...he wouldn’t be in jail, he wouldn’t have $100K and a kid would still be alive.

He did break off pursuit. He said "Ok" in response to the dispatcher. Zimmerman was headed back to his vehicle, when Martin intercepted Zimmerman and began the felonious assault which resulted in Martin's death.