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Florida police chief at center of neighborhood watch shooting temporarily steps down
Associated Press ^ | Thursday, March 22, 12:52 PM | Unknown

Posted on 03/22/2012 1:29:58 PM PDT by Las Vegas Ron

SANFORD, Fla. — The police chief at the center of a fatal neighborhood watch shooting says he is stepping down temporarily because he has become a distraction.

Sanford Police Chief Bill Lee made the announcement at a news conference Thursday. Lee has been criticized after police did not arrest George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer who shot an unarmed black teen to death on Feb. 26.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: florida; treyvonmartin
Looks like the caving has begun.

Whether you think the shooting of this "kid" is justified or not, this needs to be tried in court (If it should get there) as a matter of law, not a media lynching.

Unfortunately, it is too late for that now, this will not end up well, imo.

1 posted on 03/22/2012 1:30:10 PM PDT by Las Vegas Ron
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To: Las Vegas Ron

Too bad. According to my law enforcement sources, this Chief was very good and well respected. He is a victim of a political lynching.

And to think I want to be Sheriff.


2 posted on 03/22/2012 1:36:13 PM PDT by midcop402
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To: Las Vegas Ron

The replies were more interesting than the story.

Give ‘um a rope and they’d have both Z man and and the Chief dangling at the end of it.


3 posted on 03/22/2012 1:38:47 PM PDT by PeteB570 ( Islam is the sea in which the Terrorist Shark swims. The deeper the sea the larger the shark.)
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To: midcop402
And to think I want to be Sheriff.

In today's climate, I don't know why anyone would want to go into public service other to enrich themselves wit either power or money.

That's a shame too, I'm sure there a plenty of good people with honorable intentions who don't run just because of the current climate.

Good luck to you if you decide to run and happen to win.

4 posted on 03/22/2012 1:41:49 PM PDT by Las Vegas Ron (Rush Limbaugh = the Beethoven of talk radio - http://www.istandwithrush.org/)
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To: PeteB570
Give ‘um a rope and they’d have both Z man and and the Chief dangling at the end of it.

Yep, it at that point now...facts be damned!

5 posted on 03/22/2012 1:43:27 PM PDT by Las Vegas Ron (Rush Limbaugh = the Beethoven of talk radio - http://www.istandwithrush.org/)
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To: Las Vegas Ron

Virtually none of the media is reporting that the kid physically attacked Mr. Zimmerman.


6 posted on 03/22/2012 2:26:25 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

They are barely reporting the kid was 6’3” tall. From most of the reporting you would think he was tiny. Shep Smith used that very term.


7 posted on 03/22/2012 2:33:08 PM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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To: Blood of Tyrants
Virtually none of the media is reporting that the kid physically attacked Mr. Zimmerman.

I noticed that too.
8 posted on 03/22/2012 2:33:59 PM PDT by RandallFlagg (Look for the union label, then buy elsewhere.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

And that Zimmerman had the marks on his face and grass stains on the back of his clothing to coroborate his claim.

Gonna be a long hot summer....


9 posted on 03/22/2012 2:34:13 PM PDT by Las Vegas Ron (Rush Limbaugh = the Beethoven of talk radio - http://www.istandwithrush.org/)
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Not to mention a witness who saw Trayvon on top of Zimmerman while pummeling him.

Clearly unimportant details for the media as they whip up a racialist frenzy.


10 posted on 03/22/2012 2:49:45 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Las Vegas Ron

He will be vindicated.


11 posted on 03/22/2012 2:50:31 PM PDT by dfwgator (Don't wake up in a roadside ditch. Get rid of Romney.)
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To: Las Vegas Ron

I’m beginning to think Charlie Manson was onto something.


12 posted on 03/22/2012 2:51:13 PM PDT by dfwgator (Don't wake up in a roadside ditch. Get rid of Romney.)
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To: FreedomPoster
Indeed, there are some underlying agendas going on here, race riots being one of them.

If you have the stomach, have a gander at where the dummies are going with this:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002454897

13 posted on 03/22/2012 2:53:09 PM PDT by Las Vegas Ron (Rush Limbaugh = the Beethoven of talk radio - http://www.istandwithrush.org/)
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http://www.examiner.com/charleston-conservative-in-charleston-sc/zimmerman-was-on-the-ground-being-punched-when-he-shot-trayvon-martin?cid=PROD-redesign-right-next

Zimmerman was on the ground being punched when he shot Trayvon Martin

Continue reading on Examiner.com Zimmerman was on the ground being punched when he shot Trayvon Martin - Charleston Charleston Conservative | Examiner.com http://www.examiner.com/charleston-conservative-in-charleston-sc/zimmerman-was-on-the-ground-being-punched-when-he-shot-trayvon-martin?cid=PROD-redesign-right-next#ixzz1pszCFJos


14 posted on 03/22/2012 3:07:57 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: Blood of Tyrants
Just another reminder that the mobs never are satisfied. From the article:

It wasn’t immediately how long the police chief would step aside. Martin’s parents said that wasn’t enough, and that Zimmerman should be taken into custody...News of the police chief’s decision to step aside spread quickly among the protesters, many of whom showed up more than two hours before the start of the rally. They chanted “The chief is gone. Zimmerman is next.”

Some carried signs that said: “100 years of lynching, justifiable homicide. Same thing.” Others sold T-shirts that read: “Arrest Zimmerman.”

Of course, most of these people have TONS of time on their hands, since their glorious failure of a "leader", Barack Hussein Obama (mmm mmm mmm) has worked very hard to create an environment where they do not have jobs.

15 posted on 03/22/2012 3:13:30 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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And Zimmerman’s back of his head was bloodied requiring stitches. 6’3 black guy on top of 5’2 hispanic, holding him down while pummeling his face and head into the ground. Gee, if you thought you were going to go unconscious and possibly die, would you shoot the black punk? Would you? (I would.)


16 posted on 03/22/2012 3:29:03 PM PDT by roadcat
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And it is amazing how many are buying the story of lean 6-3 160# athlete getting chased down and cornered by 5-9 200++# tub o goo, which is the narrative being pushed even by some here.


17 posted on 03/22/2012 6:42:45 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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