Trayvon Martin case has been poorly handled, Santorum says

Washington Post ^ | 3/23/12 | Felicia Sonmez and Nia-Malika Henderson

[AnybodyButBarry]

In remarks after President Obama made his first public comment on the matter, former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum said Friday that the handling by Florida law enforcement of the Trayvon Martin case has been “horrible” and that the state’s “Stand Your Ground” law should not apply to the shooter, George Zimmerman.

“Well, ‘Stand Your Ground’ is not doing what this man did,” Santorum said Friday morning at a campaign event in Monroe, La. “There’s a difference between ‘Stand Your Ground’ and doing what he did. And it’s a horrible case. It’s chilling to hear what happened, and of course the fact that law enforcement didn’t immediately go after and prosecute this case is another chilling example of horrible decisions made by people in this process.”

Zimmerman, a 28-year-old neighborhood watch captain, has not been charged in the shooting.

[Netizen]

I think the basic message is that the cops have to sort through a lot of bad info. He wasn’t sitting on the porch when he got shot as this parent suggests. If they didn’t know, they shouldn’t be telling the reporter’s anything.