Posted on 04/11/2012 3:19:09 PM PDT by pawpawrick
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – George Zimmerman has been charged with second-degree murder for the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, according to the Associated Press.
Additionally, Zimmerman has been taken into custody, but it hasn’t been revealed where he is being held.
CBSMiami has confirmed that State Attorney Angela Corey, who was appointed as a special prosecutor in the case, will hold an announcement about the charges at 6 p.m. in Jacksonville.
That press conference can be viewed LIVE starting at 6 p.m. by clicking here.
Not so.
Trayvon did begin to run and Zimmerman did follow him. But he TOLD the dispatcher, it’s on the tape, that he lost Trayvon. Somebody upthread said Zimmerman was lying when he said he lost Trayvon. could be I guess. Any scenario could be invented to replace the truth I suppose.
Zimmerman did follow Trayvon but he lost him. He told the dispatcher he lost him and he was returning to the truck.
Trayvon then attacked him; blindsided him. This is, of course, Zimmerman’s version of events. Go with me here, Zimmerman is the only one left alive to tell his side of the story.
What IS known is that George had a bashed head, was heard screaming for help, had grass stains on the back of his shirt. Per leaks from the funeral director, Trayvon had no such wound.
You got one live guy, one dead guy. The live guy tells his side of the story. He could be lying.
To discern the truth as much as possible, gotta go with the facts. And the facts as documented match zimmerman’s version of events.
You can, of course, make up your own version of the story, why the hell not?
The jury will hear the facts and the facts are documented.
A guilty verdict would cow many of the sheep into not committing the racist hate crime of SDWW (Self Defense While White) just in time for the upcoming mau mau presidential campaign.
Stole SDWW from another FReeper.
Chill!
the guy was a TV analyst also for the Casey Anthony trial..he KNOWS how to play the media..that is good.
If I pick a fight and try start losing I can kill the guy attacking me and get off scott free.
No, Florida is lost to them. But they are willing to let Florida burn to get VI, NC, PA, OH and MI in line.
If you’re referring to the contact a few days ago, my understanding is they hung up on him as soon as they found out who was calling, which would be the appropriate thing to do. They’d have major problems if they’d talked to someone represented by counsel without the lawyer present.
I live in Jacksonville where Ms. Corey hails from, and it seems to me this was simply the least painful/most gutless choice she could make, both in charging GZ and in the charge she went with.
For sake of argument, lets throw out first degree murder. thats so ridiculous even Sharpton probably wouldn’t have expected her to win that one.
If she didn’t charge at all for anything, then there are riots, people die and for the rest of her career, she’s the chick that started the riots. On top of this, the Department of Injustice has already signaled that they will be going towards federal civil rights charges, and Lord knows they will be happy to throw you under the nearest bus if it makes them look better to their base.
If she charged with manslaughter, thats the worst of all worlds. The Trayvon folks are upset because they didn’t get a murder charge. The GZ supporters were upset he was charged at all. Even if you win, you lose.
But, if she goes with the second degree murder charge, she doesn’t draw the ire of the DOJ, and there are no riots for the time being. She’s a republican incumbent in the next election, so all she’d have to worry about on that front is a primary challenger, which would be long odds. If she wins the case, then she says “obviously I made the right call”. If she loses the case, then she can blame prejudice, remain blameless for the riots which will certainly follow, and maybe set herself up as the next Charlie Crist moderate plus likely get a decent book deal.
Unfortunately, CYA and the path of least resistance seems to have won the day. This day anyway.
Are they going to or was it just a thought?
The War on Neighborhood Watch has begun.
Question: how many of YOU have walked your neighborhood at midnight?
If you live in a “declining” area, it’s a very lonely and thankless feeling. Please be careful how quickly you weigh in on Zimmerman if you have not worked a watch.
Yeah....I kinda got that impression when she called Martin’s parents “sweet”.
Do tell. What section of the Florida Criminal Code is that?
Amen! where are those politicians who represent these poor folks in Tulsa and elsewhere who have been brutally murdered by feral, melanin-rich epidermisites? they’re hiding out in their lily-white skin, afraid to speak up for the majority of victims in B on W crime. when will a politician somewhere stand up for us? we need an organization called WHEN [”we’ve had enough now”] to demonstrate in front of the local media stations where these crimes occur, demanding justice for the melanin-underprivileged folk.
” Yeah....I kinda got that impression when she called Martin’s parents “sweet”.”
That was WAY out of line!!
The “victim” here is ZIMMERMAN!!!! It was driving me NUTS to listen to that skank call Trayvon the victim!
This was EXACTY why the stand your ground law was passed, so it would be clear who the victim was, and so victims wouldn’t be treated as criminals for defending themselves against wanna-be gangsta like Trayvon!
So the answer is to gun down suspicious persons even if they are just walking home from 7-11?
There is much more to this than your oversimplification (and mine) of the events.
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