Posted on 04/23/2012 2:25:39 PM PDT by MindBender26
I have just learned from a friend in Seminole County law enforcement, who is very close to Zimmermann case, that the case against Mr. Zimmerman is even weaker than originally thought.
It seems that the police officer/technician who collected the evidence at the scene and signed the evidence report was not in any way qualified to do so.
He was much more of a breathalyzer technician and someone who would do field drug testing and initial toxicology reports at the scenes of suspected crimes. It is believed that the shooting was his first ever full crime scene investigation and he had not been trained to the standard levels of competency. The Sanford PD did not think the case against Zimmerman had nearly enough merit to bother doing a thorough investigation.
In addition, when the drug screens come back from Martin, they will show a host of recreational drugs. All of this is further circumstantial evidence of potential irrational activity on the part of Mr. Martin, and remember, the State has already admitted that they have no evidence as to who started the fight.
There's more: There is another very interesting point of law coming to the forefront. It may easily be held that regardless of who started the fight, when Martin slammed Zimmerman's head onto the concrete with the force that he did, that act became Assault With A Deadly Weapon, (the concrete,) and at that point Zimmerman had the right to defend himself, with deadly force if necessary, regardless of what had happened up to that point.
We shall see.
My understanding is that SYG removes the requirement to retreat if it safely possible before self-defense with deadly force is allowed. Since there presumably no safe retreat available at the time Zimmerman used deadly force (since he was pinned to the ground) then self-defense was allowed with or without SYG.
I can quickly walk a mile in about 12 minutes.
Use to walk to my office years ago and it was exactly one mile from my home.
My long-shot prediction is that some of the jewelry found in Trayvon’s locker will be matched to jewelry reported stolen in the development. I have just had a feeling all along that Trayvon had hunted there before.
Well stated Jeff.
IF Attorney General Panther Holder SHOULD pursue a federal civil rights case against Zimmerman, we can HOPE that such a case would be dropped after 20 January 2013.
Hope all is good with you and yours!
O’Mara, Zimmerman’s attorney, is reputedly one of the best criminal defense lawyers in Florida.
Exactly...bingo! This is a case of pure self defense against deadly force by a perpetrator. The local PD figured that out over-night.
the State AG is looking to make a name and it is political IMHO, and she is going to lose.
Holder will also make it political if he thinks he can...and to further agitate the minorities and his people like Jackson, Sharpton, and the New Black Panthers. But that case will fail too if they seat an impartial jury.
Except this was not the only time he had come up to Sanford. Without a doubt, he could have committed burglaries in Sanford in the past.
Check the dates he visited his father and see if they match up with any of the robbery dates.
Martin was aware that Zimmerman was watching him—on the tape of the conversation with the dispatcher Zimmerman mentions that the person is staring at him. If Martin felt threatened he could easily have gone to his father’s place. That instead he chose to confront Zimmerman suggests either heightened machismo where he was enraged at the idea that Zimmerman was spying on what he was up to, or that he was on drugs and behaving irrationally.
Yep...alll potential reasons for his behavior.
As someone stated on this thread, I wonder what a check of dates when Martin visited his father in the sub-division would show in relation to the burglaries occurring in that neighborhood.
Not saying it would show anything, but it should be looked at. I bet the defense lawyer does.
Au contraire mon frere, if Travyon was walking home, he would have arrived home.
Instead he arrived in Hell.
Whoopsie.
I would love to see the case tossed and then the judge issue a rule to show cause on whoever brought this case.
Wo cares what they call it. Let them riot. This will assure Obama will win no more than 30% of the vote.
Sorry! Forgot my /sarc tag...
Did Trayvon pass?
The best answer to the question would be:
Yes.
Shouldn’t we known his autopsy results be known now? Hasn’t it been two months?
WRONG! He didn't know his race.
Drugs cost money, did this young lad have a job?
Sarcasm
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