"The cops took Zimmerman downtown, grilled him for hours, collected the physical evidence, canvassed for witnesses and filed an affidavit recommending he be charged with manslaughter.
No.
The nonsense about Detective Chris Serino filing an affidavit recommending that Zimmerman be charged with manslaughter is false although it continues to be repeated. The City of Sanford issued a statement saying it was false. Chris Serino stated it was false and said on March 16: ""The best evidence we have is the testimony of George Zimmerman, and he says the decedent was the primary aggressor in the whole event. Everything I have is adding up to what he says."
What happened is that all events like this must be categorized for reporting to the FBI. There's not a category for 'justifiable manslaughter because of self-defense or application of a state's Stand Your Ground law.' There's only a category for 'manslaughter.' That's how this shooting was categorized (consider that the next time you read FBI statistics).
The source of the story that Serino wanted to charge Zimmerman was . . . Tracy Martin.
Correcting myself. First, Tracy Martin to the media, claiming Serino told her that in a conversation. Then, Martin family attorney Benjamin "Who Needs the Truth" Crump in a letter to the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice.
Serino and the City of Sanford continue to say Serino never said that nor gave such an affidavit.
Wow!
I was unaware of this information, thanks kindly.