[Sopater]

Robert Zimmerman on Piers Morgan Video

[Sherman Logan]

I suppose it is debatable whether it was wise for Zimmerman to cooperate as fully as he did with the cops. But I think it is inarguable that he behaved exactly as most of us expect an innocent man would.

Making it much harder for the prosecution, in this case, to portray him as a cold-blooded killer.

[nvscanman]

In some cases like Zimmerman there is no “other guys” story.
Talking to LEO without benefit of council is a crapshoot at best
and legal sucide in many jurisdictions. LEO are NOT your friend.
They are NOT interested in your rights or in justice....they are only
interested in finding someone to convict for a crime....if that person
is innocent or not is irrelevant. Ayoob is a cop......he has a long
standing bias in that regard and ALL LEO want EVERY person they
encounter to tell them EVERYTHING. That action serves the interests
of the badgemonkey’s....and will frequently work to harm the citizen.

LEO are NOT your friend....never talk to them if avoidable and NEVER
talk to the without benefit of council if there is ANY possibility that you
are being investigated in regards to a crime.

[Louis Foxwell]

Piers Morgan is a hate mongering sanctimonious twit. Admittedly if he were a fellow FReeper I could be banned for saying so. If he were a fellow FReeper, however, he would not be a hate mongering sanctimonious twit. He would be a patriot...or a Troll, in which case he might very well be a hate mongering sanctimonious twit.

[Navy Patriot]

All citizens should be informed and trained and aware to interact with the police.

They should always remember that the police are not your friend, and be aware of the political attitude of the department as a whole and the command staff in particular.

If the police chief serves at the pleasure of the mayor and the leftist mayor wants you guilty, generally no police officer will risk his job or promotion by finding you not guilty by his investigation.

The Zimmerman case is a textbook example of this principle. The politically moderate department and chief efficiently and quickly found Zimmerman had acted within the law and put it in the record BEFORE the mayor found out that he had better want Zimmerman guilty if he knew what was good for him.

The result was the chief and detective paid with their jobs and were replaced with those willing to crucify an innocent man for a political pat on the head from Marxist criminals.

[Nevadan]

Just don't do a “I shot the clerk?” like in My Cousin Vinny.

[maine-iac7]

you might be interested in listening to a couple experts in the field - especially the last speaker

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wXkI4t7nuc

[Uncle Chip]

He was fortunate to have someone there with a cell to take his picture before he got cleaned up, and the 911 call with the screams loomed large, and amazingly the testimony of Witness 8 who was supposed to sink him turned in his favor proving that Martin had 4 minutes to make it home and actually did make it home.

[AndyTheBear]

My advice would be that IF you are really innocent, tell the whole story up front like Zimmerman did. IF you are really guilty and intend to lie to cover your guilt, you are more likely to be caught lying unless you stay quiet until you are familiar with all the evidence gathered.

One of the things that convinced me that Zimmerman was innocent is that he told his story up front without needing to see the evidence first.

[Responsibility2nd]

This is a very interesting article. It counters the oft-heard advice; “Never talk to the police without a lawyer.”

It seems that if GZ had shut up and lawyered up; the cops would have distrusted that action and would have found a reason to arrest him and charge him with something that fateful night.

And if they had - GZ would be in prison today.