What are the odds that the police just happened to be in the neighborhood of Z's home when this happened?
What are the odds that someone broke INTO a house and that leaves window glass on the driveway OUTSIDE ?
The police report is here
The involved police officers names are
CHARLES CLARK
HAROLD LANGWORTHY
JUSTIN AXON
RYAN SNYDER
I read several of what I consider in my opinion irregularities in the report.
Irregularity #1:
the woman pulled over was not issued a ticket or a warning.
Irregularity #2:
The arresting officers did not enter Zimmerman’s home, implying that they did not have a search or arrest warrant and implying that there was no imminent threat to anyone
Irregularity #3:
There was no consideration by any officer that the woman’s true motivation for mentioning Zimmerman’s name might have been to divert attention from herself and to avoid a traffic citation.
Irregularity #4:
Woman mentions that she was emotionally vulnerable and yet lived with Zimmerman for 2 months prior to the incident. This should have been sufficient to impeach her credibility relative to Zimmerman’s but was not.
Irregularity #5:
Zimmerman volunteered information but was arrested anyway. Volunteering information after Miranda rights were read should give the presumption of innocence to the arrested party.
I would question the motives of the police involved. Do they receive bonuses for making aggravated assault arrests? If so, the safest people to arrest are law abiding middle class males and females.
Lots of females get wild and crazy if they become emotionally unsatisfied with a romantic relationship. If men had a nickel for every time such an event happened, most men would be rich and most women would be their concubines.
Unlike some, I am not sure that it is possible to determine in advance which women become bat-crazy and which women remain rational throughout and beyond a romantic relationship. Furthermore I suspect that Zimmerman has major problems getting a job which are not directly his fault, and a job is probably a major determinant of the type of woman who can be attracted to him. Therefore I do not think it is fair to fault Zimmerman for his choice in women, unless people consider lifetime celibacy a viable and fair option for Zimmerman.
For all the abuse he has suffered under the criminal justice system, Zimmerman should receive some kind of get out of jail free card. He has paid his dues. He should not be made to suffer repeatedly as a canary indicating the most poorly written laws.
I wonder if the woman accuser has any criminal liability (I imagine she has no money to go after by Zimmerman when all the dust settles if he is found not guilty).
I also wonder if the police officers were acting in the public interest with integrity. I wonder in particular if the initial pair of officers prompted the alleged witness to respond by asking leading questions such as “we can arrest Z if he did XYZ. Did you witness Z doing XYZ?”
I view it as fortunate that Z was able to get Don West involved. If Z is lucky, the DA will drop this before it goes to trial.
This won’t stop until (a) Z dies (eg at the hands of trigger happy police intent on completing some misbegotten kind of arrest quota), or moves out of the country; or (b) Z files some kind of police harassment lawsuit and prevails.