Posted on 03/30/2012 7:03:25 AM PDT by marktwain
“Obama Campaign: Republicans ‘Politicizing’ Trayvon Martin's Death,” RealClearPolitics reported yesterday, citing an appearance on MSNBC by Stephanie Cutter, Obama's Deputy Campaign Manager.
She was referencing the reaction to the president saying if he had a son he would look like Trayvon.
"His Republican opponents have jumped all over him because they do want to play politics with this issue. The President spoke from his heart on this, it was trying to emphasize with some parents who had just lost a child. By any measure, this was a tragedy and we need to let the investigation take its course," Cutter said.
Amen to the latter part—the investigation should be allowed to take its course. But as for “people hav[ing] to stop politicizing it,” Ms. Cutter exhibited bizarre, in-your-face hypocrisy, particularly considering some of the recent performances by Democrats Maxine Waters, Chuck Schumer, Hank Johnson, Bobby Rush…
The political left that includes the Sharpton/Jackson self-promotion street theater to the positively loony and dangerous haters represented by the New Black Panthers, has been doing nothing but making hay of this tragedy for political gain while pouring gasoline on the flames of racial mistrust,
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I then asked a question that I believe merits a fair discussion:
Assuming he was not the aggressor, what if Martin had stood his ground and managed to kill Zimmerman? Would not those rallying behind his memory want to use the law to rally to his defense?
Ah, but there’s the rub, some may say. Reports say Martin punched first, and was on top of Zimmerman pummeling him.
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We may never know, but in principle we need to be able to ask what if Trayvon Martin had killed George Zimmerman? Or what if their ethnicities had been reversed? What discussion would we…should we be having then?
(Excerpt) Read more at examiner.com ...
http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/dpp/news/state/witness-martin-attacked-zimmerman-03232012
Notice comment about “folder”
The gravamen of the case would be negligent use of deadly force, leading to death.
Maybe it Skillets and Exphasy
Other than George, that is. His brother, Robert, Jr., said that there is an eyewitness who saw the first blow. That testimony is tightly held by the investigation.
The headline says it - but nothing I read in the body of the article supports it.
From the article.....
“When I got upstairs and looked down, the guy who was on top beating up the other guy, was the one laying in the grass, and I believe he was dead at that point,” John said.
He saw Martin on top of Zimmerman beating him up. He then heard a gunshot and saw Martin laying dead in the grass. There was no report that he saw Martin initiate the violence against Martin.
The statements of the witness doesn’t support the Headline that the witness saw that Martin attacked Zimmerman - only that he saw Martin WINNING the fight against Zimmerman.
Would you want a jury? Not sure with all the MSM against him he could find a non-biased jury.
Yelp I thinks so too. ....That’s what is in the folder and the reason no charges have been filed.
Taking it to court opens the witness to JJ, AS, BP and others.
OTOH those listed above would be left with a lot more then egg on their faces.
LOL
I don't know for sure, but I think I would prefer a jury to a judge, in this case. The jury's perception is going to be much different from that the public has, now. I have not heard of a single eyewitness that cuts against Zimmerman. Either the testimony is equivocal, or it exonerates Zimmerman. There will plenty of forensic evidence too.
Have been asking for days: Were did the skittles and AZ tea come from? Who reported it first? In what content? It’s not mentioned in any of the reports released by the town/police.
Am still on my skittle and AZ tea search. Now when it's google full of crap. Maybe that's on purpose to confuse the drug issue.
We'll know when the toxicology reports come back.
I think even if this eyewitness did not or does not exist, the totality of the remaining evidence doesn't support bringing charges.
Here is something I am confused about....
I have heard the call Zimmerman made, Trayvon was on the phone with his girlfriend, and we are told that someone can be heard crying on a 911 call. Is that the same call that Zimmerman made originally to inform the police that he was concerned about this person? Or is it a different call? Was it a call from the witness?
Just wondering because that hasn’t been clear to me.
See link at 62 for all the tapes. It’s there you can listen to them all in just a few minutes.
I didn’t know that. I’ve been unable to access PDF files lately, and all the reports I’ve found have been PDF.
Sure. The investigator can summarize findings, then provide either summaries of the testimony, or the actual interviews with names redacted, etc. Photos of Zimmerman's injuries and a description of the exact cause of Martin's death (bullet entry point); any other relevant forensic evidence, like powder burns on Martin's palm or palms, could also be made public without bringing charges. All at the investigator's discretion.
If there is a grand jury and a trial, grand jury testimony comes right in. The defendant is entitled to it, and so is the public.
You can listed to the 911 calls and view the video at the link above.
But there seems to be some material missing
Have you seen this?
http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/dpp/news/state/witness-martin-attacked-zimmerman-03232012
Then if the reports are finalized it should move right along. It was reported that State AG who was assigned case may make decision and not take it to Grand Jury. She better have her ducks in line.
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