Quote: (03-27-2012 11:22 PM)jariel Wrote:
You mean the ones that wanted to arrest him that night?
The police report clearly shows Zimmerman
was arrested. He was handcuffed, surrendered his gun, and was administered first aid for injuries on site. "After he was cleared by SFD, he was transported to Sanford Police Department. Zimmerman was placed in an interview room of Sanford Police Department, where he was interviewed by Investigator D. Singleton."
He was actually interviewed by two different investigators. (He should have watched "Never talk to the police" on youtube.)
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The lead homicide investigator in the shooting of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin recommended that neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman be charged with manslaughter the night of the shooting, multiple sources told ABC News.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/trayvon-martin-...3J1NdWQsz4
Actually, that's gobbledy gook. Police don't file charges. They file incident reports. The Special Prosecutors Office reads the reports and State Attorneys files charges. Not the police. Police didn't go to law school. Police aren't attorneys.
What happened is the Sanford Police Department
filed an incident report. Their incident report categorized the event as "Homicide/Neglig Mansl --Unnecessary Killing to Prevent an Unlawful Act". The description appears to be chosen though a drop-down menu of limited choices and not very specific. The Sanford Police also did a crime scene investigation, interviewed multiple witnesses, did the usual crime scene unit processing, then filed an
a capias request with the State Attorney.
“If you go with what was reported in the press the first night, there would have been an arrest right away, but obviously something gave investigators pause,” said a source in the Seminole State Attorney’s office who did not want to speak publicly, because the case is now assigned to a different prosecutor. “We get capias warrants all the time. That doesn’t mean we file charges right away. We investigate to see if it’s appropriate. That’s the responsible thing to do.’’
And when protestor mobs started being bussed in by Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton to get media attention, the Governor switched to yet another State Attorney to force the case and charge Zimmerman. But that new State Attorney read the same reports and came to the same conclusion.
To this day, no charges have been filed by any State Attorney. But you can also be sure with all the death threats and active mobs out to lynch him, Zimmerman will never have a normal life again. Wouldn't it be interesting if he in turn sued Jackson and Sharpton for misrepresentation and damages from inciting a mob?
Trayvon Martin's family can at any time hire an attorney to file civil charges against Zimmerman for monetary compensation. Without a successful state prosecution first, the chances of that succeeding are very, very slim, and Zimmerman does not appear to be, shall we say, a man with many assets. They would in effect be spending millions of dollars (which they don't have) to get pocket change and a couple of breath mints.
Much easier to get paid to cry for the cameras by Sharpton and Jackson, who are currently collecting millions in donations from well meaning people who see an injustice. They don't need to see Zimmerman prosecuted. They just need to fan the flames, manipulate the media, and collect the donation checks. At one early rally, the Rev. Al Sharpton asked people to make out checks to Fulton and put them in buckets that were passed around. Sharpton pledged $2,500 himself.
Al Sharpton is cashing in through
http://nationalactionnetwork.net/
and Jesse Jackson through
http://www.rainbowpush.org/
while others are leaping onto the gravy train of well meaning money falling from the sky:
https://www.wepay.com/donations/3819
http://parkscrump.com/justicetm/donations/
There's even some opportunistic donation monger selling Skittles.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/511/720/5...in-family/
Trayvon Martin's mother, Sybrina Fulton, has said she does not want want other people printing and selling memorabilia. "Sybrina Fulton has no desire to profit from her son's death, but wants to protect her son's name legacy," said family representative Ryan Julison. Sybrina Fulton headed off potential profit-seeking by others by filing trademark applications last week for the words "Justice For Trayvon" and "I Am Trayvon." (
source) Her line of tshirts is selling
for $18.99 each, available in all sizes up to XXL.