Mar 26 - Trayvon Martin k!lling Lead Prosecutor Says George Zimmerman Could Walk |
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| By zogby - 03-26-2012, 07:04 AM - Boxden > BX Daily Bugle - news and headlines The nationwide clamor for an arrest notwithstanding, the lead prosecutor in the Trayvon Martin case tells ABC News that convicting his k!ller, the neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman, could prove difficult. "The stand-your-ground law is one portion of justifiable use of deadly force," veteran State Attorney Angela Corey said. "And what that means is that the state must go forward and be able to prove it's case beyond a reasonable doubt… So it makes the case in general more difficult than a normal criminal case." Zimmerman shot Martin dead the night of Feb. 26, after following him for several minutes. Zimmerman told police Martin looked suspicious because he was wearing a hoodie, and when he confronted him the two fought -- ultimately resulting in a single bullet in Martin's chest. Trayvon Martin Case: Timeline of Events Zimmerman claimed self defense all along, and this weekend the lawyer counseling him, Craig Sonner, told ABC News that he was likely to invoke Florida's controversial stand-your-ground law in his defense. The law affords people enormous leeway to use deadly force if they feel their life is seriously endangered. Sonner said Zimmerman felt "one of them was going to die that night," when he pulled the trigger. Corey, a veteran prosecutor known for her zealous defense of victims rights was hand-picked by Florida Gov. Rick Scott for the job. But she faces other challenges in the case. While in life Trayvon Martin was barely 17, when it comes to justifiable homicide his size -- about 6-foot-3 and 150 pounds -- makes him an adult in [rip]. But with the Department of Justice and the FBI investigating this case as a possible hate crime, Corey might want to pursue that as well. "So it would depend on which charge if any we're able to file," she said. "Before we would be able to determine, one, if this is a hate crime, and two, whether or not that would enhance the crime." Corey's team is now reinvestigating a case that the Sanford Police Department is accused of bungling. Possible police missteps include failing to administer a toxicology exam on Zimmerman, not impounding his car, and failing to contact key witnesses -- like Martin's girlfriend, who was talking to the teen by cell phone and heard most of the scuffle with Zimmerman unfold. ABC News has learned there is tremendous pressure from local and state authorities for an arrest. Corey said parts of the investigation might only take a few more days to complete but charges, if they ever come, could be weeks away. Trayvon Martin k!lling Lead Prosecutor Says George Zimmerman Could Walk - Yahoo! |
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| 03-26-2012, 07:18 AM | away - #2 |
| YOU KNOW WHAT IM ALL FOR k!llING THIS MOTHER !!ER NOW TRAYVON WOULD BE HERE ALIVE TODAY IF THIS FAT[..] MOTHER !!ER WOULD HAVE LET THE COPS DO THEIR JOB INSTEAD OF DOING IT FOR THEM A DEAD MAN CAN NOT DEFEND HIM SELF IN THE SITUATION(UNLESS HES WHITE!!!!!) AND HE STILL GOES TO THE TRAIL GUILTY TIL PROVEN INNOCENT WHILE DEAD DAMN AMERICA AND THIS RACIST WHITE !!ERS 2012 AND THEY STILL ON THE SAME WE ARE BETTER THAN YOU BULL !!, YALL EAT, SLEEP, !!, AND COMMUNICATE LIKE US STUPID !!ERS THESE BIGOT[..] BELIEFS WILL BE THE COLLAPSE OF AMERICA SOON BECAUSE BLACK PEOPLE ARE NOT AFRAID TO STAND UP ANYMORE ANGER, HATRED, AND REVENGE DRIVEN FROM THE PAIN OF THEIR BLOODLINES, YALL CREATED SOME MONSTER WHITE AMERICA WITH THESE IGNORANT GHETTO MENTALITY NEGROS NOW NOT AFRAID TO BLAST ON YALL ON SIGHT, WTF ARE YALL THINKING???? | |
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| 03-26-2012, 07:23 AM | away - #3 |
| So even though Zimmerman followed Martin, ignoring the 991 dispatchers words not to do so, provoking the confrontation? he could still walk? I really really really wonder what the out come would have been if the roles were reversed... | |
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| 03-26-2012, 07:26 AM | away - #4 | |
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| 03-26-2012, 07:28 AM | away - #5 | |
FROM HISTORY WE KNOW AN EMPIRE EVENTUALLY REACHES A PEAK AND SLOWLY DECLINES AND THEN COLLAPSE OUT OF NO WHERE WEVE BEEN PAST OR PEAK, RAPID DECLINING AND I THINK THIS MAY BE THE EVENT THAT COLLAPSE AMERICA BECAUSE THE OUTCOME MAY BE RACE RIOTS FOR A LONG TIME, WHO KNOWS WHAT CAN HAPPEN AFTER THAT PEOPLE ARE TO BIZZY RIOTING AND THEN SOME COUNTRY SNEAKS ATTACK AMERICA, THIS ISH IS CRAZY MAN, I CANT BELIEVE WHITE AMERICA STILL FEELS LIKE THAT | ||
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| 03-26-2012, 07:34 AM | online - #6 | |
lets say zimmerman walked up to trayvon and said "what are you doin here?".... tryavon says "what are you following me for?"... so zimmerman asks him again "what are you doing here".... and then bam Trayvon starts whooping his[..]... not that im saying this happened but nobody knows. if zimmerman doesnt start the altercation why cant he defend himself? because cops told him they dont need him to follow trayvon.... well he did anyways.... so because zimmerman did what cops told him not to he cant protect himself? i aint defending Zimmerman... but Stand Your Ground says you can shoot someone in self defense... and it doesnt say "unless you were told by law enforcement not to pursue the suspect". had zimmerman stayed in his car, yes this wouldnt have happened.... but if trayvon started the fight, which we dont know, then this also would have never happened. [pic] this whole case is !!ed up, too much media on it now, and too many people think theyre "informed". when the reality is half the people ignore anything that supports Zimmermans use of force. | ||
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| 03-26-2012, 07:38 AM | away - #7 | |
talking about I aint defending zimmerman [pic] | ||
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| 03-26-2012, 07:38 AM | online - #8 | |
2nd off, wtf is this "white america" bull!! you're spewing? what the !! do I feel like man? im a white america, so what do i still feel like? | ||
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| 03-26-2012, 07:40 AM | away - #9 | |
and white people always act lost when it comes to this ish [pic][pic][pic][pic][pic][pic] you exactly wtf Im talking about with this white america bull ish son | ||
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| 03-26-2012, 07:45 AM | online - #10 | |
i know he ignored the dispatchers orders... everyone !!ing knows that already. but just because he ignored their orders doesnt mean he cant protect himself if he gets attacked... why is this so hard for people to get. lets put it like this... you call the cops cause you come home and find your house being broken into... they tell you to stay put, but you got a bunch of cash in there and aint loosing it... you go inside anyways and the thief attacks you... going by your train of thought... you dont have the right to k!ll him because you were told not to go inside... its no longer self defense because you defied the cops orders. | ||
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| 03-26-2012, 07:47 AM | online - #11 | |
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| 03-26-2012, 07:48 AM | away - #12 |
| Must I remind you Im not preaching racism, only telling it like it is when it comes to white america [pic] Im not racist, everyone has this problem but we know one of the main reason this dood could walk is because trayvon happened to be black if he was white zimmerman would be in serious trouble with the american court system [pic] or if it was the other way around trayvon would already by on [rip] row stop acting lost, I cant stand when white folks deny ish like this reality of America | |
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| 03-26-2012, 07:49 AM | away - #13 |
| love how this is a black/white issue even though zimmerman isnt white. if this was two white people, or two asian people, or two hispanics you niccas (yes, you niccaS) wouldnt have even heard about it, much less go on skittle buying frenzies and posting a bunch of pictures wearing hoodies. it was an unfortunate incident, but there are two sides to every story. let the race card go. | |
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| 03-26-2012, 07:50 AM | away - #14 | |
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| 03-26-2012, 07:51 AM | online - #15 | |
!! it, im done with these Trayvon threads... i hope Zimmerman gets some jail time, but sadly i dont see it happening... | ||
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| 03-26-2012, 07:52 AM | away - #16 | |
why the !! are yall in such denial that this the american justice system is towards black people wake know the reality we know | ||
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| 03-26-2012, 07:52 AM | away - #17 |
| a 911 dispatcher is a minimum wage job, and has no authority like a police officer does | |
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| 03-26-2012, 07:54 AM | online - #18 | |
but !! it... im just trying to keep the black race down, and just tryin to support a fellow white man [pic] ridiculous | ||
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| 03-26-2012, 07:55 AM | away - #19 | |
[pic] yall on some bull ish | ||
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| 03-26-2012, 07:57 AM | away - #20 | |
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