Trayvon Martin: DOJ Set to Announce No Charges Against George Zimmerman

[one_voice]

While the public waits for a Justice Department announcement over two separate investigations spurred by the summer shooting of an unarmed teenager in Ferguson, Missouri, the department is going to first announce its findings in the killing of Trayvon Martin.

ABC News has learned Martin’s family will soon be notified that the Justice Department will not be filing charges against George Zimmerman, who shot the 17-year-old after a confrontation in 2012. Thursday marks three years to the day since Martin was killed.

Federal prosecutors concluded there is not sufficient evidence to prove Zimmerman, a neighborhood watchman in Sanford, Fla., intentionally violated Martin’s civil rights, sources told ABC News.

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http://abcnews.go.com/US/trayvon-martin-doj-set-announce-charges-george-zimmerman/story?id=29186648

[marym625]

1. What complete bullshit

[JustAnotherGen]

2. Of course not

Love it because it will make Georgie bolder - it's only a matter of time before he comes up at the wrong end of a gun. Something like this is going to make him real cocky.

[one_voice]

3. All due respect JAG...

Georgie passed cocky a long time ago.

As for him ending up on the wrong end of a gun.... karma does have a way of working things out. If it's not a gun it will be a cage. I prefer the latter.

[JustAnotherGen]

8. You are right

He's like bouncing around on oversized balls at this point.

[HappyMe]

4. You are probably right about that.

He already had a cocky attitude, this will make him pretty reckless as well.

[randys1]

5. They simply cant prove that Georgie hated Trayvon anymore than he hates everybody else.

Darren Wilson needs some justice, by the way






And, I am watching "Citizen Four" and leaving all the pro GG or anti Snowden stuff aside, you and I are being watched and recorded.

Every time I show extreme anger over any and all rightwingers, it is being recorded.

[pintobean]

6. I think they probably could have announced

this a long time ago. I think the Martin Family Deserves better than to have been strung along.

[JustAnotherGen]

12. It's probably not as troubling for them

As having their son killed in cold blood by that monster Zimmerman.

[pintobean]

18. I wasn't trying to suggest any such thing.

It's adding insult to injury.

But, you knew that.

[JustAnotherGen]

19. I didn't think you were!

I truly believe that someone that violent, with that almost inborn chipset that says - Inflict pain on others . . .

What comes around goes around.

He's not a normal human being. He's just not. They always think no one can see what they are and they 'charm' and manipulate people for their own ends - but eventually they get theirs.

He's going to get his one day.

[Little Star]

7. Well that just raised my blood pressure....

Zimmerman's ass needs to be in friggin jail.

[bullwinkle428]

9. At this point, all we can hope for is that karma catches up to this fucker.

I just hope that there are no more innocent victims that end up getting hurt or killed.

[hlthe2b]

10. Free of possible repercussions from his past murder, I'm sure his arrogance will reemerge...

His domestic violence issues are well documented, if unprosecuted.

Sans some kind of dramatic intervention, he will likely be the cause of his own destruction. Based on his record to date, relatively soon.

[Dont call me Shirley]

11. It's a matter of "who's your daddy?"

[one_voice]

13. I don't know that his father..

has that much pull.

I don't understand what the DOJ is thinking or not thinking as the case may be. If I remember correctly things were talked about after the case that seemed to make it clearer that Georgie did in fact stalk and kill Trayvon.

I just don't understand. I feel so horrible for his parents. I can't even imagine...

[Dont call me Shirley]

14. This...

"George Zimmerman may not have been enabled by his mother, but he certainly seems to have been protected by his father Robert. Throughout Zimmerman's life, he has "mysteriously" evaded the consequences of his actions, likely due to the influence of his dad -- cops aren't always quick to arrest the child of a judge. He even faced charges relating to the assault a police officer, which would have likely resulted in a felony if you or I were in the same situation.

George's father has continued to protect his son in a multitude of ways, starting with allowing him to live at home rent free. After George killed Trayvon, his father immediately wrote a letter to the Orlando Sentinel defending his son. Robert has appeared on national television, making up Clint Eastwood stories that present Trayvon as an enraged killer who simply had to be shot. Robert Zimmerman is the "Helicopter Parent" on steroids, and likely the reason that his son thought he was above the law.

When George Zimmerman goes down, it should be a family affair. The justice department should investigate Robert Zimmerman's role in helping his son evade punishment and also investigate prior incidents in which Robert Zimmerman chose to obstruct justice. Any police officials who chose to assist Mr. Zimmerman in his efforts to help his son shirk responsibility for his actions should also be punished. This father-son partnership in irresponsibility has harmed the local community, put others in danger and should be put to an immediate end.

George Zimmerman is a modern day Frankenstein, created by his father. Many of us create George Zimmermans in our own families by refusing to hold our children accountable for their choices. So, perhaps we can learn a valuable lesson from the mistakes of Robert Zimmerman: Raising your child to be an anti-social menace to society can harm other people and ultimately bring you down."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-boyce-watkins/george-zimmerman-trayvon-martin_b_1393761.html

[one_voice]

15. oh...thanks for that.

[Dont call me Shirley]

30. You're welcome.

Trayvon

I feel for his parents, family and friends too. They have been through way too much

[GGJohn]

16. Zimmerman's father was never a judge,

he was a Magistrate in VA, which is basically a low level court officer.

[Dont call me Shirley]

20. K...

http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/crime/zimmerman-dad-worked-as-magistrate


http://www.differencebetween.net/miscellaneous/difference-between-magistrates-and-judges/

[GGJohn]

22. So that proves my point,

he was never a judge, he was basically a low to mid lever court officer.

[Dont call me Shirley]

23. But he always got George out of his troublemaking.

But indeed was my original point.

[Calista241]

24. He was only a magistrate for 6 years. Isn't Georgie almost 40 now?

And that was in Virginia, which is a long way from Florida.

[Dont call me Shirley]

25. Even when he isn't a magistrate he still always gets George out of trouble. That's what the article

says, George's dad always works to get George off.

[Oktober]

26. Don't you know...?

Anyone who works within the legal system (courtroom janitor to Supreme Court Justice) has the ability to keep any person of their choosing out of legal trouble across the nation....

[Calista241]

28. Doh! Should have realized that.

[Baitball Blogger]

29. Why do we assume that Robert Zimmerman is the only

Zimmerman with any clout? Did anyone do any lengthy research to determine if there were other Zimmermans in the area who did have the strings to pull?

"When George Zimmerman goes down, it should be a family affair."

[RandiFan1290]

17. What a shock

[Dr. Strange]

21. Well, you know what they say.

[font color = red]Fucking punks. These assholes. They always get away.[/font]

[onecaliberal]

27. What the fuck does one have to do to be charged?

Take out a fucking ad in the NYT.