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maddezmom

(135,060 posts)
Tue Jul 10, 2012, 08:14 AM Jul 2012

New evidence Thursday in Trayvon Martin shooting

More evidence in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin is set for public release Thursday morning, prosecutors said Monday.

A recent court filing shows the documents include statements from several new civilian witnesses, reports generated by the FBI and Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Zimmerman's prior calls to police and his application for a concealed weapon permit

The evidence also includes a sketch of the crime scene, as well as notes and memos from various investigators.

Defense attorney Mark O'Mara received the evidence last month. It will be released to the media 10 a.m. Thursday. George Zimmerman faces a second-degree murder charge in the Feb. 26 shooting. He says he shot the Miami Gardens teen in self-defense.

more:http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-07-09/news/os-george-zimmerman-more-evidence-20120709_1_second-degree-murder-case-evidence-release

Sanford, Fla., police took one position on Trayvon shooting in public, another in paperwork to prosecutors

SANFORD, Fla. — While publicly saying one thing — that they did not have enough evidence to arrest George Zimmerman — Sanford, Fla., police did essentially the opposite: filing paperwork saying they had enough to charge him with manslaughter.

It’s something the department kept secret for two months, according to documents recently released by the special prosecutor in the case.



Here are their words versus their actions on three key dates, all from one tumultuous week about two weeks after Zimmerman shot and killed Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black 17-year-old:

At 4 p.m. March 12, Sanford police Chief Bill Lee Jr. stood in City Hall plaza in front of a hostile crowd and dozens of reporters and insisted his agency could not arrest Zimmerman because investigators had failed to establish probable cause, the minimal standard of evidence to justify filing a criminal case.

The next day, however, his agency sent prosecutors paperwork saying it did have probable cause and asked that they charge Zimmerman with manslaughter

more: http://news.bostonherald.com/news/national/south/view/20120709sanford_fla_police_took_one_position_on_trayvon_shooting_in_public_another_in_paperwork_to_prosecutors/srvc=home&position=recent

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New evidence Thursday in Trayvon Martin shooting (Original Post) maddezmom Jul 2012 OP
Bill Lee Jr.....well he's got some splain'en to do.... FarPoint Jul 2012 #1

FarPoint

(12,401 posts)
1. Bill Lee Jr.....well he's got some splain'en to do....
Tue Jul 10, 2012, 09:06 AM
Jul 2012

What a racist, lying turd Mr. Lee has turned out to be. Great, fast thinking on the Sanford Investigators part in this cover up.

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