Wonder what eric holder threatened her.
can someone please verify where this 7-11 is? One poster said it was 2-3 miles away.
The special Prosecutor is a Republican, apparently given the job by a Republican governor. I’m sure they were worried about what would happen if they didn’t give in to the race baiters. But, still, this is just crazy.
I think it was written on the 3rd grade level in hopes that the New Black Pampers would read it and maybe lighten up a little.
I imagine it doesn’t matter, but there are several false statements in the affidavit.
For example, it says Zimmerman was talking about Martin when he said “these *ssholes, they always get away”. Clearly he was talking about the others — Martin was one person, not multiple people. He also supposedly used the plural “punks”, again indicating he wasn’t specifically talking about Martin.
A better example, it says “he falsely assumed was going to commit a crime” — but the investigator has no way of knowing whether Trayvon was going to commit a crime or not, nor did anything Zimmerman say indicate he assumed a crime was going to be committed. Further, given that Trayvon beat Zimmerman, if Zimmerman had not shot Trayvon and the police had arrived, it is likely Trayvon would have been arrested and charged with a crime, so maybe it wasn’t false at all.
They also mischaracterized what the dispatcher told Zimmerman. Further, according to other sources, after the dispatcher told him not to follow Martin, he didn’t, and instead walked to the street to wait for the police, before walking back toward his truck (I guess that’s one of those things that we’ll have to see what the sworn testimony says).
Later, it says “Martin attempted to run home but was followed by zimmerman”. That almost certainly is false — Zimmerman was not in very good shape, and Trayvon was. Trayvon was only 100 yards from where he was living — that’s 20 seconds max of running. And the shooting was minutes after the dispatcher started, so if Trayvon ran home, he’d make it in plenty of time.
It is more likely that Trayvon turned around and went back to confront Zimmerman. It’s the only rational way Zimmerman would have caught up to Trayvon.
And since they know Zimmernan received treatment, they know the two had an altercation.
It is also annoying but not I guess “false” to give the 3rd-hand statement that trayvon’s mother “says” it sounds like him, and ignore that an eyewitness claims he saw Zimmerman on the ground and screaming. I would guess though that the burden is very low for this type of proceeding.
Based on the affidavit, the state’s case rests entirely on:
1. the girlfriend on the cellphone and
2. the mother claiming it was Trayvon’s voice crying for help.
They have no evidence that Martin initiated the physical contact. If they did, they would have stated that in the affidavit.
I will be shocked if Angela Corey personally prosecutes this case. She will conveniently find some other pressing engagement and leave a junior lawyer holding the bag to prosecute the case so as to avoid further damage to her career.
If this were not a political prosecution, it would be thrown out for lack of probable cause.
I thought the dispatcher said, “we don’t need you to do that,” which does carry an implication that he shouldn’t “do that”, even though it is not an instruction per se. Also, some are saying that Zimmerman did stop following him, and that he was then jumped from behind as he was going back to his car. It will be interesting to see how the defense presents its case.
Your Honor, I object.
A third grader wouldn't have the life experience to couple this much stupidity with PC BULLSHIT.
Oh wait... did I JUST REPEAT MYSELF????
Crime is self defense while being white.
Looks like they copied a transcript from an NBC news program to put this affidavit together.
An honest listen will show that he wasn't lamenting that they get away, he was telling the police where to look for the suspect.
This is a dishonest affidavit. It's becoming clear that Zimmerman is being nifonged.
-PJ
Wow. Speechless...
Or an affirmative action government prosecutor.
Guilty as sin.
I’m sure this prosecutor was in fear for her own life if she didn’t put something together. But if she’s going to insist on things that are contradicted by the tapes, isn’t that essentially perjury?
But hey, Zimmerman doesn’t matter to these people. To them, he’s just another subhuman who can be used to advance the Master Class.
I never imagined a White Hispanic would be in that position.