Posted on 08/01/2013 4:56:26 PM PDT by drewh
The parents of Trayvon Martin and their lawyer met with Justice Department prosecutors and FBI agents at the U.S. attorney’s office in Miami Wednesday to discuss the status of a criminal civil-rights investigation into the fatal shooting of their teen-age son last year.
The federal investigation, which was opened while George Zimmerman faced prosecution for the death of the 17-year-old, gained renewed interest last month after Zimmerman was acquitted in state court of Martin’s killing in a Sanford gated community.
Prosecutors with the Justice Department’s criminal civil-rights section and FBI agents from Central Florida met with the late teen’s parents, Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin, and their attorney, Benjamin Crump, to bring the family up to speed, according to sources familiar with the meeting.
The meeting was held in Miami to accommodate the parents. Trayvon had lived with his mother in Miami Gardens before his death, which occurred while he was visiting his father in Sanford.
A spokeswoman for the Miami U.S. attorney’s office confirmed the meeting took place there Wednesday, but she could not say who was present. A spokesman for the U.S. attorney’s office in Tampa referred a reporter’s call to the Justice Department, which declined to comment because of the “ongoing” investigation.
If the Justice Department were to pursue criminal civil-rights charges against Zimmerman, the case would be filed in the Middle District of Florida, which includes Sanford, north of Orlando.
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Delivering the “bad” news in person that no Federal charges are forthcoming.
If mama was a mama, she tell them all to just leave her and her boy alone and walk away.
That’s not what it was about.
They’re actually going through the clearance process to be appointed to million dollar a year positions heading the new federal “Department of Parenting” the Dems are going to create.
What better leaders than parents who created such a saint...
She`s goonna write a book then sell the movie rights.
This case could very well mark the beginning of the end for the Poverty Pimps and Racists Agitators.
Therefore, every effort is being made to destroy George Zimmerman, and revive the dark side, no pun intended. This visit is going to explore every avenue to that end, legal or otherwise.
I hope so. They’re showing Cindy Sheehan how overexposure is supposed to work.
“which declined to comment because of the “ongoing” investigation.”
This isn’t an investigation, it’s a campaign.
Obama / Holder: Bigger, more venal race hucksters than Sharpton / Jackson.
Disgraceful.
Vultures looking for fresh corpses to feed on!
CAn someone explain to me how Obama’s “gramps” hand is on his shoulder? His arm is pointing straight down at the shoulder.
God, if I see one more story or article on FR or in the Media, about this dam* Martin/Zimmerman fiasco, I am going to puke.
What the H is so important about a killing in America. They happen many times every day. There is nothing all that strange about this one.
The media obviously has too much time on its hands, as it can
not very well talk about the destruction of the USA, at the hands of their Obozo messiah.
Those FBI guys are pretty thorough. I know they check for warrants before they meet with them.
Sorry Sheila Jackson Lee, Meet the new head of Homeland Security, Sybrina Fulton !
This was their first attempt at outlawing self-defense, as it is outlawed in Europe.
In Europe and the UK, if home-invaders kick in your door and grab your wife and start carrying your TV out and you grab a knife from the kitchen and stab one of them, you go to jail and the perps get to sue you for everything you own.
This is the brave new world they have envisioned for us, and they will not stop until they get it.
I can’t.
Sorry.
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