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George Zimmerman is public-safety threat, Lake Mary police chief suggests
The Orlando Sentinel ^ | September 18, 2013 | Rene Stutzman

Posted on 09/19/2013 6:57:51 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

LAKE MARY — Lake Mary police Chief Steve Bracknell hinted in a recent email exchange that he thinks George Zimmerman may be a threat to public safety.

That came in an exchange last week with a West Coast man who complained about how Bracknell's department had handled a domestic-violence dispute between Zimmerman and his estranged wife, Shellie, and her father.

Zimmerman was handcuffed Sept. 9 but later unshackled and never arrested after his father-in-law was punched in the nose and Shellie complained that her estranged husband was reaching inside his shirt for a gun.

Police found no gun, but a female companion in Zimmerman's truck told police there were guns in the vehicle for which they had concealed-weapons permits.

Zimmerman was known to carry a 9 mm semi-automatic pistol. That's the gun he used to kill Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black 17-year-old, during a fight in Sanford last year. A Seminole County jury acquitted him of second-degree murder in July.

The day after the confrontation, Bracknell traded email with a man, an exchange that was noteworthy for the police chief's remarks about his concerns over Zimmerman.

"REST ASSURED, the last thing on planet earth I want is ANY relationship with the Zimmermans. PERIOD," Bracknell wrote.

The man had complained that Bracknell's department had failed to arrest Zimmerman and had engaged in a cover-up.

His email, which had a number of grammatical errors, read in part: "… You had crimes committed by this man and did nothing ... your job is to protect the communities you serve and you are failing big time."(continued)

(Excerpt) Read more at articles.orlandosentinel.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: florida; lawenforcement; trayvon; zimmerman
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1 posted on 09/19/2013 6:57:51 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

These daze many popos, especially the appointed chief types, seem to be a danger to the community.


2 posted on 09/19/2013 7:00:23 PM PDT by Paladin2 (h)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Muggers are at risk.

Save the thugs!


3 posted on 09/19/2013 7:00:28 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statemeYup. My first thought as wt of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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Right now I believe Bracknell is more a threat to public safety than George Zimmerman.


4 posted on 09/19/2013 7:04:13 PM PDT by darkwing104 (DonÂ’t take my word for it, these are my opinions...Do your own Homework)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
That's the gun he used to kill Trayvon Martin,

Rene Stutzman seems to have left out a most important factor:

That's the gun he used to kill Trayvon Martin in self defense,

The police chief would do well to remember that too.

5 posted on 09/19/2013 7:04:54 PM PDT by jazusamo ([Obama] A Truly Great Phony -- Thomas Sowell http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3058949/posts)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

13,000 people live in Lake Mary... It’s as podunk as it gets...


6 posted on 09/19/2013 7:07:46 PM PDT by GOPJ ( Politicians who fear the people seek to disarm them. - - Bill St. Clair)
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The state of Florida still has the weapon he shot Master Trayvon with and are handing it off to Eric Holder.


7 posted on 09/19/2013 7:11:33 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Old news. Wonder why the Orlando Slantinel decided to publish it again now?


8 posted on 09/19/2013 7:12:16 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici (Play the 'Knockout Game' with someone owning a 9mm and you get what you deserve)
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An email, full of grammar and spelling errors, originating from a person on the west coast is a news story? Our media is so horribly desperate. For clarification, do they mean the west coast as in Berkeley or the gulf coast of Florida, which I’ve never heard called the west coast?


9 posted on 09/19/2013 7:16:13 PM PDT by swpa_mom
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Ahh...Another assault on constitutional rights by Eric-The-Red and the libs in FL.


10 posted on 09/19/2013 7:16:55 PM PDT by jazusamo ([Obama] A Truly Great Phony -- Thomas Sowell http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3058949/posts)
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To: VeniVidiVici

I can’t believe a leading public official could be so foolish or crass as to admit to a bias like that. But, this is Obama’s America, isn’t it?


11 posted on 09/19/2013 7:17:10 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You can't invade the mainland US There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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Steve Bracknell, Lake Mary Police Chief, Walks Back George Zimmerman Comments: Report

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/13/steve-bracknell-george-zimmerman-comments_n_3919759.html


12 posted on 09/19/2013 7:19:16 PM PDT by sheikdetailfeather (Yuri Bezmenov (KGB Defector) - "Kick The Communists Out of Your Govt. & Don't Accept Their Goodies.")
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That came in an exchange last week with a West Coast man...

Good grief, the police chief should step down for being stupid enough to dialogue on the subject.

13 posted on 09/19/2013 7:21:09 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (This post coming to you today from behind the Camelskin Curtain. Not the Iron or Bamboo Curtain...)
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Why is the sentinel keeping this story alive?

FUOS!


14 posted on 09/19/2013 7:23:58 PM PDT by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
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Somebody thought he might be carrying a gun therefore he is dangerous.
15 posted on 09/19/2013 7:25:44 PM PDT by arthurus (Read Hazlitt's Economics In One Lesson ONLINE http://steshaw.org/econohttp://www.fee.org/library/det)
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Another Obama son in action.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2416446/Jeffrey-Babbit-dies-racist-hate-attack-stranger-Union-Square-New-York.html

Same exact thing: Sucker punched, smashes head into cement. The only difference is Jeffrey Babbit will never be tried for murder, nor receive 4000 death threats, nor have the POTUS say his attacker could have been his son, nor be called “A threat to public safety”. Why? Because he didn’t get the chance to defend himself.

Make no mistake: Trayvon Martin committed attempted murder. Only he failed thanks to the 2nd amendment.


16 posted on 09/19/2013 7:26:44 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (What do we want? Time travel. When do we want it? It's irrelevant.)
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Zimmerman will live under a microscope for the rest of his life and he will be provoked over and over until he steps over some line or another.

17 posted on 09/19/2013 7:41:17 PM PDT by BitWielder1 (Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda; arthurus; Paladin2; darkwing104; jazusamo; GOPJ; VeniVidiVici; swpa_mom; ...

Menace to Society
http://wschronicle.com/2013/09/editorial-menace-to-society/


18 posted on 09/19/2013 7:41:42 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You can't invade the mainland US There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: Paladin2

Welcome to a defamation lawsuit crap for brains....


19 posted on 09/19/2013 7:47:39 PM PDT by Walkingfeather
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That’s amazing. A story, as recent as today, and they’re taking Shelly Zimmerman’s account as fact?


20 posted on 09/19/2013 7:53:41 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (It's hard to accept the truth when the lies were exactly what you wanted to hear.)
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