Posted on 04/11/2012 8:52:59 AM PDT by Outlaw Woman
A special prosecutor promised "new information regarding the Trayvon Martin shooting death investigation" within 72 hours, prompting speculation that the alleged shooter, George Zimmerman, could be charged soon.
The announcement that the prosecutor, State Attorney Angela Corey, would soon hold a news conference came just hours after Zimmerman's lawyers said they would no longer represent him.
Corey said Monday that she will not present the case to a grand jury; she retains the power to decide herself whether to press charges against Zimmerman in the shooting.
Zimmerman's lawyers Craig Sonner and Hal Uhrig said today they were withdrawing from the case because they had lost contact with Zimmerman, who is refusing to answer their calls, texts and emails.
"We're not taking the position that we're leaving him," said one of the lawyers...
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I saw these lawyers put on their show yesterday. It all looked like crap to me. I'm not blaming George Zimmerman for their antics. These shysters are in business for themselves.
I am intrigued by the wording of the DA announcement “More information will be released” — sounds to me like they may be going to NOT CHARGE instead of Charge and may release some addtionally exculpatory information at the Press Conference.
As for the lawyers, who admit they have only talked to George by phone, they may have been replaced by someone that has been retained through connections with the father. Hence no need for George to continue communicating with them. They then have their little “last moment in the sun” press conference instead of just saying ‘we were fired’.
He isn’t Jewish unless his MOTHER is Jewish. It has nothing to do with the father.
I understand the sentiment, but I am not absolutely certain that the Alinskyites/New Black KKK have the attention and backing of the majority of blacks.
This weekend will tell us a lot. If not much happens other than among the hard-core activists, it bodes very ill for Ubama in November.
On the other hand, the country could burn to the ground this very weekend.
Either way, come Monday morning we are going to know the lay of the land.
Even in self defense, killing someone has got to be a heavy burden. Then to add to it the fact that practically every black person in the country is looking for you has got to be horrible pressure. If there was ever a reason for suicide, this would be it.
Or else Zimmerman simply stopped communicating with these particular lawyers for reasons of his own. Why assume more?
Just heard (1200 radio news) that Holder made a statement that if the evidence proves it necessary, Federal Civil Rights charges would be placed.
Would think that with all the ‘hard working reports and news agencies (BARF)’ on the case, the evidence(?) should be clear.
Al (call me REV) Charleton introduced Holder at a rally in DC ‘sponsored’ by Al and attended by T. Martins’ parents.
Wish I were able to take a rock star type tour around the country and appear on all the ‘shows’ but since I have done nothing more sensational than pay taxes and FICA for almost 60 years, served my country (NOT as a pol) I don’t rate such status.
Well, you had better not ask for any voter ID, or the Fed's will have you on trial next.
BRB
We do not know that GZ is not talking to any lawyers. We have only been told that he is no longer communicating with these lawyers.
Since the shooting was clearly legal under the State law and the investigating Police at the scene and time of the incident seemed to agree with that, Zimmerman will be charged with some federal civil rights / hate crime law...
The Race War is about to explode................
What jury in the right mind would want to sit on this case? Death threats, media investigations into their lives and on and on.............
friday will be go out and party time.
I would suggest store owners batten down the hatches ala a huricane time. No matter what the arrest declaration (yes or no), I would expect riots in protest as a pretext for “free stuff”.
Insurance companies should be cancelling policies.
Well, you had better not ask for any voter ID,
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = YEAH, make me show ID to get bused to vote and get my free food and wine for voting and next thing you know they will require an ID to buy a beer OR pack of cigarettes OR pick up a government check OR get on a plane etc etc etc or even a Union Election/Meeting.
OH they do? OK...
My guess is that some big time defense layers are going to take over. This is a defense layers dream, High profile case for client that is most likely innocent.
Johnny Cochran would have loved this case (if GZ was black).
That's what I've been saying. Zimmerman stopped talking to these two particular lawyers. No big deal (unless you are the lawyers). Zimmerman hasn't gone anywhere and he's not doing anything strange.
That might be how it was done in your day, but is not how it is done these days Nathan
That just means he’s going to be charged.
From Godfather’s this AM:
The tragic shooting of Trayvon Martin has prompted a growing race war that just may well end in senseless violence and bloodshed. Trayvon has been portrayed as a defenseless little angelic youth that wouldn’t hurt a fly. The photo displayed in the media exemplifies the look of innocence and blacks are using it to ignite their race war.
What the media doesn’t show is that Trayvon was six foot three, a football player who was carrying burglary tools and has a troubled record in and out of school. He really isn’t the sweet little angel they want you to believe he is.
But regardless of who was at fault on that fateful night, radical groups like the New Black Panthers don’t want the truth, they want blood and it sounds like the first blood they want is that of George Zimmerman. Here is the recording of a phone message sent out by the Tampa, Florida Chapter of the New Black Panthers that issue the call for violence, bloodshed and a bounty on the head of George Zimmerman. I do warn you that there is some strong and foul language contained in this message. The degree of hate will also shock and offend you, but I felt it necessary to include it in this blog.
If I’m not mistaken, only law enforcement agencies can legally place a bounty – dead or alive – on an American citizen. When Michelle Williams says that her prize is a bounty on George Zimmerman, dead or alive, she is violating a number of laws including hate language, conspiracy to commit murder and endangering the life of another person. Add that to the call for violence and bloodshed against whites by Williams and Chawn Kweli, and you add to the list of racial and hate crimes.
However, I seriously doubt if any legal action will be taken against them since the New Black Panthers have supporters in very high places.
According to a previous post by one of my colleagues, US Attorney General Eric Holder dismissed charges and released ranking members of the New Blank Panthers who were charged with civil rights violations. The same report also listed other militant blacks with rap sheets a mile long that were released by Holder and the Department of Justice. There is no doubt that the New Black Panthers have special protection from America’s top cat.
However, it could be possible that Holder’s preferential protection of the New Black Panthers is an edict given him from someone else who also has an affiliation with the group. In the early days of Barack Obama’s first presidential campaign, he marched with members of the New Black Panthers in Selma, Alabama. The militant group Obama marched with was among those that called for the murder of police officers in Dekalb County, Georgia, and then mocked their widows. No one is saying that Obama is a member of the New Black Panthers, but it appears that he does have some affiliation with the radical group.
To be honest, I would describe the New Black Panthers as a black version of the Ku Klux Klan who is turning to threats of violence and bloodshed to intimidate whites. This same group would be so quick to denounce the KKK but fail to realize that the only difference between the two groups is that the black and whites are on opposite sides. Other than that, I don’t see any real difference between the two. Both are just as wrong and racist as the other.
Perhaps a race war is just what the administration wants. A huge social conflict could be part of the ingredients for the perfect storm that will lead to the declaration of martial law and the end of American democracy.
As Americans, we need to brace ourselves for the possibility of a repeat of the 1960’s race wars that plagued our country. Many of you may want to seriously consider applying for a conceal carry permit and arm yourselves so as to protect you and your family.
In most cases that might work, but in this instance that might be the worst.
Whoever broke the law first is wrong.
Seems like jumping someone and smashing his head to the ground was the first.
I've been saying this from the get-go. If and when the state declines to prosecute GZ we should have a special thread for self-criticism and penitence by all of the FReepers who gulped down the commie Kool-Aid on this one.
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