Where’s the ‘Probable Cause’?

national review ^ | 4-13-12 | John Lott

[Aunt Polgara]

So many questions. Here’s another...

Why would a guilty man willingly go to the police station and go over and over what happened and come back the next day to walk them through the events of the previous evening with no attorney present? With George’s dad being some kind of a retired low level magistrate, it’s not exactly like George wouldn’t know to shut up if he thought he had any culpability. I love this video. Never talk to the police.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wXkI4t7nuc

[TigersEye]

So many uncomfortable questions for the prosecution.

It might be a career breaker.

I can't wait for the forensic analysis. Were there powder burns on Trayvon's hands? What part of his hands? Does that indicate that he had his hand/s on the gun when it went off?

[doug from upland]

She heard Trayvon being pushed to the ground? How does someone hear that? The only way she would know is if he said “I have just been pushed to the ground.”

[doug from upland]

Is there any medical proof yet that Zimmerman’s nose was actually broken? It could have been bloodied but not broken.

[Aunt Polgara]

>>Is there any medical proof yet that Zimmerman’s nose was actually broken? It could have been bloodied but not broken.<<

Not that I have seen. There’s not much proof of anything yet.

[Aunt Polgara]

>>She heard Trayvon being pushed to the ground? How does someone hear that? The only way she would know is if he said “I have just been pushed to the ground.”<<

yup. :-)

Unfortunately, in the interview, she claimed that the phone went dead shortly after Z asked T what he was doing there.

[Aunt Polgara]

>>So many uncomfortable questions for the prosecution.

It might be a career breaker.<<

Bingo. Angela Corey, meet Marcia Clark

[TigersEye]

My guess is that Corey will not do the actual prosecution she will hand it to a subordinate prosecutor. If she does, judging by her press conference, she will be eaten alive in the courtroom and act like a clown outside of it for the press. Marcia Clark X2.

[Aunt Polgara]

Judging how giddy she was when she announced the charges, I doubt she will be able to resist being in the courtroom. Maybe she will get Nifonged. :-)

[TigersEye]

I have seen that video and it’s good advice. He probably shouldn’t have done all that talking even if innocent but it sure doesn’t make sense for a guilty man to do it.

[TigersEye]

Yep. She is supposedly going to retire in the near future so she probably thinks this is her ticket for a high-profile win to end her career on. Unless there's some super-secret highly damaging evidence that no one has publically heard about she's going to Nifong out big time IMO. lol

Watch the press just drop the story if it starts to go south for her though. But that would be hard to do after all this buildup.

[Aunt Polgara]

I just hope that Z’s story was consistent if he’s innocent. Reminds me of Judge Judy... she always gets the parties talking and when she catches the first one in a lie, she rules for the other side. :-)

[Aunt Polgara]

>>She is supposedly going to retire in the near future so she probably thinks this is her ticket for a high-profile win to end her career on.<<

hmmm... I wonder if she has looked at any statistics on prosecution wins in high profile cases. I don’t think they are too good.

[TigersEye]

If his story wasn't consistent with the evidence and witness testimony you would think he would have been charged to begin with. There is, I think, an investigation of the Sanford PD but so far not one squeak about charging anyone with misconduct there. Not to mention the first state prosecutor who advised the SPD not to charge him.

Hmm, more uncomfortable questions. I wonder how much of the prosecution's case will rest on the initial investigation that was allegedly corrupt and/or shoddy?

[Aunt Polgara]

>>If his story wasn’t consistent with the evidence and witness testimony you would think he would have been charged to begin with. <<

Exactly

[Ken H]

Maybe we’ll see the first prosecutor and the initial investigators called as witnesses for the defense. Wouldn’t that be a spectacle.

[TigersEye]

Yes it would and at some point I would think they would want to defend their decisions publically. If they’re not called as witnesses in the case maybe Greta will have them on her show to comment on the case as it unfolds. :-)

[doug from upland]

If someone who is really knowledgable about this case can summarize the facts, it may be time for me to do a Hitler rant about it. What is the actual amount of the bounty? Did both Sharpon and Jackson go down there? What were Sharpton’s specific threats? Which network did what in false reporting?

Thanks.

[Aunt Polgara]

Hi Doug, Rush last week say that Zimmerman should be able to collect the bounty, since he turned himself in. :-)

[doug from upland]

Heard that on his show today. Pretty funny.