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Posted on 05/21/2012 10:53:16 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The release of evidence in George Zimmerman’s murder trial quickly made a mockery of his second-degree murder charges, and threw a further layer of shame upon media and political opportunists who misrepresented a tragic, but fairly straightforward, case of lethal force employed in self-defense.
It is remarkable to take stock of this evidence and realize that it supports every single aspect of Zimmerman’s statement to the police. His injuries are consistent with his account of physical assault by Trayvon Martin. Martin’s gunshot wound occurred at the very short range described by Zimmerman, demolishing fantasies about a racist mall-cop wannabe stalking and murdering an innocent black kid for no reason.
The Smoking Gun highlighted this bit of eyewitness testimony – released to the public by the Sanford police only a few days ago, but known to the prosecution when Zimmerman was charged – tendered to the police only 90 minutes after the shooting occurred, by a resident of Zimmerman’s community who heard the altercation and decided to investigate:
The man recalled seeing “a black male, wearing a dark colored ‘hoodie’ on top of a white or Hispanic male who was yelling for help.” The black male, he added, “was mounted on the white or Hispanic male and throwing punches ‘MMA (mixed martial arts) style.'”
The witness--who was in his living room and about 30 feet away from the confrontation-- said he called out to the two men that he was dialing 911. “He then heard a ‘pop,’” police reported, and saw the black male “laid out on the grass.”
Jim Hoft at Gateway Pundit relates the discovery of video from Trayvon Martin’s YouTube account, removed at some point during the last month, that shows he was actually involved in some sort of underground “fight club.”
Also fatal to the prosecution’s case is the discovery that Martin had THC in his system – he had apparently been smoking pot that night. As related by the local CBS News affiliate:
According to the autopsy report made public record by the Office of the Medial Examiner, the blood from Martin’s chest contained 1.5 ng/ML of THC, a drug commonly found in marijuana. There was about 7.3ng/mL of THC carboxy, the by-product of the body’s metabolism of THC.
Depending on the amount of THC consumed and the frequency in which it is consumed, THC carboxy can stay in a person’s system from somewhere between two weeks to a month, according to WBTV. THC itself can stay in the body for as long as four hours.
This is important because the charging document clearly, and without evidence, accuses Zimmerman of racially “profiling” Martin. On the other hand, Zimmerman told the 911 dispatcher that Martin caught his eye because “this guy looks like he’s up to no good, or he’s on drugs or something… it’s raining and he’s just walking around, looking about.” Only then did the dispatcher specifically ask about Martin’s race, and request a description of his clothing.
Despite the prosecution’s awareness of the autopsy reports and eyewitness testimony, they included none of it in their affidavit against Zimmerman. Criminal lawyer and Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz, who has been beside himself ever since the Zimmerman charges were filed, writes in the New York Daily News that it’s time to drop the charges, but doubts State Attorney Angela Corey “will do the right thing,” because “until now, her actions have been anything but ethical, lawful, and professional.”
As Dershowitz points out, the evidence released in this case means Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law isn’t even a factor in Zimmerman’s defense. Much political hay has been made out of this law, but if Zimmerman was on the ground getting beaten to a pulp, withdrawal from the encounter was physically impossible for him. “A defendant, under Florida law, loses his ‘stand your ground’ defense if he provoked the encounter,” observes Dershowitz, “but he retains traditional self-defense if he reasonably believed his life was in danger and his only recourse was to employ deadly force.”
For that matter, as Dershowitz notes, there is not one shred of evidence to support the prosecutor’s contention that Zimmerman provoked the encounter. Neighborhood Watch patrols are not illegal. There is no evidence that Zimmerman shouted any “fighting words” at Martin.
Dershowitz also mentions a suspicion I’ve harbored since the weird, circus-like press conference at which Corey announced the charges: they’re a political instrument designed to buy time for everyone to cool down, leading to a long trial that dismantles some of the hysteria built up around the Trayvon Martin case. If true, the strategy is understandable… but utterly outrageous. The United States does not do “show trials.” The justice system is not a safety valve for releasing unhealthy levels of political tension. Individual citizens are not pawns to be shoved around in media games by gun-control advocates, race hustlers, or opportunistic politicians. The purpose of law enforcement is to protect the public, not appease certain segments of it.
State attorney Angela Corey responded by saying, “What the general public has to remember, and the media has to remember, is that there is a lot we cannot release by law.” Zimmerman’s lawyer also cautiously conceded that more evidence may be in prosecutorial hands, as yet unreleased to either him or the public.
That doesn’t change the virtually indisputable fact that Corey deliberately suppressed evidence helpful to Zimmerman when her affidavit was written. At best, that’s very sloppy work. ABC News discusses the sort of cards Corey might be holding:
One key to the case is which of the two men instigated the clash that left Martin dead. The prosecution says Zimmerman initiated the altercation when he "profiled" Martin that night, and then got out of his car to follow him. In the newly released documents, lead homicide officer on the case, Chris Serino of the Sanford Police Department, called the shooting "avoidable" had Zimmerman remained in his vehicle.
What has yet to be seen are two main pieces of evidence: Zimmerman's statement on the night of the incident, and his reenactment of the events of that night, which could prove vital when and if the case is heard in court.
It’s difficult to see how any of that might convince a jury to hand down a “guilty” verdict to Murder Two charges. How does that “stay in your car” principle work? Do you have to stay in your car when you see anyone acting suspiciously in your neighborhood, or do the age, sex, and racial background of the subject matter? Does everyone have to stay in their cars, or only members of certain age, sex, and racial groups?
Or is it simpler for the law to assert that beating someone into the ground and administering an MMA-style thrashing is wrong, even if they looked at you funny?
So was D involved in the drug scene too? buyer? Seller? User?
User & seller... Crack pipe found in his school backpack, someone was looking for him to sell them drugs (IIRC, the night he was shopping for “tea & skittles”).
I believe the question was about DeeDee. There was no crack pipe found.
I don’t recall seeing Zimmerman’s doctor report in those 183 pages (and just flashed through them, and didn’t see it); and same with the phone records. On the phone, all I have is about 7 pages of T-mobile webpage printout, a few pages overlapping data (same calls), a few pages with no data - all of touted as belonging to Tracy Martin’s T-Mobile account.
I could have sworn that I had seen Zimmerman’s 3 page medical report, but when I went back to search for it, I couldn’t find it even though I searched through my IE “history.” It’s not in the 183 pages. I’m sure of that.
Is this what you saw of the T-Mobile account? http://media.nbcbayarea.com/documents/call+log.pdf
On page 5 of 7, it says that all calls are logged Pacific Time, which makes the logs useless for the time in question.
By the way, thanks for pointing me to the TalkLeft website. I really like the way Jeralyn keeps a tight lid on the posters and forces them to stick to the facts (even if they swipe at conservatives from time to time.) I’ve been lurking over there, but haven’t found any reason to sign up so far.
My bet is the prosecution is going to try to make its case by claiming Zimmerman provoked Martin into beating the crap out of him. Never mind the evidence. It only takes Martin’s female friend on the phone during much of the confrontation to say Zimmerman called Martin a racial name and no one will be able to say otherwise. Never mind the truth. Or that even if you call someone a name, which I’ve seen no evidence Zimmerman did, doesn’t give them the right to beat you to death.
I've looked at so many, I couldn't recall for sure ... but I don't recall reading a doctor report about the drugs Zimmerman was prescribed, or his sleeplessness, etc. Not saying a copy of it isn't pout there, just that I'm pretty sure I haven't run into it yet.
-- Is this what you saw of the T-Mobile account? --
Yes, that the same thing I was referring to. The Pacific Time note is a website "artifact" error. The webpage has "Pacific Time" hardcoded, but the webpage builder provides the time in coded form, and each browser converts the "universal time" to the browser's local time. So, the times there are Florida time. Not sure about coordination to the minute with SPD dispatch or 911 records, but the call log is NOT off by three hours.
-- By the way, thanks for pointing me to the TalkLeft website. --
My pleasure. Another good one is justoneminute.typepad.com, Tom Maguire.
-- I really like the way Jeralyn keeps a tight lid on the posters and forces them to stick to the facts --
Yeah, hard work, and my hat's off to her for it.
>>The webpage has “Pacific Time” hardcoded, but the webpage builder provides the time in coded form, and each browser converts the “universal time” to the browser’s local time. So, the times there are Florida time. <<
Didn’t know that. Thanks. And thanks for the referral to JustOneMinute. I’m off til tomorrow. g’night. :-)
That suspension was followed four months later by another one in February, in which Trayvon was caught with an empty plastic bag with traces of marijuana in it. A schools police report obtained by The Miami Herald specifies two items: a bag with marijuana residue and a “marijuana pipe.”
The punishment was the third for the teen. On Monday, the family also said Trayvon had earlier been suspended for tardiness and truancy.
http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/03/26/2714778/thousands-expected-at-trayvon.html#storylink=cpy
If somehow Zimmerman is convicted, Dershowitz will take over.
Is a marijuana and a crack pipe the same thing? Can one “pipe” be used for both.
IS Dee Dee involved in the drug scene? His customer, source, go-fur, go-between?
They were not girl-friend/boy-friend. Must have had something else in common.
Elsewhere it was mentioned that the local prosecutor was removed after he publicly stated this would go to a grand jury. Can’t have that.
Who would DeeDee be? Also why didn’t DeeDee come forward the next day when she found out TM was dead?
One other little thing from the data dump last week, SPD called Tracy Martin to get the pass code for TM’s phone... Tracy Martin told SPD he’d have to consult with his attorney first. This was at the beginning of March. Not really interested in fact finding what he?
Wolfinger. I've read that he stepped aside of his own volition, and also that he stepped aside after being asked (told) to by Governor Scott. Chief Lee of the Sanford PD stepped aside the same day. Crump, Matt Gutman of ABC, the usual race hustlers, and the press had the mob whipped into a pretty good frenzy by then (March 12 or so). Wolfinger had scheduled the grand jury to hear the case on April 10.
-- Who would DeeDee be? Also why didn't DeeDee come forward the next day when she found out TM was dead? --
By name, we don't know. But she says she's known Trayvon since kindergarten. Her not coming forward of her own volition tells me that she doesn't really want to tell what she knows. I think she has a secret, and that it must weigh quite heavily on her.
-- SPD called Tracy Martin to get the pass code for TM's phone... Tracy Martin told SPD he'd have to consult with his attorney first. --
And then he never did provide information to SPD. Crump came out and accused the SPD as racist and in cover-up mode. I would not expect the Martins to be objective in their "fact" finding.
She was left forthright during the Duke Fake Rape allegations and it bit her in the ass hard as things played out.
She does better now because she fell and fell hard before.
When does it start to look indictable for Al, and Jesse, and Quanell, and Holder?
When does Obama start looking more like he wished he hadn't started this crap?
” When does Obama start looking more like he wished he hadn’t started this crap? “
I’m not a racist, a Marxist, or a sociopath, so I can’t answer this : )
Yeah? What about when Eric "Get Whitey" Holder orders the U.S. Attorney for central Florida to move the trial to Miami or DC, and this time the death sentence is on the table for Whitey?
I'm not going to bleed my guts out for Bimbette, when she helped put Zimmerman where he is.
He's on trial for his life, in a country that, as the author pointed out, doesn't do show trials, at the behest of some of the most evil men in America.
Pardon me while I renege my boohoo's for her stitches.
lol -- checkmate.
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