Posted on 06/04/2013 3:43:47 PM PDT by Uncle Chip
SANFORD — Prosecutors have filed paperwork revealing that murder defendant George Zimmerman applied to become a police officer in a county near Washington, D.C. but was turned down.
His application and rejection letter are among the latest pieces of evidence the state has notified defense attorneys they may use at Zimmerman's trial, which begins Monday....
He also took part in a citizens' academy, a program sponsored by the Seminole County Sheriff's Office that allows people to become more familiar with police work.
On his 2008 application to join that program, he wrote, "I hold law enforcement officers in the highest regard as I hope to one day become one."
The new evidence list includes information that Zimmerman trained at a Longwood gym that specializes in boxing and kickboxing.
A webpage for the business, Kokopelli's Gym, describes it as "the most complete fight gym in the world."
(Excerpt) Read more at orlandosentinel.com ...
They include "profiled", "vigilante", "self-appointed Neighborhood Watch captain", "wannabe cop" and the phrases "He got out of the car after the police told him not to", and "He confronted Trayvon Martin".
In his paperwork, filed Monday, O'Mara writes that there is no evidence Zimmerman confronted Trayvon and that it's a oft-repeated "misstatement" that a police dispatcher told Zimmerman not to get out of his vehicle.
Wrote O'Mara, "There is little probative value by the use if these terms and the danger of unfair prejudice to the jury is substantial."
A LOT of people are “rejected”.
There are thousands of applicants for very few positions.
How about we talk about how Trayvon was a budding young THUG who got what was coming to him BEFORE HE KILLED someone.
I wonder if he had a few moments to think over his useless life after he had a hole put in him by his current victim.
If the prosecution uses any of those terms NOT IN EVIDENCE then they are open to mistrial right then and there.
If Zimmerman can’t bring up Martin’s past, then the prosecution shouldn’t be able to bring up Zimmerman’s past.
How is it that the persecution is allowed to bring in evidence not related to the night in question, but the defense cannot?
These prosecutors are so stupid. The new evidence is that he "trained at a Longwood gym that specializes in boxing and kickboxing", but he was rejected as a police officer. Did the dots escape them. Maybe he was rejected because he failed the boxing/kickboxing qualification.
“You got me”...LOL
How about "victim"? Trayvon Martin should be described as the "decedent", since it indicates that a person died, but does not carry any positive or negative connotations regarding the circumstances of death. To refer to Trayvon Martin as a "victim" implies that some wrongful action was taken against him--a fact which is not in evidence and which the defense contests.
At minimum, I would think Zimmerman's attorneys should avoid using the term "victim" in reference to anyone but GZ himself. I see no basis for the prosecution to assert that the defense must use the term "victim" in favor of a non-judgmental term like "decedent". Such usage by the defense would likely help start wheels in motion in the jurors' minds: "Is TM really a victim as the state claims". If a juror finds that the answer is "no", that would imply an acquittal.
Hmm, your comment seems way out of context.
May I buy a clue?
Meanwhile, let me say Mr. K’s comment is generally correct. The charges would likely be refiled but, even then, it could be cost effective if Z’s financial contributions were to increase in the interim.
I like the idea Z may be a skilled martial artist who, it could be argued, gave his assailant the benefit of the doubt until his assailant began bouncing his head off the concrete.
Florida cops have a boxing/kickboxing qualification? Then why do they have to gun down a confused Filipina holding a pizza knife?
If O’Mara thinks that Bernie and Corey are going to play by the Queensbury Rules, then he better think again.
Because they forgot to bring their bats/batons to work that day.
chris37 ~:” How is it that the persecution is allowed to bring in evidence not related to the night in question, but the defense cannot?”
ANSWER : It’s Florida
As an aside , earlier today I saw an article on Huffington/Bluffington Post , but while I clicked on it my computer froooze up. When I came back at 2:57 PM, seconds later today , I got a “404 Error”.
The article proports to state that Martins Family lawyer (Crump)says that Zimmerman’s defense team ( Omara ) fabricated evidence. The link was :
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/04/george-zimmerman-lawyer-mark-omara_n_33
Anybody know how to retrieve that page ? ?
Here is the state’s 17th discovery release:
Notice that it says that the victim’s 7 Eleven cash register receipt says “Skittles and Arizona iced tea”.
Did Martin in the 7 Eleven go back after his purchase and exchange the iced tea for the watermelon juice ??? because the receipt apparently says iced tea.
So Zimmerman’s past is allowed as evidence but Martin’s is not?
I suspect that the “fabricated evidence” that Crump is referring to is O’Mara’s now corrected claim that Martin had on his phone video of two of his friends beating up a homeless man.
I’m curious...if the prosecution tries to establich Zimmerman’s ‘state of mind’ as a wannabe cop...does that open the door for the defence to establish Martin’s ‘state of mind’ as a wannabe thug.
So, the dirt on TM can’t be disposed, but something like this can? I remember when I was young and heard for the first time about ‘show trials’ in communist countries. Little did I know that as an adult I would witness them become routine political weapons in America.
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