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Justice Department Hits Hurdles in Civil Rights Probe of Zimmerman
Fox News ^ | July 15, 2013 | Staff

Posted on 07/15/2013 9:58:52 AM PDT by lbryce

The Justice Department was running into immediate hurdles Monday in its investigation of possible civil rights violations by George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin -- namely, that after examining the case for more than a year, the evidence has not changed.

Though the department announced after Zimmerman's acquittal that it would consider a possible federal case, previously filed FBI documents show agents have not turned up any accounts that Zimmerman, before the February 2012 shooting, exhibited racial bias.

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TOPICS: Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: bhodoj; blackkk; civilright; florida; georgezimmerman; justicdept; trayvon; trayvonmartin; zimmerman
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To all those who commented on the Zimmerman 'not guilty' thread posted here at FR how their faith in the US justice system has been restored, you may end up having second thoughts.
1 posted on 07/15/2013 9:58:52 AM PDT by lbryce
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namely, that after examining the case for more than a year, the evidence has not changed.


It seems like the Holder squad could fix that easily enough. The MSM would be happy to go along with it.


2 posted on 07/15/2013 10:00:27 AM PDT by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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To: lbryce

The Left should be careful what they wish for. A DOJ civil rights indictment would unleash hell.


3 posted on 07/15/2013 10:04:41 AM PDT by DaxtonBrown (http://www.futurnamics.com/reid.php)
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To: cuban leaf

Perhaps they need to interview Eloise Dilligard again...


4 posted on 07/15/2013 10:05:44 AM PDT by Pikachu_Dad (Impeach Sen Quinn)
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To: lbryce

I guess the first and most insumountable hurdle would be ‘logic’ as it is commonly understood in the western hemisphere.


5 posted on 07/15/2013 10:06:37 AM PDT by SMARTY ("The test of every religious, political, or educational system is the man that it forms." H. Amiel)
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To: cuban leaf

Please Go there Eric!

If you think the heat was high a few months ago, bringing charges against Zimmerman now will create a firestorm for you. All thos people that weren’t paying attention over Fast and Furious, Benghazi, Black Panther voter Intimidation
will pay attention. They watched the trial of Zimmerman and know it was a partisan witch Hunt.

File your case and watch as the Democrats loose their new Negro (Mexican American) voters. It won’t be Nero that will force you out. It will be the Democrat Members of Congress knowing full well it could be a decider in the upcoming 14 election cycle.


6 posted on 07/15/2013 10:07:22 AM PDT by VRWCarea51
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How long are these left wing bastards going to keep coming after this man after all the hell he’s been through. I’m so pissed over this DOJ and Holder coming out saying they’re looking into this. And these idiots protesting like babies until they get what they want from their brotha in charge.
And the silence of ALL Republicans is literally making me furious.


7 posted on 07/15/2013 10:07:34 AM PDT by snarkytart
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...the Justice Department said in a statement Sunday. "Experienced federal prosecutors will [now] determine whether the evidence reveals a prosecutable violation of any of the limited federal criminal civil rights statutes within our jurisdiction, and whether federal prosecution is appropriate in accordance with the Department's policy governing successive federal prosecution following a state trial."

Translation..."We may need more laws to give the DOJ more power to prosecute more people at it's objective discretion.

They won't rest until they can police our opinions, ideas, ambition and behavior.

8 posted on 07/15/2013 10:08:31 AM PDT by Tenacious 1 (If the government told us to expect rain, I'd schedule an outdoor wedding.)
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To: lbryce

Since those evil-doers in this administration have taken over, this country has truly jumped the shark.

Sickening!


9 posted on 07/15/2013 10:08:41 AM PDT by Conservative145
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Most likely not because for one thing GZ was not a police officer and such fed charges are not made against non-LE’s.


10 posted on 07/15/2013 10:09:07 AM PDT by Biggirl ("Jesus talked to us as individuals"-Jim Vicevich/Thanks JimV!)
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To: VRWCarea51
BINGO!!
11 posted on 07/15/2013 10:09:32 AM PDT by MarineDad (Wherever mosques and JDAM's meet, civilization benefits greatly!)
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To: lbryce

Actually, I have no faith whatsoever in any agency of this government while it is in control of Obama. Not a damned one of them.

That said, with the FBI’s prior clearing of Zimmerman’s ‘racial quotient’ so to speak. It will be interesting to see the minority lawyers of the DOJ work to both negate the findings of the FBI while simultaneously concocting special racial arguments in prosecuting the death of a black Cherub at the hands of some racist WHITE hispanic....

It’s gonna be funny to watch the hoops these affirmative action incompetent plants jump through to try and make a case...


12 posted on 07/15/2013 10:10:29 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: cuban leaf

Holder tries this case that we know that it is nothing but BS, the defense lawyers should go for very large personal sanctions and disbarment for any DOJ lawyers who would prosecute the case against Zimmerman.


13 posted on 07/15/2013 10:11:17 AM PDT by Red Steel
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To: lbryce

Corey has shown that not having evidence is no impediment to filing charges or bringing a case to trial.


14 posted on 07/15/2013 10:11:48 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (Unindicted Co-conspirators: The Mainstream Media)
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Holder’s DOJ has been looking for evidence of thoughtcrime for a year now and still hasn’t found anything.


15 posted on 07/15/2013 10:11:50 AM PDT by altsehastiin
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To: Red Steel

Please, please, please...let me on the jury for this...please!


16 posted on 07/15/2013 10:12:10 AM PDT by Gaffer
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"agents have not turned up any accounts that Zimmerman, before the February 2012 shooting, exhibited racial bias."

Not only that, but last year the CBS Tampa affiliate reported that in January, 2011, about a year before the Trayvon Martin incident, Zimmerman spoke at a public hearing and criticized Sanford police for covering up the beating of a black homeless man by the son of a white police officer.
17 posted on 07/15/2013 10:15:57 AM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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18 posted on 07/15/2013 10:16:53 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Skiddle-arink a-dink, a-dink, Skiddle-arink a-doo . . .)
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Damn, I WISH (dreaming, I know) some reporter would ask some serious questions.

Can you define ‘racist’?
Can you define ‘bigot’?
Can you tell the difference between the two definitions?
How can the DoJ be impartial knowing the same financially/logistically supported the anti-Z. sentiments?
What Civil Right(s) of Z. was/were violated by T.M.?
What Civil Right(s) of T.M. was/were violated by Z.?
Lacking the directly above, what authority, and where is it derived from, do you have in prosecuting Z.?


19 posted on 07/15/2013 10:17:02 AM PDT by i_robot73 (We hold that all individuals have the Right to exercise sole dominion over their own lives - LP.org)
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To: cuban leaf

“namely, that after examining the case for more than a year, the evidence has not change”

“It seems like the Holder squad could fix that easily enough. The MSM would be happy to go along with it.”

Exactly my thought. I am sure they will find some “new” evidence or witness who did not come forward in the original case.


20 posted on 07/15/2013 10:17:14 AM PDT by Parley Baer
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