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Post by overthecap on Jul 15, 2013 19:51:09 GMT -5
Read his statement carefully, I think he acknowledges there is not much so far.
We'll see how the media and OB 1 fuels and fans the fire which appears to be an ember at best.
Attorney General Eric Holder declared on Monday that he shares the worries of those concerned about Travyon Martin’s “tragic, unnecessary shooting death” and the court case that resulted in George Zimmerman’s acquittal.
Speaking to the Delta Sigma Theta sorority’s national convention, Holder said “the Deltas are deeply, and rightly, concerned about this case.”
“The Justice Department shares your concern – I share your concern – and, as we first acknowledged last spring, we have opened an investigation into the matter,” he said, referring to a process that could lead the department to file federal civil rights charges against Zimmerman.
At the White House, press secretary Jay Carney said it would be “inappropriate” for President Barack Obama to weigh in on that process.
“Cases are brought on the merits, and the merits are evaluated by the professionals at the Department of Justice,” Carney told reporters at his daily briefing.
But McClatchy reported that the FBI – which interviewed nearly three dozen people in the case – found no evidence that racial bias motivated Zimmerman to shoot Martin.
“Independent of the legal determination that will be made,” Holder said, the country must “speak honestly about the complicated and emotionally-charged issues that this case has raised.”
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Post by redstone14 on Jul 16, 2013 0:10:56 GMT -5
Wait til the national media gets THIS story! It will be on page 42 if in the paper at all.
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Post by redstone14 on Jul 16, 2013 0:18:01 GMT -5
A classic case of "You ain't got nothin kid".........
But with this bunch in control of the government, I wouldn't be surprised if they 'invent something'.
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Post by overthecap on Jul 16, 2013 6:08:25 GMT -5
Zimmerman's lawyer calls prosecutors 'disgrace' to NEW YORK (Reuters) -
George Zimmerman's chief defense lawyer on Monday called Florida prosecutors "a disgrace to my profession" for holding back evidence for months and pledged a new effort to impose sanctions against them.
Mark O'Mara and co-counsel Don West argued the self-defense case that helped Zimmerman win an acquittal of second-degree murder and manslaughter charges on Saturday for the 2012 shooting death of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin.
The law requires prosecutors to share evidence with defense attorneys, especially if it helps exonerate defendants. The requirement is known as the Brady disclosure.
O'Mara accused prosecutors of several Brady violations, which were heard by Judge Debra Nelson before the trial. Nelson postponed some of her decisions on sanctions until after trial, saying the process was time-consuming.
"This is not acceptable, and is not going to be tolerated in any case that I'm involved in," O'Mara told Reuters in New York on Monday, accusing special prosecutor Angela Corey and lead trial attorney Bernie de la Rionda of Brady violations.
"They are a disgrace to my profession," O'Mara said, referring specifically to de la Rionda and Corey. "They said my client was 'lucky' to have been acquitted. Really?"
Corey responded that O'Mara's comments were unprofessional and challenged him to point to any judge's ruling that her office improperly withheld evidence.
"Our office adhered to the highest standards of ethical behavior," Corey told Reuters in a telephone interview. "Our rules of professional conduct regulate comments like that. I don't think those are the kind of comments that are appropriate."
Her office confirmed last week that it had fired its information technology director, Ben Kruidbos, who had testified in a pre-trial hearing that files he created with text messages and images he retrieved from Martin's phone were not handed to the defense.
Kruidbos testified last month that he found embarrassing photos on Martin's phone that included pictures of a clump of jewelry on a bed, underage nude females, marijuana plants and a hand holding a semi-automatic pistol.
O'Mara said he intends to amend his request for sanctions against the prosecutors in light of testimony from the trial, calling prosecutors' failure to turn over data from Martin's phone records for months "an undeniable Brady violation."
Prosecutors handed over raw data from Martin's phone, but O'Mara accused them of withholding additional data that had been extracted by Kruidbos. Corey countered that the judge determined the defense was in possession.
O'Mara has quarreled with the prosecutors since they charged Zimmerman last year and has become increasingly aggressive in his criticism of the prosecution since his client's acquittal.
A jury in Sanford, Florida, found Zimmerman not guilty of second-degree murder and manslaughter after a three-week trial in which defense lawyers argued that the neighborhood watch volunteer, shot Martin in self-defense.
I think the jurors and a lot of people on the fence will be getting a better feeling as more is disclosed.
Sounds like something Rice would do to support her agenda.
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Post by onthejob on Jul 16, 2013 18:05:46 GMT -5
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Post by redstone14 on Jul 17, 2013 2:02:53 GMT -5
Basically, the crtics want a Zimmerman lynching. Nothing short of a lynching will satisfy them. I guess all of that outrage against symbolic lynchings, during the 'noose incidents', only applies to Black lynchings.
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Post by redstone14 on Jul 17, 2013 9:58:24 GMT -5
I was just listening to the radio. They say there are marches all across the country protesting the verdict. Commentators are saying that the protestors are going to turn these marches into a movement against the Stand Your Ground laws.
The odd thing is that the Stand Your Ground law didn't apply in this case. It was a simple case of self defense. Zimmerman would have been cleared even in NY where there is no Stand Your Ground law.
Never let a situation go to waste, even if it doesn't apply. If the the uninformed masses can be stirred into action, the left will continue to stir the pot.
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Post by ncpdretired on Jul 17, 2013 11:21:05 GMT -5
The Chinese Tee shirt factorys are working over time to fill Al & Jesse's orders. They will keep the situation alive till all the shirts are sent out all over the country. I hope they send a bunch to Chicago, then need them there......( what kind of a name is Trayvon?) I locked up a dude in Roosevelt years ago whose name was Seqouia, and that a freakin tree! Just sayin......
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Post by overthecap on Jul 17, 2013 20:13:01 GMT -5
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Post by overthecap on Jul 20, 2013 7:12:54 GMT -5
Great video;
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Post by 1ppnotforme on Jul 20, 2013 9:37:05 GMT -5
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Post by opie on Jul 21, 2013 21:00:12 GMT -5
NewsRag Poll
Do you agree with the jury's verdict in the George Zimmerman case?
Yes (4052) 65%
No (2221) 35%
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Post by mrwizard on Jul 21, 2013 22:28:32 GMT -5
Thanks for the Travon poster download. I'm going to print it out and hang it on my refrigerator.
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Post by overthecap on Jul 22, 2013 8:42:31 GMT -5
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