Trayvon Martin shooting: Police release watch captain’s previous calls

[steve2470]

http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/03/19/2702809/police-release-watch-captains.html

From open garage doors to kids dashing into the street and “suspicious characters,” George Zimmerman, neighborhood watch captain at Retreat at Twin Lakes, was on it.

The Seminole County Sheriff’s Office on Monday release tapes of six calls to the police non-emergency number in which Zimmerman called in mundane goings-on at his Sanford townhouse complex — including four times he saw black men loitering.

On the tapes, Zimmerman sounds as if he’s reading from a script, often starting with “We’ve had a lot of break-ins our neighborhood.” In one October call, he said two “suspicious characters” in a white Impala were “just hanging out, loitering.” Another black man in pajama pants and a leather jacket showed up on trash day last month, while two other men spotted in early August matched the description of burglars his wife had seen, he said.

Just as he did with Miami Gardens teenager Trayvon Martin, who was black, Zimmerman sometimes said, “I don’t know what his deal is.”

[The Blue Flower]

1. I have as big a problem w/ Sanford cops as w/ Zimmerman

With this background, there is absolutely no excuse for taking Zimmerman's word for what happened or for not doing a breathalyzer on him. He should be in jail. Every minute that Zimmerman is free is a gross injustice.

[arthritisR_US]

5. +1

[enough]

2. Six calls out of 46 in the past 14 months, according to the NYT.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/17/us/justice-department-investigation-is-sought-in-florida-teenagers-shooting-death.html?hpw

[grasswire]

3. what's with this "watch captain" idea?

A neighborhood watch captain who patrols the community with a loaded weapon??

In America??

Is it common?

[Cali_Democrat]

4. This guy is a nut

He shouldn't have even been allowed to own a gun considering his previous encounter with the police for violence, battery and resisting arrest.

He is clearly an unstable individual.