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In reply to the discussion: do I understand this correctly? zimmerman claims he killed the boy in self-defense, so, on HIS WORD [View all]

TheWraith

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1. Not on his word--on the police.
Reply to niyad (Original post)
Thu Mar 22, 2012, 08:25 PM
Mar 2012

They chose to not do a lot of things which would be otherwise not just standard but required in a situation like this.

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do I understand this correctly? zimmerman claims he killed the boy in self-defense, so, on HIS WORD [View all] niyad Mar 2012 OP
Not on his word--on the police. TheWraith Mar 2012 #1
Police CYA for perhaps encouraging Z. at least indirectly? patrice Mar 2012 #6
I think it's more likely that he has connections with the police department. TheWraith Mar 2012 #8
I keep thinking of Drew Peterson. LoZoccolo Mar 2012 #24
YES, I just thought about this as I walked outside...it's like someone can kill me right now and jus uponit7771 Mar 2012 #2
I'm not one to casually slam police officers USArmyParatrooper Mar 2012 #3
jSomeone pointed out that if he had killed Trayvon with a car the police would have Booster Mar 2012 #5
the police dropped the ball. Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2012 #4
Sloppy, lazy and incompetent police work guitar man Mar 2012 #7
Incompetence that severe has to be deliberate. nt TheWraith Mar 2012 #9
Very possible guitar man Mar 2012 #12
Yep. It sounds like they are trying to send a message. DCBob Mar 2012 #17
Amen, Wraith... It is deliberate...P.E.R.I.O.D. nt Ecumenist Mar 2012 #21
Not incompetent. Racist in an almost malicious way. kestrel91316 Mar 2012 #13
But he has the "I have Black Friends" defense FrodosPet Mar 2012 #23
i think cops didn't really care because the dead was a black kid JI7 Mar 2012 #10
If Zimmerman was a COP he would have been put on administrative leave and doc03 Mar 2012 #11
Not if it was a Sanford police officer Hugabear Mar 2012 #15
I worked for a PD for 15 years. This was not incompetence. It was blatent racism. appleannie1 Mar 2012 #14
You're right Lilyeye Mar 2012 #26
they actually didn't even let Zimmerman talk Enrique Mar 2012 #16
Racist Southern cops are not anything new. nt hack89 Mar 2012 #18
Recipe for murder. EC Mar 2012 #19
Read the police reports... ProgressiveProfessor Mar 2012 #20
and yet it is being reported that he still has his gun, that it was not taken from him. niyad Mar 2012 #22
Journalism at its finest... ProgressiveProfessor Mar 2012 #27
That is the most incompetent report Blue_Roses Mar 2012 #25
It is incomplete (so marked) and where are the rest of them? ProgressiveProfessor Mar 2012 #28
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