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In reply to the discussion: In defense of George Zimmerman. [View all]Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)Cops sat on their assess and did nothing. I'm delighted that the media has gotten involved. Without the media, Zimmerman would surely escape justice. At least there's a chance he can still rot in jail for the rest of his miserable life. You should be happy about that fact.
Regardless, his family should sue not only Zimmerman, but the entire Sanford Police Dept.
What did the cops do wrong? Pretty much everything:
- No drug or alcohol test on Zimmerman even though that's standard procedure
- They let him keep the gun that night...no test for ballistics obviously
- The police "corrected" witnesses to fit Zimmerman's side of the story
- Police said Zimmerman was the one screaming even though 3 witnesses thought it was Trayvon and the 911 tapes clearly sound like a kid screaming for help.
- The police never got thorough statements from witnesses such as Mary Cutcher at the scene. She tried to contact police to give a more detailed statement, but the cops blew her off.
- They let Trayvon's body sit in the morgue for 3 days as "John Doe" even though they had his phone and could have contacted his parents or someone else using his phone.
- They never questioned the girl who was on the phone with him right before he was shot. No investigation into that.
- They told Trayvon's dad that Zimmerman had a "squeaky clean" record even though he was arrested for assault/battery.
Zimmerman is going down.