(np) Trayvon Williams tragedy

[Ian Livingston]

In any violent death with a confessed killer in hand, isn't that
killer generally held pending investigation unless that confessed
killer is employed by the government, such as when a cop kills a kid,
etc? Why is Zimmerman on the hoof? I'm no lawyer, that's sure enough,
but are civilian shooters generally allowed to walk?

On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 11:37 AM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:
> If I understand it aright, it is the possibility of treating it as a 'hate
> crime"--with those words-- that allows the Feds
> now to step in?
>
> From: David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
> To: bandwraith at aol.com
> Cc: pynchon-l at waste.org
> Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 11:55 AM
>
> Subject: Re: (np) Trayvon Williams tragedy
>
> http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/03/21/1041671/-Police-cover-up-Two-versions-of-the-shooter-s-call-to-the-police-in-the-Trayvon-Martin-killing-
>
> In the latest development, the Sanford police department admits that
> its "investigators"—yes, I am putting quotation marks around that
> word—missed a crucial part of the recording of the phone call that
> George Zimmerman, the shooter, made to the police as he followed
> Martin around. They say they missed him muttering a racist slur,
> "fuckin' coons," under his breath to the police operator.
>
> Several people, apparently starting with Sirius XM radio talk host Joe
> Madison Tuesday morning, listened to the recording of Zimmerman's call
> to the cops, in some cases making technical adjustments to bring more
> clarity to what's being said. The recording, including the racist
> slur, was played on Lawrence O'Donnell's "Last Word" Tuesday evening.
> O'Donnell said his reporting experience with police cover-ups made him
> believe that there is "evidence of a police coverup." There is, he
> said, evidence that the police department "never wanted anyone to hear
> those two words and that's why we haven't heard those two words until
> today."
>
>



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