RE: Zimmerman not arrested yet. . .

[daligirl519]

His life must be pure freaking hell right now. I wonder what is on his mind. It gives me a little bit of comfort right now. He has gotten his day in the sun.

[Major Hogwash]

1. The police department didn't even confiscate his weapon.

For ballistics tests!!

That's standard operating procedure in ANY police department in the freakin' world!

[X_Digger]

8. The police say they did, for what it's worth..

http://www.sanfordfl.gov/investigation/docs/Twin%20Lakes%20Shooting%20Initial%20Report.pdf

Apparently they have an evidence tag logged for it ('TS-1').

[Major Hogwash]

10. The police chief said they didn't confiscate his weapon this week.

In an interview he gave with one of the local news channels.

[X_Digger]

16. Perhaps when he was released, it was as well.

I'm not sure what evidence could be gathered from the gun- Zimmerman admitted to shooting Martin, distance could be determined by the wound to Martin's chest. If there were multiple guns, or multiple shots and some doubt about who shot whom, I could see keeping the gun in evidence for ballistic matching.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

12. Where did you get that?

The police report states it was taken from him and checked into evidence.

Your claim has been repeated often but I cannot find a source for it.

[appleannie1]

2. Soon he might ask to be arrested for protection. The Black Panthers put a bounty out on him.

[daligirl519]

5. That would make me pee my pants. . .

Maybe I will send him some Depends. I don't want vigilante justice for him, just for him to have some real bad days contemplating what people want to do to him.

[MADem]

13. It's a carefully phrased declaration.

I think it's hyperbolic--intended to inspire fear in the guy, like he inspired it in Trayvon before he shot him. They want to "find and detain" the guy, and they say if the police won't act, they will. It's not really a sensible tack to take, but it is what it is.

Article on the topic (with much more at link) :

SANFORD — Members of the New Black Panther Party are offering a $10,000 reward for the "capture" of George Zimmerman, leader Mikhail Muhammad announced during a protest in Sanford today.

When asked whether he was inciting violence, Muhammad replied defiantly saying: "An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth."

The bounty announcement came moments after members of the group called for the mobilization of 10,000 black men to capture George Zimmerman, the Neighborhood Watch volunteer who shot Trayvon Martin last month.

Muhammad said members of his group would search for Zimmerman themselves in Maitland and Jacksonville -- where the 28-year old worked before the shooting, employees there told the Orlando Sentinel. But he declined to say when they will begin their hunt.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/os-trayvon-martin-new-black-panthers-protest-20120324,0,1231157.story

[ProgressiveProfessor]

14. Cannot be done legally

[left on green only]

18. and he no doubt must know that it is just a matter of time

before somebody drops the dime on him. I imagine he must feel somewhat similar to the way that bin Ladden felt for his last 10 miserable years on this planet; only without the clandestine support line and the unlimited amount of money to sustain his lavish lifestyle, not.

The Sanford PD must at least know where he is hiding, and if that is so, then The Panthers will eventually mine a leak. But to say that also means that he is dead meat on either the outside or the inside. Unless of course if he were to be kept in solitary.

His father must have been awfully naive to think that he could make the whole thing go away simply by rallying to his side in public the way that he foolishly did; because now his sorry ass is in the same boat. Sometimes when your wrong, there is just no way of getting out of it. I doubt if even the NRA could save their sorry asses now.

[yardwork]

3. I suspect he's lying in the sun somewhere in the Caribbean holding a pina colada.

I don't know that we will ever see George Zimmerman in the U.S. again.

[freshwest]

6. That's my guess. I'm not happy about it, but there it is.

[MrsBrady]

4. well he's in hiding and has lawyered up....

so I think he knows the you-know-what has hit the fan.

[daligirl519]

7. He thought he was

going to be a hero. Major fail on his part.

[Ruby the Liberal]

9. Guarantee you he had NO idea the shitstorm he was about to unleash

Even the President made a rare comment about the case.

He isn't the only one that needs to be shitting in his pants right now. The entire Sanford PD (and, once again, the State of Florida) are rightfully under a HUGE microscope.

[gateley]

11. And the other States who have this law are coming under a little scrutiny, too. nt

[Ruby the Liberal]

15. Good.

Hadn't heard that, and it is music to my ears.

Things like this (and Citizens United) just boggle the mind. Do these legislators (and judicials) even think through the potential consequences of their decisions?

[gateley]

17. Well, don't get your hopes up -- I didn't mean CLOSE scrutiny, just that other States are being

mentioned. But hopefully people in those States who are opposed to this might take some action. If that would do any good.

[jwirr]

19. My guess is that he is finally truly afraid - that he is now someone that is threatening to others

and a target under SYG and because he understands that this is bigger than he can handle and he could end up in prison - with all those people he is so afraid of.

[COLGATE4]

20. My guess is that he was scared at first

but now with Daddy's (retired Fla Judge) advice he's now probably convinced himself that HE's the victim in all this.