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In reply to the discussion: Medical Examiner says he has proof Trayvon was not the aggressor, told to shut up about it [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)He may have been required to appeal the decision through administrative means within the government first.
Here are the regulations that apply when a Florida employee appeals based on the relevant grounds here:
http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=0100-0199/0112/Sections/0112.31895.html
I'm not going to look up all the law, but the fact that he filed now does not make his claim questionable at all. In fact, he filed his lawsuit very quickly.
The fact is that his lawsuit may, if allowed to proceed and depending on Florida procedures in these cases, allow a court to scrutinize Zimmerman's testimony.
Trayvon Martin may have been only one innocent person killed in such a brutal ambush on the streets of America, but his case symbolizes all of the others.
Thou shalt not kill. Goes for everyone. We cannot have a safe, creative society in which we can solve the serious problems we will be facing in the coming years if fools like George Zimmerman are allowed to carry and use guns to kill innocent kids on our streets.
Who are we to go around trying to make the world safe for democracy with drones and machine guns and jet planes and bombs if we can't even make our suburban streets safe for our kids?