U.S. Department of Justice, FBI and FDLE to probe Trayvon Martin killing

[Cali_Democrat]

Source: Miami Herald

The U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division and the FBI will step in to investigate the killing of Miami Gardens teenager Trayvon Martin, the U.S. Department of Justice announced late Monday.

The announcement coincided with a statement from Florida Gov. Rick Scott asking the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to offer “appropriate resources” in the case.

The federal and state agencies are intervening in what attorneys call a botched investigation into the killing of the Michael Krop Senior High School student, who was killed Feb. 26 in Sanford, a town of 55,000 just north of Orlando. The teen, on suspension from school, was staying at his father’s girlfriend’s house when he stepped out to 7-Eleven to buy candy and iced tea.

A neighborhood watch volunteer with a long history of calling in everything from open garage doors to “suspicious characters” called police to say he spotted someone who looked drugged, was walking too slowly in the rain, and appeared to be looking at people’s houses. Zimmerman sounded alarmed, because the stranger had his hand in his waistband and had something in his other hand.


Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/03/19/2703029/us-department-of-justice-fbi-and.html

[yardwork]

1. The 911 calls disprove Zimmerman's story that he was jumped from behind.

In the recording of the 911 call that Zimmerman made we can all hear him huffing and puffing as he chases his victim. The emergency dispatcher asks Zimmerman if he is pursuing the "suspicious person" and Zimmerman says yes. The dispatcher tells him not to do that. Zimmerman ignores him and continues to pursue his victim.

The police had those 911 recordings. It is total b.s. that they would believe Zimmerman's b.s. story that he was jumped from behind.

[Cali_Democrat]

2. Thank you for all your posts on this subject

You've done a magnificent job of detailing everything.

Kudos

[yardwork]

15. Thank you for this OP and your many informative posts as well!

[maddezmom]

3. FBI, Justice Department to Investigate Killing of Trayvon Martin by Neighborhood Watchman

The FBI, the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Florida will investigate the killing of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed 17-year-old Florida high school student, who was shot by a self-appointed neighborhood watchman.

"The department will conduct a thorough and independent review of all of the evidence and take appropriate action at the conclusion of the investigation," a statement released by the Justice Department this evening said. "The department also is providing assistance to and cooperating with the state officials in their investigation into the incident."

George Zimmerman, who claimed self-defense in shooting Martin, has not been charged with any crime in the fatal shooting of the teenager on Feb. 26.

Outrage over the incident has only grown, as irregularities in the police investigation have been uncovered and 911 tapes released last week showed Zimmerman ignored a dispatcher's directive not to pursue the teen.

more:http://abcnews.go.com/US/fbi-justice-department-investigate-trayvon-martin-killing/story?id=15955985

[izquierdista]

4. Keep turning up the heat

Has anyone told Zimmerman and the Sanford P.D. that life is going to get very interesting for them?

[BootinUp]

5. Botched?

They were doing a fantastic job of taking standards of justice back 50 years. It was undoubtedly planned that way.

[Major Nikon]

6. And that is the sound of the shit hitting the fan for those who were wondering.

[Initech]

11. Speaking of shit hitting the fan...

[Major Nikon]

12. Yes, that was fucking brilliant

My all time favorite movie.

[guitar man]

7. Good

I hope they get that bastard that murdered that kid and keel haul those crooked cops too

[yardwork]

16. That sums it up pretty well.

[uppityperson]

8. Big k&r

[xxqqqzme]

9. Ed did an excellent

job covering this on his show. It is an updated Emmett Till incident. Same blind hate.

[SunSeeker]

10. YES! About time! That 911 tape was blood-curdling.

How ANYONE could listen to that tape and claim they need "more evidence" before arresting that dirtbag Zimmerman is beyond me. That pig is still sitting home--WITH the gun he shot that beautiful boy with. He shot that boy in the chest while the boy begged for help and screamed for his life--as clearly heard on the tape. Why is this man free????

[dipsydoodle]

13. BBC News link

The US Department of Justice has announced an investigation into the shooting of an unarmed black teenager in Florida.

Trayvon Martin, 17, was shot dead by George Zimmerman, 28, while Martin was walking through a gated community in a suburb of Orlando last month.

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Students protested in front of a court building in Sanford, the community where the shooting happened, and on the campus of Florida A&M University in Tallahassee.

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More than 480,000 people have also signed a global online petition asking for Mr Zimmerman, a neighbourhood watch volunteer, to be prosecuted.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17441277

[MD20]

14. Where is Zimmerman?

I wonder if he has left the country?