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On Mar 22, 9:30 am, Tommy News <tommysn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 20 Things You Need to Know About the Tragic Killing of Trayvon Martin
> The Department of Justice, the FBI and the U.S. Attorney announced
> they were launching "a thorough and independent review" of the
> shooting -- will there be justice?
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> On February 26, 2012, a 17-year-old African-American named
> Trayvon Martin was shot and killed in Sanford, Florida. The shooter
> was George Zimmerman, a 28-year-old man. Zimmerman admits killing
> Martin, but claims he was acting in self-defense. Florida's "Stand
> Your Ground" law, passed in 2005, allows people to use deadly force if
> they believe they're in imminent danger. Three weeks after Martin's
> death, no arrests have been made and Zimmerman remains free.
>
> FBI tells ABC News they are monitoring the Trayvon Martin
> investigation and have been in touch with local authorities. Late
> Monday, March 20, after a letter from the NAACP, the United States
> Department of Justice, the FBI and the U.S. Attorney announced they
> were launching "a thorough and independent review" of the shooting
> death of Trayvon Martin. The Florida state attorney has sent the
> Trayvon Martin case to a grand jury. The Seminole County grand jury
> will be called to session on Tuesday, April 10.
>
> Here's everything you need to know about the case:
>
> 1. Zimmerman called the police to report Martin's "suspicious"
> behavior, which he described as "just walking around looking about."
> Zimmerman was in his car when he saw Martin walking on the street. He
> called the police and said: "There's a real suspicious guy. This guy
> looks like he's up to no good, on drugs or something. It's raining and
> he's just walking around looking about… These a**holes always get
> away" [Orlando Sentinel]
>
> 2. Zimmerman pursued Martin against the explicit instructions of the
> police dispatcher:
>
> Dispatcher: "Are you following him?"
> Zimmerman: "Yeah"
> Dispatcher: "OK, we don't need you to do that."
>
> [Orlando Sentinel]
>
> 3. Prior to the release of the 911 tapes, Zimmerman's father released
> a statement claiming "[a]t no time did George follow or confront Mr.
> Martin." [Sun Sentinel]
>
> 4. Zimmerman was carrying a a Kel Tel 9 millimeter handgun. Martin was
> carrying a bag of Skittles and a can of iced tea. [ABC News]
>
> 5. Martin weighed 140 pounds. Zimmerman weighs 250 pounds. [Orlando
> Sentinel; WDBO]
>
> 6. Martin's English teacher described him as "as an A and B student
> who majored in cheerfulness." [Orlando Sentinel]
>
> 7. Martin had no criminal record. [New York Times]
>
> 8. Zimmerman "was charged in July 2005 with resisting arrest with
> violence and battery on an officer. The charges appear to have been
> dropped." [Huffington Post]
>
> 9. Zimmerman called the police 46 times since Jan. 1, 2011. [Miami Herald]
>
> 10. According to neighbors, Zimmerman was "fixated on crime and
> focused on young, black males." [Miami Herald]
>
> 11. Zimmerman "had been the subject of complaints by neighbors in his
> gated community for aggressive tactics" [Huffington Post]
>
> 12. A police officer "corrected" a key witness. "The officer told the
> witness, a long-time teacher, it was Zimmerman who cried for help,
> said the witness. ABC News has spoken to the teacher and she confirmed
> that the officer corrected her when she said she heard the teenager
> shout for help." [ABC News]
>
> 13. Three witnesses say they heard a boy cry for help before a shot
> was fired. "Three witnesses contacted by The Miami Herald say they saw
> or heard the moments before and after the Miami Gardens teenager's
> killing. All three said they heard the last howl for help from a
> despondent boy." [Miami Herald]
>
> 14. The officer in charge of the crime scene also received criticism
> in 2010 when he initially failed to arrest a lieutenant's son who was
> videotaped attacking a homeless black man. [New York Times]
>
> 15. The police did not test Zimmerman for drugs or alcohol. A law
> enforcement expert told ABC that Zimmerman sounds intoxicated on the
> 911 tapes. Drug and alcohol testing is "standard procedure in most
> homicide investigations." [ABC News]
>
> 16. In a cell phone call moments before his death, Martin told a
> teenage girl that he was "hounded by a strange man on a cellphone who
> ran after him, cornered him and confronted him." "'He said this man
> was watching him, so he put his hoodie on. He said he lost the man,'
> Martin's friend said. 'I asked Trayvon to run, and he said he was
> going to walk fast. I told him to run but he said he was not going to
> run.' Eventually he would run, said the girl, thinking that he'd
> managed to escape. But suddenly the strange man was back, cornering
> Martin. 'Trayvon said, 'What, are you following me for,' and the man
> said, 'What are you doing here.'" [ABC News]
>
> 17. Zimmerman told the police "he had stepped out of his truck to
> check the name of the street he was on when Trayvon attacked him from
> behind as he walked back to his truck." "He said he feared for his
> life and fired the semiautomatic handgun he was licensed to carry
> because he feared for his life." [Miami Herald]
>
> 18. Zimmerman was not a member of a registered Neighborhood Watch
> group. Zimmerman also violated basic Neighborhood Watch guidelines by
> carrying a weapon. [ABC News]
>
> 19. Sanford police chief Bill Lee planned to wrap up the case last
> Monday without bringing any charges, because, he said, "there is no
> evidence to dispute the shooter's claim of self-defense," which is a
> sufficient claim under the "Stand Your Ground" law. [Miami Herald]
>
> 20. In the first five years "Stand Your Ground" was in effect,
> justifiable homicides tripled, and the law was a factor in at least 93
> cases involving 65 deaths. An investigation of cases from the law's
> passage in 2005 to 2010 found that charges were dropped or dismissed
> for 57 people, and 7 others were acquitted. [Tampa Bay Times]
>
> A petition created by Trayvon's parents to investigate his killing has
> been signed by over 500,000 people.
>
> More:http://www.alternet.org/story/154624/20_things_you_need_to_know_about...
>
> --
> Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time.
> Have a great day,
> Tommy
>
> --
> Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time.
> Have a great day,
> Tommy
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