will wonders never cease
FBI agents investigating whether race was a factor in the shooting spoke with Sanford police officers, Zimmerman’s bosses and colleagues, friends, neighbors and others to determine if he had ever shown any racial prejudice.
In one interview detailed in the evidence, Sanford Police Detective Christopher Serino, the lead investigator in the Martin case, told the FBI he did not believe Zimmerman’s shooting of Martin was motivated by race.
“Serino believed that Zimmerman’s actions were not based on Martin’s skin color (but) rather based on his attire,” according to a report.
Serino told investigators that members of local gangs, who called themselves “Goons,” frequently wore “hoodies,” or hooded sweatshirts, and he believed Zimmerman “took it upon himself to view Martin as acting suspicious.”
Martin was wearing a hoodie and returning from a convenience store when Zimmerman called a 911 dispatcher and said the teen looked suspicious and then followed him.
Serino described Zimmerman as “overzealous” and having a “little hero complex.” He submitted a report to Sanford police officials and the state attorney’s office saying there was sufficient probable cause to arrest and charge Zimmerman with manslaughter.
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I’m not saying the fella is a saint. I am saying all this “raaaacist” BS is just that: BS.
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Well those numbnuts that attempted to rob the internet cafe/casino were sporting hoodies too.
jussayin’
Serino described Zimmerman as “overzealous” and having a “little hero complex.”
One individuals OPINION, unfortunately that of a cop carries too much weight most of the time.
Something like 9 home burglary’s in recent time; I’d want my neighborhood watch to be overly zealous too.
If the Sanford police were doing their job and protecting the citizens from hooded Goons robbing gated communities ??? Did anyone check for tire marks on his back after he was arrested.
There is NO WAY the court can select a jury that won`t have heard about this bullshit! (…except, maybe, Northern Greenland!—–or—Aurora[...pronounced "AR-OAR"...] Kentucky; population 200 and the nearest town to the farm I grew up on! Last I checked, Aurora still has one radio and one wall phone and they are down at Smif`s Hardware & Ladies Dress Shop…)
COL Jerry, Aurora sounds like exactly the change of venue this case needs.
This issue was closed until Sharpton and Jackson got it going again. At the time of the incident there was no thought of any charges. Jesse and Al made it racial.
They seem obsessed with racism. Everything has to be tied somehow to racism. From “You’re a racist if you don’t like Obama” on down.
They should forget that and just concentrate on what happened that day.
Of course, it always helps Obama and his class and race war (dividing us into “black and white”, “have and have not”) strategy to bring in the race issue.
Spin, in Florida, it’s against the law to cover your face in public (FS 876.13) so wearing hoodies are popular among
youthsgoons (especially during our frigid Florida summers) because they can be easily drawn down and removed from the face. Lots of pocket room to carry ‘accessories’, too.I think it was an old anti-
democratKlan thing …danintampa: I suppose you don’t see many hijabs or burkhas there…..