re: #56 funky chicken

Oh, I think a cop would be facing more consequences than Zimmerman right now. Perhaps they would be internal investigations, paid and then unpaid leave, and likely demotion or job loss which would take time. And the victim’s parents could sue the city and win millions. That wouldn’t bring their son back, but someone would be held responsible.

I’ve read that Zimmerman has a history of prior arrests. I’m not sure if that’s true or just internet rumor, but it will be very interesting to see if this guy was just a nut who was going to snap eventually or not. It would also be interesting to see if his prior arrests involved confrontations with minorities or not.

But bottom line, the guy stalked and killed somebody.

3 priors, two involving assaulting a cop and resisting arrest. I’ve been trying to get more on that, but so far, the most I’ve seen is that the charges were dropped due to “lack of evidence” and his arrest expunged by him entering a pre-trial diversion program.

There’s rumors that his dad, who’s an ex-judge, may have had some hand in all that of that. Not sure I buy it, but it certainly would explain how beating up a cop would bring back “lack of evidence.”