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CNN Analyzes 911 Recording for Possible Racial Slur

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kirkspencer3/22/2012 2:20:16 pm PDT

Based on what we’ve got so far, my predictions:
a) Zimmerman will walk, this time.
b) Lee and the entire police department is going to go through a major shake-up.

Lee lied about what was on the 911 tapes. Lee and his forces didn’t do any normal police procedural actions: they didn’t take the firearm for testing, they didn’t arrest Zimmerman, they didn’t do drug or any other testing of Zimmerman. At least one officer persuaded a witness to change her testimony. In sum, the department apparently acted contrary to state law, regulation, and standard practice, and we’ll have to see if they also acted contrary to official policy

Zimmerman, on the other hand, has enough issues that given section three (the stand your ground clause that Obdi quoted last thread) he’ll pull reasonable doubt. Yes, I know about the fact he followed against recommendation and he got out and he’s bigger and the possible epithet and all the rest. But there are two facts that also stand.
a) He was bleeding from damage to the face;
b) His back was grass stained.

[paraphrasing] “I got out to check which street I was at, and when I turned around he was charging me and yelling. He knocked me down and hit me and I was afraid he was going to seriously hurt me because I thought he was on PCP or something, so I shot him in self defense.”

It sucks. I think by all reasonable definitions it was a murder (possibly not with premeditation). But by the color of that stupid law as written he gets reasonable doubt and he walks.

On the other hand I wouldn’t be surprised to see action to clear that law up. finally.