Zimmerman Is Not The Only One Who Should Be Arrested

[kpete]

SUN APR 01, 2012 AT 08:24 AM PDT
Was Police Report changed to fit Zimmerman's statement?
byamsterdamFollow

The CNN link contained two partial police reports, one printed on 2/28 and the second printed on 3/6. The report printed on 2/28 did not have the narrative that corroborated Zimmerman's statements.

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Page 4 was printed on 2/28 at 11:42 page counter 3 of 3.
On this part you find the rest of the narrative of ofc. Ayala.
And that is it for this report. Ofc. Smith's narrative is not on this report.

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The most noticeable differences between the Partial Police Report printed on 2/28 and the Initial Partial Police Report published on the website of the City of Sanford and printed on 3/6 are:

the 2/28 report has 5 witnesses, one subject and one person whose person-type is redacted but identified as an adult
the 3/6 report has 6 witnesses, one victim and one subject.

The 2/28 report does not include the narrative by ofc. Smith
The 3/6 report ofc Smith's narrative is included. The date and time for the narrative are
registered as 2/27 at 3:29 am. The narrative seems an almost perfect match with the unofficial statements given by Zimmerman.

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MORE:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/04/01/1079671/-Three-versions-of-Police-Report-Trayvon-Martin
Sanford 911s - Gaps In The Armor, Officer Involved
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/04/01/1079607/-Sanford-911s-Gaps-In-The-Armor-Officer-Involved
http://lawenforcementtoday.com/tag/officer-timothy-smith/
http://www.propublica.org/documents/item/327370-trayvon-martin-police-report

[Quixote1818]

1. K and R. This is exactly why I think this whole thing is going to blow up

and get away from the local authorities. They pulled crap and NEVER expected a microscope to look at what pulled.

[Kablooie]

2. Boy, someone needs to look at all the past cases this department has processed!

This is just one incident and it's so blatantly and confidently criminal there are likely to be many more that haven't been scrutinized up to now.

[jonthebru]

3. A very important rule in professional and personal life:

Always tell the truth, there is less to remember.
The first story I read about this case stated that the shooter was not detained or arrested. If the "stand your ground" law is to make any sense at all then the situation must be investigated well. Since the victim is dead then the authorities have only the killer's word to follow. No frickin' lead investigator would let the shooter out just to close the case. There is simply to much that can go wrong without collecting the evidence. And now it is all going wrong. Law enforcement instructors will be using this in recruit classes for years to come. That statement about how the officers were "prohibited" from making an arrest can not stand. If it does then our social order is done for.
The other item I read in the beginning was that Trevon's body lay in the morgue for three days before his parents found him. Yet as we have learned, his name and address was on an original Id sheet so while labelled as a "John Doe" he was not. The situation reeks of racism, it stinks to high heaven.
Careers are through for several people, some because they are stupid, some because they are racist, some because they were swept up with the rest of the trash.
Will the shooter ever be well prosecuted? That remains to be seen. It is possible that he may get away with it completely, yes there is that possibility. Procedures in countless Police Departments will be tightened up due to these foolish men not having done their job.
And the shooter? Well, he deserves to live in fear and hiding for his life.