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In reply to the discussion: New Zimmerman evidence: Serino changed final report four times in five hours [View all]KansDem
(28,498 posts)3. "Did George Zimmerman's Father Talk To Sanford Police The Night of Trayvon Martin's Shooting?"
It certainly appears that he did, as Lawrence O'Donnell uncovers in this segment.
Robert Zimmerman, retired Virginia Supreme Court magistrate and father of George Zimmerman, has been making the rounds for media interviews with Fox News exclusively. He's cloaked in shadow, of course, so he isn't identified. In those interviews, he was asked whether the police knew he was a retired magistrate and whether that might have had an impact on their decision to let George Zimmerman go free that night without taking his clothes or keeping his gun, or doing any of the usual investigation that police do when they find a dead kid laying on his stomach with his hands underneath him.
Zimmerman's answer to the question was a denial and not a denial. He said, "No one knew that I was a retired magistrate judge. I didn't mention it to the police. I didn't mention it to the state attorney's office."
How interesting that he would specifically say he didn't mention it, without any denial that he spoke to them. Do you think that the police might have known who George Zimmerman was before they showed up that night, simply because he had called them 48 times in the past two months? Do you think it's possible, maybe even probable, that George Zimmerman had bragged about having a daddy who was a retired magistrate judge, or that he might have mentioned it that night when his daddy came to the police station to talk to the state attorney and police but didn't mention that he was a retired judge?
It seems to me, as it did Lawrence O'Donnell, that Zimmerman's statement that he didn't "mention it" to the police or city attorney implies that he was speaking to them. That night. And whether he mentioned it or not, I'd say it's more probable than not that they knew who Zimmerman was, and who his daddy was.
http://crooksandliars.com/karoli/did-george-zimmermans-father-talk-sanford-p
Robert Zimmerman, retired Virginia Supreme Court magistrate and father of George Zimmerman, has been making the rounds for media interviews with Fox News exclusively. He's cloaked in shadow, of course, so he isn't identified. In those interviews, he was asked whether the police knew he was a retired magistrate and whether that might have had an impact on their decision to let George Zimmerman go free that night without taking his clothes or keeping his gun, or doing any of the usual investigation that police do when they find a dead kid laying on his stomach with his hands underneath him.
Zimmerman's answer to the question was a denial and not a denial. He said, "No one knew that I was a retired magistrate judge. I didn't mention it to the police. I didn't mention it to the state attorney's office."
How interesting that he would specifically say he didn't mention it, without any denial that he spoke to them. Do you think that the police might have known who George Zimmerman was before they showed up that night, simply because he had called them 48 times in the past two months? Do you think it's possible, maybe even probable, that George Zimmerman had bragged about having a daddy who was a retired magistrate judge, or that he might have mentioned it that night when his daddy came to the police station to talk to the state attorney and police but didn't mention that he was a retired judge?
It seems to me, as it did Lawrence O'Donnell, that Zimmerman's statement that he didn't "mention it" to the police or city attorney implies that he was speaking to them. That night. And whether he mentioned it or not, I'd say it's more probable than not that they knew who Zimmerman was, and who his daddy was.
http://crooksandliars.com/karoli/did-george-zimmermans-father-talk-sanford-p
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New Zimmerman evidence: Serino changed final report four times in five hours [View all]
Baitball Blogger
Dec 2012
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"Did George Zimmerman's Father Talk To Sanford Police The Night of Trayvon Martin's Shooting?"
KansDem
Dec 2012
#3
Well, you know one of the people had to be Norm Wolfinger, the State Attorney
Baitball Blogger
Dec 2012
#13
I want an autopsy of Martin's had that shows the bruising he'd have if it actually punched
Larkspur
Dec 2012
#8
lol, you guys are funny. Zimmerman chased a girl in the dark with a loaded gun and shot her dead
uponit7771
Dec 2012
#14
If Zimmerman had stayed in his car and left the police work to the professionals
gollygee
Dec 2012
#18
Nothing personal, but if 1 photo definitively proves to you that this guy is innocent
DisgustipatedinCA
Dec 2012
#32
It is outside of the duties of police officers to engage in the obstruction of justice.
AnotherMcIntosh
Dec 2012
#5
You don't believe that Zimmerman's arrest report has anything to do with Zimmerman'
LanternWaste
Dec 2012
#30
The Chief of Police and the DA thought they had a dead burglar in the morgue....
Junkdrawer
Dec 2012
#19