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In reply to the discussion: Hispanic guy guns down Black guy and there is hardly any notice taken on progressive sites [View all]caraher
(6,356 posts)They can't arrest him until they've investigated. Evidently that took 2 weeks. In the Martin case they knew right away who the shooter was.
Edited to add:
From the Feb 26 killing of Martin it took 15 days for Sanford police to pass the case on to state prosecutors. It then took another 30 days (for a total of 45 days) before Zimmerman's arrest. And none of that happened without Martin's family calling press conferences that kicked off intense nationwide scrutiny of the case.
Lloyd's body was found June 17 and police searched Hernandez' house the next day. The death was ruled a homicide the following day. They arrested Hernandez June 26, a total of 9 days after the body was discovered (nearer one week than two).
Sources: George Zimmerman Case Timeline, Timeline: Aaron Hernandez investigation