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In reply to the discussion: Zimmerman Trial - Why do cops/analysts not know what actually happened? [View all]Adsos Letter
(19,459 posts)44. "But if Zimmerman had listened to the dispatcher...
...when advised not to pursue the "suspicious" person, none of this would have happened."
I think the record indicates that the cops would have agreed with you. This is a portion of the transcript of an interview with Sanford PD:
Serino: OK, at the point where he said, are you following him, and he said, we dont need you to do that, what went through your mind?
Zimmerman: Hes right.
Serino: So you shoulda stopped and went back to your vehicle.
https://www.txantimedia.com/?p=1079
Zimmerman: Hes right.
Serino: So you shoulda stopped and went back to your vehicle.
https://www.txantimedia.com/?p=1079
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Zimmerman Trial - Why do cops/analysts not know what actually happened? [View all]
fleur-de-lisa
Jun 2013
OP
Because the real world has very little to do with your favorite teevee crime show, maybe?
BlueStreak
Jun 2013
#1
Because in Sanford, one can probably say no one was there to protect Trayvon Martin.
graham4anything
Jun 2013
#2
Your language about this is all over the place and suggests a need to define words.
Bluenorthwest
Jun 2013
#9
Why get all snarky and personal? And don't tell me what to do for questioning
Bluenorthwest
Jun 2013
#15
Is the problem that they did no ballistic studies soon enough to determine trajectory?
dkf
Jun 2013
#31
Instead of arresting him, they sent Zimmerman home, presumably wearing his clothes,
pnwmom
Jun 2013
#36
Very detailed information from law enforcement and the medical examiners office . . .
fleur-de-lisa
Jun 2013
#34
What I think? It's COLLUSION!! Cops were negligent. They didn't care about a black boy losing
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jul 2013
#53
sounds like in NYC they have the blue wall of silence, and 96 hours to concoct in unison a story
graham4anything
Jul 2013
#59