ZIMMERMAN TRIAL: Day 8, Wednesday, July 3, 2013

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175. Two Women On Jury Are Very "Iffy" Because

I think one of them has a son/daughter who wanted to go into or studied law enforcement, another one had stated that there had been a lot of suspicious people in and around her neighborhood from time to time. They "could" be thankful for a person who was willing to be a helpful citizen such as GZ. Crap shoot.

Maybe they will take ALL testimony into consideration and his aggressiveness, because there are such things as BAD cops. Depends on their mind set.

My personal story...

Maybe 2 1/2 years ago, very close to where I live there was a young 20 year old male shot by an off-duty officer. We are very good friends of the and girlfriend and the family of this young kid. My grandson went to school with him too. They were coming home (walking) and yes they had been drinking and were making noise. It was around 11:30/12:00 AM and they made the mistake of deciding to play the game "ding-dong-bell." You run up to a door, ring the bell, run and hide. What many would consider a silly prank. Really depends on how any given person sees it. When I was younger we did all kinds of silly stuff, today many may feel threatened. But a 911 call is almost always available.

UNFORTUNATELY, they rang the bell of an off-duty officer who got mad, grabbed his gun, NOT a taser, or anything else less threatening. They take their cruisers home here so his vehicle was in his driveway. He puts flip-flops on, runs down the street after the 2 kids, gets the one on the ground and shot him in the head. He died instantly. I think the officer said he was resisting arrest. He was off duty though and not in uniform. The kids did live on the same street about 3 houses down. So just going home actually.

Sure, the prank wasn't the smartest thing to do, but did it really rise to the level that one of them should be shot and killed?? And if he felt a need to shoot, why not some place other than the head?

Officer got a suspension WITH pay for 2 weeks I think, then that was the end of it. There was local outrage, high school kids held marches and all the rest, but to this day I'm told the officer has never faced any charges. Don't know if he quit the force, could have because so many people were outraged. He also owned a small local bar or something of that sort. AND, he didn't have the cleanest record when internal affairs reports were released.

This is Florida. Officer stated he was mad because it could have woken his baby up and I "think" SYG was used here too. The officer's name was Hernandez or Fernandez, I could be wrong, but the kids name was Tyler Spann. Just saw the girlfriend a couple of weeks ago and she said the family filed a civil lawsuit against him but wasn't sure of the status. OH, if it matters to anyone, Tyler was white.

Now that I think of it, I can google it to check what's happening. But this is just another case that I find excessive force and/or attitude came into play.