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In reply to the discussion: DOJ placing hold on all Zimmerman trial evidence, including HIS GUN! [View all]Cha
(320,245 posts)39. Well, if "the evidence reveals a prosecutable violation of and
of the limited federal criminal civil rights statutes within our jurisdiction and whether federal prosecution is appropriate in accordance with the Department's policy governing successive federal prosecution following a state trial... then we got something.
I'm glad AG Holder's in charge of this..
Just watching United States Attorney General Eric Holder during his press conference on Tuesday remembering what it was like for him as a young black man in America whose father had to give him the talk about how he should behave if ever he was stopped by the police was, Im quite sure, a revelation to a large segment of the nation. And not the darker segment, because we already know. And as I watched him describe how he felt certain that his father didnt think his sons generation would likely have to give that same wise but fearful advice, and then how he wove that into the tragic verdict excusing George Zimmerman for murdering an unarmed black teenager, I couldnt help but think about the fact that only a black man could offer that perspective on the verdict. No matter how sympathetic many of our white fellow citizens may be, only a black man can talk with authority about what this really means for young black men.
But more importantly, this wasnt coming from some anonymous black man interviewed on the street. This opinion was coming from the nations top lawyer, the man who is in charge of the United States Justice Department. And this man talked about one night not all that long ago when he was stopped by the police in Georgetown as he was running to get to a movie simply because he was running while black at night in Georgetown. He was a federal prosecutor at the time.
But more importantly, this wasnt coming from some anonymous black man interviewed on the street. This opinion was coming from the nations top lawyer, the man who is in charge of the United States Justice Department. And this man talked about one night not all that long ago when he was stopped by the police in Georgetown as he was running to get to a movie simply because he was running while black at night in Georgetown. He was a federal prosecutor at the time.
http://www.politicususa.com/2013/07/18/hear-that-george-zimmerman-justice-catching.html
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DOJ placing hold on all Zimmerman trial evidence, including HIS GUN! [View all]
AllINeedIsCoffee
Jul 2013
OP
Not legally, he was prohibited from having a gun as part of his bail conditions imposed...
Spazito
Jul 2013
#17
I know, I limited my comment to Florida lack of limitations because the topic was Zimmerman...
Spazito
Jul 2013
#71
I know I have, on occasion, while searching for something, inadvertently clicked on a link...
Spazito
Jul 2013
#89
The issue wasn't about access, it was about Zimmerman being about to purchase a gun...
Spazito
Jul 2013
#148
Trayvon's family is "in this" for the long haul. They aren't going away. They've made this their
MADem
Jul 2013
#151
The fact that they're holding the evidence suggests that they are looking at all the angles.
MADem
Jul 2013
#157
With many lawyers and legal groups involved, most of whom probably saw miscarriage of justice...
Voice for Peace
Jul 2013
#102
From what I understand the state is admitting they didn't pursue race as a factor
Sheepshank
Jul 2013
#78
I think Nancy Grace (uncensored) may have the key to proof of GZ's motivations?
mzmolly
Jul 2013
#41
Article at that same site - Zimmerman said African Americans should apologize to him?
Voice for Peace
Jul 2013
#107
Gundamentalists. . .love guns so much they refuse to accept the other 26 amendments.
Nanjing to Seoul
Jul 2013
#121
I think that if they listened very carefully to the 911 call, they would have another smoking gun
lonestarnot
Jul 2013
#113
I heard the word coon uttered by zimmerman. if they listened carefully, why was nothing made of it?
lonestarnot
Jul 2013
#117
There should be a law against straining to see racist threats in internet posts...
Pelican
Jul 2013
#134
Holder is a joke and this is just posturing. Zimmerman was found not guilty.
1-Old-Man
Jul 2013
#160