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In reply to the discussion: Far too many people are missing the point: This is an attempted police coverup. [View all]Sanford is a town of 53K in a county of 422K.
Sanford is 30% African American, Seminole County is 11% African American, and maybe they just don't like "that kind" in Seminole County.
Maybe Trayvon Martin was banging the white daughter of a city council member.
Maybe Trayvon Martin got jumped by the third cousin of George Zimmerman a few months back, Trayvon Martin kicked his ass, and this was payback.
Maybe Trayvon Martin saw the son of a Sanford police captain dealing meth and turned him in.
There are probably any number of reasons for the seemingly aberrant behavior by the Sanford PD.
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Far too many people are missing the point: This is an attempted police coverup. [View all]
TheWraith
Mar 2012
OP
I just commented on that on a different thread. Police are learning the hard way that this is not
appleannie1
Mar 2012
#1
There is probably a lot more of the cover up activity than we know...in this case!
murray hill farm
Mar 2012
#13
I tend to think its more like shoddy police work, they went through the motions based on a bias...
Historic NY
Mar 2012
#16
Was he at least taken to police headquarters to give a statment of what happened? n/t
patricia92243
Mar 2012
#49