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In reply to the discussion: OMG!! A witness was actually watching the struggle as the shot went off and turns out it was GZ on [View all]TrollBuster9090
(6,006 posts)The investigation wasn't 'botched.' They didn't do an investigation, they just took Zimmerman's word for it because they didn't care, and didn't want the hassle. They wrote down his side of the story, assumed it was probably true, then rushed Trayvon's body off to be drug tested hoping to find drugs in his system. If there were drugs in his system, that would have been the end of it as far as they were concerned. Open and shut case of a drugged up black teenaged boy getting in to a gated community looking for stuff to steal.
The sad fact is that African American teenaged boys get gunned down every day, and most of the police "investigations" are about as detailed as this. This is just business as usual in most police departments.
THEN they found out he had no drugs in his system, he was actually STAYING in that neighborhood at the time (NOT just sneaking in to steal stuff while high on drugs), didn't show any signs of a struggle, had TWO PARENTS who both CARED enough about him to not just let this be swept under the carpet...then it went viral in the social media....and then they had their "OH..SHIT" moment.
That's when all the "leaking" and "smearing" started. That entire police department is obviously shitting their pants right now. What Zimmerman did was bad enough, but the actions of the police and the state attourney are far worse, and there are a lot more laws that come in to play for them than for Zimmerman.