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Showing Original Post only (View all)Two audio experts say it's not Zimmerman crying for help, yet the police INSISTED it was Zimmerman [View all]
After the story today about the forensic voice identification expert ruling out Zimmerman as the one crying for help, I thought we should revisit this story about the Sanford police correcting a witness and insisting that it was Zimmerman crying for help. They corrected a witness after she told them that she heard the teen cry for help.
The witness is a long-time teacher also. This is egregious police conduct. It's crazy.
Another officer corrected a witness after she told him that she heard the teen cry for help.
The officer told the witness, a long-time teacher, it was Zimmerman who cried for help, said the witness. ABC News has spoken to the teacher and she confirmed that the officer corrected her when she said she heard the teenager shout for help.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/neighborhood-watch-shooting-trayvon-martin-probe-reveals-questionable/story?id=15907136#.T3esqdngyt9
Here's the story about the audio experts ruling out Zimmerman crying for help as a sgunshot silences the screams: http://www.democraticunderground.com/101487346
The Sanford police essentially took Zimmerman's word at the scene and didn't even come close to conducting a proper investigation. Anyone with two ears can tell that it's a teen screaming in the background. Correcting a witnesses is absolutely ridiculous police conduct. The cops thought they could sweep this under the rug and now it's blowing up in their faces.
We need a full and thorough Justice Department investigation of the entire Sanford Police Department. Some of these cops and Norman Wolfinger, the State Attorney, belong behind bars.
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Two audio experts say it's not Zimmerman crying for help, yet the police INSISTED it was Zimmerman [View all]
Cali_Democrat
Mar 2012
OP
It's not just simply "two experts"....it's two experts using different techniques
shraby
Mar 2012
#3
This police dept has history of inaction when it comes to crimes against blacks
Hugabear
Mar 2012
#10
Looks like the PD has a history of racial antagonism and "good ol boy" network
uponit7771
Mar 2012
#13
Sounds like the cops were telling people what they saw/heard heard rather than the other way around
pokerfan
Mar 2012
#7
I'm really getting the feeling this police department is extremely corrupt
Cali_Democrat
Apr 2012
#20
It will be a worthy movie plot if Norm Wolfinger was there because someone called
Baitball Blogger
Mar 2012
#15
I heard he drove 50 miles to the Sanford Police Department on that late Sunday night
Cali_Democrat
Apr 2012
#22