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FLPanhandle

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2. People may get angry with Holder on this decision but it was a tough case for the Feds

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Tue Feb 24, 2015, 03:19 PM

Feb 2015

The key part is...Attorney General Eric Holder said the evidence did not meet the "high standard for a federal hate crime prosecution"

Zimmerman is a thug and an idiot. He will be in jail sooner or later.

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JUST IN: No Federal Charges For Zimmerman In Trayvon Martin Death [View all] Purveyor Feb 2015 OP

Kick. Agschmid Feb 2015 #1

People may get angry with Holder on this decision but it was a tough case for the Feds FLPanhandle Feb 2015 #2

The standard is almost impossibly high, for a reason. randys1 Feb 2015 #3

Zimmerman would not have shot a white teen. FLPanhandle Feb 2015 #6

For sure, but based on his actions cant be proven, now if we had audio of the entire randys1 Feb 2015 #7

hatred of Holder has nothing to do with this case JI7 Feb 2015 #9

I agree with everything you wrote TexasMommaWithAHat Feb 2015 #5

Kick In_The_Wind Feb 2015 #4

What do the Feds need? For Zimm to be wearing his KKK sheets? Jeesh. nt 99th_Monkey Feb 2015 #8

Gutless. GeorgeGist Feb 2015 #10

Can't say I'm even slightly shocked... Blue_Tires Feb 2015 #11