OMFG, why is it so hard for you to see the FLAGRANT corruption that's going on here.

It's not like the police arrived, saw the "fight" ending, observed that Zimmerman was reasonably threatened and was justified in shooting, then interviewed and released him.

The cops lied. They failed to collect crucial evidence. The Sanford City Police INTIMIDATED WITNESSES FOR FUCK'S SAKE.

This case is far from "usual" in the just sense.

[Altho, "privileged man gets of scot-free" is pretty usual in Scam-erica i.e. Goldman Sachs, etc. ..whoa channeling QM there a bit]

Stop being blinded by your fantasies. The United States isn't a Just or Fair or Equal place.

It never has been, and as long as fools like you keep eating the crocks of shit the Oligarchs hand to you.. it never will be.


>> ^Darkhand:


If someone could tell me how long it usually takes a murder suspect to be put on trial I would be interested in learning. To me it seems like people get arrested and then it's months before the case comes to the courts. Having said that this case feels like a natural progression so far.
If they didn't find a reason to arrest him they aren't going to do an about face all of the sudden. They're going to wait till they have their case together then arrest him which I figure will be about the end of April?

We already know the local cops botched the investigation. That is the sole reason Zimmerman has not been arrested.

It would be entirely reasonable to have Zimmy arrested now, especially for flight concerns (since his family has lied to officials and the public, and hired spokespeople to lie as well, I don't see why they wouldn't put Zimmerman on a plane to Brazil first chance).

That said, I do see the need for the new prosecution team to get all their ducks in a row, so they don't screw this up on a technicality. Especially since the evidence is probably tainted due to the "work" of the Sanford police. I suspect it is taking so long because the state has to salvage the investigation to glean what is useful at trial.

From Tumblr:

Justice for Trayvon Martin

We can’t keep quiet about this.

The following are people who have power to influence this case and get justice for Trayvon Martin. Email, call, and write them. Tell them that George Zimmerman is a murderer and needs to be arrested promptly.This man has a past history of violence and there is absolutely no reason why he should be allowed to walk free. Black lives matter Amerikkka.

Bill Lee (Sanford chief of police) 407.688.5070 email: bill.lee@sanfordfl.gov

Jeff Triplett (Mayor of Sanford) 407.688.5001 Email: jeff.triplett@sanfordfl.gov

City Attorney for Sanford FL 407.322.2171 email: lgroot@stenstrom.com

A. Bryant Applegate (County Attorney) 407.665.7257

Email: ssharrer@seminolecountryfl.gov


https://www.change.org/petitions/prosecute-the-murderer-of-17-year-old-trayvon-martin#

Oh, and the cops lied about the murderer's police record:

Zimmerman, who is white, has not been charged in the death of Martin, who was black. Police in Sanford, where the shooting occurred, told Martin’s family that Zimmerman had a “squeaky-clean” record and that’s why they had not arrested him, according to Tracy Martin, the teen’s father.

Crump said public records show that Zimmerman was arrested in Orange County in 2005 on charges of resisting arrest with violence and battery on a law enforcement officer.

“They just lied to the family,” Crump said. “They just couldn’t see why [Zimmerman] would do anything wrong or be violent. But not only do you know the guy killed this kid, because he admitted to it, you knew that he has a propensity for violence because of his past record.”

What must a white man do to get arrested in this town???

This video came to mind because we are nearing 40 years since Sanford and Son.

I'm still wondering why no one mentioned Mark Sanford or John Ensign.

Rachel Maddow's had this guy on a ton since the whole Gov. Sanford thing broke wide open. Disturbing on so many levels...

Genius.
I could listen to a whole CD of this. Maybe sprinkle in some Mark Sanford.

Videosiftbannedme - "Goddamn I love him. He gives me a mental boner."

Can't you express that like Sanford's uplifting prose?

^You obviously don't understand moral authority. I can't believe it, but this is starting to sound like, "our party's scandals are not as bad as your party's scandals." I don't care what party they belong to: a dirtball is a dirtball.

...and I'm sorry I stooped to the level of partisan politics. This post just sucked me in. You've got neverending rationalizations and excuses for everyone in your party, don't you? You're right, some of the examples I gave were a few years back, but my point is that they're still active/in office.

I think Sanford should be run out of town, just like all of the dirtbags we're talking about. Sure, we've all got our own issues, but if you don't have your personal affairs in order then you shouldn't be in office. One doesn't accedentally cheat on his/her spouse. That's a pre-meditated offense. It should NOT be acceptable for somebody in office to lack integrity, regardless of who is directly effected by their sins/crimes/mistakes.

If they can't be trusted with something as simple as 'don't cheat on your wife,' and it's pretty easy NOT to cheat on your wife, then I don't want 'em! Saying "At least it was better than Iran-Contra" does not make it okay.

I see this Sanford fellow's attempt to wrap his up in purifying and innocent passion contrived and pathetic.

It really was just a pedestrian affair, and I hope that Stewert has given him a reality check on what the issues are to his electorate and his country.

Old couple story... FUCKING LOL!

^ I'd said "that I can recall in the last few years". Clinton is over 10 years ago. Condit I had to look up who he even was (and his scandal was 8 years ago). Other than Frank being gay, I had to look up what scandal you're talking about, and that one was 20 years ago.

Paterson didn't really have a scandal, so much as the day he was sworn in he said "here are all the skeletons in my closet", including admitting to an affair years before he'd become Lt. Governor.

I'll admit Ohio AG is sticks, but Kilpatrick was mayor of Detroit, and Blagojevich was Governor of Illinois. I'd forgotten about Newsom, but if Kilpatrick is sticks, so is the mayor of SF.

I've not heard much about the Charlie Rangel thing lately, but the whole thing seemed a bit tame, and more of a "he screwed up" than "he intentionally broke the law". You're also way overstating the Tim Geithner thing -- he owed back taxes, and paid them. The commentary surrounding the discrepancy was that it's a common mistake for people to make on their taxes, even if they use a professional.

Edwards, you make an interesting case. Perhaps as an outsider you might not know about how the party insiders reacted to his affair, but most people in the grassroots were furious with him -- not because we think his personal indiscretions disqualify him -- but because he was an early favorite in the grassroots, and had he won the primary he might've handed the White House to the gang of thugs known as the Republican party.

Lately there's been a quiet murmur about missing his voice on the issue of poverty, but I've not heard of any serious attempts for him to recover his image. To be honest, I'd like to see him try, because I think his voice would add to the party, assuming he can get public absolution for being a jerk to his wife (who the grassroots almost like more than him).

Personally, I don't care about sex scandals. They are really none of our business at all. I think people in office should be judged more on their execution of their state-granted responsibilities than what they do in their personal life.

I actually feel a slim bit of sympathy for Mark Sanford since he seems to have a rather serious personal issue to work through, and having public scrutiny doesn't help with that. But I think he needs to resign for the "I'm leaving the country for 10 days and telling no one" part of the story. I don't care that he was going away to have sex for those 10 days. In fact that was almost a relief to me, I was worried it'd turn out to be some ugly weapons deal or drug dealing kind of thing (like Reagan and Iran-Contra...).

I'm with you: It's pure idocracy! He's a pretender. But, don't YOU pretend that there aren't pretenders on both sides of the aisle.

(You see how I did that? I took that word and... I...just kinda....turned it on you. See that?)

Word.


In reply to this comment by kronosposeidon:
Another typical Republican abuse of *religion.

This is just WRONG, WRONG, WRONG!!! First of all, David also murdered a man. Does Sanford think he should be allowed to stay in office after that? 2nd, David wasn't elected to serve the people of South Carolina. 3rd, DAVID FELL from his favored position in the sight of God and was unforgiven because of how great his sins were. 4th, How much more of a doofus can you be? I have never been so mad at a Governor of another state as I am right now. What a deuche bag!

When you are a public servant, you better believe that an affair is our business. We're citezens, not subjects.

Kick his worthless heiney outta office!

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