Media Thread - NO DISCUSSION

[suzihawk]

A former prosecutor said the state can build a argument for profiling against George Zimmerman.

Former prosecutor Jeff Deen said the state can build a three-pronged argument based on profiling using Zimmerman's own statements and the statements Trayvon Martin made to a girlfriend he was talking to on the phone.

Based on profiling, Deen said, Zimmerman got out of his car and in essence took the fight to Martin.

Read more: http://www.wesh.com/trayvon-martin-extended-coverage/31093645/detail.html#ixzz1vZKHaSRj

 

[Just K]

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news...anford-police-timeline-20120521,0,97514.story

 

[lauriej]

http://articles.orlandosentinel.com...120522_1_witnesses-change-shooting-fdle-agent

Several George Zimmerman witnesses change their accounts

Evidence released last week in the second-degree-murder case against George Zimmerman shows four key witnesses made major changes in what they say they saw and heard the night he fatally shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Sanford.

 

[BiancaS]

http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/22/2813681/zimmerman-rode-with-cops-ripped.html

Zimmerman was critical of Sanford PD at a meeting, audio link is on the left side.

 

[sleonardelli]

Newly obtained video recorded before Martin's death shows the teenager encouraging others to fight. However, Martin's brother said Trayvon is not in the video.

http://www.wftv.com/news/news/local/video-showing-teen-encouraging-others-fight-was-no/nN854/

 

[Sun48shine]

Dershowitz Doubles Down on Trayvon Martin Case


http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/46865

 

[suzihawk]

http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/...-cops-ripped.html#storylink=cpy#storylink=cpy

Zimmerman rode with cops, ripped department

Sanford Police Chief Bill Lee denied at the time knowing Zimmerman, saying he had no relationship with the police department. City records show Lee exchanged emails with Zimmerman last year, when the neighborhood watch volunteer wrote to the chief to praise the department’s volunteer program coordinator.

A video released last week by the State Attorney prosecuting the case shows Zimmerman freely walked about the police station the night of the shooting unescorted.

ETA: The text of the article changed since I quoted it above. It now reads:

A video released last week by the State Attorney prosecuting the case shows Zimmerman freely walked about the police station unescorted three days after the shooting.

 

[Sun48shine]

Congresswoman Frederica Wilson to Hold Press Conference on Trayvon Martin


http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/153079645.html

 

[Sun48shine]

Trayvon Martin Case: Witnesses Change Accounts, Which Could Hurt Zimmerman

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/23/trayvon-martin-case-witnesses-change-stories_n_1539077.html

 

[Elley Mae]

http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/22/2813681/zimmerman-rode-with-cops-ripped.html

A year before George Zimmerman killed a Miami Gardens teenager, he stood before a City Hall community forum with a grievance: Sanford cops are lazy, he told the then-mayor elect.

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/22/2813681/zimmerman-rode-with-cops-ripped.html#storylink=cpy

 

[beach]

No linking to the Daily Beast, please.

MSM sites and a few approved blog sites, including Huffington Post, Richard Hornsby and ONLY articles written by Isabele Zehnander for the Examiner.

 

[suzihawk]

George Zimmerman Knew Several Sanford Police Officers Before Shooting

http://abcnews.go.com/US/george-zimmerman-knew-sanford-police-officers-shooting/story?id=16414349

 

[Reader]

Prosecutors in George Zimmerman murder trial want some evidence sealed

Prosecutors wants witness names, cell phone records, confessions and other materials kept from the media.
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Prosecutors handling the second-degree murder case against George Zimmerman filed a motion late Wednesday asking the judge to seal parts of the evidence.

Among the items Duval County Assistant State Attorney Bernardo de la Rionda wants kept from the public: the results of a test police conducted on Zimmerman the day after he killed Trayvon Martin. The results have already been provided to the court under seal, de la Rionda said.
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De la Rionda also wants to seal two CDs of audio interviews with a witness identified as “W9.” She is the same person who called police anonymously just two days after the killing to say Zimmerman and his family were racists.

In an interview with the prosecutors who handled the case prior to the Duval County State Attorney’s office stepping in, W9 made more allegations, the record shows.

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/23/2814613/prosecutors-in-george-zimmerman.html#storylink=cpy


Link to state's motion:

http://media.miamiherald.com/smedia/2012/05/23/20/23/MVYT6.So.56.pdf

 

[lauriej]

http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/...sk-To-Seal-Discovery-Materials-153838635.html
Prosecutors, George Zimmerman's Attorney Ask To Seal Discovery Materials

Circuit Judge Kenneth Lester Jr. has ordered a hearing for next Friday, June 1

 

[cityslick]

Majority Of Florida Voters Support 'Stand Your Ground' Law: Poll

http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/...ort-Stand-Your-Ground-Law-Poll-153854975.html

 

[lauriej]

http://articles.orlandosentinel.com...-prosecutor-angela-corey-witness-safety-trial

Legal fight likely looms over identifying witnesses in Zimmerman case

 

[IzzyBlanche]

Trayvon's killer said to make self-incriminating statements

"Defendant (Zimmerman) has provided law enforcement with numerous statements, some of which are contradictory, and are inconsistent with the physical evidence and statements of witnesses," the prosecutors said in their court filing.

They said the statements by Zimmerman were admissible in court and "in conjunction with other statements and evidence help to establish defendant's guilt in this case."

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/..._1_statements-court-filing-special-prosecutor

 

[lauriej]

bobkealing -----State Attorney's office: no more #Zimmerman evidence releases before 5-31. Also an evidentiary hearing 6-1. Nothing new till June #trayvon

 

[Reader]

Trayvon Martin’s parents in town to condemn violence

http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/...tins-parents-in-town-to-condemn-violence.html

Fighting back tears, the parents of slain Florida teenager Trayvon Martin stood beside the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. and relatives of Chicago area murder victims
on Saturday to stress the need to end “senseless gun violence.”..........

As she spoke about her son, Fulton also detailed her family’s Justice for Trayvon Foundation, which helps teens identify signs of racial profiling. She also called on Congress to amend Florida’s Stand Your Ground law, ........

By law, the Florida-based county’s morgue couldn’t let the elder Martin see the body. Instead, he was forced to identify his son by gruesome crime scene photos.
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More at link....

 

[magnolia]

So what's left? Documents filed with the court by both the state and defense seeking to keep certain records under sealoffer a peek behind the curtain and preview potentially important evidence.


But based on what what's out there now,legal experts say it's unlikely there's a bombshell waiting.


"I think that we have seen the best the state has to offer to this point," said Bill Sheaffer, an Orlando defense attorney and WFTV-Channel 9 legal analyst.




http://articles.orlandosentinel.com...l-prosecutor-angela-corey-evidence-statements