White people get beat up too; where is the outrage, Jesse?!

[badhat]

just absolutely blowing my mind they havent fucking figure out how to arrest this guy for manslaughter yet


like help me out merciel am i missing something here

[Broncobama]

it's just really tricky, legally, because the dude was black

[Ted Pikul]

He has committed the perfect crime.

Eat your heart out

[MrDecember]

this whole story just makes me sick to my stomach

[Broncobama]

i refused to play any of the audio clips

[Feech La Manna]

Yeah that's the most puzzling part, what exactly is the downside of arresting him? Are they seriously worried about a wrongful arrest lawsuit? He fucking shot a guy. Apparently they didn't even give him a breathalyzer.

[VHGisdead]

apparently you guys are forgetting about the consitution where it says no arrest until proven guilty??!!???

[Broncobama]

yeah just like you obama lovers to make everything about race

[nakedlunch]

"it's a shame this kid didn't have any crack on him when he got shot. would have made this a lot easier"

[nakedlunch]

incredible

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/17/opini ... .html?_r=1

Even the police chief recognizes this reality, even while disputing claims of racial bias in the investigation: “Our investigation is color blind and based on the facts and circumstances, not color. I know I can say that until I am blue in the face, but, as a white man in a uniform, I know it doesn’t mean anything to anybody.”

Finally we've located the real victim

I keep thinking about this quote

[Merciel]

just absolutely blowing my mind they havent fucking figure out how to arrest this guy for manslaughter yet

like help me out merciel am i missing something here

I'm as baffled as you are. I really cannot explain anything that's gone on with this case. Chief Wiggum's better than anything I got.

[Platypus]

I thought the state attorney was investigating this now

[Feech La Manna]

They are, and have said it could take them some time before they reach a decision. I'm hoping the debate is whether to arrest him for manslaughter or some degree of murder?

[Ted Pikul]

I would assume that the fact the cops mishandled this would complicate things

[Feech La Manna]

Yeah, I mean, the local police failed to determine whether he was intoxicated, misrepresented his criminal history, and ignored witnesses. I'd hope they're seriously fucked, but it's Florida, I dunno.

[Platypus]

if they charge him they'll go for something higher than manslaughter. manslaughter's a fall-back

[Platypus]

I would assume that the fact the cops mishandled this would complicate things

not so much

[mcwop23]

Fuck

[Frank]

race riot!

[Ted Pikul]

Has FoxNews weighed in on this yet

[Frank]

Has FoxNews weighed in on this yet

waiting for obama to weigh in first

[Ted Pikul]

Oooh maybe this will end in a beer summit and we can all go home ahppy having finally solved the problem of racism in America

[dog liver]

maybe i'm way off base, but i can't help but feel that if his surname wasn't zimmerman (or some anglo-sounding name) his ass would've been in jail

but yeah florida, man

[bushwick jill]

Audio clips ruined my day. My life.

[badhat]

the desperate screaming and gunshots and silence

combined with the cop trying to coach the witness that it was zimmerman she heard screaming

pretty deflating

[VHGisdead]

it just seems so fucking clear from the phone call (at least in retrospect) that Zimmerman has made up his mind that this prick isn't going to get away with it this time

[antoine]

This Zimmerman guy seems like a real life:

[Dalen]

why the fuck did i listen to those audio clips? what the fuck. get me outta here.

[cram]

from that same article

In a statement delivered to the Orlando Sentinel, his father, Robert Zimmerman, defended his son, who he said was a “Spanish-speaking minority with many black family members and friends.”

“He would be the last to discriminate for any reason whatsoever,” Robert Zimmerman wrote. “One black neighbor recently interviewed said she knew everything in the media was untrue and that she would trust George with her life. Another black neighbor said that George was the only one, black or white, who came and welcomed her to the community, offering any assistance he could provide. Recently, I met two black children George invited to a social event. I asked where they met George. They responded that he was their mentor.”

[Ted Pikul]

Man all of Dylan's kids have been disappointments in their own way