Mediaite : Robert Zimmerman, Jr., brother of Trayvon Martin shooter George Zimmerman, continued his everything-including-the-racist-kitchen-sink PR offensive on behalf of his brother by repeatedly tweeting a photo comparison of the teenager his brother shot, and De’Marquise Elkins, the 17 year-old who has been detained in the murder of a Georgia infant. Both pictures feature the young men flipping the middle finger at the camera, with the caption “A picture speaks a thousand words…Any questions?”
Witness #9
“I don’t talk to him because of the the things that he say… the person he is… the things that he does…I know his mother, I know everybody and they’re all the same way, and I hate that. They’re just mean and [they’re] open about it.” she says, among other things.
New Sanford police chief sworn in
http://www.wftv.com/news/news/local/new-sanford-police-chief-be-sworn/nW8PC/
SANFORD, Fla. — Sanford has a new police chief.
Cecil Smith officially took over the department, and was sworn in during a ceremony Monday.
Smith replaces Bill Lee, who was fired over his handling of the Trayvon Martin case.
George Zimmerman is accused of shooting and killing Martin.
Smith became the fifth police chief in the city of Sanford in just two years.
During the ceremony, Smith spoke about the challenges, and acknowledged that he would be under close watch.
Smith said that as Zimmerman’s case goes to trial this summer, he will be working to honor the death of Martin while moving the city forward.
He also said he will make sure no case is handled the same way under his watch.
Congrats to you, Cecil Smith. Hate to break it to you Cecli, but being under close scrutiny will NOT be anything new for you, brotha.
Is Cecil the first black Sanford police chief? Just asking, because if they think swearing in a brotha’s going to make us forget what happened to Trayvon Martin, IT.AIN’T.GONNA.HAPPEN.
LLMPapa:The Beginning
We Can Ask Questions, Can’t We? LLMSPapa Once Again! Zimmerman Has Some Explaining To Do!
http://dothprotesttoomuch.com/2013/03/31/we-can-ask-questions-cant-we-llmspapa-once-again-zimmerman-has-some-explaining-to-do/#comments
Hey, Jr…Jr..Jr..Jr…since you comment on everything under the sun (except for Thugboat’s MySpace, gang tatts, criminal history and Witness 9) care to comment on this video??
No wonder you all are trying to discount DeeDee. Are you hiding Grace behind all the bluster about DeeDee? Hmmmm…Did Grace call George and tell him that Trayvon was at the mail kiosk? Was Trayvon at two mail kiosks that night or just the one in Colonial Village? If only the one at Colonial Village, then game, set, MATCH because Thugboat implicated himself by saying “It didn’t look like he would be checking mail in the rain.” So you did see him at a mail kiosk and you had better pray the Prosecution can’t prove it was the kiosk at Colonial Village and you weren’t on the phone with Grace.
Your family is beyond the pale and everyone with some sense KNOWS you are liars, down to the little baby sister! The Prosecution, in my opinion, has no idea how devastating DeeDee is to Thugboat, but Thugboat knows thus the last six months spent on trying to trash her and intimidate her!
The Prosecution did not violate the Brady rule in Zimmerman case
http://frederickleatherman.com/2013/03/30/the-prosecution-did-not-violate-the-brady-rule-in-zimmerman-case/
I realized at approximately 3:30 am this morning that I forgot to mention several extremely important points in the articles and comments that I have posted recently about the Brady rule and the timing of the exculpatory evidence disclosures to the defense.
The Brady rule imposes an obligation on the lead prosecutor and case agent in each case to periodically review the case file for the specific purpose of identifying exculpatory evidence. Since police investigations typically continue until a final order terminates a case after verdict and sentencing, a case file will continue to grow documenting the investigation and the discovery of new information. Prosecutors also add their stuff to the file. This feature of the criminal justice system frustrates judicial efforts to establish a uniform drop-dead deadline by which the prosecution must disclose exculpatory evidence to the defense in any given case.
Therefore, the general practice is to disclose exculpatory evidence to the defense as soon as practicable after it has been obtained and identified. One might reasonably expect to see multiple disclosures of exculpatory evidence prior to trial and even during trial.
A major exception to this practice was developed to deal with unusual or exceptional circumstances that warrant delaying the disclosure of exculpatory evidence to the defense until the defense must have it to prepare for a deposition, pretrial hearing or the trial.
We have that situation in this case due to the well documented need to protect the privacy and safety of W8 (Dee Dee) from harassment and intimidation by the defendant’s supporters.
The vast majority of Brady violations involve situations where the prosecution had exculpatory evidence, but never disclosed it to the defense. In most cases a new team of defense investigators independently discovers the exculpatory evidence several years later during the run-up to filing a state or federal habeas petition after the judgment and sentence of the trial court was affirmed by appellate courts.
Click on the above link for more.
SANFORD — A handwritten letter given to Trayvon Martin’s mother from witness 8 after the deadly Sanford shooting describes what she thought happened the night Martin was shot, according to the prosecutions most recent filing.
http://tiny.cc/7t3ruw
Prosecutor Bernie de La Rionda included the letter from Witness 8, who is believed to be Martin’s girlfriend at the time, in a motion he wrote in response to the defense’s motion filed accusing him of prosecutorial misconduct.
Rionda wrote that Martin’s phone records prove he was talking to her at the time of the confrontation.
The letter, dated March 19, 2012, offers more details into what happened. (Editor’s note: Transposed in its original form)
I was on the phone when Travon decided to go to the cornerstore [sic]. It started to rain so he decided to walk through another complex because it was raining to [sic] hard. He started walking then noticed someone was following him.
Then he decided to find a shortcut cause the man wouldn’t follow him. Then he said the man didn’t follow him again. Then he looked back and saw the man again. The man started getting closer. Then Travon turned around and said why are you following me!! [sic] Then I heard him fall. Then the phone hung up. I called back and no response. In my mind I thought it was just a fight. Then I found this tragic story.
Thank you
WITH RESPECT TO THE STATE’S RESPONSE in Zimmerman case.
http://gzlegalcase.com/index.php/press-releases/135-with-respect-to-the-state-s-response-to-defendant-s-motion-for-sanctions-against-state-attorney-s-office-for-discovery-violations …
The STATE’S RESPONSE TO DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SANCTIONS AGAINST STATE ATTORNEY’S OFFICE FOR DISCOVERY VIOLATIONS, while pointed, has little substance that addresses the very serious motion we have before the Court.
From a legal perspective, the Zimmerman case is about whether George Zimmerman acted in self-defense, but we understand that the case has also become important to the national conversation about race relations, about gun control, and about “Stand Your Ground” laws. Although the Court will not be able to resolve these larger issues, we as the defense team, have chosen to engage in the national conversation in a responsible and respectful way.
George Zimmerman was arrested under an extraordinary set of circumstances, and he is being prosecuted under similar circumstances. As we prepare for a jury trial in June, we have real concerns about George’s ability to receive a fair trial. The DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SANCTIONS AGAINST STATE ATTORNEY’S OFFICE FOR DISCOVERY VIOLATIONS is not a frivolous attack on the prosecution, it is a serious attempt to seek remedy for discovery violations that have a substantial impact on our ability to defend George.
What is at stake is George Zimmerman’s right to a fair trial, and in a broader sense, what is at stake is the sanctity of the criminal justice system and its ability to function properly under the incredible public and political pressures that have been placed upon it.
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O’Mara got spanked
and now he’s bitter. Wah Wah Wah
Mark O’Mara: we as the defense team, have chosen to engage in the national conversation in a responsible and respectful way.
Oh really? Is this respectful, O’Mara?
Bernie’s epic smackdown of Mark O’Mara
http://frederickleatherman.com/2013/03/29/bernies-epic-smackdown-of-mark-omara/
I bow down in absolute awe of Bernie de la Rionda’s epic Shakespear-style smackdown late yesterday of the defense team, their internet troll advisers, and the reporters at the Orlando Sentinel who labor so diligently to spread the defense message. I have never read anything like it and it’s so perfect that I think I would only diminish its impact were I to cut and paste bits and pieces of it into a new post.
It’s as close to perfection as I think is humanly possible and Bernie de la Rionda deserves all of the credit for producing this gem.
Make no mistake. Bernie de la Rionda’s masterpiece is so superior to any other formal written legal argument that I have read or heard about that I believe it will achieve immortality as an example of the elegant smackdown.
Click on the link above for more.
Bernie de la Rionda to Mark O’Mara & Don West…
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STATE’S REDACTED 13TH SUPPLEMENTAL DISCOVERY in Zimmerman case.
http://ow.ly/jzo6S
STATE’S RESPONSE TO DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SANCTIONS AGAINST STATE ATTORNEY’S OFFICE FOR DISCOVERY VIOLATIONS
http://tmwarriors.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/states-response-to-ds-motion-for-sanctions-against-state-attorneys-office-for-discovery-violations-3-28-13.pdf
For a limited time. Fund raising to send someone to Sanford, Florida for Zimmerman’s trial.
For $50.00 plus shipping and handling, you can have an 8 by 10 glossy ready for framing. Say you prefer poster size? For the first 100 people who order, the low price for posture size is only $100.00 plus shipping and handling. Order now for delivery by June 10th.
http://wp.me/a2EUdR-ce
Ewww!
:-) That is how he plans on fleeing — in a box. LOL!!
Judge Nelson- Keep On Pushing
JUDGE NELSON’S ORDER DENYING DEFENSE MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION OF ORDER DENYING DEPOSITION OF BENJAMIN CRUMP, ESQ.
http://tmwarriors.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/fax_0011.pdf
Breaking
Via Natalie Jackson on Twitter
Judge Nelson just DENIED the Defense’s Motion for rehearing (to depose @attorneycrump). No hearing, no discussion, just denied.
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SNAP!
BOOM!
I tweeted to Rene Stutzman:
DENIED in big captial letters! bwa ha ha ha ha! Where is your insulting snarky headline today @renestutzman?
If this is over the top, please delete. It is dedicated to Rene, O’Mara, West, Junior, George, and Zidiots. I can only imagine that Judge Nelson was among the chorus when reading the motion for reconsideration.
http://youtu.be/iGJgyuAu6eo&rel=0
KAPOW! Where’s the graphic, SG2?
@Xena
Express yourself!
@SG2. Thank you. :-)
Della and Millie. Gotta love ’em.
bwa ha ha ha ha
Millie don’t play! And that’s all!
Breaking
Via Natalie Jackson on Twitter
Judge Nelson just DENIED the Defense’s Motion for rehearing (to depose @attorneycrump). No hearing, no discussion, just denied.
Piers Morgan Confronts Robert Zimmerman, Jr. Over Controversial Tweets In Heated Interview
Trayvon Martin’s family attorney responds to Robert Zimmerman’s controversial tweets
http://startingpoint.blogs.cnn.com/
George Zimmerman’s brother Robert is facing a major backlash over controversial tweets he sent comparing Trayvon Martin to De’Marquise Elkins, one of the teens arrested in the shooting of a baby in Florida.
In one tweet, Zimmerman writes that the liberal media should “ask if what these [two] black teens did [to] a woman&baby is the reason [people] think blacks might be risky.”
Zimmerman has apologized, saying that he was simply trying to generate discussion about the media and it’s portrayal of his brother and Trayvon Martin.
Trayvon Martin’s family attorney Benjamin Crump discusses Robert Zimmerman’s tweets on Starting Point this morning and comments on the content of an interview from “witness 9,” revealed to be a cousin of George Zimmerman.
Defense responds to Mr Blackwells’ response to the motion to reconsider the deposition of Ben Crump
http://www.gzdocs.com/documents/0313/defendant_rep.pdf
WTF kind of headline is this?
Benjamin Crump: Judge, don’t make me answer questions from George Zimmerman’s lawyers
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-zimmerman-crump-depo-20130327,0,5147520.story
Benjamin Crump, the attorney for Trayvon Martin’s family, has filed new paperwork, saying there’s no valid reason for a judge to reverse herself and order him to answer defense attorneys’ questions in the George Zimmerman murder case.
On Feb, 22, Circuit Judge Debra S. Nelson rejected defense attorneys’ initial request, agreeing with Crump that he was not at the scene of the shooting and could provide no material details.
But last week, defense attorney Mark O’Mara filed new paperwork, asking her to reconsider
Defense attorneys want to learn more about Crump’s dealings with the state’s most important witness, a young Miami woman who was on the phone with Trayvon moments before Zimmerman shot the Miami Gardens 17-year-old to death Feb. 26, 2012, in Sanford.
Crump discovered her and recorded an interview with her before police even knew that she existed or that Trayvon had been on the phone with anyone.
Rene Stutzman,
Why won’t you focus on what George Zimmerman stated in his text messages after gunning an innocent kid? THAT’S THE NEWS!
George Zimmerman Lawyer Calls Brother’s Racist Tirade ‘Inappropriate’
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/03/27/george-zimmerman-lawyer-calls-brother-s-racist-tirade-inappropriate.html
A stream of racist tweets comparing Trayvon Martin to alleged baby killer De’Marquise Elkins? Robert Zimmerman Jr. is doing his brother no favors, George’s lawyer tells Winston Ross.
If there’s one takeaway from the racist tirade Robert Zimmerman Jr. launched on Twitter over the past few days, it’s this: he and his younger brother are not sharing the same public-relations playbook.
The elder Zimmerman kicked things off by tweeting an “uncanny” image of Trayvon Martin—the 17-year-old unarmed black teenager George Zimmerman shot and killed last year in Sanford, Fla.—next to a picture of another 17-year-old black teenager, De’Marquise Elkins, who stands accused of a horrific crime: shooting a 13-month-old baby in the face last week in Georgia.
Robert Zimmerman Jr.’s caption: “A picture speaks a thousand words. Any questions?”
Then came this tweet, for clarification: “Teen to West (the baby’s mother): ‘Do you want me to shoot your baby?’ #TrayvonMartin to #GeorgeZimmerman: You’re gonna die tonight Motherf**ker.”
The backlash that ensued was swift, and fierce. User @Tisha Starr tweeted: “@rzimmermanjr I just saw 20 pics of teens of all colors flipping the bird, I wondered which one of them will kill tonight!”
“C’mon,” Zimmerman tweeted back. “That’s not the point.”
So what is? In more tweets, Zimmerman walked from one position to the next, from “the way people choose 2publicly portray themselves (with middle fingers) speaks volumes about their character” to “Lib media shld ask if what these2 black teens did 2 a woman&baby is the reason ppl think blacks mightB risky” to the same media’s so-called hypocrisy in highlighting the race issue in the Martin case and supposedly ignoring it with Elkins.
After several requests, Zimmerman replied to an inquiry from The Daily Beast on Tuesday with a direct message: “It’s my birthday, will do the best I can 2 reach U… Thanx4 writing.” His followers had plenty to add. @GreatThee: “17 year old De Marquise Elkins shot a 2 year old baby in his carriage last week. Where is the liberal/black outrage?” And this, which Zimmerman retweeted, from @Talkmaster: “Trayvon Martin story exploded in media. White baby shot in face by black teenager—not so much. We all understand why.”
Zimmerman’s brother ‘has his own opinions about things. He does not represent the defense, and he does not represent George,’ O’Mara said. ‘It’s unfortunate.’
O’Mara needs to remove the blinders. Junior speaks in defense of his brother’s actions. What he speaks demonstrates that Junior believes his brother was justified in killing Trayvon because of the color of Trayvon’s skin.
Junior used Hahn’s blog radio as a platform to gain support for GZ and has yet to publicly denounce Randy Hahn’s statement calling Trayvon the “N” word saying he deserved to be killed.
Demand For Specific Discovery
http://www.gzdocs.com/documents/0313/discovery_demand_326.pdf
The following categories of information are requested in whatever native file format in which they were created. By way of example, all digital files (such as email, text messages, postings) are to be forwarded digitally.
Any and all data in the State’s possession or the State has received regarding any downloads from any phone number connected to George Zimmerman or his wife Shellie Zimmerman or any information that the law enforcement has retrieved, received, or investigated concerning George Zimmerman’s phone, phones, and/or phone numbers.
What does those text messages say? Who did he send them to? I wanna know…
George Zimmerman: Defendant’s Supplemental Witness List (Redacted)
http://www.gzdocs.com/documents/0313/witness_list.pdf
DeeDee’s Story
BENJAMIN CRUMP, ESQ’S RESPONSE IN OPPOSITION TO THE MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION DATED MARCH 15, 2013
http://tmwarriors.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/2013-03-26-crump-resp-in-opp-to-def-m-reconsideration.pdf
I don’t understand why any of you are surprised.
Remember Jr. and George hadn’t spoken to each other for years until George shot Trayvon and he needed the family to circle the wagon (that includes Rent-A-Negro-Friend Joe Oliver).
And Robert has been using his murder in an attempt to get a job in the industry.
I bet experts have never seen so many narcissists and sociopaths in one immediate family
Robert Zimmerman is a buffoon. And daddy Zimmerman is posting on the CTH and lying his behind off. The entire clan are without morals.
Ok, here we go again, folks. This joker won’t stop.
DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SANCTIONS AGAINST STATE ATTORNEY’S OFFICE FOR PAYMENT OF ATTORNEY FEES AND COSTS
http://www.gzdocs.com/documents/0313/mot_for_sanctions_fees.pdf
Hmmm. I wonder if BDLR would like comments posted by Zidiots regarding their desire to see video taped depositions of DeeDee and Trayvon’s parents, including suggestions that since O’Mara named the person to video tape, they could obtain copies from him?
What’s wrong with those people? What’s wrong with O’Mara?
@SG2. They are bullies who use fear tactics, just like GZ.
O’Mara better recognize…no one is afraid of bullies. This ain’t 1968.
Defense files pretty glittering balloon to keep hope alive in Zimmerman case
http://frederickleatherman.com/2013/03/26/defense-files-pretty-glittering-balloon-to-keep-hope-alive-in-zimmerman-case/#comment-92569
The defense filed a specious motion yesterday afternoon in the Zimmerman case seeking a sternly worded judicial rebuke of alleged prosecutorial misconduct, imposition of terms (i.e., a fine), and attorney’s fees.
This is yet another whining complaint about W8′s (Dee Dee) statement that she did not attend Trayvon Martin’s funeral because she was not feeling well and went to the hospital.
I think it is an attempt to distract the public’s attention from the defense decision several weeks ago to forego an immunity hearing, thereby implicitly admitting that it has no defense. Instead, by resorting to the well known propaganda technique of repetition while aided and abetted by a compliant media ever so eager to repeat anything they say, regardless of merit in the self-interest of securing higher ratings and increased profits by providing so-called “balanced” coverage that promotes the illusion of a legitimate defense, the defense seeks to link the words “liar” and “perjurer” with Dee Dee so that the public, and hopefully the jury, will already have decided to disregard her testimony.
Watch the pretty glittering balloon and for God’s sake don’t you dare look at my hands.
WTF is O’mara doing. WTF do all these folks have to do with FEBRUARY 2012 murder of Trayvon, pray tell?
O’Mara is full of it.
http://youtu.be/6DHz6Wwb7Y8&rel=0
Keep DIGGING…
George Zimmerman’s lawyers file witness list with 130 names
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/trayvon-martin/os-george-zimmerman-defense-witness-list-20130326,0,6953235.story
SANFORD – Attorneys for George Zimmerman have filed a new defense witness list, and it includes more than 130 people. Among them: Trayvon Martin’s mother and father, their attorney Benjamin Crump, former Sanford police Chief Bill Lee Jr. and former State Attorney Norm Wolfinger.
It also includes Sanford City Manager Norton Bonaparte and several other members of Trayvon’s family, including his step-brother and the Oviedo cousin with whom he’d spent the night the evening before he was fatally shot.
Attorneys seldom call all the witnesses they list, still the list placed in the official court file Monday is extraordinary for its length.
It includes many people who clearly have no direct connection to the shooting or what happened Feb. 26, the night Zimmerman killed Trayvon, 17.
Bonaparte, Sanford’s city manager, is one example. So is Sondra Osterman, a close friend of Zimmerman who opened her home to the defendant and his wife and hid them for weeks before he was arrested.
It also includes Khaled Akkawi, owner of Shoot Straight, a chain of gun ranges where Zimmerman bought the handgun he used that night, and a private investigator hired by Crump to do detective work for Trayvon’s family.
Many of the witnesses are those whom the state also will likely call, for example Sanford police officers who were involved in the initial investigation and investigators who work for Special Prosecutor Angela Corey, who took over the case in March.
130 witnesses? GTFOH Zimmerman!
I think they hope that such a long defense case will make the jurors forget the State’s devastating case and it leads me to believe that George won’t take the stand not that the cancellation of the immunity hearing didn’t lead me to the same conclusion.
Unfortunately the State is one the same side as the Sanford PD, Wolfinger and Lee and O’Mara will use that to his advantage assuming that the State won’t attempt to cross them after O’Mara gets them to tell why they didn’t believe that George had committed a crime.
I think they hope that such a long defense case will make the jurors forget the State’s devastating case and it leads me to believe that George won’t take the stand not that the cancellation of the immunity hearing didn’t lead me to the same conclusion.
Precisely!
Are the little ‘blah’ children that Georgie mentored on the defense’s witnesss list too?
We haven’t heard the either the ‘mentoring blah children’ or ‘George worked hard for Sherman Ware’ talking point in a while.
Roderick
I don’t believe George mentored anyone. For starters– he’s much too dumb for that. Look at his GPA? He failed community college. Who does he think he’s kidding?
I know the mentoring story is a lie that’s why I called it a talking point’ and now that it looks as if there won’t be any delay in the trial both O’Mara and Jr. aren’t pretending to be nice any more and don’t care how racist their tactics or statements are perceived.
They are just trying to salvage anything they can from this fiasco because after those donations poured in last year O’Mara thought he’d be rich and Jr. saw a way to fullfill his dreams of stardom even if it meant profiting from the death of an innocent teen for Omara and using his brother’s arrest and trial to achieve his lifelong goals for Jr.
When they trotted out the ‘mentoring blah children’ and ‘the George assisted in the Sherman Ware investigation’ stories I was convinced that these people were racist because they basically admitted that they didn’t interact with blacks freely or on a regular basis.
I just realized that Bonaparte is on the list to keep the racist dollars pouring it.
Putting two black men on the list ( the other being Crump) especially since many believe that Bonaparte was the reason that Bill Lee got his walking papers and that Bonaparte was part of some wide-ranging conspiracy with the other brothers (Crump, Parker, et al) will get the mouth breathers a’ seething and a’ donating.
I saw Bonaparte on the list. Why would O’Mara put him on the list?
Zimmerman Attorney Charged With Conspiracy? (PERJURY)
O’Mara: Fine prosecutors for hiding witness lies
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/trayvon-martin/os-george-zimmerman-sanctions-20130325,0,1425704.story
George Zimmerman’s attorneys on Monday formally accused prosecutors of being unethical, saying that for seven months, they hid a pair of lies by their most important witness, and that they should be punished for it.
The allegations, spelled out in a new court pleading, mark a new low in the case.
Defense attorneys Mark O’Mara and Don West have complained for months about Assistant State Attorneys Bernie de la Rionda and John Guy, saying they have refused repeated requests to turn over key pieces of evidence. This time, they’ve asked Circuit Judge Debra S. Nelson to fine and admonish them.
Prosecutors are required to release in a timely fashion information to a suspect if it might help prove his innocence. In this case, according to paperwork filed by O’Mara, de la Rionda and Guy have flouted that rule.
For seven months, they knew that the state’s most important witness, a young Miami woman who was on the phone with Trayvon Martin just moments before he was shot, had lied about going to a hospital a few days later, according to the new paperwork.
Dear Defense…
I believe the word for this filing is either IRONY or HYPOCRASY.
DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SANCTIONS AGAINST STATE ATTORNEY’S OFFICE FOR DISCOVERY VIOLATIONS
http://www.gzdocs.com/documents/0313/mot_for_sanctions_discovery.pdf
New Sanford police chief to be sworn in Monday
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-sanford-new-police-chief-ceremony-20130325,0,6194629.story
Sanford swears in its new police chief Monday, nine months after former chief Bill Lee Jr. was fired following criticism over his handling of the investigation into the slaying of Trayvon Martin.
Cecil Smith, 51, of Elgin, Ill., is to take the oath from Mayor Jeff Triplett in a City Hall ceremony that’s open to the public.
It begins at 10 a.m. in city commission chambers. Smith will hold a news conference afterward, the city’s public information officer reported.
Smith was chosen from 76 applicants and will be paid $114,757 a year.
He will run a department with 132 sworn officers.
It has been run by an interim chief, Richard Myers, for 10 months, following the dismissal of Lee in June.
Lee and his department came under withering criticism for its decision not to arrest George Zimmerman, a Neighborhood Watch volunteer, who shot Trayvon, an unarmed black 17-year-old, Feb. 26, in a west Sanford subdivision.
The 29-year-old Zimmerman says he acted in self-defense. He was arrested several weeks later after a special prosecutor charged him with second-degree murder. His trial is set for June 10.
This is sad. I know the brother needs a job but he’s acting as window dressing for this police department which no doubt is as racist as it was twelve months ago.
Window dressing indeed. He won’t last long. Start counting the days…
Smith was Chief of Police in Elgin, IL, which is about 70 percent White and currently has a growing Latino population. It will be interesting to see how the current SPD staff re-acts to him.
Old man Robert Zimmerman is so disgusting! The entire family is worthless scum. They have no morals, no shame. And they’re ALL incredible lying racists liars. A place in hell is reserved for all of them for profiting from blood money.
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rz says:
March 25, 2013 at 2:46 pm
I sincerely appreciate everyone’s opinion.
However, there are several opinions I feel are somewhat inaccurate. I/we have been called ‘comfortably clueless’, ‘unable to make good decisions’, ‘naive’ and ‘socially liberal’. Heck, I’ve even been called a democrat !!!
I don’t believe ‘naive’ is descriptive at all. My wife worked in the Circuit Court for 28 years, I was a Magistrate for eight years. However, to be fair, I certainly did not anticipate the clearly justified use of force by George would take on the dimension it has.
Our primary focus is, and always has been, the exoneration of George. However, we are absolutely committed to seeing justice for all concerned. This certainly includes Angela Corey, Pam Bondi, Governor Scott, and the entire Scheme Team. I will not rest until that is accomplished. If individuals mistakenly perceive my patience and determination for a weakness, that’s their right.
Another item of concern are comments such as ‘Beasely, MOM and Z found some common ground, they all want to make some money’ and that the Zimmermans ‘should cease asking for money/support’. I can only comment on my objectives, and what I believe are George’s. Money has never been a motivation for any Zimmermans, ever. However, holding the media, and others, accountable for their egregious actions may only be accomplished by their paying for their actions. As stated previously, I hope, and anticipate, many will be held accountable for their harmful actions. To be clear, I have never ‘asked for money/support’.
George does need funds for his defense, that’s a given. My wife and I have never received any funds whatsoever, other than very limited donations to our website.
Again, I appreciate the comments of all. Please do not rush to judgement, We clearly have seen the results of individuals, with little actual knowledge of the facts, rushing to judge others.
rz
RZ: To be clear, I have never ‘asked for money/support’.
None besides the website*cough, cough*
Lies like both of his sons. Either lying is genetic in that family or its contageous because they all lie, but never very well.
RZ: My wife and I have never received any funds whatsoever, other than very limited donations to our website
My God he contradicted himself within a few words.
These people are frighteningly alike that you would think they were clones of the same person.
Hi Roderick!
bwa ha ha ha ha
Nailed it.
Look what ay2z wrote this morning on the Leatherman blog. It’s excellent.
GZ: “I didn’t have time to reflect, I had time to reflect.” “I thought he was closer to my age” – “late teens”, “He’s running” He wasn’t running”, “I don’t know why he was running, I was on the phone, it happened so fast”, “He wasn’t running out of fear, he was skipping”. Never went home, “went home to pick up some things”, “you got a problem, homie?” or”You got a problem [without homie]?”, went down when punched, or maybe hot, “think I tried to push him away, maybe stumbled”, “don’t need you to call 911, “I went for my phone, wanted to call 911 instead of NEN this time”, “don’t need you to do that, they are coming”.
George Zimmerman’s Brother Not Really Helping
http://wonkette.com/508253/george-zimmermans-brother-not-really-helping
Sorry dudes, but if you don’t want to experience the beauty and cosmic joy that is George Zimmerman’s brother explaining Race Facts at you, just go ahead and wait for the next post.
Still with us? Then you get to learn that Zimmerman’s brother, Robert Zimmerman Jr.*, is tweeting pictures of Trayvon Martin coupled with the kid who has been charged with shooting that lady’s baby, and explaining that DID YOU KNOW THEY ARE BOTH BLACK TEENS? Yes, George Zimmerman’s brother has America totally dialed: black teens shoot and murder babies, so his brother, who shot and killed an unarmed black teen, IS NOT A RACIST. QED motherfuckers!
“Blacks are thugs and murderers, I’m not a racist” does not seem like the best defense, but it is Florida, so maybe it will work awesome. Since last night, Robert Zimmerman has been on a Twitter rampage, explaining that everything is the media’s fault, and that explaining that blacks are violent monsters is the opposite of racism, because his family is Hispanic.
(That the shooting of Trayvon Martin could not have been racially motivated because the shooter himself is a minority is one of our “favorite” — not favorite — tropes of this whole fucked thing. We just love when Tucker Carlson plays dumb.)
So congratulations, Robert Zimmerman Jr., on your airtight logic and million steps forward for our postracial society. With patriots like you, who needs Stormfront?
George Zimmerman & Company ARE GOING DOWN.
Past 911 call: George Zimmerman reports black male he’s seen before
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Zimmerman’s Unknown Character Witnesses
Isn’t it true if the defense has character witnesses testify for George that the State can bring in their own rebuttal witnesses?
Does O’Mara really want all of those residents that George wronged on the witness stand parrotting that George harrassed them and threatened them?
Especially the ones who have told of incidents where George followed them which is eerily similar to the crap he pulled on Trayvon the night he murdered him in cold blood.
You would think they wouldn’t go there but stupid is as stupid does.
The trial can’t come soon enough so we’ll be rid of this despicable racist trash once and for all.
Dayum, can he dig a deeper hole for his brother? These tweets all but convicts his brother’s ass. Definitely an example where Zimmerman’s lawyer should fire him as his client.
Can Junior possibly demonstrate more evidence of his racial prejudice?
He is helping to make the case of just how racist his entire family really are.
Considering that he associates with Piercy and Randy Hahn, what Junior is doing is making sure that his brother is nailed on federal charges for committing a racial hate crime.
Bingo!
Even former Senator and present Klansman Trent Lott know when to QUIT. The Zimmerman family could take lessons from him.
Funny you should mention Trent lot because I am a native of Mississippi and I have although believed that Trent’s played around with a black female or two in his day.
Strom Thurman sure pulled the wool over their eyes.
“sure that his brother is nailed on federal charges for committing a racial hate crime”
Isn’t that what the text messages that is under seal until the trial is all about?
I believe that it was ladyclaire who that the text messages from late March 2012 were a racist confession along the lines of (I killed that n—-r and got away with it or something like that).
It fits the timeline when Rent-A-Negro-Friend Joe Oliver was making the rounds telling anyone who would listen that George and his family had thought that the Trayvon’s shooting ‘had blown over’, and we know what an arrogant a-hole George who is also as dumb as a box of rocks so it isn’t as improbable that his fat little fingers got carried away and spilled the beans.
Isn’t that reason O’Mara is attempting to find out the details of the FBI investigation so he can determine if the feds have enough to charge George with a hate crime and if so then he has to decide if he wants to discuss with George a possible plea deal in the state case against him?
For the love of Moses I hope Angela Corey won’t accept a plea deal. And I wanna know what he texted and to whom?
@SG2
At the first bond hearing, BDLR said that GZ texts messages were about “a reverend” and “the victim’s father.” BDLR did not state the content of the messages, but we get a clue from Junior’s rants about there being a Black agenda against GZ.
Southern, I don’t believe that Corey will because she has something to prove now that she’s been trashed in the media by the likes of Alan Doosherwitz and other talking heads.
Besides being influenced by the racial component of this case I think that some of the men criticizing her are jealous that a woman had the balls to bypass a grand jury and charge George herself.
Convicting George of Murder 2 could her make her a power player in Florida politics or just very rich and famous.
Either one would be hard to resist and putting away a sorry-arsed bastard like George for the rest of his life would be gravy.
I heard it was to Trayvon’s father.
I feel better. I read that pleas deals don’t come easy with her. So bring it on, Angela!
Jeralyn Merritt and Alan Doosherwitz both have lost their minds when it comes to this case. I can’t take too much of Jeralyn.
@roderick2012
Could be, but my impression is that O’Mara wants to know what the feds know in order to attempt to circumvent the federal investigation.
@ Southern Maybe Jeralyn or the Dooch will represent Georgie when he files his appeal from Cell block A.
@ Xena how the can O’Mara circumvent the Feds?
They have more resources than the state of FL.
@roderick2012
The feds are not obligated by law nor rule to share discovery with those under investigation. So, O’Mara is trying to circumvent that by getting the State to obtain federal discovery material.
@Xena
But when O’Mara filed that flawed request to obtain some type of discovery from the Feds responded that O’Mara had already received discovery from the Feds and that he knew the correct procedure.
Of course O’Mara purposely flubbed the request to make it seem as if the other black boogieman Eric Holder was withholding some phantom evidence that would clear George.
All to gin up ‘them’ donations.
Southern, Essie Mae was an open secret in South Carolina for a very long time.
Another blog I post on did an article several weeks ago citing an article in 1972 South Carolina newspaper which spoke about Strom’s black daughter.
I don’t know if you have ever been in the South or if you know anyone who lives there but everybody is in everybody else’s business.
They call it being friendly…I call it being a nosey and a busybody!!
When it came to mixing race and sex back in the early 20th century especially in the Deep South that business would have been all over town. LOL
When it came to mixing race and sex back in the early 20th century especially in the Deep South that business would have been all over town. LOL
bwa ha ha ha ha ha….Yep! I know! News like that was much too much to keep quiet about.