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In reply to the discussion: Wait! What?! Zimmerman kept the gun after shooting Trayvon. [View all]slackmaster
(60,567 posts)We don't deprive people of civil rights in this country until they've at least been CHARGED with a crime.
When the police shoot someone, they have to turn their gun in and stand down until a review is completed.
Yes, guns are often taken as evidence when investigations when there is some doubt as to who was shot by whom. In this case there is no doubt. Zimmerman admitted shooting Trayvon Martin.
I know that sounds strange to some people here. I expect The One Who Posts Subject Lines In All Caps or the idiot who called me a "sociopath" the other day or someone from the Great White North to call me out for "supporting" George Zimmerman, but I'm not.
I don't want police given the power to arbitrarily jail people or take away other civil rights without due process. Sometimes the police are inept, sometimes they are corrupt, sometimes they just screw up, but we can't have them throwing people in jail without solid, documented reasons that are subject to challenge.