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In reply to the discussion: Wait! What?! Zimmerman kept the gun after shooting Trayvon. [View all]Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)19. It's clear by now
1. The cops are incompetent/indifferent
2. The cops too readily believed whatever fantasy Hollywood scenario Zimmerman told them (and I still want to read the statement he gave that night)
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Wait! What?! Zimmerman kept the gun after shooting Trayvon. [View all]
Are_grits_groceries
Mar 2012
OP
Yes, they did. He was also treated, according to the report, for minor wounds.
sabrina 1
Mar 2012
#12
That's strange. Maybe they've moved it or taken it down. Anyhow, I had a window still open so here's
sabrina 1
Mar 2012
#38
OMG they didn't even try to help Trayvon until they had finished monkeying with Zimmerman!
yardwork
Mar 2012
#39
The other thing that stood out to me was the time between Zimmerman's call to the police and
sabrina 1
Mar 2012
#41
I think the disparity in time is because Zimmerman was talking to the non-emergency dispatch.
X_Digger
Mar 2012
#42
Well, there is no disparity in the time. I had wondered about it, how long it took after the first
sabrina 1
Mar 2012
#43
I've also served on three trial juries, and my experience differs sharply from yours
slackmaster
Mar 2012
#27
Welcome to NRA America, Government can take a man's life, but not his gun....
Junkdrawer
Mar 2012
#4
There's a direct correlation between killing small "d" democracy, and this madness....
Junkdrawer
Mar 2012
#8
Do you know for a fact that the Sanford police did NOT examine Zimmerman's gun?
slackmaster
Mar 2012
#11
Thanks. I think you and I are substantially in agreement as to what's going on.
slackmaster
Mar 2012
#14
His ballot isn't potentially the principle evidence in a murder investigation. nt
Romulox
Mar 2012
#20
He's already admitted to the shooting. I don't see how he could change his story at this point.
slackmaster
Mar 2012
#24