Two different cases, but Florida is hardly unclear. The PD investigated the case and under Florida law, determined that no crime was committed. A special prosecutor was appointed solely for political reasons and with a predetermined decision to prosecute. A grand jury did not see the case and the media has repeatedly used photos of Martin at an age much younger than on the night of his attack on a person who was not violating any law to prejudice public opinion.texanjoker wrote:Jumping Frog wrote:Let's hope there is a similarly reasonable jury willing to ignore community pressure while looking at facts being seated over in FL.
Those are 2 different cases. Here we had uniformed leo's that are paid to go out and be proactive. The FL case involves a normal citizen that went against the advice of the 911 system. It will be very interesting to see how that case ends up.
Police dispatchers' "advice" is not a lawful order of a police officer. Zimmerman was not breaking the law when he was unlawfully attacked by Martin.
Chas.