Yesterday I was taken aback by the comments of Sheriff Don Eslinger, the Seminole County Sheriff. Shortly after the jury began deliberating Sheriff Eslinger convened a news conference to announce that he would not tolerate lawlessness after the verdict is announced. It is not what he said, but how he said it. His tone was accusatory and threatening and in my view based upon negative presumptions about the African American community. 
Posted on July 12, 2013
taleph Haynes Davis, Esq.
Posted on July 4, 2013As the prosecution rested its case last week, and now the defense is continuing to present its case in State of Florida v. Zimmerman this week, here is one of the observations that I made at the end of the State of Florida’s case in chief and I asked the following question (s):
Read more: State V. Zimmerman Notes And Thoughts 7/8/2013
ZIMMERMAN TRIAL 7/2/2013
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- Published: Wednesday, 03 July 2013 12:01
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Posted on July 3, 2013
The State of Florida in the 2nd degree murder trial of George Zimmerman on Tuesday presented more evidence to the jury of five women and one man in week number two of the trial of the man that killed Trayvon Martin. The jury heard testimony and evidence again from Chris Serino the Sanford police detective who led the homicide investigation, Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Valerie Rao, federal air marshal Mark Osterman who was George Zimmerman’s friend, and Kristen Bentsen, Seminole County Sheriff’s Office Latent Print Analyst as witnesses testifying for the state.
Posted on July 8, 2013