STATE OF FLORIDA V. ZIMMERMAN 7/14/2013 (Post-verdict thoughts segment 2)
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- Published: Sunday, 14 July 2013 14:56
Posted on July 14, 2013
STATE OF FLORIDA V. ZIMMERMAN (More and more thoughts): I was watching the various “talking heads” post verdict last night on a particular cable news outlet and the participants were getting facts about this case wrong (surprise) and as a result, in my opinion, were contributing to more confusion about FACTS about this case in terms of the historical chronology and thereby fanning what I call “the flames of ignorance” in terms of accuracy in reporting, accuracy in journalism and responsibility of being on as a broadcaster.
I have reviewed some of my prior efforts at www.constitutionally-speaking.com to inform, and to be accurate and to be responsible to serve as a basis of this entry. I am re-posting a portion here for the purpose of speaking to the accuracy of matters for both you as the reader, and for those in the television “cable channel media” that continuously get it wrong. I am doing this because two (2) of the alleged “authorities” that were on this channel uttered bold inaccuracies. One of the uttered bold inaccuracies is the proposition that “the Sanford Police Department did not want to arrest or prosecute George Zimmerman.” That is false because of the following that I have previously posted and reported on www.constitutionally-speaking.com:
1. Monday, Mar. 12, 2012: The case is handed over to state prosecutors by Sanford Police who will make a decision on if Zimmerman will face charges. This is important because it was the then Prosecutor of the 18th Judicial Circuit until January 8th, 2013, an elected official, Florida State Attorney Norman R. Wolfinger who made the decision that there was insufficient evidence for a conviction of George Zimmerman on the charge of manslaughter in this case matter and did not want to prosecute. IT WAS NOT THE SANFORD POLICE who did not want an arrest. Police do police work, and then TURN THAT WORK OVER TO THE STATE’S ATTORNEY’S OFFICE. So the so-called “professionals” who were broadcasting last night need to be corrected.
2. Tuesday, Mar. 20, 2012: Former State Attorney Norm Wolfinger announced a Seminole County grand jury will review the death after criticism.
3. Thursday, Mar. 22, 2012: Former State Attorney Norm Wolfinger steps down from the investigation. Gov. Rick Scott appoints state attorney Angela B. Corey to the case.
So again “professional television broadcasters” and so-called “authorities” and so-called “leaders” who should have more accuracy in reporting, accuracy in journalism and responsibility get your FACTS STRAIGHT.
Let me also say that I am not defending the Sanford Police nor am I “on their side” or anything of the like. However, I am helping to reiterate accuracy in what happened chronologically in order for you the reader to have real balance of information as you review what happened in this case. As a result, and staying with facts as to how the Sanford Police treated this matter and in particular how they handled the lifeless body of the slain victim Trayvon Martin on that horrible evening of February 26, 2012, I ask you to recall this reported court testimony below from Tuesday June 25, 2013 from Sgt. Tony Raimondo of the Sanford Police Department.
Admitted evidence showed, in the eyes of this writer, that the Sanford Police did their jobs and wanted an arrest. Must I remind you of the important and compelling moments of Sanford Police Sgt. Tony Raimondo’s testimony were:
- That the deceased Trayvon Martin had no pulse when Sgt. Tony Raimondo checked once he arrived to the scene of the incident.
- That Sgt. Tony Raimondo was the one who valiantly tried to revive Trayvon Martin by direct mouth to mouth attempts at resuscitation and did not use a “mask” to do cpr. “It was an extraordinary circumstance” Sgt. Raimondo said about his direct mouth to mouth attempt at trying to save the life of Trayvon Martin.
- That Sanford Police Officer Officer Ricardo Ayala helped too with trying to revive Trayvon Martin with compressions according to Sgt. Tony Raimondo’s testimony on direct. And Sgt. Raimondo testified that he could hear the “bubbling sounds” on Trayvon Martin’s lifeless body as he tried to revive Trayvon Martin.
- And Sgt. Tony Raimondo testified that he called to the crowd (once a crowd gathered) for saran wrap and Vaseline as he tried to save Trayvon Martin’s life; this was done, according to his testimony, to try to seal the wound, and “a civilian obliged. He was an Asian male. He gave me a plastic grocery bag. I then tried to seal exit wound with the bag. I then lifted Mr. Martin to a seated position with Officer Ricardo Ayala helping. We wanted to seal exit wound first and then the chest wound” Sgt. Raimondo testified. “I then felt the cold ice tea can in his pocket; I did not find an exit would, so I laid Mr. Martin back down on his back and continued cpr. Then rescue was called and rescue took over. Then rescue hooked up the ekg. Rescue then pronounced death of Mr. Martin, and I put an emergency blanket over his body for respect and preserve evidence.”
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