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George Zimmerman: In Hiding
Examiner.com
- BY: DOUGLAS V. GIBBS
- JULY 14, 2013
- Found not guilty, George Zimmerman walked out of the court house a free man, and then went into hiding. Zimmerman and his parents have received death threats, and the Obama administration is going to go against the Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution (Double Jeopardy) and is unconstitutionally filing federal charges against George Zimmerman.
Rallies across America ensued after Zimmerman was found not guilty, demanding justice. Disappointed in Zimmerman’sacquittal, people took to the streets. The protests were largely peaceful, with a few incidents of violent activities and clashes with police. Some windows were broken, vehicles damaged, and in one case the Stars and Stripes was lit on fire. Those that support the Trayvon Martin family are calling the justice system flawed, and demand change.
No system is perfect, but ours is the best in the world. This case, however, went as experts expected. There was no evidence supporting the claim that Zimmerman killed Trayvon with malice, or that his actions were racially influenced. Zimmerman claimed his was a case of self-defense, and that is what the evidence and testimony supported. Some were even surprised the case went to court in the first place, calling it “politically motivated.”
Even the prosecutors showed a lack of certainty regarding whether or not Zimmerman committed the murder they were prosecuting. The prosecutors could not get definite statements out of their own witnesses, and the defense did not have to try to present alternative possibilities. The case was so weak that the local Sanford District Attorney refused to bring charges against Zimmerman. That is why, on the orders of the governor, an outside District Attorney, Angela Corey, had to be brought in to handle it. Sanford Police Chief Bill Lee was fired because he also refused to charge Zimmerman with a crime. Even the lead detective on the case, Christopher Serino, told the jury he believed Zimmerman’s version of the events.
