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sanford police investigation supervisor captain robert o'connor, met in person with state attorney norman wolfinger. quote, on a typical case, police contact the state attorney's office and speak with an on duty assistant state attorney. rarely the state attorney, himself, or herself. so why would the state attorney meet face to face with police hours after trayvon's murder? what was so important or different about this case? the stunning news of the nighttime meeting comes a day after we learned that the lead homicide investigator wanted to arrest george zimmerman for manslaughter. the "miami herald" reports that sanford police department requested an arrest warrant for zimmerman from the state attorney's office, but the state attorney, norman wolfinger said no. quote, pending further review. but it seems that review went nowhere, even though the 911 tape shows st s zimmerman went the high school student that night. >> [ bleep ]. they always get away. >> are you following him? >> yeah. >> okay. we don't need you to do that. >> okay. >> zimmerman was pursuing trayvon, even after being told not to.
sanford police investigation supervisor captain robert o'connor, met in person with state attorney norman wolfinger. quote, on a typical case, police contact the state attorney's office and speak with an on duty assistant state attorney. rarely the state attorney, himself, or herself. so why would the state attorney meet face to face with police hours after trayvon's murder? what was so important or different about this case? the stunning news of the nighttime meeting comes a day after we...
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norman wolfinger decided there was insufficient evidence for conviction. interim police chief refusing to comment on the allegation that those leaks are coming from his department. >> we are looking into the leaks, the so-called leaks if you will, and that is an internal process that's going to handle that situation. if there's something that i can bring to you all at a later time, i will. but as of right now there's nothing to report on it. >> congressional democrats taking their own look into trayvon martin's killing today. florida representative fredrique wilson laying out her version of the case. >> trayvon is the victim of a botched police investigation full of incompetence or intelligent mismanagement. this investigation is laced with racial profiling lies, and murder. trayvon was hunted, chased, tackled and shot. >> trayvon martin's parents sabrina fulton and tracy martin and attorney saying: >> of course my heart is broken, but it breaks even more to know that we have not gotten justice yet and that this man has not been arrested for shooting and k
norman wolfinger decided there was insufficient evidence for conviction. interim police chief refusing to comment on the allegation that those leaks are coming from his department. >> we are looking into the leaks, the so-called leaks if you will, and that is an internal process that's going to handle that situation. if there's something that i can bring to you all at a later time, i will. but as of right now there's nothing to report on it. >> congressional democrats taking their...
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norman wolfinger stepping down to avoid con picture of appearance.pecial prosecutor stepping in and stating law cited by police for not having charged zimmerman may not have covered his case. >> florida's justifiable use of deadly force law including the recent addition to the law that people commonly refer to as stand your ground may or may not be applicable law on this. >> reporters asking city manager what temporary means. >> once i have a report that demonstrates to me--that shows me the actions of the police department, and how they formed this instance, that's temporary. >> george zimmerman's father, robert, defending his son and blasting the media. the media portrayal of george as a racist could not be further than the truth. at no time did george confront mr. martin. even the candidates of the g.o.p. nomination lined up. newt gringrich with his condolence. >> while this is a tragedy,age it is a tragedy. they will seek justice. >> mitt romney what happened to trayvon martin is a tragedy. there needs to be a thundershower rowneeds to bea thorou
norman wolfinger stepping down to avoid con picture of appearance.pecial prosecutor stepping in and stating law cited by police for not having charged zimmerman may not have covered his case. >> florida's justifiable use of deadly force law including the recent addition to the law that people commonly refer to as stand your ground may or may not be applicable law on this. >> reporters asking city manager what temporary means. >> once i have a report that demonstrates to...
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hours later, the local state attorney, norman wolfinger, recused himself from the case. president obama has made a swing through western states to promote his ministrations so- called all of the above energy policy. thursday, he appeared in cushing, oklahoma to announce his support for transcanada to build the southern leg of its keystone oil pipeline from oklahoma to texas. the move comes two months after obama rejected the canada to texas keystone xl pipeline after large protests by environmental groups. there's a bottlenecked right here because we cannot get enough of the oil to our refineries fast enough. if we could, then we would be able to increase our oil supplies at a time when they are needed as much as possible. right now a company called transcanada has applied to build a new pipeline to speed more oil from cushing to state of the refineries in the gulf coast. today i'm directing my administration to cut through the red tape, a brick through the bureaucratic hurdles, and make this project a priority to go ahead and get it done. >> president obama boasted his
hours later, the local state attorney, norman wolfinger, recused himself from the case. president obama has made a swing through western states to promote his ministrations so- called all of the above energy policy. thursday, he appeared in cushing, oklahoma to announce his support for transcanada to build the southern leg of its keystone oil pipeline from oklahoma to texas. the move comes two months after obama rejected the canada to texas keystone xl pipeline after large protests by...
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then i was told by a source with knowledge of the investigation that the state attorney norman wolfingerh the chief and the chief of investigations either at the scene or at the police station which ratchets up the unusual nature of this even more. why were the three top guys in law enforcement and law here in this county on the scene of this shooting if there were no police involved, no prominent citizen involved. well, the speculation is george zimmerman's dad is a retired judge, lives in nearby lake mary. that leaves question what is brought these senior level people to the scene. >> thank you, joy-ann. you sat down with trayvon martin's parents. let's play a little bit of what they told you and we'll come back and talk about it. >> zimmerman was able to unholster his weapon and fire one shot and trayvon fell back and said you got me. that's what the police initially told me. >> what was your reaction to that account? >> saying to myself no way. at that point i knew there was something terribly wrong. >> that was tracy martin, trayvon's father. tell me more about the interview. sittin
then i was told by a source with knowledge of the investigation that the state attorney norman wolfingerh the chief and the chief of investigations either at the scene or at the police station which ratchets up the unusual nature of this even more. why were the three top guys in law enforcement and law here in this county on the scene of this shooting if there were no police involved, no prominent citizen involved. well, the speculation is george zimmerman's dad is a retired judge, lives in...
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that is overruled but the state attorney who was norman wolfinger.em, that george zimmerman has declared that this was self-defense and under the stand your ground law, once you make that statement, the rules of investigation begin to change. the burden changes for investigators because you're essentially saying my life was in jeopardy, i had to take a life to save my own. and that's why you had chief lee, who was head of the sanford department until just recently, he was saying we couldn't file charges because of that very clear state law. so that's why you seem to have this conflict. you have the lead investigator saying one thing but he gets overruled. he was overruled because the state of florida law says you can't charge someone until you get more proof and that's what they're trying to do. >> so is the confusion here between the law and what the state attorney says and what have you, the recommendation by the lead investigator, is that what's at issue here? because if there was not -- if not for the stand your ground law, would we be discussing
that is overruled but the state attorney who was norman wolfinger.em, that george zimmerman has declared that this was self-defense and under the stand your ground law, once you make that statement, the rules of investigation begin to change. the burden changes for investigators because you're essentially saying my life was in jeopardy, i had to take a life to save my own. and that's why you had chief lee, who was head of the sanford department until just recently, he was saying we couldn't...