No surprise. His department did a disastrously poor job of investigating that case. It showed a complete lack of training and discipline.
The DA will probably be next.
Police Chief In Trayvon Martin Case FIRED. Agree or Not?
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Sanford, Fla., has fired Bill Lee, the police chief who initially oversaw the controversial investigation into a neighborhood watch captain's fatal shooting of a 17-year-old, Trayvon Martin. The initial lack of an arrest drove widespread protests and propelled the case into national headlines.
"After much thoughtful discussion and deep consideration for the issues facing the city of Sanford, I have determined the police chief needs to have the trust and respect of the elected officials and the confidence of the entire community," Sanford City Manager Norton Bonaparte was quoted saying in the city's statement. "We need to move forward with a police chief that all the citizens of Sanford can support. I have come to this decision in light of the escalating divisiveness that has taken hold of the city." See full story at
http://news.yahoo.com/trayvon-martin-case-police-chief-bill-l...
Do you agree with the City of Sanford's decision to fire the Chief?
"After much thoughtful discussion and deep consideration for the issues facing the city of Sanford, I have determined the police chief needs to have the trust and respect of the elected officials and the confidence of the entire community," Sanford City Manager Norton Bonaparte was quoted saying in the city's statement. "We need to move forward with a police chief that all the citizens of Sanford can support. I have come to this decision in light of the escalating divisiveness that has taken hold of the city." See full story at
http://news.yahoo.com/trayvon-martin-case-police-chief-bill-l...
Do you agree with the City of Sanford's decision to fire the Chief?
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Jeremiah 2012/06/21 17:17:59
Read the bullet points.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/0...
Trayvon was walking home minding his own business.
I don't think premeditation was involved either, but Zimmerman did not have the Authotity to carry a gun or stalk a stranger, especially a boy. I think he wanted to play cop. Obviously, that wasn't the right role for him to fantasize about.
I can understand Trayvon's statement of being scared. In Martin's situation I would probably have beat the crap out of some guy following me around. Now we'll never know exactly what happened, but Zimmerman did not determine that this child needed to die. He did kill Trayvon and as a result he needs to be put in jail. Manslaughter would be appropriate.
This was a perfect storm of circumstances and I'm personally glad the court is the one who will return the verdict and not me --- which is how it should be. No one has the right to pass judgment on this case without hearing all the evidence.
There had been 8 reported burglaries in the area over the last few months, one just a week or so before the shooting. One neighbor was terrorized with her baby in her home when two black teens just walked into her house. in the middle of the day. She ran upstairs and locked herself and her baby in a bedroom while calling the police. The police came in time to keep the burglars from stealing her TV, but not in time to keep her life from being overturned. She and her husband moved away that same week. This was in the same block as the Zimmerman's. The two young men were never found.
Another Twin Lake citizen was broken into after construction crews noticed two black teens loitering near a home and called the police. The police didn't get there in time and they got away.
After this Zimmerman was told by the Twin Lake management establishment to organize a neighborhood watch.
Like I said - all the circumstances were there for a perfect storm. A
ND AGAIN!!! I will say, I'm not saying Zimmerman was necessarily wise in pursuing Treyvon, but with all this information about what was happening in his neighborhood, it seems to me that he was s...
There had been 8 reported burglaries in the area over the last few months, one just a week or so before the shooting. One neighbor was terrorized with her baby in her home when two black teens just walked into her house. in the middle of the day. She ran upstairs and locked herself and her baby in a bedroom while calling the police. The police came in time to keep the burglars from stealing her TV, but not in time to keep her life from being overturned. She and her husband moved away that same week. This was in the same block as the Zimmerman's. The two young men were never found.
Another Twin Lake citizen was broken into after construction crews noticed two black teens loitering near a home and called the police. The police didn't get there in time and they got away.
After this Zimmerman was told by the Twin Lake management establishment to organize a neighborhood watch.
Like I said - all the circumstances were there for a perfect storm. A
ND AGAIN!!! I will say, I'm not saying Zimmerman was necessarily wise in pursuing Treyvon, but with all this information about what was happening in his neighborhood, it seems to me that he was simply trying to protect - NOT TO KILL!!
Whatever idiocy his 20's wrought in his life (a police record) he obviously straightened up as there were no more incidents after 2005 (that's 8 years with a clean record).
All of this will come out in the case and the jury will decide. Unless you are on the jury - YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO PASS VERDICT!!! And that is the end of this conversation because you talk in circles and hear nothing.
oh, that's right, there were no judge or jury. just an executioner. that's a role it's too late for you to fill - no matter how much you wish you could.
and you claim to have the facts while chiding someone else that she does not.
nor do you.
Trayvon had 2 tattoos: one was the name of his girlfriend the other said, "Nana" as in "grandma." yep, some gang tats. and having tattoos is certainly an executable offense, as we all know.
I will bet dollars to doughnuts that you call yourself a Christian.
may God have mercy on your soul when your time of judgment comes. remember the admonition to 'judge not?'
yet you have decided that this 17 year old deserved to be executed for walking down the street carrying tea and candy.
The picture accompanying this blog and it's mass distribution as an image of the "boy" that was killed is what I took issue with. That picture is 6 years old. (Edited due to misunderstanding of who was depicted)
This picture shows a 17 year old full grown man with tattoos on his face, neck and both hands. It is the most recent one I can find and in this pictures he's obviously proud of his tats - so my question is WHY ISN'T this picture - the more recent one, being used when discussions are taking place? WHY? Because it throws a whole other light on the subject and the press and the black community knows it.
I do not attempt to pass judgment as to the heart of Zimmerman - that will be up to the jury - but I'm sick to death of the media manipulation of facts.
That rapper she posted has a family and the most precious baby girl. The only street you're going to see him on is somewhere in Bevery Hills or Brentwood.
Drug use? Got caught with a little pot. You probably have a little in your drawer right now.
Violence? Heres why he was suspended from school:
" Martin was suspended for ten days, not five, for being in an unauthorized area on school property, not a violent behavioral issue, as the Miami Herald indicates he did have behavior problems of some non-violent type. Still, an Orlando Sentinel story quotes a teacher as saying he was suspended for being tardy and had no behavior issues."
You're just assuming the Right Winged media is right in their made up overblown stories.
Read the facts next time!
I guess that article teaches us not to be TARDY!!! God forbid!!!
Anyone who believes that public school officials would suspend a student for 10 days because of tardies is asinine. My daughter was caught playing with a lighter in the girls bathroom - something that put the whole school at risk - and she was suspended for 2 days. TWO DAYS!! A ten day suspension is a WHOLE LOT more serious than simple tardies...I don't care what liberal news media you quote. That's just plain common sense - obviously something you know little about.
He was found with jewerly that didn't belong to him and screwdriver in his backpack and in the past he was suspended for graffiti.
Does that mean he deserved to die - NO! But it certainly should make you wonder why all of this information is only now coming out while over the last several months Treyvon has been depicted as a 12 year old mama's boy. At least try and think outside the box the libs have you in.
I quoted something his TEACHERS quote. I believe that.
I am not racist. I'm the one for the child, remember. Maybe you should check yourself. You're the one posting photos of grown men who are NOT Trayvon without doing your homework.
Trayvon Martin, the teenager whose shooting death has sparked a national uproar, was suspended from school last month for having a baggie that contained marijuana residue in his book bag, a family spokesman said Monday." (MSNBC report)
Don't know what your sources are, but there are plenty out there about Treyvon being on the edge of unlawfulness. Does that mean he deserves to be killed - NO!
But it does beg the question as to why he's been painted as an innocent 12 year old in order to stir up the black community and try, convict and hang Zimmerman in the court of public opinion.
All I'm saying is let the courts do their job and stop with the inflamtory hate spewing long enough to hear the evidence. That's really not unreasonable.
Oh, and the picture posted above by you....not Trayvon!
"This is not a photograph of Trayvon Martin but rather a picture of rapper Jayceon Terrell Taylor, better known by his stage name Game. The confusion apparently came about because the latter's photo was used to accompany articles in which he commented on the Trayvon Martin shooting. The medical examiner's report on the death of Trayvon Martin indicated that the deceased was actually 5'11" and weighed 158 lbs. ". Please Google him! I dare you!