Smart. She is going straight for the arrest and not waste time and our tax payers money on this racist murderer.
Prosecutor Will Not Use Grand Jury in George Zimmerman Case: Smart or Sketchy?
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Special prosecutor Angela Corey has announced that she will not use a grand jury to decide whether or not indict George Zimmerman, the man who fatally shot Trayvon Martin, ABC News reports. She says a grand jury will not be necessary in making the decision and assures the public, "The decision should not be considered a factor in the final determination of the case."
Analysts are calling Corey's decision "bold" and "shocking" because grand juries can be used as political cover in controversial cases. Prosecutors can shift the burden of the decision (in this case, whether or not to indict Zimmerman) onto the jury to avoid public scrutiny. Some suspect the reason she bypassed a grand jury in the George Zimmerman / Trayvon Martin case was to block racial agendas that have developed around the case in either direction. But was it the right move?
Analysts are calling Corey's decision "bold" and "shocking" because grand juries can be used as political cover in controversial cases. Prosecutors can shift the burden of the decision (in this case, whether or not to indict Zimmerman) onto the jury to avoid public scrutiny. Some suspect the reason she bypassed a grand jury in the George Zimmerman / Trayvon Martin case was to block racial agendas that have developed around the case in either direction. But was it the right move?
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+32NOTICE ZIMMERMAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED ON 2nd DEGREE MURDER WITH NO BAIL
Smart. She is going straight for the arrest and not waste time and our tax payers money on this racist murderer.
I'd think involving a grand jury would make the proceedings more legit.
George Zimmerman and canonizing Trayvon Martin!
so, where IS IT!
ISSUE THE WARRANT ALREADY!!!!!
EXCUSE ME EVERYONE BUT DO YOU ALL NOT KNOW THAT ALL OVER THIS COUNTRY, BLACK PEOPLE ARE KILLED ALL THE TIME......
WHY HAVE THE DEMOCRATS CHOSE TO MAKE THIS INCIDENT A FOCAL POINT?
I KNOW WHY.................. SMOKE AND MIRRORS ...............DISTRACTION..
OBAMA DOES NOT WANT YOU THINKING OF HIS RECORD BECAUSE HE HAS NOTHING TO RUN ON.
THE ECONOMY A TOTAL DISGRACE
GAS PRICES AND DENYING THE KEYSTONE PIPELINE
HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT
FAST AND FURIOUS ILLEGAL GUNS TO THE MEXICAN DRUG CARTEL
FAILED HOUSING MARKET
MASS CLOSINGS OF BUSINESSES ALL OVER THE U.S.
THIS IS WHAT OBAMA DOES NOT WANT YOU THINKING ABOUT AND THIS LIST IS NOT EVEN A SCRATCH ON THE TOP
Who are you to pass judgment on Zimmerman? Were you there?
WHO WAS THE ONES THAT HAVE CAUSED SO MUCH CRAP OVER WHAT HAPPENED? The Democrat Party! NAACP, Black Panthers all support Obama
SMOKE AND SCREENS TO GET PEOPLE'S MIND OFF OF THE REAL ISSUES WHICH IS?
OBAMA'S CRAPPY RECORD AS PRESIDENT
Niether do you. You have no information on whether or not what happened that night was fair to anyone. Innocent until proven guilty. I'll wait.
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April 6, 2012, 7:05 pm
NBC Fires Producer of Misleading Zimmerman Tape
By BRIAN STELTER
NBC News has fired a producer who was involved in the production of a misleading segment about the Trayvon Martin case in Florida.
The person was fired on Thursday, according to two people with direct knowledge of the disciplinary action who declined to be identified discussing internal company matters. They also declined to name the fired producer. A spokeswoman for NBC News declined to comment.
The action came in the wake of an internal investigation by NBC News into the production of the segment, which strung together audio clips in such a way that made George Zimmerman’s shooting of Mr. Martin sound racially motivated. Ever since the Feb. 26 shooting, there has been a continuing debate about whether race was a factor in the incident.
The segment in question was shown on the “Today” show on March 27. It included audio of Mr. Zimmerman saying, “This guy looks like he’s up to no good. He looks black.”
But Mr. Zimmerman’s comments had been taken grossly out of context by NBC. On the phone with a 911 dispatcher, he actually said of Mr. Martin, “This guy looks like he’s up to no good. Or ...
Saturday, April 7, 2012
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April 6, 2012, 7:05 pm
NBC Fires Producer of Misleading Zimmerman Tape
By BRIAN STELTER
NBC News has fired a producer who was involved in the production of a misleading segment about the Trayvon Martin case in Florida.
The person was fired on Thursday, according to two people with direct knowledge of the disciplinary action who declined to be identified discussing internal company matters. They also declined to name the fired producer. A spokeswoman for NBC News declined to comment.
The action came in the wake of an internal investigation by NBC News into the production of the segment, which strung together audio clips in such a way that made George Zimmerman’s shooting of Mr. Martin sound racially motivated. Ever since the Feb. 26 shooting, there has been a continuing debate about whether race was a factor in the incident.
The segment in question was shown on the “Today” show on March 27. It included audio of Mr. Zimmerman saying, “This guy looks like he’s up to no good. He looks black.”
But Mr. Zimmerman’s comments had been taken grossly out of context by NBC. On the phone with a 911 dispatcher, he actually said of Mr. Martin, “This guy looks like he’s up to no good. Or he’s on drugs or something. It’s raining and he’s just walking around, looking about.” Then the dispatcher asked, “O.K., and this guy — is he white, black or Hispanic?” Only then did Mr. Zimmerman say, “He looks black.”
The editing of the segment was initially noticed by NewsBusters, an arm of the Media Research Center, a conservative media monitoring group. On March 31, NBC told The Washington Post that it would investigate.
Inside NBC, there was shock that the segment had been broadcast. Citing an anonymous network executive, Reuters reported that “the ‘Today’ show’s editorial control policies — which include a script editor, senior producer oversight and in most cases legal and standards department reviews of material to be broadcast — missed the selective editing of the call.”
On April 4, the network news division said in a statement that it deeply regretted the “error made in the production process.”
“We will be taking the necessary steps to prevent this from happening in the future and apologize to our viewers,” the network said.
It did not specify what steps it would take. But one day later it dismissed a Miami-based producer who had worked at NBC for several years.
The people with direct knowledge of the firing characterized the misleading edit as a mistake, not a purposeful act.
I'd say they did exactly what needed to be done.