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From what I've been reading, there may be some sort of connection between...

Robert Zimmerman - the retired magistrate, who lives in a more upscale community near that of his son.
State Attorney Norman Wolfinger - who recused himself from the case.
Sanford Chief of Police Bill Lee - suspended.
Detective Chris Serino - the head homicide detective, who was not called to the shooting scene (a narcotics detective was called instead), but was present at the police station when George Zimmerman was brought in.

Robert Zimmerman gave an videotaped interview in which he stated:
Trayvon Martin got on top of him, and just started beating him. In his face, on his nose, hitting his face on the concrete.

After nearly a minute of being beaten, George was trying to get his head off the concrete, trying to move with Trayvon on him, in the grass. In doing so, his firearm was shown. Trayvon Martin said something to the effect of, 'You're going to die now,' or 'You're going to die tonight' or something to that effect. Then this supposedly happened: Robert Zimmerman said Martin continued to beat his son, and George Zimmerman at some point pulled out his gun and "did what he did." http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/03/29...ened-his-life/

A few problems with this account.

According to George Zimmerman, Martin was on top of him, his knees pinning down Zimmerman's arms. The handgun was in a belt holster; it would have been behind Martin. How did it come into view? And if it did come into view and Martin was at this point determined to kill Zimmerman, why didn't Martin reach for the gun?

Also, Martin stating "You're going to die tonight" would be an important piece of evidence. I've found no information that Zimmerman told this to the Sanford police when he was interviewed.


On the night of the incident, Norman Wolfinger was either at the shooting scene or the police station, and spoke in person with Bill Lee. It was reported that it's highly unusual for the State Attorney to initially appear at the crime scene; it's generally an assistant. There have been other violent crimes in the Sanford area. Why did he go to this one?

Detective Chris Serino is the one who found problems with Zimmerman's account, and stated in an affidavit on Feb 26th that Zimmerman should be charged. He was overruled by the prosecutors office. On or about March 5th, Serino and another detective interviewed the 13 year old boy who was walking his dog, heard the gunshot, and spoke to the 911 dispatcher.



I wondered how ABC obtained the police video. The reporter, Matt Gutman said in an interview that he just asked the police, and they gave it to him.

There might be conflict between the Sanford police, who are taking most of the criticism for a decision they didn't make, and the prosecutor's office.