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In reply to the discussion: Trayvon also made a 911 call? How come we are not hearing about it? [View all]leveymg
(36,418 posts)From the initial release of a "sanitized" version of Zimmerman's police dispatcher call (racial slur erased) to the withholding of the victim's own 9/11 call, to the misreporting by the major media of Zimmerman's felony assault on a police officer and two domestic violence arrests, and the fact that his father who is a retired Judge got him off all 4 charges, there's a pattern of cover-up and an attempt to mislead the public here. Please, see, http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002462631
The focus of the investigation now needs to widen to include the actions of the local police and Sheriff Departments, the State Prosecutor, and the major media who have attempted to downplay and distort reporting of this story. Particular fault goes to the Orlando Sentinel and Washington Post's profiles, picked up by most of the rest of the media, that obscured Zimmerman's felony assault and omitted mention that the father is a retired Judge. Now, we learn that the victim's 9/11 call was not reported.
There's been a major abuse of power and privilege as well as racially-motivated cold-blooded murder, and the perpetrator is still running around free with the murder weapon.
Infuriating - which is why the media is dutifully downplaying the facts.