TRAYVON POLICE CHIEF FIRED & ZIMMERMAN RE-ENACTS WHAT HAPPENED
Saying he’s lost the trust of officials, a city manager fired a central
Florida police chief who was criticized for his agency’s initial
investigation of Trayvon Martin’s shooting death at the hands of a
neighborhood watch volunteer.
Sanford City Manager Norton Bonaparte sai he relieved Chief Bill Lee
of duty because he “determined the Police Chief needs to have the trust
and respect of the elected officials and the confidence of the entire
community.”
“We need to move forward with a police chief that all the citizens of
Sanford can support,” Bonaparte said. “I have come to this decision in
light of the escalating divisiveness that has taken hold of the city.”
The initial lack of an arrest following the death of Martin, an
unarmed black teenager, by neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman
in February led to protests across the nation and spurred a debate
about race and the laws of self-defense. Zimmerman’s father is white and
his mother is from Peru.
17-year-old Martin was fatally shot following a Feb. 26 altercation
with Zimmerman, who claims self-defense and has pleaded not guilty. New
tapes released today (Thursday) show Zimmerman describing what happened
that night.
“I shot him, and I didn’t think I hit him because he sat up and said, ‘Oh you got me. You got me, you got it,’” said Zimmerman during a nearly 20-minute re-enactment shot by investigators at the scene of the shooting the next day.
In the video Zimmerman, 28, gives a blow by blow description of how the fight began and depicts Martin as the aggressor, a key point as his legal team builds his defense on Florida’s controversial “stand your ground” law.
“I shot him, and I didn’t think I hit him because he sat up and said, ‘Oh you got me. You got me, you got it,’” said Zimmerman during a nearly 20-minute re-enactment shot by investigators at the scene of the shooting the next day.
In the video Zimmerman, 28, gives a blow by blow description of how the fight began and depicts Martin as the aggressor, a key point as his legal team builds his defense on Florida’s controversial “stand your ground” law.
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