in a nearby county have arrested a man whom they say e-mailed a death threat to sanford police chief, bill lee. he s stepped aside temporarily yesterday. today, the man who could fire him but hasn t, city manager norman bonaparte, spoke about the force that chief lee runs. he said any trust in the police department is gone and this for african-americans in sanford, florida, it was shaky to begin with. let s be very clear. chief lee has been the chief of the sanford police department for ten months. the issues that have been brought to my attention regarding the black community and the sanford community go back many years. we have been looking into that, including the brutal beating of a homeless man, in which they let the son of a sanford police lieutenant go free. that led to the early departure of the police chief. we re going to detail that incident and others shortly. and you re going to hear from sanford s mayor, jeff triplett. and meantime, president obama who hasn
john martin, shot by a neighborhood watch captain in a central florida gated community. tonight the outrage has come full circle. it has come home. you re looking at a rally tonight in sanford, florida. people gathering from all around the country, not far from where on the 26th of february trayvon martin was returning to his future stepmother s home with a bag of candy and iced tea. that evening george zimmerman, armed with a 9 millimeter automatic, pursued him, allegedly confronted him and shot him dead. today after weeks of withering criticism about his department s handling of the case and a vote of no confidence by sanford s city commission the police chief temporarily stepped aside. he did not step down. nor did sanford s city manager fire him even though he has the power to do so. in a moment we ll ask him why. first john zarrella who is at tonight s rally. reporter: anderson, some of the late developments today is that governor rick scott, florida s governor, has ap
thanks for joining us. i m cannily crowley. john king is off. the parents of a florida teenager whose death ignited outrage. also on the eve of the presidential primary, a rye alt check for rick santorum and newt gingrich. plus a big bank has a new way to help people stay in their homes even if they re facing foreclose. captions by vitac www.vitac.com we begin with the fatal shooting of florida teenager trayvon martin and the florida police department s decision not to arrest the person who pulled the trigger. this morning there was a message for trayvon martin s parents. if i had a son, he d look like trayvon, and, you know, think they are right to expect that all of us as americans are going to take this with the seriousness it deserves and that we re going to get to the bottom of exactly what happened. cnn s john zarrella is in sanford, florida, where trayvon live and died. john, how are trayvon s parents reacting to the president? reporter: you know, can
central florida gated community. tonight the outrage has come full circle. it has come home. you re looking at a rally tonight in sanford, florida. people gathering from all around the country, not far from where on the 26th of february trayvon martin was returning to his future stepmother s home with a bag of candy and iced tea. that evening george zimmerman, armed with a 9 millimeter automatic, pursued him, allegedly confronted him and shot him dead. today after weeks of withering criticism about his department s handling of the case and a vote of no confidence by sanford s city commission the police chief temporarily stepped aside. he did not step down. nor did sanford s city manager fire him even though he has the power to do so. in a moment we ll ask him why. first john zarrella who is at tonight s rally. reporter: anderson, some of the late developments today is that governor rick scott, florida s governor, has appointed a special task force to also contribute to this
paul callen is with me right here on set. paul, let s talk about this first. my question is 17 counts of murder. reports are he had killed 16 afghan civilians. can you help us make sense of that? this is very strange. it sounds like there may be another victim. the original reports were 9 children, 3 women and 4 men were killed in this rampage and now we seem to have another victim, so 17 counts would look like another victim. i suppose they could have indicted him on two theories relating to one count of murder, that s a possibility as well, but we ll have to wait to see the details. would it be if perhaps one of the victims, one of the women were pregnant? would that be another possibility? it s unlikely that that would be the case. you would really you d have to have a fetus that was ready to be born. you know, one of the major problems in this case, and this has been said by the defense attorney, how do we know how these individuals were killed, because this took