these are not his house but he is the one who winds up inside pushing out whoever it is that is there or telling them they have to go. this is her house and he ends up locking her out and barricades himself in. two things. if this behavior had predated the treyvon martin case, would any of this made its way into evidence. given what you know about the case and the way george zimmerman responded, how does this help inform us about what happened with martin? first it would not have come in unless they could establish a relationship because a defendant has to be convicted of the facts in a particular case and not based on some other incident. but the bigger question is george zimmerman s anger
and this is somebody who has actually shot a gun and taken a human life. and i think really probably what is the most disturb something the fact that yes, clearly there was anger and rage that took place in this incident but once george zimmerman picks up the phone and calls 911, this natural calm, this is not the way you expect someone to behave when there is an incident that is violent and involves firearms. this is someone who, when his firearms were just held by the police for a certain period of time, nra activists went out and raised $12,000 to make sure that he got that gun. this is somebody who went and took pictures of himself at the cal-tec manufacturing plant, smiling, buying the same brand of gun used in the martin case. the two women in this case, mrs. zimmerman and this young women. shelly zimmerman chose not to press charges which is why george zimmerman didn t even
law since my first public words on the subject in a 1979 new york times oped piece. policing has never been done by the rule book and policing the police is usually not done by the rule book either. the officer wrote that he wasn t shooting at the mother behind the wheel. he said he was aiming at the left rear tire in an attempt to immobilize the vehicle. most enlightened police departments do not allow the use of warning shots of any kind or the mythical practice of firing at tires to stop vehicles. most bullets fired by police miss most of the time. they miss their target. whatever they are aiming at, most of their bullets. police bullets fired at moving targets are virtually guaranteed to miss the target which means they all will ricochet off of pavement in unpredictable directions or in this case they were just as likely to miss that
confrontation, he aims the gun at people. and this is somebody who has actually shot a gun and taken a human life. and i think really probably what is the most disturb something the fact that yes, clearly there was anger and rage that took place in this incident but once george zimmerman picks up the phone and calls 911, this natural calm, this is not the way you expect someone to behave when there is an incident that is violent and involves firearms. this is someone who, when his firearms were just held by the police for a certain period of time, nra activists went out and raised $12,000 to make sure that he got that gun. this is somebody who went and took pictures of himself at the cal-tec manufacturing plant, smiling, buying the same brand of gun used in the martin case. the two women in this case, mrs.
they miss their target. whatever they are aiming at, most of their bullets. police bullets fired at moving targets are virtually guaranteed to miss the target which means they all will ricochet off of pavement in unpredictable directions or in this case they were just as likely to miss that tire if that s what he was really aiming at and hit one of the children in the car. it may be that the officer was aiming at the tire and it may be that officer montoya was advised to say that by someone who understand the law better than the officer. the woman has been charged with abuse of a child and blamed for putting her children in the line of fire of out of control police officers. she is also charged with aggravated fleeing a law enforcement officer and charged for two marijuana pipes found in that minivan. her 14-year-old son who rushed to her assistance and interfered