different from the death or the killing. it s interesting to me that mr. bonaparte would use that term. it certainly is, lawrence. and it s such a contradiction for what they put on the challenge police report. the initial police report had trayvon martin as the subject which would lead you to suggest that zimmerman was the victim and so i think it s because we keep calling them out, keep calling to the carpet, this kid, based on nothing more than his stereotype of him. and that s what is so hard to his parents. and attorney crump, are you worried about the ballistic tests and on that gun we don t have immediate access to the clothing because there is altercations in the police report that we do not have the reference to in the report? you know, lawrence, you re absolutely right. it is challenging because when
reverend, i want to play your interview with mr. bonaparte where he talks about his own experience of problems with the police, what he calls walking while black. i have been found guilty of walking while black. i have been stopped by the police officers. i believe simply because i am black. i realize that. i have sons and grandsons. we want to make sure the martin family gets justice. reverend, that s the sensibility that you want at the city but do you think mr. bonaparte has been moving too slowly? i think that the feeling is that he has been moving too slowly and too cautiously and when he says he s been found guilty, walking while black or being profiled as a black, the question i raise is what are you willing to do about it? because clearly you re not just talking about a culture. you re talking about a crime. people do have and ticketing and otherwise killing you in this
city manager and i don t think the mayor is alluding to this, that you have to have a law enforcement expertise or skill set, the information is pretty straightforward. to be quite blunt, i think police supervisors, sergeants all over the country within 20 to 30 minutes of getting on the scene here, there would be an arrest. trying to create this i just don t understand why this whole process seems to be so stuck in place and needs so much analysis. this is not an issue of who killed this man. the issue is, is there any justification and there doesn t appear to be a scintilla of valid evidence the newest sergeants make these decisions in 20, 30 minutes. a justice system that works its way through. mayor triplett, what is the temporary aspect of the chief s status? do you ever expect him to resume his duties while he s not doing the job? i have not had the opportunity to talk to mr. bonaparte about this.
and because of the way that it s been handled since that point in time that we got involved in. from a managerial position, when i look at my heart and think has he done a good job since then, i have to say that i don t think so. mayor triplett, who is in charge of the police department now? bonaparte has named the two captains as co-leaders until we can figure out what the next step is with bringing someone in for the interim. eugene, what would you recommend for a police department in this kind of troubled situation? to be honest with you, the
especially with reverend al s devotion to this cause for justice. it s a step in the right direction but we still don t have an arrest yet. it s more investigating and, you know, you kind of ask, what do we have to investigate? it s a step in the right direction when a leader in the state says the whole world is looking at our state and we need to get this right. so we are cautiously optimistic tonight. we got to keep the pressure on until we get an arrest. reverend al, we both on this show last night talked to mr. bonaparte, the city manager. you did an amazing interview with him tonight. i want to play a little piece of that, beginning with where he explained why chief lee has stepped aside. you once said this was a complete and fair investigation, did you i said it. the chief said it. do you know believe this has been a fair investigation? i believe the sanford department has done what it could. i ve phrased contradictions where you have blatant contradictions with wha