it s one of many new developments. late word that authorities in a nearby county arrested a man who they say e-mailed a death threat to sanford police chief bill lee. chief lee, you ll recall, stepped aside temporarily yesterday. to date man who fire him but hasn t, city manager nort an bonapart spoke about the force that chief lee runs. any trust that may have existed in the police department is gone and that for african-americans in sanford, florida, it was always shaky to begin w. let s be very clear. chief lee has been the chief of the sanford police department for ten months. the issues brought to my attention regarding the black community and the sanford police department go back many, many, many years. we ve been looking into the reasons why that is including the brutal beating of an african-american homeless man in which police initially let the assailant, the son of a sanford police lieutenant, go free. that beating led to the early departure of the last police c
battle. later this hour. you saw the movie, well wait until you see this. artifacts from the real titanic, we ll bring it to you live in studio. you re watching weekend early start with news doesn t take the weekend off. we give you context and analysis, that is the killing of trayvon martin as the national fury grows, vigils and marchs are spreading. demonstrators have become the trademark signal wearing hoodies and holding skittles. george zimmerman said he did it in self defense. last night his attorney broke the silence. here what is he told anderson cooper. what is your client has your client told you about the night he shot trayvon martin? that, i believe he should have made a statement to police at that time. i think he did, i don t know for a fact because i haven t seen the police reports on this case. i have not discussed the evening of what occurred that time. i think that will come out through the investigation process, done by law enforcement. you have
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 t spoken publicly about the martin case until today speaks now. but my main message is to the parents of trayv
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
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 t spoken publicly about the martin case until today speaks now. but my main message is to the parents of trayvon martin. you know, if i had a son he d l