Down. It was this time that five department of correction employees were taken hostage. Now, that starts at 10 30 and at 2 40 one of the five hostages that was injured was released identified as a 35yearold correction officer and struck numerous times in the face with fists and a mop ringer. He is ted to be awake and four hostages inside and one counselor inside of building c. A flow down unit where inmates from maximum security is processed into medium security and we dont have an official count of the hostage takers at this point and reports of as many as 35 and they are not confirmed. Nor do we have specific demands or threats against the hostages, authorities are not taking questions or answering questions at this point in time. They are trying to have a situation where they have an ongoing situation to negotiate peaceful resolution and the department of correctional personnel and fbi are involved. They are not taking questions but indicated every hour they will put outp dates abou
Place that it came . How did it occupy everyone from the white house to the governors office. Rick scotts office here in florida to the appointment of the special prosecutor. How did it become and ben crump the family attorneys words the civil rights case of the 21st century. In my friend and colleague phil keating has been tracking it throughout. So tell us, brother, how did it describe this evolution from tragedy to political extravaganza . Really started very slowly and then a crescendo in the month of march of 2012. First a 17yearold black kid is shot and killed doing nothing wronging about through the neighborhood according to pair rens. The dad asking police why have you not arrested him, you know who it is, it is George Zimmerman. The Sanford Police said they didnt have enough evidence and probable cause. That is when they got ben crump the civil rights attorney up in tallahassee galvanized everybody and then get the girlfriend who says on the phone there was a guy that said wha