Washington DC - -(Ammoland.com)- Although George Zimmerman was found “not guilty” by a jury of his peers in the self-defense shooting of Trayvon Martin, Attorney General Eric Holder refuses to give Zimmerman’s gun back.
The Sanford police department confirmed that the DOJ has placed a “hold” on evidence relating to the Zimmerman trial. Officers have been instructed not to return “any pieces of evidence to their owners,” including Zimmerman’s gun.
The Daily Mail suggests this is one more sign that “the criminal section of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division is seriously investigating whether civil rights charges should be filed.”
The DOJ has not said if or when it will “take custody” of the evidence being held. For now, Holder has made it clear he is “concerned about the case,” and the DOJ is examining every aspect of it to see if civil rights charges can be pursued.
What possible use, other than being an asshole, does Holder have for stealing Zimmerman's property?
ReplyDeleteMaybe he knows a collector south of the border who is looking for a "collectable". Thats where he sent all of those other firearms he was supposed to be tracking.
DeleteIt will be interesting to see whether the pandering to the vocal few will extend to the federal level. The FBI already conducted an investigation to look for profiling and civil rights violations and came up with nothing.
ReplyDeleteThis is sort of closely mirroring the criminal trial that just took place. First prosecutor declines to charge, special prosecutor assigned, trial takes place, etc.
It's the same thing but on a more massive scale. Now the DOJ is soliciting information that would enable a hate crime charge, or any other charges civil rights groups can tell them about. This has gone beyond investigating something that looks like a crime and has crossed the line into picking a target and looking for anything that they can make stick against him.
DeleteAdded to this abuse of prosecutorial discretion is the fact that Zimmerman has already been tried for his actions on the night in question. Unfortunately, the courts have weakened our protections against double jeopardy so much that they can get away with this--trial for murder and manslaughter failed? Well, we'll just shake things up so that we charge at least some other element like hate crimes or civil rights violations and we're good as gold to rehash the same old stuff--this time with the full, railroading might of the U.S. Government!
I don't think the DOJ can charge him with a hate crime. That's too much of a stretch. For that, they need to go far beyond the basic profiling and superficial indications they have. I think they're just stalling until passions subside.
DeleteEven if that's all they're doing, it's a waste of resources for a political reason, and by a department that is not supposed to be political, and whose primary goal is to be justice.
DeleteWhy are you progressives so comfortable with politically motivated prosecutions?
How does this help passions subside? Keeping it in the news keeps tempers flared.
DeleteThe American Civil Liberties Union, stung by the backlash to its initial reaction to the George Zimmerman acquittal, has reversed its position on whether the Department of Justice (DOJ) should continue its post-acquittal pursuit of Zimmerman. The day after the acquittal, ACLU Executive Director Anthony Romero released a statement that endorsed the furthering of the DOJ’s hunt against Zimmerman, saying:
ReplyDeleteWe are writing to clearly state the ACLU’s position on whether or not the Department of Justice (DOJ) should consider bringing federal civil rights or hate crimes charges as a result of the state court acquittal in the George Zimmerman case. The ACLU believes the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Constitution protects someone from being prosecuted in another court for charges arising from the same transaction. A jury found Zimmerman not guilty, and that should be the end of the criminal case.
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/07/21/ACLU-Reverses-Championing-Pursuit-of-Zimerman
I agree. We'll just have to wait for GZ to get busted selling some memorabilia in a Las Vegas hotel room.
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