Should have seen this coming. Attorneys for a man who police said shot three people at the culmination of a neighborhood feud have filed a motion demanding a jury determine…
I am sure almost every woman has a story to tell, here is one of mine...
I was 25 and having drinks with friends at Harpoon Hannah's (yeah, I know.). A man approached our table and asked me to dance. I thanked him for the offer, but declined. I even offered an excuse, "I'm hanging out with friends tonight. I haven't seen them in a while, but thank you." Frankly, my "no, thank you" should have been enough, but I get that approaching a stranger and asking them to dance can be difficult, so I always tried to be kind. Can anyone guess what happened next?
Police chief Bill Lee, of Sanford police, has insisted he carried out a "fair and thorough" investigation of the killing and that he cannot arrest George Zimmerman because he has told police he shot the teenager in self-defence and there was no evidence to contradict his account.
A thorough investigation? Not a chance. No evidence to contradict Zimmerman's account? Well, if you don't look for or gather evidence then there won't be evidence, now will there? Gross incompetence of the Sanford Police would be a generous description at this point. Let's look at what the Sanford Police didn't do.
There's been a lot of talk about Florida's Stand Your Ground (SYG) Law since the death of Trayvon Martin. So I decided to take a look at this law (which approximately 20 other states have adopted). Welcome to the age of vigilantism.
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