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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJust heard via CNN that U.S. Justice Dept. to investigate Treyvon Martin killing.
Last edited Mon Mar 19, 2012, 05:03 PM - Edit history (1)
Good!
edit: Blitzer is going to be discussing it this hour 4p.m. CST.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)felix_numinous
(5,198 posts)AnotherDreamWeaver
(2,850 posts)I'm glad to hear this is going forward. This type of murder needs to be stopped.
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)But that's really all I know. Still it's excellent news!
elias7
(4,003 posts)There's no link and no text and it's not posted in LBN.
it's good news, but an empty post. What are your rec criteria?
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)He just said he WILL be discussing it.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)DLevine
(1,788 posts)Brickbat
(19,339 posts)Have you heard more?
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)I really wasn't hearing things!
slackmaster
(60,567 posts)SoCalMusicLover
(3,194 posts)He targeted the kid because he was black.
It's murder, with a racism element.
Paladin
(28,257 posts)Leftist Agitator
(2,759 posts)There seems to be quite a bit of corruption in any police force that would allow an unarmed teenager to be murdered in the street and fail to arrest the shooter.
adigal
(7,581 posts)What is going on???
librechik
(30,674 posts)closest I get is Reuters who says they FBI is keeping an eye on the situation. What does that even mean?
Glimmer of Hope
(5,823 posts)no reports that DOJ is officially involved. I think the FBI is considering involvement.
NotThisTime
(3,657 posts)Brickbat
(19,339 posts)Blitzer said the DOJ is going to investigate it.
Initech
(100,076 posts)Glimmer of Hope
(5,823 posts)sandyj999
(1,628 posts)seabeyond
(110,159 posts)boston bean
(36,221 posts)this whole thing stinks to high heaven!
Canuckistanian
(42,290 posts)Mark my words.
stranger81
(2,345 posts)Given that the Sanford, Florida police department is manifestly uninterested in doing so.
SkyNeT13
(7 posts)that's where this is headed... i don't suspect the wite power movement will protect "zimmerman"...
Overseas
(12,121 posts)OPOS
(73 posts)Remove it from the locals who dropped the ball.
Skittles
(153,160 posts)something needs to be done - the facts as we know them are very disturbing
spanone
(135,832 posts)good news
ecstatic
(32,704 posts)Why was Trayvon tested for alcohol and drugs, yet Zimmerman wasn't?
opihimoimoi
(52,426 posts)shcrane71
(1,721 posts)Smilo
(1,944 posts)I hope they throw the book at the Sanford PD
Smilo
(1,944 posts)libodem
(19,288 posts)As far as I'm concerned. He needs to be in custody.
nashville_brook
(20,958 posts)Sanford PD must be cleaned out. period.
full stop.
just1voice
(1,362 posts)Who doesn't love propaganda whores exploiting a child's death and spewing lies nationally? I wouldn't go anywhere near those psychopaths and their TV shows.
just1voice
(1,362 posts)That's the only CNN I'd ever watch.