Not sure about the others though. I am sure FAUX news probably hasn't said a word about it.

the worse will be the backlash once they are compelled to reveal this little fact, which will inevitably make its way into the proceedings.

that just doesn't happen unless there's big political muscle flexing behind the scene.

A source with knowledge of the investigation into the shooting of Trayvon Martin tells theGrio that it was then Sanford police chief Bill Lee, along with Capt. Robert O'Connor, the investigations supervisor, who made the decision to release George Zimmerman on the night of February 26th, after consulting with State Attorney Norman Wolfinger -- in person.


Wolfinger's presence at the scene or at the police department in the night of a shooting would be unusual, according to the source. On a typical case, police contact the state attorney's office and speak with an on duty assistant state attorney; they either discuss the matter by phone or the on duty assistant state attorney comes to the crime scene - but rarely the state attorney him or herself.


http://www.thegrio.com/specials/trayvon-martin/source-sanford-police-chief-state-attorney-made-zimmerman-no-charge-call-in-person.php

The other night

over Florida law enforcement? Would he even necessarily know them if he worked in Virginia and then retired in Florida?

and he'd likely be involved in local law enforcement politics. ,ight be worth looking up his contributions on open secrets.

Down here it doesn't take much. Just talk the right talk and hang around the right circles.

There are circles within circles operating in Florida.

The man is exceedingly unlikely to have any influence whatsoever in Florida.

We have a high number of retirees around here. If they're accustom to having power from up north, they'll find it easy to wiggle their way into the arms of power down here.

People don't ever really retire. They just bring their power trips down with them.

You are so right! MSM ignores the elephant in the room. Whether his father is an ex-judge in VA or FL doesn't matter. But we won't know where because MSM won't tell us. It's as least as relevant as whether Trayvon Martin was suspended from school or not. The issue is whether GZ should be arrested. The fact that his father is an ex-judge more than explains why the cops and prosecutors are serving as his defense team.

but i saw a post last night on daily kos where they said he wasn't a full judge but some sort of a judge. i was kind of confused. said he didn't have as much power so they were wondering how he could have influence in florida.

i was thinking even sort of a judge, if rich in florida might be paling around with the district attorney who refused to file and the chief of police, he lived in the next town over….

People keep leaping to the assumption that there is something meaningful about Zimmerman's father being a retired "magistrate." But apparently people don't understand what a magistrate in Virginia is or does. Its an appointed position. It is lowest rung on the judicial ladder. Magistrates are not considered "judges" and at the time Zimmerman's father was a magistrate, you didn't even have to be a college graduate. Today you have have a bachelor's degree, but you still don't have to be a law school graduate or lawyer. Magistrates are not particularly well paid. These days the salary ranges, I believe from around $35K to $45K a year (around $60K for the "Chief" magistrate).

The chances that Zimmerman's father's experience as a magistrate in Virginia gave him any power or influence with respect to the judicial system in Florida are probably next to zero.

That doesn't mean his father isn't an idiot for the things he's saying. Just that what it means for him to have been a magistrate in Viriginia has been largely misunderstood by a lot of people.

See if we can't get some press on this.