The tangled web is getting bigger and more sticky by the day……. 

Something is really bothering me about the a representative from Miami-Dade School Police Department being in Orlando at the last State V. Zimmerman hearing.   It just doesn’t sit right.

First, here is a recap [excerpt]  from Orlando Sentinel’s Rene Stutzman:   […] Paperwork made public today shows that attorneys for the prosecution and defense were in Miami Thursday and Friday and deposed 12 people, including Trayvon’s step-mother and cousin.

The names of all but one – Trayvon’s cousin – were not in the deposition notice.

It’s not clear who the others are or what they told attorneys.

But in court Tuesday, Assistant State Attorney Bernie de la Rionda referred to the sworn testimony of a Miami-Dade schools official.

[…]  Trayvon was a junior at Dr. Michael Krops High School in Miami-Dade and was on suspension at the time because school officials found an empty marijuana baggie in his backpack.

On Oct. 19, over opposition from the state and Trayvon’s family, Circuit Judge Debra S. Nelson ordered the Miami-Dade school system to surrender Trayvon’s school records to defense attorneys. (more…)

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Am I reading this correctly, this was ordered in chambers yesterday after the hearing?

The MDSPD was “in court” and delivered a copy?

What do you guys make of this?

Ironically were it not for Frances Robles writing a Miami Herald article on March 26th 2012 an entire chain of events would not have taken place.

It was that Robles article, and the outlining of the Miami-Dade School Police Department’s report on a Trayvon Martin incident from October 2011, that kicked off an internal investigation by M-DSPD Police Chief Hurley against his own officers to find out who leaked the police report.

[Note: The Miami-Dade Public School System has its own Police force, and Chief, who report to the School Board and Superintendent – Not the Police Dept. The Police Chief is appointed by the School Superintendent, in this example, Alberto Carvalho]

It was that M-DSPD internal affairs investigation which revealed in October 2011 Trayvon Martin was searched by School Resource Officer, Darryl Dunn. The search of Trayvon Martin’s backpack turned up at least 12 pcs of ladies jewelry, and a man’s watch, in addition to a flat head screwdriver described as “a burglary tool”.

When Trayvon was questioned about who owned the jewelry and where it came from, he claimed he was just holding it for a “friend”. A “friend” he would not name.

Later, after the police report was outlined in the Robles article, and despite Trayvon being suspended for the second time in a new school year, Martin family attorney, Benjamin Crump, said Trayvon’s dad, Tracy Martin, and Trayvon’s mom, Sybrina Fulton, did not know anything about the jewelry case.

It was only as a consequence of the M-DSPD internal affairs investigation that “why” they may not have known came to light. (more…)

Screw O’Mara. Want to do something actually relevant to assist the TRUTH…..

……Find out all you can about Miami-Dade Police report:  BURGLARY

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What’s publicly available?

Type of Incident?

Location of Incident?

Geographic Map comparing Incident location to location of Krop Senior High School, and the residence(s) of known TM associations/relatives. (With particular interest in Uncle Steven Martin’s House and N.E.) (more…)

The George Zimmerman Legal Case defense team has filed additional motions in advance of the April 30th scheduled hearing:

• Defense demand for the details regarding the contents of Trayvon Martin’s phone
• Defense demand for the “enhanced audio” claimed to be in existence by Martin Family attorney Benjamin Crump of the 911 call tapes.   Previously Crump claimed a “cleaned up and/or enhanced copy of the calls led to Tracy Martin reversing his original statement about the screams for help NOT being Trayvon Martin.
• Defense notification of additional witness testimony which “might” be used at trial.  An enlarged supplemental witness list of unknown persons.   M-DSPD (?)
• Defense Reply to States response regarding sanctions for discovery violations and a copy of reimbursement expenses demanded.
• Defense amended Notice of Hearing 

Notably absent is any Defense/O’Mara reply to the States response regarding the Writ of Certiorari.   Apparently the hearing will continue forward while the substance of the Writ Request looms as an undetermined Appellate Court Decision [regarding the deposition of Benjamin Crump].

After receiving hundreds of pages from the first round of FOIA requests from Miami-Dade, we have a better understanding of the issues which led to the suspension and later removal of Miami-Dade School Police Chief Hurley.   We also better understand why the historical activities of Trayvon Martin have been difficult to locate.

The first part of the publicly requested document release shows aspects surrounding an Internal Affairs investigation following the shooting of Trayvon Martin.    Within the investigation dozens of witnesses gave sworn statements to investigative officers.

Included in the witness affidavits were six officers accused of leaking information to the media, and their statements reveal a systemic attempt by Chief Hurley to cover-up the instructions by Hurley to his officers.

From their statements, made under oath, it is apparent that sometime around 2009/2010 the police chief gave instructions for his officers to find alternate methods outside of the criminal justice system to confront the behavioral issues of school students.

As officer Tagle affirms, and other witnesses corroborate, the instructions were specifically targeted to young black males within the Miami-Dade Public School system.  Targeted to keep their unlawful behavior away from engagement with the correction system and aimed to use school discipline instead of criminal corrections within the justice system. (more…)

Sergeant Bradley Rosh was one of the six Miami-Dade police officers accused of leaking police reports on Trayvon Martin to the media.  His accuser was former M-DSPD Police Chief Hurley, a man furious about the media becoming aware of Trayvon Martins’ encounters with MDSPD enforcement.

Sergeant Rosh was part of the team close to Commander Fox-Williams, and his affidavit outlines how he supported her duties and took case instructions from her as needed.  One event outlined was the M-DSPD being approached by a Channel 7 news reporter, Rosh Lowe, who was seeking more information about Trayvon Martin and his encounters with the police.

Sgt. Rosh intercepted Lowe in the lobby of M-DSPD and after finding out what Lowe needed Rosh relayed the request to Fox-Williams.   She in turn instructed Rosh to inform Lowe that any and all questions needed to go directly through the police chief. (more…)

When we began this quest 8 months ago we really had no idea the depth of manipulative corruption we would discover. Indeed we only knew of six sworn statements given in what we were told was a “small internal investigation”.

Boy was that ever an understatement.

After extensive inquiry the first batch of statutorally required public records were released.   That is what we have been sharing over the past week.   Within that release we can grasp the scope of the investigation, and how far it extended beyond the internal confines of the General Investigative Unit of the M-DSPD.  In actuality the investigation reaches all the way to Sanford, FL.

Indeed the investigation itself was far greater than we initially were led to believe.  However, now we know the scope of investigation we have submitted more public records requests.   Here is an excerpt from the latest submitted FOIA submission: (more…)

Gylmar Ochoa was a Detective in the wrong place at the wrong time.   It’s as simple as that.   The guy was just walking through the property room when Yvette Wilson was bringing in the stolen jewelry recovered from Trayvon Martin’s backpack.

Yvette Wilson, Property Room Specialist, was retrieving the Jewelry so that Detective Hadley could photograph the evidence as a supplement to the previous file, “Criminal Mischief”, complaint.

Ochoa was walking through when Wilson and Hadley were lining up the jewelry and screwdriver on an open cubicle.   Hadley asked Ochoa if he had a camera, he did not.  However, Ochoa took photographs of the jewelry and screwdriver with his cell phone and then sent the pictures via email to Detective Hadley.

What follows is the affidavit from Gylmar Ochoa answering the allegations of his Police Chief Hurley’s complaint alleging a department leak of criminal reports and information about Trayvon Martin. (more…)

Sergeant Lourdes Hodges was the person who opened the “Supplemental report” on the Dashboard of Detective Hadley after he completed sending the information requested to Sanford Sgt. Randy Smith.   Hadley sent Smith an 8 page report on Trayvon Martin from a Criminal Mischief complaint filed by School Resource Officer Darryl Dunn.

However, at the behest and instruction of Police Chief Hurley, the Mischief Complaint was only part of the behavioral issue from that day. The second aspect from the incident was Trayvon’s backpack containing stolen jewelry and a burglary tool. This part of the incident was intentionally mislabeled, and misreported, by SRO Dunn to eliminate the need for a criminal investigation. (more…)