George Zimmerman will be back in front of Judge Lester today for another Bond Hearing.  WFTV will livestream hearing

Orlando:  Last time, the judge set bail at $150,000 but that was before he learned about an online fundraising campaign raking in $1,000 a day.

• Trayvon’s parents, Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton, plan to be at Friday’s hearing.
• At Friday’s hearing, prosecutor Bernie de la Rionda is expected to again ask the judge to keep Zimmerman locked up, and, if not that, to set bail at $1 million.
• Shellie Zimmerman is not on Friday’s witness list. Defense attorney Mark O’Mara has indicated he’ll call two witnesses, both bail bondsmen.
• O’Mara argued in paperwork filed earlier this week that Zimmerman broke no rules while he was free on bail and that he surrendered when the judge revoked bond. The defendant realizes now that remaining silent about all that money rolling in was a mistake, O’Mara wrote.
• The judge said yes to allowing Zimmerman to wear street clothes and no shackles at Friday’s hearing.
• Attorneys for more than a dozen news companies will be at Friday’s hearing, arguing for the release of several public records, including 150 phone calls Zimmerman made from jail and the statement of “witness 9.”

By Request – A new daily feature to create a place to just dump, collect, or discuss general information about the Trayvon Martin VS George Zimmerman Case.

Use this thread as an open thread just for Zimmerman Case stuff.

Courtesy of Paws O’ Brilliance (aka Puddy)  This is approx. 7 1/2 min. from Megyn Kelly’s show this morning.  Det. Serino’s comments casting doubt on GZ’s testimony are discussed with two guest lawyers.  Also discussed….the voice “Stress Test” which GZ passed with flying colors.

Just room for expansion of discussion on two distinct but semi-related issues:
#1 )  The Sanford Police Department insider leaks (Detective Serino?) of specific information to present the most negative light upon George Zimmerman.   Specific leak of focus the Arrival Video of George Zimmerman to the police station.
#2)   Detective Serino claiming George Zimmerman “could have” avoided the confrontation with Trayvon by just talking to him at “two” opportunities.   (The legacy media currently having a field day with this one.
Regarding the leaked footage to ABC’s Matt Gutman.  I’m working on something deeper in that regard, but I enjoyed DiwataMan2’s, video and thought others might enjoy based on recent events:

How does Chief Bill Lee’s firing tie in with Detective Chris Serino’s removal, and Matt Gutman’s admissions?   Some of this is a combination of factual evidence and blended with a reasonable hypothesis from three months of investigating the players.

It really is not that complex to identify the motives and consequences of the latest developments in the Trayvon Martin Shooting against the backdrop of evidence discovery and known personalities.
First, Lead Detective Chris Serino –  From the outset Detective Serino has held somewhat of a valid chip on his shoulder toward George Zimmerman.  Somewhat valid.   Did he cross the line?  Yes.   Was it out of some grand design to see George Zimmerman incarcerated for Second Degree murder?  No, not likely.
Serino was non sympathetic toward Zimmerman’s position for a variety of reasons.   Zimmerman had thrown his department and some of his pals under the bus regarding the Sherman Ware case against Justin Collison.  Maybe he even thought of Zimmerman as a rogue do-gooder blended with somewhat of a grandiose vigilante complex.
So from the start he just didn’t care for him.   Besides, from his perspective, if Zimmerman had just sat his butt in his car and waited for the police to arrive none of this would have happened.  Especially not all the grief brought upon his department once again by the same loud mouth that created the prior problems with the former Police Chief.   So Zimmerman, from Serino’s perspective was getting a dose of Karma. (more…)

Update:  To clarify – Matt Gutman has two twitter accounts.  @MattGutman and also  @mattgutmanABC which was used by him on Tuesday 6/26/12 (see below).    However, Matt Gutman is now denying his intention to reply about Sanford Detective Chris Serino.   But it does not add up because he used a specific reply to the twitter question.   He is trying to cover his tracks….

There is no intellectually honest way to spin the fact that ABC’s Matt Gutman was admitting Lead Sanford Detective Chris Serino was the source of the leaks from inside the Sanford Police Department to him, ABC, and possibly other media.  Period.
Matt had not tweeted anything since June 11th until this morning when he sent his first tweet from the airport in Tel Aviv at 11:47am.  Here is the entire twitter feed from Matt for 6/26/12 (more…)

If you have Twitter Account – Send Rapid fire questions:
Ask Matt Gutman “Why did Serino Leak – What was his benefit”?
Ask Jeff Weiner:   “Did you know Serino was the SPD leaker – Yes or No “?
Ask Rene Stutzman:  “Did you know Serino was the SPD leaker – Yes or No”?
Ask Ryan Julison:  “Did you know Serino was leaking to Media – Yes or No”?
Ask Natalie Jackson:  “Did you know Detective Serino was leaking info to media – Yes or No”?

Get them on Record Tonight !!

Calling All Roosting Chickens – Please Return Home

BREAKING – TreeHouse Vindication.  On March 29th in the midst of the Media Frenzy we focused on one little aspect no-one was paying attention to.

March 29th Treehouse Post: – A police surveillance video obtained by ABC news shows George Zimmerman’s arrival at the police station following the Trayvon Martin shooting.  It is being used by people, and manipulated by the media in an apparent attempt to bolster their case that Trayvon did not attack Zimmerman.

Watching the video many Trayvon advocates, and those with a vested interest in selling the Trayvon family story, are saying the video is damning to Zimmerman because they cannot make out any significant injuries to his face or back of his head.

However, there is something more evident, and far more damning, in the video than most observers are focusing on. A BFD (I’ll explain after the video).

By Request – A new daily feature to create a place to just dump, collect, or discuss general information about the Trayvon Martin VS George Zimmerman Case.

Use this thread as an open thread just for Zimmerman Case stuff. 

The silent person in the background speaks loudly to the intention of the press conference itself.

Remember Mary Cutcher on March 16th?   She gave a press conference with Benjamin Crump and the Scheme Team because she was upset the police didn’t think too much of her initial “ear witness” testimony.