Having read the actual affidavit myself I am in complete agreement with Professor Dershowitz. Additionally, I am now convinced more than ever that Angela Corey made a STRATEGIC POLITICAL DECISION. Period.
(Via Mediaite) Harvard University law professor Alan Dershowitz appeared on MSNBC’s Hardball where fill-in host Michel Smerconish asked him his opinions of the arrest warrant issued and carried out for alleged Trayvon Martin murderer, George Zimmerman. Dershowitz called the affidavit justifying Zimmerman’s arrest “not only thin, it’s irresponsible.” He went on to criticize the decision to charge Zimmerman for second degree murder by special prosecutor Angela Cory as being politically motivated.
“You’ve seen the affidavit of probable cause. What do you make of it,” Smerconish asked. “It won’t suffice,” Dershowitz replied without hesitation.

[To read the entire affidavit CLICK HERE ]

“Most affidavits of probable cause are very thin. This is so thin that it won’t make it past a judge on a second degree murder charge,” Dershowitz said. “There’s simply nothing in there that would justify second degree murder.” (more…)

“I’m gonna try with a little help from my friends”…..

In typical alinsky organizational fashion the White House comfortably retreats, puts their feet up, and becomes a spectator…. (via GatewayPundit)  After helping stir up a national race war, the White House said today that Barack Obama is through talking about Trayvon Martin. Yahoo reported:

President Barack Obama will not be commenting further on the Trayvon Martin case, the White House said Wednesday as the Associated Press reported that charges were being filed against the teenager’s killer, George Zimmerman. (more…)

First of all I just want to thank God;  We simply wanted an arrest; we wanted nothing more than an arrest.  We wanted nothing more, nothing less;  We just wanted an arrest, and we got it, and I say thank you. Thank you Lord;  Thank you Jesus….
– Sybrina Fulton, 04/11  (video here)

“We are not asking that he [Zimmerman] be convicted; We are asking that he be arrested”
-Benjamin Crump Esq.
Attorney for Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fuller
(Quoted to Piers Morgan on 4/3/2012)

And there you have it, the ulterior motive, the hidden agenda:

MONEY !

The Trayvon family is not seeking justice in the form you would think. No, they are seeking monetary justice, or more directly monetary gain. THAT is the motivation; and the absence of an “arrest” is what stood between them and their ability to sue in civil court”. (more…)

(ABC News) Michelle Williams is the Chief of Staff with the local chapter of the New Black  Panther Party. As a community activist, she has also worked very closely with  both the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office as well as the Tampa Police  Department:

“Let me tell you something, the things that is about to happen to these  honkeys, these crackers, these pigs, these pink people, these motherfuckin’ people, it  has been long over due.”

Let there be no doubt the decision to charge George Zimmerman with 2nd Degree Murder is a political decision first, and a legal decision second.

The Politics

There will no doubt be those who would naively state politics was not part of the legal consideration and decision.   That is a ridiculously disingenuous position.   Angela Corey is an ELECTED official.  Get that.  ELECTED.   So yes politics are inherently woven into the decisions of highly public cases.   Politics, and the politicians who engage in it, are tied at the hip to being swayed by public opinion.   It doesn’t matter the legal profession of the politician, they are a politician first and a lawyer second.
(more…)

During a scheduled press conference today Special Prosecutor Angela Corey announced she is charging George Zimmerman with: 2nd Degree Murder

Florida Statute 782.04  – The unlawful killing of a human being, when perpetrated by any act imminently dangerous to another and evincing a depraved mind regardless of human life, although without any premeditated design to effect the death of any particular individual, is murder in the second degree and constitutes a felony of the first degree, punishable by imprisonment for a term of years not exceeding life or as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

He is in custody.

In short he is accused of the unlawful killing of another, with specific intent but without malice of forethought.

BREAKING – CNN Reporting Zimmerman in Custody !!!

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — A special prosecutor has confirmed that there will be a 6 p.m. news conference regarding the investigation of the shooting death of Trayvon Martin.  State Attorney Angela Corey says she will release new information on the case but didn’t elaborate.

Her announcement came not long after another law enforcement official said that charges are being filed against George Zimmerman, who shot Trayvon. (more…)

Oh hellz yeah…  Eric Holder should be thanking Reverend Sharpton for distracting everyone away from all that ‘Fast n Furious’ stuff. 
CNS NEWS – Attorney General Eric Holder praised left-wing activist Rev. Al Sharpton at the opening of the National Action Network (NAN) convention on Wednesday, and also stressed that the Justice Department is conducting a thorough investigation of the fatal Trayvon Martin shooting that “will examine the facts and the law.”

At the opening of NAN’s 14th annual convention in Washington, D.C., the attorney general first thanked CNN’s Rev. Sharpton “for your partnership, your friendship, and your tireless efforts to speak out for the voiceless, to stand up for the powerless, and to shine a light on the problems we must solve, and the promises we must fulfill.”  (read more)

Angela Corey is the lead prosecutor in the Trayvon Martin case. She, and she alone, will determine whether there is probable cause to arrest and charge George Zimmerman in the shooting of Trayvon Martin.

For Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton its the difference between getting advanced notice of the lotto numbers under the auspices of justice, or looking like they were willingly surrounded by race-baiting self-promoting opportunists.
For George Zimmerman its the difference between another step forward in the judicial process of defending himself, or the first step in putting a shattered life back together, if that is even possible  at this point. (more…)

Based on the information released it looks like George Zimmerman is in direct contact with the State Attorney General.   Apparently Zimmerman feels he has nothing to hide.
One can only imagine what Zimmerman is going through, feeling like he has lost total control of his own life.   Actually his disconnect from the attorneys is understandable from that perspective.   Fortunately, and hopefully, for George Zimmerman his father is a retired Judge from Virginia who can guide him along.
He must feel like the lonliest man in the world with everyone else calling the shots.

FLORIDA – The attorneys for George Zimmerman, the Florida community watch volunteer who fatally shot unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin, said Tuesday they have lost touch with their client and are withdrawing from the case.

Craig Sonner and Hal Uhrig said at a news conference outside the Seminole County Courthouse in Sanford, Fla., they heard that Zimmerman had contacted a special prosecutor, who will decide whether or not to press charges against him, against their advice. (more…)