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no disagreement on most of what you wrote ...I was responding to your post when you wrote that if someone is found not guilty the DOJ should leave them alone ... the cops were found not guilty ... that's all ... anyway, still could happen in this case ... you and I don't have all of the evidence to make the decision ... remember, the criminal and civil trials are not the same thing, and even the burden of proof is substantially different ... I'll wait, but, as I've said before, I don't think they'll do it, but they may drag it out to appease some folks and make GZ sweat a bit ...
Sorry, I misunderstood. Hmm, I was voicing my opinion in response to another members position on double jeopardy.
Please note, in the King Simi Valley trial the cops were not all found not guilty. Three were but the jury was hung on Officer Powell. In the Federal case, two of the three found not guilty were STILL found not guilty. Powell was found guilty of the violations, and the senior officer, a sergeant was found guilty of willfully permitting and failing to take action to stop the unlawful assault.
Furthermore, I am not saying I had any power to make a decision. I am simply stating it is highly unlikely that the Feds will pursue a civil rights case where it seems clear there is no specific evidence which would serve to undermine the Jury's decision in the Zimmerman trial.
As for a civil case (I am not following the issue, nor did I previously follow the Zimmerman case at all), unless Zimmerman is/was determined to have been acting in self-defense, he can be sued in civil court if I understood Florida law allows.
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