Furiounova
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...he filed charges due to pressure from other cops. This is an absolutely indisputable fact and this is a perfect example of how people take misinformation and fabricate it as a fact and continue the gossip line. So many people have bought into that myth I thought it best to highlight it for efficiency and to use this as a learning experience so people can try to avoid the same mistake in the future.
The claim is during Serino's FBI interview he told them he filed charges because he was pressured. That is absolutely impossible. The interview being referenced was done on March 3rd. He did not file a request for capias until March 13th. Ten days later. Since it was March 3rd it is understandable he said he didnt have enough evidence because he obviously learned more about the case by the time he filed for charges on March 13th. Some of us pointed out be never claimed he filed due to the pressure. He simply pointed out there was pressure.
The other interesting fact is "Goons" is a common term in the area to refer to gangs and GZ obviously thought TM was a criminal who was in a gang so when he said "goons" he was talking about the gangs.
The mistake some have made is looking at the transcription date which is April 5th and thinking that was the date of the interview.
There is a link to the PDF here:
Zimmerman Investigator felt Peer Pressure to Charge - TalkLeft: The Politics Of Crime
In the future, I hope people check facts more closely before running misinformation marathons.
ETA: Serino stated GZ instigated the event simply by the act of following TM. He also implied he did not believe GZ due to GZ sounding "scripted."
The claim is during Serino's FBI interview he told them he filed charges because he was pressured. That is absolutely impossible. The interview being referenced was done on March 3rd. He did not file a request for capias until March 13th. Ten days later. Since it was March 3rd it is understandable he said he didnt have enough evidence because he obviously learned more about the case by the time he filed for charges on March 13th. Some of us pointed out be never claimed he filed due to the pressure. He simply pointed out there was pressure.
The other interesting fact is "Goons" is a common term in the area to refer to gangs and GZ obviously thought TM was a criminal who was in a gang so when he said "goons" he was talking about the gangs.
The mistake some have made is looking at the transcription date which is April 5th and thinking that was the date of the interview.
There is a link to the PDF here:
Zimmerman Investigator felt Peer Pressure to Charge - TalkLeft: The Politics Of Crime
In the future, I hope people check facts more closely before running misinformation marathons.
ETA: Serino stated GZ instigated the event simply by the act of following TM. He also implied he did not believe GZ due to GZ sounding "scripted."
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