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Trayvon Martin case: George Zimmerman "quiet and cooperative" back in Fla. jail
Last Updated 9:27 a.m. ET,/P>
(CBS/AP) MIAMI - George Zimmerman, the former neighborhood watch volunteer charged with murder in the killing of Trayvon Martin, surrendered to police Sunday and was booked into a central Florida jail two days after his bond was revoked.
Zimmerman's legal team said in a tweet Sunday afternoon that he was in police custody. Circuit Judge Kenneth Lester revoked Zimmerman's bond on Friday, saying the defendant and his wife had lied to the court in April about their finances so he could obtain a lower bond.
About 40 minutes before the 2:30 p.m. Sunday deadline to surrender, the Seminole County jail website listed Zimmerman as an inmate. He was being held without bail and had $500 in his jail account, the website showed.
Seminole County Sheriff Donald Eslinger said Zimmerman turned himself in to two sheriff's office employees around 1:25 p.m. near the jail, and was then driven there. Zimmerman arrived in a white minivan and did not respond to questions from reporters as he walked inside, handcuffed and wearing blue jeans, sneakers and a button-down shirt.
"He is quiet and cooperative," Eslinger said at a news conference after Zimmerman's surrender.
George Zimmerman back in jail
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This booking photo provided by the Seminole County Sheriff's Office shows George Zimmerman. Zimmerman returned on Sunday, June 3, 2012, to the John E. Polk Correctional Facility in Sanford, Fla.
/ AP/Seminole County Sheriff's OfficeThe sheriff's office said the 28-year-old Zimmerman would be in a cell by himself, separated from the general population, because the case is so high-profile. The 67-square-foot cell is equipped with a toilet, two beds, a mattress, a pillow, a blanket and bed sheets. Zimmerman will not have access to a TV.
Prosecutors said last week that Zimmerman and his wife told the judge at a bond hearing in April that they had limited money, even though he had raised about $135,000 through a website set up for his legal defense. They suggested more has been collected since and deposited in a bank account. Defense attorneys say the matter is a misunderstanding.
The judge said Friday he would schedule a hearing after Zimmerman was back in custody so he could explain himself.
On "CBS This Morning" O'Mara told Charlie Rose that he believes the Zimmermans had made a mistake.
"I think it was out of fear, and maybe some frustration with having their lives turned completely upside-down and not having a good level of trust with anyone that they were dealing with. But I think they realize it was a mistake. They look forward to the opportunity to clearing that up with Judge Lester," O'Mara said.
O'Mara said the Zimmerman family must apologize for not being straightforward with the judge about the funds raised online for George Zimmerman's defense.
He denied that there was tension between himself and his client, but admitted Monday that "certainly there was some frustration with realizing that what was, I truly believe, an oversight, or at least a mistake that they made, has now truly come to bear on Mr. Zimmerman directly with his incarceration."
Zimmerman atty: Family "made a mistake" with defense funds
Zimmerman, who was charged in April with second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of the 17-year-old Martin in Sanford, was ordered by a judge Friday to return to jail. After his release, Zimmerman stayed at an undisclosed location for his safety.
Zimmerman's legal team said Sunday that they will ask for a new bond hearing to address the judge's concerns, and that they hope Zimmerman's voluntary surrender will show he is not a flight risk.
The money that Zimmerman has raised is in an independent trust and cannot be directly accessed by Zimmerman or his attorneys, according to the press release.
He has pleaded not guilty to the second-degree murder charge. He maintains that he shot Martin in self-defense under Florida's so-called "stand your ground" law because the teen, who was unarmed, was beating him up. Zimmerman claims the teenager had confronted the then-neighborhood watch volunteer about following Martin in a gated community in Sanford, about 25 miles northwest of Orlando.
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The irony, the despair, the cover-ups, the criminal history; the perjury and the LIES ... on Zimmerman's part, tells us even more.
Get with the program, Zimfenders! Stop the denial and contrived, embellished and unture "versions" of actuality.
Trayvon was a teen. Zimmerman went bionic, pursued then shot the lad to death. FACT. He should have stayed put, as 911 instructed. Nopey-nope, our wannabe-cop-hero HAD ... to alight his vehicle give chase and pull that trigger he'd tried 140 times before, to pull.
It will only get worse. Worse ... Trayvon died for nothing, outisde of an over-compensated, sick ego.
Deal with the man ... permanently, please, America ...
WHY ... didn't Zimmerman wait IN HIS CAR as requested; wait for LE to arrive ... and allow Trayvon to be proved INNOCENT?
No. Instead, the bully got out, gun-toting, breathless and decided for HIMSELF ... that Trayvon was "guilty". Guilty, eh? Of walking home from a 7-11, armed with nothing more than skittles and a cooldrink. On his way to his father's apartmebt ... IN THE SAME BLOCK that Zimwas allegedly "looking after"?
So Zim *didn't knbow* who lived on his watch?
Why was he armed?
Why didn't he listen tp 911 ... and stay put?
Why ... did we hear hear Trayvon cry for help?
Why ... was Zim breathless in his pursuit?
and ... WHY ... has Zimmerman got such a long history of criminal offences? Beating women, cops? you think that's OK?
You're ... deluded!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Qx4TNhsEJU&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Point 1. You cannot assault someone just for following you.
Point 2. There is no evidence that Martin had been struck by Zimmerman.
Point 3. There is ample evidence (besides Zimmerman's statements) that Martin struck Zimmerman in a manner designed to cause serious bodily harm.
Point 4. What Martin was doing to Zimmerman was clearly excessive force
Point 5. Zimmerman was justified in using deadly force against Martin to stop his excessive force.
Point 6. Stand you ground doesn't mean you can beat someone senseless just for following you.
Point 7. Even if someone pushes you or hits you, you do not "win the lottery" with a ticket to kill them or even to beat them senseless.
Point 8. Even if someone pushes you or hits you and you respond by knocking them to the ground, you are NOT JUSTIFIED in jumping on them and continuing the fight. If you do continue the fight then you are the aggressor no matter what happened previously. And it you use excessive force likely to cause serious injury then the person you are assaulting can shoot you DEAD, DEAD, DEAD.
It doesn't matter that he may have mislead the judge about the money. You cannot charge and convict a man without evidence. You don't even need Zimmerman's testimony to see that he acted in self defense. The evidence shows that Zimmerman is innocent!
Trayvon did nothing wrong.
Zimmerman was on a lethal mission ... unjustifiably so.
That he is on tape chasing Martin ... loses his case. Outright.
Let's say Zimmerman's suspect is a REAL CRIMINAL KILLER named GERALDO, a WANTED dangerous DRUG LORD who kills anyone he encounters that is a threat to him. GERALDO is a known CRIMINAL who would shoot and attack anyone who is purposely following him.
If you are a neighborhood watch, according to the Sanford Police Neighborhood Watch program, you are NOT to pursue the suspect because you are putting yourself in a DANGEROUS situation.
So Zimmerman follows GERALDO, the wanted CRIMINAL and GERALDO sensed that he was being followed. Even if Zimmerman turns around, it is too late. He already placed himself in a dangerous situation with a CRIMINAL. The CRIMINAL already had his RADAR on nosy Zimmerman and GERALDO is pissed. So GERALDO. the criminal attacks Zimmerman. Whether GERALDO kills Zimmerman or Zimmerman kills GERALDO, it was Zimmerman who created the murder scene because he followed a dangerous suspect. The 911 dispatcher knew it, the SUSPECT knew he was being followed and the person on the person talking to the SUSPECT knew it.
So Zimmerman created the murder scene.
There's few things more dangerous than a cop wannabe - especially one that doesn't really know what the heck he's doing. Lock up George Zimmerman and throw away the key. After a fair trial.
If Zimmerman gets a fair trial, he'll be aquitted.
It's hard to get around the overwhelming amount of evidence that supports Zimmerman's account of what happened!
We'll see .... heh heh.
The donations that many of us made were donated in good faith that the money would be used for George's defense as well as a means for George and his family to live luxuriously while awaiting his aquittal.
We didn't donate for the state to confiscate it!
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Meaning that it would be OK with you if the donations were used to allow George to "live luxuriously" on the lam? (as rabbiting would seem to have been his back-up plan)
His wife transferred $130,000 to a personal PayPal account the day BEFORE his bail hearing...and surreptitiously holding on to your valid passport when ordered by the court to surrender it was quite a no-no...a really STUPID no-no!
Kind of makes one think that perhaps ineffectual, pathetic George actually DID think for himself for once.
Which is always a terrible idea in his case...
@drdaj42
A 911 dispatcher is NOT a police officer. The dispatcher's comment "we don't need you to do that" is not the same as "Do not follow".
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So George Zimmerman was not compelled to follow the instructions of the 911 operator because 911 operators are not police and their instructions can be ignored as having no legal "authority..."
Especially by the ONLY individual who, according to you RGriz, had any "authority" that night...George Zimmerman himself...and the fact that all of that "authority" was self-conferred by a pathetic, cop-wannabee who craved such "authority" and respect...never having been taught by his parents that such things must be EARNED...not demanded at the point of a gun...is immaterial
The rest of your racist BS does not warrant a reply, RGriz ...it is quite obvious who and what you are...
I realize this is a difficult concept for you, but isn't it a little possible?
But I'm not going to book a flight any time soon
Once they establish that without a doubt that Martin didn't initiate the physical confrontation, Zimmerman's claim to self defense will be dashed.
Once the judge sees that there is no reasonable possibility that Martin struck first, there will be no way he can drop the charges before trial.
The people need justice for Trayvon. That helpless little child never stood a chance against the vigilante, wannabe cop, racist, thug, bully!
The only justice for Trayvon will be a guilty verdict!!!
There is no way, in their minds, that things could possibly have happened exactly as Zimmerman described.
They still seem to think that Martin was an adolescent, rather than a very large young man.
My sarcasm is a mirror image of every hateful Libtard that posts on this story!
Zimmerman claimed that he was reaching for his cell phone and Trayvon attacked him. Why would Trayvon attack Zimmerman out of the blue for NO REASON AT ALL to the point of wanting to MURDER ZIMMERMAN?
Because Zimmerman is a known LIAR, the scene could have been as follows: It was Trayvon reaching for his cell phone from his pocket to call his Dad (or 911) after his headset fell on the ground. And paranoid WANNABE-COP Zimmerman probably thought Trayvon was reaching for a weapon (knife or gun maybe).
PROOF OF PARANOIA: Paranoid Zimmerman just like in his 911 call about Trayvon (He's got something in his hands. I don't know what his deal is.)
Sooo, Zimmerman did not know what the deal was, Zimmerman PLAYING COP drew his gun at Trayvon and shouted "I've got a gun." Then Trayvon was left to Stand His Ground and defend himself. Trayvon went APE c r-a pp on Zimmerman trying to fight for his life.
That story makes more sense. But we will never know what REALLY happened. Only Trayvon KNOWS THE TRUTH and the TRUTH is buried with Trayvon in his grave.
What else do you teach your children (minors) if there is an emergency and they are in trouble? Call your parents.
Bingo!