Law enforcement source: Zimmerman will be charged
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By the CNN Wire Staff
April 11, 2012 — Updated 2015 GMT (0415 HKT)

George Zimmerman, left, claims he shot Trayvon Martin, right, in self-defense.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Zimmerman needs to hire new counsel quickly, a defense lawyer says
Charges could include second-degree murder or manslaughter, former state prosecutor says
Trayvon Martin was a 17-year-old Floridian who was killed February 26
Martin’s family has urged the public to remain peaceful, no matter developments
(CNN) — George Zimmerman, the Florida neighborhood watch volunteer who says he shot Trayvon Martin in self-defense, “will be (criminally) charged, if he hasn’t been charged already,” a senior law enforcement source familiar with the investigation told CNN Wednesday.
State Attorney Angela Corey said she will present new information about the case at 6 p.m. in Jacksonville.
Martin, 17, was killed February 26 as he returned to his father’s fiancee’s house in Sanford after picking up candy and an iced tea at a nearby convenience store.
The news that Zimmerman — whose whereabouts were not publicly known Wednesday — will be charged came shortly after the Rev. Al Sharpton and the Martin family attorney called for the public to remain peaceful, whatever the decision of the special prosecutor turns out to be.
“We do not condone or support in any way acts or language of violence,” Sharpton told his National Action Network’s 14th annual convention in Washington. “Trayvon Martin’s name must not be tarnished by those who are either for or against us with any reckless behavior, even verbally.”
He and Martin family attorney Benjamin Crump said Martin’s parents, Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin, have conducted themselves with dignity and set an example for others.
“Nobody can be hurting more than them,” Crump said. “Nobody can be more outraged than them.”
Corey said Tuesday she planned to release new information about the case within three days.
The special prosecutor’s announcement came the day that two lawyers who had been giving legal advice to Zimmerman, Craig Sonner and Hal Uhrig, told reporters that they had lost contact with their client and no longer represent him.
Phyllis Kotey, a former prosecutor in Florida, told CNN’s Brooke Baldwin that Corey may be considering a second-degree murder or manslaughter charge.
“You really just want to weigh the evidence even though you all have all these very public things going on,” Kotey said. “It really shouldn’t be a political decision.”
A second-degree murder charge would look at whether the shooting was done with any kind of provocation and with possible reckless disregard for the safety of another human being.
“When you look at manslaughter … you are talking about an issue of culpable negligence,” Kotey said.
“One of the things you would look at would be the issue of how Zimmerman acted,” she said, “whether there was anything unlawful about his actions, in terms of continuing to pursue, continuing to go after an individual in a lawful place… perhaps whether a gun was pulled on an individual in a lawful place.”
Brad Conway, a defense attorney in Florida, told CNN that Zimmerman needs to hire a new attorney — quickly.
“One thing is of key concern to everybody is Mr. Zimmerman’s safety,” said Conway.
The case has sparked a nationwide debate about race in America and Florida’s “stand your ground” law, which allows the use of deadly force by anyone who feels a reasonable threat of death or serious injury. Readings of the law are crucial to a prosecution, Conway said.
Thousands of protesters have descended on Sanford to demand Zimmerman’s arrest.
But, Sharpton said Wednesday, “this is not anti-anybody,” noting that white people, African-Americans, Latinos and Asian-Americans have joined what Martin supporters have described as a call for justice.
“We’re not talking about a conviction,” Crump said. “He’ll have his day in court. … All we’re asking for is an arrest.”
Fulton told the group, “for the last 44 days it has been a nightmare, and this is coming from a mother’s perspective. I have been up and down as if I was on a roller coaster, but I know without a shadow of a doubt justice will be served.”
Sonner said that he believes Zimmerman’s claim of self-defense.
“When the facts come out, it’ll show he acted in self-defense, that the police department made the proper decision in not arresting him, as there was not probable cause to make the arrest,” he said.
“Something changed around Sunday,” Sonner told CNN, “and (Zimmerman) cut off all contact and has started doing things without telling me he’s doing them.”
Attorney General Eric Holder also spoke Wednesday to the National Action Network, pledging that the Justice Department will “conduct a thorough and independent review of the evidence.”
“I know that many of you are greatly — and rightly — concerned” about Martin’s death, Holder said — “a young man whose future has been lost to the ages.”
The department’s investigation, launched three weeks ago, remains open, he said, which “prevents me from talking in detail about this matter.” Holder did note, however, that Justice Department officials had traveled to Sanford to meet with Martin’s family, community members and local authorities. The FBI is assisting, he said.
Uhrig said Tuesday that Zimmerman had, on his own, called Sean Hannity of Fox News and called Corey’s office.
“One of the things every defense attorney tells his client is, don’t talk to the prosecutors. Don’t talk to the cops. Frankly, don’t talk to anybody until we get control of the situation, and do it through counsel,” Uhrig said.
He added that he was concerned about his former client’s “emotional and physical safety” and said Zimmerman could be suffering from “post-traumatic stress.”
Sonner said Wednesday that he believes Zimmerman called Corey because “he wanted to give his side of the story to the prosecutors, and we were going to arrange for that to happen. … If he would have worked through me, I would have allowed him to make his statement.”
Zimmerman would not return phone calls so arrangements could be made for him to meet with the prosecutor, Sonner said.
Asked about potential pressure, Corey told CNN affiliate WJXT on Tuesday: “It’s not pressure. I mean, the point is, when you are seeking justice, you’ve only got one course of action, and that’s to do everything you can to find out the full truth.” That, she said, involves analyzing physical evidence, talking to witnesses,
Although details of the February 26 shooting remain murky, what is known is that Martin, an African-American, ventured out from his father’s fiancee’s home in Sanford to get a snack at a nearby convenience store.
As he walked back with a bag of Skittles and an Arizona Iced Tea, he was shot and killed by Zimmerman, who is Hispanic and who had called 911 to complain about a suspicious person in the neighborhood, according to authorities.
Authorities have said Zimmerman was not immediately charged because there were no grounds, at the outset, to disprove his account that he’d acted to protect himself.
CNN’s Martin Savidge and InSession’s Beth Karas and Aletse Mellado contributed to this report

A female police officer who is accused of chopping her female lover with a machete following claims that the complainant was having an affair with a man has been remanded in court until April 19.

Sharnalee Lindsay, who is a member of the Island Special Constabulary Force is charged with wounding with intent.

According to reports, on March 27, Lindsay and the complainant left home together and went to a location on Marcus Garvey Drive in the Corporate Area where Lindsay lured the complainant into bushes. It is further being alleged that Lindsay used a machete to chop the complainant all over her body.

In the complainants statement, she explained that she and the accused were in a very close relationship but she told the defendant that she was now with a male which angered the defendant.

The complainant’s lawyers dismissed the allegations that the females were lovers. He also argued that on the day of the incident, it was the complainant who lured his client into bushes where she and a third party, who is now on the run, attacked Lindsay.

Frens of nasty ELEPHANT unuh tell him me SIDONIE gonna finish wa lef a him career. Floss everyday and expect man fi mine him pickney dem. Tell dat big black joncrow me on to him and I won’t stop. Love run go media bout him take care of him kids u a wicked oneil caz u don’t kno how dem eat or weh dem sleep. U love u dog dem more than u kids u wutless piece a shit…GoD ago beat u but u see tru mi LoVE GOD mi a give him a helping hand u fi gweh n mi don’t care

‘Desecrating The Flag’
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I WAS once a Cub Scout. I remember participating in a major scout event in St Ann. I was selected to lead a flag ceremony at the culmination of which, I would hoist the Jamaican flag as the national anthem bellowed across the event grounds. The ceremony was to be broadcast on the most important television station in the world (at least in my young mind) – the Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation.

I practised all week for that ceremony. I went through my routine ad nauseam – folding and unfolding the flag, securing it to the pole, taking care to meticulously raise it so that it reached the apex at the very moment “Jamaica, Jamaica, Jamaica land we love” sounded.

The big day arrived. I had prepared as much as I could. I was ready – exceedingly proud to be given the duty to raise the black, green, and gold in front of my country.

Black, green and gold

There is no red in the Jamaican flag, though there could be. I imagine it would be a deep crimson, actually, representative of the countless gallons of blood that have been spilled in the Jamaican soil to bring us this tattered, broken freedom we now enjoy. But no red is needed. The flag contains black, symbolic not of the colour of the people – since our colours are many – but of the struggles and hardships borne and overcome by a resilient nation.

From Nanny of the Maroons to Captain Cudjoe; from Marcus Mosiah Garvey to George William Gordon; from the domestic helper who braves the blistering commute each morning to the security guard who she passes on her journey as he returns from protecting the homes and businesses of men and women who barely know his name; the turmoil, struggles, and resilience of our people are embedded in the black of that flag.

Then there’s the yellow. Actually, how dare I call it yellow? It is gold – the gold of a brilliant sunshine sent from God above. It is the fuel to the fire within our bellies. It is the beaming light that invigorates and illuminates the natural resources that pepper our land – from the coffee farms of the Blue Mountains to the majestic waters of the north coast; from the cane fields in which the dignity of our ancestors was slaughtered to the concrete jungles of Kingston in which a million components of our single greatest asset – our people – toil daily to honour and expand the legacies of those bold heroes and heroines who came before.

And then there’s the green. If you had organised the civic ceremony last Thursday in Montego Bay in which councillors and the mayor were sworn-in, the green represents something quite ugly. For them, when they see that green, their brains, poisoned by the noxious odour of political tribalism to which they have been exposed for far too long, trigger faulty reactions that prompt them to see only politics.

Removing hope

Instead of the lush landscape and the hope of a nation, which the green represents, these politically maddened tribalists see only their opponents – Labourites. Instead of using our flag, the colours of which collectively represent our independence from generations of oppressors and conquerors – they decided, apparently, to strip the flag of its green – removing all reminders of the Jamaica Labour Party.

In performing this cheap political stunt, bastardising our nation’s emblem and leaving in its wake some awkward black and yellow banner of political imbecility and immaturity, what they actually did was strip our country of the hope that we might finally work together, setting aside political differences, to forge a better Jamaica.

What we will likely hear from the hierarchy of the People’s National Party (PNP) regarding this desecration of the people’s flag are excuses. What we need are apologies, which might serve to restore some glimmer of hope that our leaders can recognise their wrongs and do right by our country.

As for my scout event: the cameras rolled as I carefully unfolded the flag, secured it to the pole, and pulled the cord – hoisting our national colours high into the evening sky. I looked up, with pride in my nine-year-old eyes, only to see, to my horror, that the flag was somehow turned inside out. I was devastated. My national television debut was an epic failure. More important, though, I unintentionally massacred our flag and what it represents. To anyone who might have watched on that day in 1989, I extend my deepest apologies – from the nine-year-old version of me.

PNP, back to you.

Din Duggan is an attorney working as a consultant with a global legal search firm. Email him at [email protected] or [email protected] or view his past columns at facebook.com/dinduggan and twitter.com/YoungDuggan.

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