Today's headline in the Orlando Sentinel is "FBI interviews: No evidence Zimmerman a racist" found here1. Its reporting considerly less direct for the reverse racism than goes suggested by this "thread" citing The Miami Herald.  

In part the Sentinel states today:

Chris Serino, the police detective who interviewed Zimmerman the night of the shooting, told agents he thought Zimmerman had pursued Trayvon "based on his attire" and not "skin color." Zimmerman, he said, has a "little hero complex" but is not a racist.

Zimmerman's account sounded "scripted" to him, Serino said. Even so, he did not have enough evidence to justify an arrest, he told an FBI agent, even though he was getting pressure from a small number of officers within the department to file charges.

Personally, I see this as a significant revelaton, maybe even the "bombshell" the Sentinel reported yesterday morning here2 that was not going to be found in the "new" discovery released yesterday. One only has to recall the fodder for shame that a Serino "avoidable" report here3 created for the black community when it was released.

What other reason can there be for a president to inject his office into this case while ignoring countess others.  With the New York Tines falsely describing Zimmerman as a "white Hispanic" the racial narrative was firmly in place.

The Democrat party has a long history of dealing the race card from the bottom of the deck.  Jim Crow, segregation, Woodrow Wilson, racial quotas, racial preferences in hiring, promotion and school admittance.  Bull Connor was a member of the DNC!

Poor Serino pressure from above and pressure from below? Plus some internal matters that were not meant to surface in the larger context? That's sitting on the horns of a dilemma. Hard to imagine that a former vice police chief wasn't close to chief Lee. At least to this:

Mental Team Crumb member, no 1002385784 (short: MTCM 1002385784)

Carl Jung described the Hero Complex as wanting to help people and do good in the world. Hero syndrome refers to people who cause problems so they can solve them and look like a hero. An example would be someone who sets a big fire and then helps put it out or a health-care professional who puts a patient into an emergency situation and then saves them, in order to be seen as a hero.  

The AA community would be in an 'uproar' if Zimmerman is not charged.

Barnes was unsure how the younger AA community would react

If the FBI found a civil rights violation that would reflect poorly on the Sanford PD

Pg 93-94 2nd Prosecution Dump.

The more interesting question is, so Serino informed on colleagues. Were they his superiors? Private contact with family as not-involved in ongoing investigation? And a little later (?at the same time, before?) you leak to the media yourself? Odd story. Was it an attempt at distraction? Strange.

He may have been trying to reach out Martin. as in, I'm on the inside, I'm doing what I can to help you. so on and so forth.

Seems like a huge coincidence and somewhat dubious, that they would be friends if Martin was from Miami, some 200 miles from Sanford.

I trust Jeralyn will be correcting her post to accurately reflect the report.

Also from the report, I think this is worth noting (caps per original report):

Serino explained to agents that the local gangs, referred to in the community as "GOONS," typically dressed in black and wore hoodies.

The request comes one week after Lester raised Zimmerman's bail to $1 million and wrote a scathing order, describing the Neighborhood Watch volunteer as a manipulator who knew the ins and outs of the criminal justice system and appeared to be preparing to flee the country with $130,000 in hidden money.

That order, wrote Zimmerman attorneysMark O'Maraand Don West, "makes gratuitous, disparaging remarks about Zimmerman's character."

They allege it also suggests Zimmerman should be charged with lying about his ability to raise bail money, and could face future contempt proceedings.

Lester's order, the defense argues, "created a reasonable fear in Mr. Zimmerman that this court is biased against him."

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Under state law, a judge is generally required to step aside if one of the parties demonstrates that, based on a judge's actions, words or background, a reasonably prudent person would fear he could not get a fair trial. Lester will rule on the motion. Prosecutors said they will object to his disqualification.

Zimmerman's attorneys say that Lester went too far when he wrote, "Under any definition, the defendant has flouted the system," a reference to Zimmerman making no effort to correct statements by his wife, Shellie, at an April 20 bond hearing that the couple was broke.

The only thing I can imagine them having, waiting in the wings, are character witnesses for Martin: teachers, teammates, friends, clergyman, employers, etc, who would testify that the behavior attributed to Martin by Zimmerman is in their view, impossible.  So maybe in the future there will be another evidence dump with their affidavits.

Of course we have not seen a defense dump yet. But they have the ability to compel the states witnesses to respond to the defenses questions under oath. It could be brutal. IMO some of TM's supporters have already committed perjuries that are relatively easy to prove.

As I remember, during the first bail hearing MOM mentioned his intentions to make TM's character a part of the trial.

What a small, vicious, petty tyrant!

When the public accepted that Zimmerman was or could be a racist they emotionally sided with the prosecution even though the evidence concerning the incident was rumored to vindicate Zimmerman.

An independent FBI investigation is held in high esteem. I began to notice a shift in perspective  in much of the MSM today. I expect the majority of the public believe or will come to believe they were duped by certain highly visible co enablers including the prosecution about this case.

O'Mara argues that Lester, in his prior statements about the strength of the prosecution's case, showed bias toward convicting Zimmerman. "The court spent a lot of time and a lot of words crafting an order that was harsh and morally indignant in tone yet wholly fails to address one of the most important criteria in fashioning reasonable bail ... the compelling evidence showing that the defendant has a viable, credible claim of self defense.

"Mr. Zimmerman fears that the court has already decided that he is not worthy of belief regardless of the type of proceeding or the corroborating evidence that would support his testimony," O'Mara wrote.