[Vision2020] DOJ solicits email tips in Zimmerman civil rights probe

[Paul Rumelhart]

This just screams "witch hunt".  They are very committed to charging him with civil rights violations; if anyone out there could help them find some, they'd greatly appreciate it.  Thank you very much.  Damn the laws that require a crime to be committed before being able to charge someone!  Don't worry, I'm sure they can dig up something on him, with your help of course.  Just email Sanford.florida at usdoj.gov.  Or, hell, just email anyone!  The NSA will route it their way.

Paul


DOJ solicits email tips in Zimmerman civil rights probe
July 16, 2013|By Scott Powers, Orlando Sentinel

The U.S. Department of Justice on Monday afternoon appealed to civil rights groups and community leaders, nationally and in Sanford, for help 
investigating whether a federal criminal case might be brought against 
George Zimmerman for the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, one advocate 
said.

The DOJ has also set up a public email address to take in tips on its civil rights investigation.

Barbara Arnwine, president and executive director the Lawyers' Committee for 
Civil Rights Under Law – who earlier in the day joined calls for federal civil rights charges against Zimmerman, said that later in the 
afternoon, she joined a U.S. Department of Justice conference call to 
discuss the prospects.

“They were calling on us to actively refer anyone who had any information,” 
that might build a case against Zimmerman for either a civil rights 
violation or a hate crime, Arnwine said. “They said they would very 
aggressively investigate this case.”

Arnwine said the call was 
convened at about 3:30 p.m. by Tom Perez, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice, 
and included representatives from the FBI, and several federal 
prosecutors, she said. DOJ officials also said they would open a public 
email address so people could send in tips on the case.

That email address, which is now in operation, is Sanford.florida at usdoj.gov.

In addition to Arnwine’s group, Sherrilyn Ifill, President and 
Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund; Laura 
Murphy, Washington Chapter head of the ACLU; and several national, 
Florida and Sanford-based “human relations” groups participated, Arnwine said.

During the call, DOJ officials announced they had set up a 
way for people to send email tips that could help aid in their 
investigation. The email address will be operational later this week.
Also Monday, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said a speech at the social action luncheon of the Delta Sigma Theta sorority, that he shares 
concerns about “the tragic, unnecessary shooting death” of Trayvon 
Martin last year, and he vowed to pursue a federal investigation into 
the matter, the Washington Post reported.

Holder pledged that the 
Justice Department would work to “alleviate tensions, address community 
concerns and promote healing” in response to the case.
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mailman.fsr.com/pipermail/vision2020/attachments/20130717/d712348a/attachment.html>