*Note  O’Mara shares the current Zimmerman Defense Fund balance is $211,000 with various considerable expenditures now taking place. Considering $50,000 was placed in a living account by O’Mara for the Zimmermans in hiding, and now entering the paid testimony costs, lawyer costs, and attorney staff charges, the burn rate is considerable. It would be interesting to know how much in total was contributed to date.
They must have received well in excess of $300,000 so far, and with an estimated projection for total defense cost exceeding $1 million they have quite a way to go.

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Hey all, anyone else noticed Fox has pulled an NBC? Look at this video:

At the 2:45 mark they edited out where GZ says “okay” in response to the dispatch saying “okay we don’t need you to do that” which to my mind is a HUGE HUGE edit to do, and doesn’t buy enough time to justify it under a “oh we needed to keep the segment under a certain length” or anything. They excised that exact piece of audio. They cut it to sound like it was never there. Exactly as NBC did.   – Fathomable

The audio on this video is not good.   However, it is understandable if you turn your volume up to 100%.

Analogy – George Zimmerman Does NOT Need Mitch Daniels – George Zimmerman Needs Chris Christie.  Or at least Atticus Finch

Why does Mark O’Mara “parse” his words.?    “Broken”/”Fractured” et al.  The defense attorney’s job is to be a STAUNCH advocate for his client George Zimmerman.   The prosecuting attorney a staunch advocate for the State Of Florida. (more…)

Sorry guys, but I’ve been out of loop on family day….   playing catch-up…. Here is some prelim information…. (more soon)

ORLANDO – A Florida judge is delaying his decision on whether to let George Zimmerman out of jail on bond, saying he will rule on the matter later.

Judge Kenneth Lester revoked Zimmerman’s $150,000 bond earlier this month after he said Zimmerman, who awaits trial for the death of Trayvon Martin, and his wife intentionally tried to dissemble about their financial situation in April so that he could get out on bond. The pair did not disclose more than $100,000 raised on a legal defense fund website. Zimmerman’s wife is charged with perjury. (The site raised more than $200,000 in donations.) (more…)

George Zimmerman will be back in front of Judge Lester today for another Bond Hearing.  WFTV will livestream hearing

Orlando:  Last time, the judge set bail at $150,000 but that was before he learned about an online fundraising campaign raking in $1,000 a day.

• Trayvon’s parents, Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton, plan to be at Friday’s hearing.
• At Friday’s hearing, prosecutor Bernie de la Rionda is expected to again ask the judge to keep Zimmerman locked up, and, if not that, to set bail at $1 million.
• Shellie Zimmerman is not on Friday’s witness list. Defense attorney Mark O’Mara has indicated he’ll call two witnesses, both bail bondsmen.
• O’Mara argued in paperwork filed earlier this week that Zimmerman broke no rules while he was free on bail and that he surrendered when the judge revoked bond. The defendant realizes now that remaining silent about all that money rolling in was a mistake, O’Mara wrote.
• The judge said yes to allowing Zimmerman to wear street clothes and no shackles at Friday’s hearing.
• Attorneys for more than a dozen news companies will be at Friday’s hearing, arguing for the release of several public records, including 150 phone calls Zimmerman made from jail and the statement of “witness 9.”

By Request – A new daily feature to create a place to just dump, collect, or discuss general information about the Trayvon Martin VS George Zimmerman Case.

Use this thread as an open thread just for Zimmerman Case stuff.

Courtesy of Paws O’ Brilliance (aka Puddy)  This is approx. 7 1/2 min. from Megyn Kelly’s show this morning.  Det. Serino’s comments casting doubt on GZ’s testimony are discussed with two guest lawyers.  Also discussed….the voice “Stress Test” which GZ passed with flying colors.

Just room for expansion of discussion on two distinct but semi-related issues:
#1 )  The Sanford Police Department insider leaks (Detective Serino?) of specific information to present the most negative light upon George Zimmerman.   Specific leak of focus the Arrival Video of George Zimmerman to the police station.
#2)   Detective Serino claiming George Zimmerman “could have” avoided the confrontation with Trayvon by just talking to him at “two” opportunities.   (The legacy media currently having a field day with this one.
Regarding the leaked footage to ABC’s Matt Gutman.  I’m working on something deeper in that regard, but I enjoyed DiwataMan2’s, video and thought others might enjoy based on recent events:

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How does Chief Bill Lee’s firing tie in with Detective Chris Serino’s removal, and Matt Gutman’s admissions?   Some of this is a combination of factual evidence and blended with a reasonable hypothesis from three months of investigating the players.

It really is not that complex to identify the motives and consequences of the latest developments in the Trayvon Martin Shooting against the backdrop of evidence discovery and known personalities.
First, Lead Detective Chris Serino –  From the outset Detective Serino has held somewhat of a valid chip on his shoulder toward George Zimmerman.  Somewhat valid.   Did he cross the line?  Yes.   Was it out of some grand design to see George Zimmerman incarcerated for Second Degree murder?  No, not likely.
Serino was non sympathetic toward Zimmerman’s position for a variety of reasons.   Zimmerman had thrown his department and some of his pals under the bus regarding the Sherman Ware case against Justin Collison.  Maybe he even thought of Zimmerman as a rogue do-gooder blended with somewhat of a grandiose vigilante complex.
So from the start he just didn’t care for him.   Besides, from his perspective, if Zimmerman had just sat his butt in his car and waited for the police to arrive none of this would have happened.  Especially not all the grief brought upon his department once again by the same loud mouth that created the prior problems with the former Police Chief.   So Zimmerman, from Serino’s perspective was getting a dose of Karma. (more…)