Thursday, May 17, 2012

Trayvon Martin Case Shadowed by Series of Police Missteps


Trayvon Martin was killed Feb. 26 at the Retreat at
Twin Lakes. The initial investigation into his death
was dogged by problems


An examination of the Sanford Police Department’s handling of the case shows a series of missteps — including sloppy work — and circumstances beyond its control that impeded the investigation and may make it harder to pursue a case that is already difficult enough.
The national furor has subsided for the moment. But as the second-degree murder case against the defendant, George Zimmerman, moves from the glare of a public spectacle to the grinding procedures of the court system and eventual trial, the department’s performance, roundly criticized by Mr. Martin’s family as bungling and biased, will be scrutinized once again, though in more meticulous detail. 

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