Confronting Racism

[Brownshoe]

(02-07-2016, 05:41 PM)fredtoast Wrote: What I mean is that the Police Chief was relieved of hid duty over the way the investigation was handled.  The police never followed up with some witnesses and seemed to disregard others.  The police had Martin's cell phone call log but never contacted his girlfriend who was on the line with him just moments before he was killed.  They did not even try to identify Treyvon's body by asking if any of the neighbors recognized him.

I don't know where you're getting your info, but the phone Martin was using was malfunctioning, and they couldn't even collect any data from it using their data recovery device. Everything that I have read said that they talked to the people who lived around there, and took statement from the witnesses on the scene. Also, what investigation doesn't disregard/doesn't follow up with witnesses that are telling inconsistent stories? They also did get in contact with Martins girlfriend too, and she gave a testimony that she later said she lied about.

Yes, the police did make a few mistakes in the case, but that happens all the time no matter the race of the people involved.