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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: locogringo who wrote (129615)	4/10/2012 11:01:11 AM
From: TideGlider	2 Recommendations Respond to of 224758

That is terrible! No good can come of Kenneth et al fanning the flames! Sanford police car shot near Trayvon Martin scene No officer inside car, authorities say Author: Kevin Wolkenfeld, Producer, kwolkenfeld@wkmg.com Published On: Apr 10 2012 05:24:46 AM EDT Updated On: Apr 10 2012 09:05:50 AM EDT Send to a Fri SANFORD, Fla. - A Sanford police car parked near the Trayvon Martin shooting scene was found Tuesday morning with bullet holes in it, according to authorities. The cruiser was parked across the street from the Retreat at Twin Lakes apartment complex, near the front of Bentley Elementary School. Police said no one was inside the cruiser, but gunfire knocked out at least one window on the car. Witnesses said they heard six shots; at least two bullets struck the patrol car. Sanford police said the cruiser had been parked in front of Bentley Elementary for the past couple of weeks at the request of school officials who had concerns about safety issues. Police removed the car from the scene, and an investigation is ongoing. Martin, 17, was shot and killed in late February by neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman, who claims he acted in self-defense. Zimmerman, 28, has not been charged with a crime in Martin's death, a fact that has provoked demonstrations and calls that he be prosecuted for killing the teen. On Monday, a group of students calling themselves the Dream Defenders marched to the Sanford police station. Six of the demonstrators wore hooded sweatshirts, as Martin did the night he was shot, as they blocked the department's main entrance; others linked arms, sang and chanted as they stood facing the building. The demonstration closed the Police Department headquarters, and City Manager Norton Bonaparte Jr. and Acting Police Chief Darren Scott met with leaders of the student group and community leaders. Although details of the Feb. 26 incident remain murky, what is known is that Martin, who was African-American, ventured out from his father's fiancee's home in Sanford to get a snack at a nearby convenience store. As he walked home with a bag of Skittles and an Arizona iced tea, he was shot and killed by Zimmerman, who is Hispanic, and who had called 911 to complain about a suspicious person in the neighborhood.