More that just Zimmerman...

 Most people know about the incident in Sanford, Florida where a  seeming "nutcake" shot a youth there for no reason other than HIS version of "suspicious behavior", which seems to, in this case means doesn't belong in this community"...at least that's how I read it. The kid was doing nothing to garner this guys attention, let alone a bullet. He was LOOKING for someone to have arrested or shot so he could be the big hero, it seems to me. And I'm sure you're already aware of this story below, so I won't go on about that, you either know or can read it here, BUT I DO want to point out something the police chief, who has stepped down for now, actually has said. Apparently he has the same feelings about "outsiders" as the over-zealous Mr. Zimmerman. I highlighted the paragraph and the particular sentence in that paragraph. I just want you to consider what he means by who BELONGS in a community. REALLY? Unless you're flashing "no doubt about it" gang tats or driving below the speed limit in a custom painted low rider late at night, OR are hanging out on a street corner wearing not much, waving at men and obviously soliciting for sex, WHO doesn't belong in any community? You ever hear of fair housing, guests, extended family, not to just say, don't be a racist? The only people that might not "belong" are trouble makers, and this child was NOT making trouble, he was walking home from the store. I think maybe Chief Lee should just STAY down after this is over, and hopefully Mr. Zimmerman is in jail for manslaughter.
Just sayin'
Dragonfly

SANFORD, Fla. -- At a hastily called press conference this afternoon, Sanford City Manager Norton Bonaparte Jr. announced that beleaguered police Chief Bill Lee Jr. is stepping down temporarily amidst growing anger over his handling of the investigation into the killing of Trayvon Martin. Bonaparte told reporters that he hoped the move would "restore calm to the city of Sanford" and help speed the case through the legal process. He said that the city has not yet appointed an interim chief.
"As a former homicide investigator, a career law enforcement officer and a father, I am keenly aware of the emotions associated with this tragic death of a child," Lee said at the press conference. "I'm also aware that my role as the leader of this agency has become a distraction to this investigation...Therefore i have come to the decision that I must temporarily remove myself from the position of police chief of the city of Sanford."
This is a developing story. Check back here for updates.
The move comes a day after city commissioners voted "no confidence" in Lee during a meeting Wednesday evening. Lee has come under increasing fire over his department's investigation into the killing of Martin, who was shot on Feb. 26 by George Zimmerman, who told police he shot the teen in self-defense, moments after calling 911 to report a suspicious person.
The Justice Department, the FBI and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement all agreed in the last week to join the investigation. During that time, local officials have been pressuring Bonaparte to fire Lee. Bonaparte told Huffington Post Black Voices last week that he was weighing all of his options, and said last night that he wanted to postpone a decision until those outside investigations into the killing and the department's handling of the case were resolved.
Local residents and community leaders, particularly in the black community, have said they have absolutely no faith in the Sanford police or Lee, who came into office less than a year ago after another scandal brought down the previous chief of police.
Chief Lee's predecessor, Brian Tooley, was forced from office last year amid a scandal involving a lieutenant's son who was captured on video attacking a homeless black man. As the homeless man lay bleeding on the ground, police officers reportedly drove his attacker from the scene. The lieutenant's son, Justin Collison, 21, was not arrested at the time. A month later he turned himself in after video surfaced on Youtube.

For years the local NAACP and others have claimed that the police protected their own and routinely harassed and embarrassed blacks. And in the last few years, some Sanford officers have displayed questionable behavior: a couple have been arrested for taking bribes and kickbacks, and one was fired last summer for falsely accusing a suspect of attempted murder. In one case, the NAACP said that an officer had refused to investigate the rape of a black woman until the organization put pressure on the department.
In the year since Chief Lee took over the department, some in the community said things were just beginning to change.

Lee told the Orlando Sentinel in June that "I hope to focus on developing partnerships with the community and continuing what they've started in their efforts of community policing: working in areas that will enable an officer to get to know the community he's working in; who in that community is not supposed to be there; work together with the community to identify problems."

The department has been criticized for several aspects of the Martin investigation.
Martin, 17, was headed back to the home of his father's girlfriend shortly after 6 p.m. on Feb. 26 after a trip to the convenience store. George Zimmerman, a 28-year-old neighborhood watch member, reported Martin to the police and told the 911 dispatcher that the teenager looked "suspicious." Zimmerman was told by the dispatcher not to follow Martin, but a few minutes after the police call, Martin lay dead from a gunshot to the chest. Zimmerman admitted to police that he shot Martin, but claimed he acted in self-defense; he has not been arrested or charged.
Officers initially told Martin’s parents that Zimmerman had a squeaky clean-record. He was arrested for violence and battery against a police officer in 2005. Martin was tested for drugs and alcohol after his death, but Zimmerman was not. Police failed to check cellphone records for Martin and Zimmerman after the shooting, according to a lawyer for Martin's family. And witnesses have said police did not return phone calls, attempted to manipulate them during questioning and have twisted their statements to fit Zimmerman's self-defense claim.
The case has garnered national attention, with protests and rallies around the country calling for the shooting to be investigated and for Zimmerman to be prosecuted