Outrage Wolfinger News Today

36 days after the shooting of trayvon martin, but they still dont know exactly what happened that night. but we do know george zimmerman was handcuffed, brought to the police station and then walked out a free man later that night. why? because state attorney norm wolfinger refused to charge zimmerman. amid great public outrage wolfinger recused himself from the case and governor rick scott appointed governor cory to take over. today the martin family sent a formal request to the justice departm...

The shooting. he said the men over ruled the homicide investigators recommendation that zimmerman be charged with manslaughter. in response wolfinger released a statement today saying hes, quote, outraged by the outright lies contained in that letter. joining me now is managing editor of thegrio.com joy reed and ken padowitz, former homicide prosecutor. thanks for joining me. joanne, lets start with the letter the attorney for trayvons family sent to the department of justice. what was this me...

Parents sent a letter to the justice department asking for a formal investigation of florida state attorneys interactions with the sanford police department. the family wants to know why wolfingers office didnt bring charges against zimmerman even though the lead homicide investigator in the case wanted an arrest. the most explosive news today centers on a witness 911 call the night of the shooting. on this call a voice can be heard screaming for help. listen. >> 911 do you need police, fire or ...

Martin family wants them to look at whether or not the chief of police and the state attorney norm wolfinger were here and allegedly had a conversation where they overruled the homicide investigator who wanted to press manslaughter charges against george zimmerman. the police denied that. wolfinger released a statement saying they were outright lies. thats the first time we have heard from him during the course of the investigation. it was a strong letter that was a really strong pushback about ...