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Doing, the police i should say, by not responding and, you know, people here are saying that as much as bill lee has obviously messed up, this is still about arresting zimmerman. it's almost an insult to the intelligence for them to say he is temporarily stepping aside. nobody can figure out what that means. everybody knows you get fired, you quit, temporarily stepping aside is not a term we can figure out in hr slapping or hr-ese, whatever that means. so it's an insult to the intelligence and to me it's a thumb up the nose from him. that all that needs to happen is that there needs to be an a...

And this is not and because of the phone calls and what is in the state of mind and the concept of people getting away and there's a large amount of evidence that was relatively available early in this case. >> mayor triplett, have you listened to the 911 tapes in the case? >> yes, i have. >> and when you listen to it, did you hear the racial slur that many of us have been hearing and listening to those tapes? >> no. i listened to the raw tapes. so i have not had the benefit of listening to a tape that has been enhanced as of late. >> any of the he elements that the police have advanced in the...

Are they doing a small step too late? every step being taken is taken too late. if they had a couple weeks ago taken some action of some kind on bill lee, it might have been more satisfactory this far into this. >> no, i think you're right. this is not doing anything to make anybody feel any better. the city manager is behind step. the chief of police is behind step and we don't know who it was. they don't get it at all. this is more of a momentum and as long as you're not talking last night and i was speaking with ron allen and several other reporters, we just gathered in circle and with all ...

And this is not and because of the phone calls and what is in the state of mind and the concept of people getting away and there's a large amount of evidence that was relatively available early in this case. >> mayor triplett, have you listened to the 911 tapes in the case? >> yes, i have. >> and when you listen to it, did you hear the racial slur that many of us have been hearing and listening to those tapes? >> no. i listened to the raw tapes. so i have not had the benefit of listening to a tape that has been enhanced as of late. >> any of the elements that the police have advanced in their ...

Shooting, including the stand your ground law. last night on this program in his first national television appearance, nor continue bone apart, the city manager who has the power to fire sanford police chief bill lee was pressed repeatedly by al sharpton and me on firing the chief. >> can you see any reason that he should be continuing in this job satisfy there any reason you see tonight why you should not fire him tonight? >> i stated that i think it should be reviewed by law enforcement experts. that's the point that i think. i need to have facts. >> and today in sanford at 3:39 p.m., mr. bo...