A Discovery Hearing was held yesterday morning in the Sanford Shooting Case which I watched on the InSession TV program. The most interesting part of their coverage for me was the material about Dee Dee.
First, they played the recording which was given to Defense; it was unintelligible and almost inaudible. Then they played an excerpt from an interview she did with the Prosecution. In the latter excerpt, the person identified as Dee Dee could be heard, but her voice did not seem like that of a 16-year-old; she sounded older.
We have no way of easily ascertaining if the Dee Dee character on the first recording is the same as the Dee Dee character on the second recording. Even so, I was quite intrigued.
What did Dee Dee have to say?
The 2nd Dee Dee claimed that Trayvon said "Get off!"
Sorry, but that didn't make any sense to me.
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:: Refer to 8:59am and 9:03am on
their blog entry for this court session.
It emerged during the court proceedings that someone from ABC News was present during Mr Crump's interview with one of the possible Dee Dee characters. I assume the reporter was Matt Gutman who once bragged about getting this exclusive:
"ABC News was there exclusively as the 16-year-old girl told Crump about the last moments of the teenager's life."
I'm just guessing that either his recording of the occasion could get subpoenaed or he may have involved himself as a witness. Has this ever happened to a reporter before?
Yes, it has. The most famous case that comes to mind, off the top of my head, was the Son of Sam Case, which Jimmy Breslin got sucked into. Breslin received a note which became part of the news coverage.
Sometimes, reporters can get sucked into
these cases - whether they like it or not!
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Wednesday, December 12
Monday, December 10
Miami: Chasing Bygone Lights -
The Miami Herald building has been denied landmark preservation status; it will be demolished. The property was sold by McClatchy to the Genting Group.
"The building became home to The Miami Herald when the newspaper outgrew its original building, and it became the birthplace of El Nuevo Herald, the second largest Spanish publication in the country, which again is significant because of how Miami's demographics have changed."
This coming spring the Herald's personnel are expected to move into a building located in Doral.
Meanwhile, LED lights across the face of a building in Miami portray a suggestively wriggling woman reminiscent of ads for seedy Times Square peep shows of a previous era.
The display looks terribly tawdry and seems to be inaugurating a Red Light District which Miami doesn't need.
I wish they'd change the display to a pouncing big cat silhouette or a Pac-Man type video game chase - anything but the tacky eyesore they've just introduced.
...
"The building became home to The Miami Herald when the newspaper outgrew its original building, and it became the birthplace of El Nuevo Herald, the second largest Spanish publication in the country, which again is significant because of how Miami's demographics have changed."
This coming spring the Herald's personnel are expected to move into a building located in Doral.
Meanwhile, LED lights across the face of a building in Miami portray a suggestively wriggling woman reminiscent of ads for seedy Times Square peep shows of a previous era.
The display looks terribly tawdry and seems to be inaugurating a Red Light District which Miami doesn't need.
I wish they'd change the display to a pouncing big cat silhouette or a Pac-Man type video game chase - anything but the tacky eyesore they've just introduced.
...
Sunday, December 9
SoFlo Local Notes -
For the rest of us . . .
Some people have become fed up with the over-commercialization of the winter holidays, while others have become antagonized by the proliferation of cultural diversity gestures lately. For the sake of those who are disgruntled, disaffected or just plain grumpy, one gutsy rebel has installed a Festivus Pole in Deerfield Beach.
Victim Disempowerment: Residents of Trayvon Martin's neighborhood, Miami Gardens, are marching to protest senseless and excessive violence in their community, which, they claim, can be prevented through education.
The Wrong Write: Here's a daffy preoccupation to get your knickers in a twist: Is Nathan Fillion really Richard Castle, the character he portrays on TV?
...
Some people have become fed up with the over-commercialization of the winter holidays, while others have become antagonized by the proliferation of cultural diversity gestures lately. For the sake of those who are disgruntled, disaffected or just plain grumpy, one gutsy rebel has installed a Festivus Pole in Deerfield Beach.
Victim Disempowerment: Residents of Trayvon Martin's neighborhood, Miami Gardens, are marching to protest senseless and excessive violence in their community, which, they claim, can be prevented through education.
The Wrong Write: Here's a daffy preoccupation to get your knickers in a twist: Is Nathan Fillion really Richard Castle, the character he portrays on TV?
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Saturday, December 8
Sanford Cache-Cache --
George Zimmerman Case --
The true identity of Witness #8, who has been nicknamed Dee Dee for this case, is being protected by the Court. I don't feel I need to know her true identity, but she has been such a nebulous presence so far that she doesn't seem real at all.
Thus, I welcome the information about her which lawyer Jeralyn Merritt has been able to gather for us.
George Zimmerman has filed a lawsuit against mainstream media giant NBC Universal. His lawyers are Mark O'Mara and The Beasley Law Firm of Philadelphia.
:: [guardian] - - [poynter] - - [hwoodrptr]
...
The true identity of Witness #8, who has been nicknamed Dee Dee for this case, is being protected by the Court. I don't feel I need to know her true identity, but she has been such a nebulous presence so far that she doesn't seem real at all.
Thus, I welcome the information about her which lawyer Jeralyn Merritt has been able to gather for us.
George Zimmerman has filed a lawsuit against mainstream media giant NBC Universal. His lawyers are Mark O'Mara and The Beasley Law Firm of Philadelphia.
:: [guardian] - - [poynter] - - [hwoodrptr]
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Wednesday, December 5
Mammary Miami News -
In Miami's latest bid to recreate pre-Castro Havana sleaze here on the Florida peninsula, it seems like anything connected to prostitution is irresistibly attractive, whether it's boob enhancement surgical procedures or soft porno production.
Thus, with a gambling casino on its way to replace their newspaper building, all residents will be able to become the celebrities they want to be and a legend in their own minds.
According to recent reports, The Miami Herald newspaper will be going behind a subscription wall on December 18th.
Meanwhile, in a recent editorial they are promoting the establishment of a movie studio or entertainment production facility in their backyard. Some locals suspect that current management is planning to turn the newspaper into a Reality TV show or Telenovela.
And, according to reliable sources speaking strictly on background but not for attribution, Miami Herald reporter Frances Robles is following her imaginary cockatoo friend over to The New York Times. Now, perhaps, Miami-Dade will be spared a race riot from the George Zimmerman case.
...
Thus, with a gambling casino on its way to replace their newspaper building, all residents will be able to become the celebrities they want to be and a legend in their own minds.
According to recent reports, The Miami Herald newspaper will be going behind a subscription wall on December 18th.
Meanwhile, in a recent editorial they are promoting the establishment of a movie studio or entertainment production facility in their backyard. Some locals suspect that current management is planning to turn the newspaper into a Reality TV show or Telenovela.
And, according to reliable sources speaking strictly on background but not for attribution, Miami Herald reporter Frances Robles is following her imaginary cockatoo friend over to The New York Times. Now, perhaps, Miami-Dade will be spared a race riot from the George Zimmerman case.
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Sunday, December 2
During Austerity or Disorder -
Does anyone still remember
Inspector Fabian of Scotland Yard?
I must admit that he had faded almost completely from my memory until I came across this book review.
Murder at Wrotham Hill by Diana Souhami is a True Crime account of a real life murder reconstructed from the post-WWII years in England which presents a lot of the color and atmosphere of the era and includes the aforementioned Fabian of Scotland Yard.
If this book revives sufficient public interest in Fabian, a TV mini-series about him might make an intriguing successor to the British production of their Foyle's War series.
:: It is reviewed here by Blake Morrison.
And Paula Woods reviews Michael Connelly's new detective novel, The Black Box, which involves the 1992 killing of a young Danish photojournalist during the Rodney King riots in Los Angeles.
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Inspector Fabian of Scotland Yard?
I must admit that he had faded almost completely from my memory until I came across this book review.
Murder at Wrotham Hill by Diana Souhami is a True Crime account of a real life murder reconstructed from the post-WWII years in England which presents a lot of the color and atmosphere of the era and includes the aforementioned Fabian of Scotland Yard.
If this book revives sufficient public interest in Fabian, a TV mini-series about him might make an intriguing successor to the British production of their Foyle's War series.
:: It is reviewed here by Blake Morrison.
And Paula Woods reviews Michael Connelly's new detective novel, The Black Box, which involves the 1992 killing of a young Danish photojournalist during the Rodney King riots in Los Angeles.
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The Dee Dee MacGuffin -
Trayvon Martin Shooting . . .
Has this witness been suborned?
Don West from the George Zimmerman Defense Team has done due diligence by initiating an investigation into the authentication of Witness #8 aka Dee Dee, who remains a murky presence in this case due to lack of establishing the Sacred Chain of Evidence, which raises numerous crazy prospective scenarios.
You may remember that Dee Dee was the MacGuffin which was used, in effect, to trigger this prosecution and still constitutes the State's star witness.
Some of the questions raised by various versions
of the audio recording include the following:
Is Dee Dee some form of CGI or a real human being? Is she really as represented: a 16-year-old tender teenager from Miami Gardens? Or could she be a 23-year-old hooker from Daytona?
Was she personally acquainted with Trayvon Martin? Or is Dee Dee a spoof in some way? How many versions of Dee Dee exist? How many Dee Dee Entities are out there?
Was the extended telephonic conversation verified at the phone companies or was it lowered from a basket in the sky after Martin's death?
Will Dee Dee appear in court as a shrouded hologram?
:: Orlando Sentinel ::
...
Has this witness been suborned?
Don West from the George Zimmerman Defense Team has done due diligence by initiating an investigation into the authentication of Witness #8 aka Dee Dee, who remains a murky presence in this case due to lack of establishing the Sacred Chain of Evidence, which raises numerous crazy prospective scenarios.
You may remember that Dee Dee was the MacGuffin which was used, in effect, to trigger this prosecution and still constitutes the State's star witness.
Some of the questions raised by various versions
of the audio recording include the following:
Is Dee Dee some form of CGI or a real human being? Is she really as represented: a 16-year-old tender teenager from Miami Gardens? Or could she be a 23-year-old hooker from Daytona?
Was she personally acquainted with Trayvon Martin? Or is Dee Dee a spoof in some way? How many versions of Dee Dee exist? How many Dee Dee Entities are out there?
Was the extended telephonic conversation verified at the phone companies or was it lowered from a basket in the sky after Martin's death?
Will Dee Dee appear in court as a shrouded hologram?
:: Orlando Sentinel ::
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Friday, November 30
Writing Thru The Funky Blues -
A landmark newspaper strike
in the early Sixties presaged the
trouble the American Press is in today . . .
I had been a very active student journalist under the aegis of Columbia J School no less as background to the event when I found myself in the Port Authority Building in midtown Manhattan where thousands of newspapers were normally distributed. An eerie atmosphere pervaded the building devoid of its printed products which I have never forgotten.
:: The Long Good-Bye ::
-- By Scott Sherman --
......... via romenesko .....
* * * * *
:: Marking the close of NaNoWriMo 2012,
we congratulate those who have fought the
good fight and are currently wrapping it up.
...
in the early Sixties presaged the
trouble the American Press is in today . . .
I had been a very active student journalist under the aegis of Columbia J School no less as background to the event when I found myself in the Port Authority Building in midtown Manhattan where thousands of newspapers were normally distributed. An eerie atmosphere pervaded the building devoid of its printed products which I have never forgotten.
:: The Long Good-Bye ::
-- By Scott Sherman --
......... via romenesko .....
* * * * *
:: Marking the close of NaNoWriMo 2012,
we congratulate those who have fought the
good fight and are currently wrapping it up.
...
Thursday, November 29
The Last Orange -
Who Lost Miami?
Miami's Big Orange icon is being renamed La Gran Naranja this New Year’s Eve, leaving many North Americans in SoFlo feeling disgruntled. It's the end of an era.
# Another case of rental ambiguity.
This is only the tip of a much larger iceberg.
# There has been much chatter lately
about alleged voter suppression in South Florida.
PS: I have been unusually busy this past week.
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Miami's Big Orange icon is being renamed La Gran Naranja this New Year’s Eve, leaving many North Americans in SoFlo feeling disgruntled. It's the end of an era.
# Another case of rental ambiguity.
This is only the tip of a much larger iceberg.
# There has been much chatter lately
about alleged voter suppression in South Florida.
PS: I have been unusually busy this past week.
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Saturday, November 24
News Notes From Florida -
Jeffrey Soffer, a principal in Turnberry Associates, survived a Thanksgiving helicopter crash in the Bahamas. His company is most well known in SoFlo for the Aventura Shopping Mall and the iconic Fontainebleau Miami Beach Hotel.
# A chronic problem in law enforcement: the potential theft of drugs being kept for use as evidence, which can create a revolving door of corruption. This case allegedly occurred recently in nearby Palm Beach County.
# Condo owner discovers her unit is
already occupied - not so unusual in SoFlo.
...
# A chronic problem in law enforcement: the potential theft of drugs being kept for use as evidence, which can create a revolving door of corruption. This case allegedly occurred recently in nearby Palm Beach County.
# Condo owner discovers her unit is
already occupied - not so unusual in SoFlo.
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Saturday, November 17
Cyber Antics -
A Taliban official
has inadvertently leaked . . .
his mailing list of more than 400 email
contacts, Neil McAllister reports at The Reg.
# Max Fisher reveals the e-mail trick
Petraeus and Broadwell used to communicate.
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has inadvertently leaked . . .
his mailing list of more than 400 email
contacts, Neil McAllister reports at The Reg.
# Max Fisher reveals the e-mail trick
Petraeus and Broadwell used to communicate.
...
Thursday, November 15
Who Said What -
Tell me, Show me, Listen . . .
Hillel Italie reports on the new 18th edition of Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, the first in a decade. Bartlett's was originally published in 1855.
# Graphic attempts to diagram those believed
to be involved in the current Petraeus affair.
# Browse the FreeSound library.
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Hillel Italie reports on the new 18th edition of Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, the first in a decade. Bartlett's was originally published in 1855.
# Graphic attempts to diagram those believed
to be involved in the current Petraeus affair.
# Browse the FreeSound library.
...
Tuesday, November 13
Missteps & Misdirections -
Diabetes is the cause of most lower limb amputations in the U.S., but you would never know that if you were watching American TV in recent weeks.
In heavy rotation is a commercial featuring scary amputation portraits which are designed to persuade viewers that Smoking is the most common cause of such amputations.
Diabetes is rampant in this country, but it is also a billion-dollar profit-making business here with an entire industry pandering to it.
This "PSA" is part of a current propaganda campaign to pressure people to switch from tobacco products to proprietary replacement products belonging to the American Pharmaceutical Industry in order to increase their profits.
# Although the Homeless in Florida do not constitute a monolithic group of people, they are often abused in a dehumanizing manner, because they make easily accessible scapegoats. Florida has one of the highest Foreclosure rates in the country.
The reality is that thousands of homes stand empty and can be invaded by rats, lizards, and even coyotes, while some people seem to spend a lot of their time inventing new ways to abuse those who are less fortunate than they are.
For example: a homeless man has just been arrested in Florida for trying to recharge his mobile phone at a charging station located in a public park.
# Via Romenesko we learn that Jen Campbell, a blogger in London who works in an antiquarian bookstore, has a new book making its debut called Weird Things Customers Say in Bookstores. Jerome Ludwig muses about that in Chicago.
...
In heavy rotation is a commercial featuring scary amputation portraits which are designed to persuade viewers that Smoking is the most common cause of such amputations.
Diabetes is rampant in this country, but it is also a billion-dollar profit-making business here with an entire industry pandering to it.
This "PSA" is part of a current propaganda campaign to pressure people to switch from tobacco products to proprietary replacement products belonging to the American Pharmaceutical Industry in order to increase their profits.
# Although the Homeless in Florida do not constitute a monolithic group of people, they are often abused in a dehumanizing manner, because they make easily accessible scapegoats. Florida has one of the highest Foreclosure rates in the country.
The reality is that thousands of homes stand empty and can be invaded by rats, lizards, and even coyotes, while some people seem to spend a lot of their time inventing new ways to abuse those who are less fortunate than they are.
For example: a homeless man has just been arrested in Florida for trying to recharge his mobile phone at a charging station located in a public park.
# Via Romenesko we learn that Jen Campbell, a blogger in London who works in an antiquarian bookstore, has a new book making its debut called Weird Things Customers Say in Bookstores. Jerome Ludwig muses about that in Chicago.
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Sunday, November 11
Weekend Browsing -
Today is Remembrance Day . . .
The morning began badly; it got off on the wrong foot because the yammering bobble heads on American TV aggressively tried to ruin the occasion by inserting yesterday's news into their program. The resignation of a general was not an appropriate topic for them to rant about at the start of this commemoration. I was very offended and walked out of the room.
"What images or types of information might communicate to intelligent voyagers from the great beyond something of the world our kind created (and lost)?" The Last Pictures by Trevor Paglen is reviewed by Kenneth Baker.
# A new book of essays by Julian Barnes called Through the Window is reviewed by Robert Douglas-Fairhurst.
# Punk Power: Hardcore Punk Scenes from 1980s Southern California is reviewed at the LAT.
# Fault Line by Robert Goddard is reviewed by Barry Turner.
# Sergio at his Tipping My Fedora blog explores The Yellow Dog by Georges Simenon, which was one of the first Maigret novels. And he includes some hyperlinks to other resources.
# Reminder: Miami Book Fair November 11-18th.
# Mr Rocky Books sought refuge from Hurricane Sandy at a Queens NY library where he is currently ensconced as a pampered guest.
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The morning began badly; it got off on the wrong foot because the yammering bobble heads on American TV aggressively tried to ruin the occasion by inserting yesterday's news into their program. The resignation of a general was not an appropriate topic for them to rant about at the start of this commemoration. I was very offended and walked out of the room.
"What images or types of information might communicate to intelligent voyagers from the great beyond something of the world our kind created (and lost)?" The Last Pictures by Trevor Paglen is reviewed by Kenneth Baker.
# A new book of essays by Julian Barnes called Through the Window is reviewed by Robert Douglas-Fairhurst.
# Punk Power: Hardcore Punk Scenes from 1980s Southern California is reviewed at the LAT.
# Fault Line by Robert Goddard is reviewed by Barry Turner.
# Sergio at his Tipping My Fedora blog explores The Yellow Dog by Georges Simenon, which was one of the first Maigret novels. And he includes some hyperlinks to other resources.
# Reminder: Miami Book Fair November 11-18th.
# Mr Rocky Books sought refuge from Hurricane Sandy at a Queens NY library where he is currently ensconced as a pampered guest.
...
Thursday, November 8
Knocked Out of Top Spot -
Broward County FL has just experienced a major upset in its power structure with the ouster of Al Lamberti from the office of Sheriff.
The BSO is probably the largest such office in this country and can have a significant impact on the quality of life here.
Since I moved down to South Florida this time, I have become concerned about the organization's apparent drift into the direction of the kind of gendarmerie we would more likely associate with a foreign banana republic.
Longtime residents in the county have told me that this seemed to have started with the Cuban Nick Navarro. I don't know because I wasn't living down here during Navarro's tenure as sheriff.
* * * * * * *
John Geraci pays tribute to Fort Lauderdale sleuth Travis McGee who lives on a houseboat called the Busted Flush.
...
The BSO is probably the largest such office in this country and can have a significant impact on the quality of life here.
Since I moved down to South Florida this time, I have become concerned about the organization's apparent drift into the direction of the kind of gendarmerie we would more likely associate with a foreign banana republic.
Longtime residents in the county have told me that this seemed to have started with the Cuban Nick Navarro. I don't know because I wasn't living down here during Navarro's tenure as sheriff.
* * * * * * *
John Geraci pays tribute to Fort Lauderdale sleuth Travis McGee who lives on a houseboat called the Busted Flush.
...
Sunday, November 4
Been Away For Yonks -
The elegant and witty bicker team of
Nick and Nora Charles, along with their clever
dog Asta, visited us in several Hollywood movies.
They were originally created by Mystery writer Dashiell Hammett. The movies were followed by an American TV series. The stories from The Thin Man movies are now being published as novellas.
...
Nick and Nora Charles, along with their clever
dog Asta, visited us in several Hollywood movies.
They were originally created by Mystery writer Dashiell Hammett. The movies were followed by an American TV series. The stories from The Thin Man movies are now being published as novellas.
...
Friday, November 2
Late Notes (2#) -
Bal Harbour's Police Department may have a small footprint, but apparently, it's had a very long reach nationwide.
It has been ordered by the DOJ to end its Federal Forfeiture Program after that enterprise allegedly seized millions of dollars worth of drug money.
# NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month)
has just started. Are you up for it this year? Here
is the local connection to inspire you.
...
It has been ordered by the DOJ to end its Federal Forfeiture Program after that enterprise allegedly seized millions of dollars worth of drug money.
# NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month)
has just started. Are you up for it this year? Here
is the local connection to inspire you.
...
Thursday, November 1
Visiting & Revisiting Crimes -
Revisiting The Perugia Slasher Case: On the Fifth Anniversary of Meredith Kercher's death commemorations are being held and tributes to her are being published. The case continues to make its way through the Italian legal system. It is the kind of story that never really ends - like a teen slasher movie which has been left unfinished.
# A new version of Georges Simenon's Maigret is being cooked up for a prospective TV series. The old series with subtitles has been a cultish hit on Mhz late night American TV recently.
# A new series about European Crime Writing has started on BBC Radio called Foreign Bodies which is available for downloading.
...
# A new version of Georges Simenon's Maigret is being cooked up for a prospective TV series. The old series with subtitles has been a cultish hit on Mhz late night American TV recently.
# A new series about European Crime Writing has started on BBC Radio called Foreign Bodies which is available for downloading.
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Tuesday, October 30
Media Notes -
Welcome News:
Judge Debra S Nelson declined to
impose a gag order on George Zimmerman's
Defense Team at this time.
::TechMIT:: -- ::NewsMax:: -- ::TalkLeft::
* * * * * * *
Super-Storm Sandy knocked out some
popular websites based in Manhattan.
...
Judge Debra S Nelson declined to
impose a gag order on George Zimmerman's
Defense Team at this time.
::TechMIT:: -- ::NewsMax:: -- ::TalkLeft::
* * * * * * *
Super-Storm Sandy knocked out some
popular websites based in Manhattan.
...
A Quick Browse -
Those of us who were fans of Charles Aznavour's oeuvre didn't have much comparable in English until Canadian poet and song writer Leonard Cohen came along in the late Sixties. You can read more about him in a new biography called I'm Your Man written by Sylvie Simmons, which is reviewed here by Fiona Sturges.
# Fans of Edward Gorey will find new publications of his work described here by Mark Dery.
# European detective fiction explored by Mark Lawson.
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# Fans of Edward Gorey will find new publications of his work described here by Mark Dery.
# European detective fiction explored by Mark Lawson.
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