March 30, 2012
#Sidney's Picks: Zimmerman Security Footage; Pensions; The Ryan Budget
- ABC News released exclusive police security camera footage of Trayvon Martin’s shooter, George Zimmerman, being taken into custody on the night of the killing. The police report claimed that Zimmerman had a bloody nose and a cut on his head from an altercation with Martin and a wet jacket from lying on his back on the grass. No trace of trauma or dampness is visible in the video. The footage raises doubts about . Obtaining this footage was an investigative coup for ABC. The network also obtained cell phone records that seem to corroborate Martin’s girlfriend’s claim that she was on the phone with Martin when he was shot.
- Erin Schikowski of The Nation writes about the fight to save public sector pensions in Providence, Rhode Island.
- The New York Times has a bracing op/ed entitled “The Cruel Budget,” about how Paul Ryan’s budget, which Mitt Romney has endorsed, would affect the poorest Americans. The budget would cut $3.3 trillion from programs for low-income Americans and “leave millions of struggling families desperate for food, shelter and health care.”