The acquittal of George Zimmerman caused an intense debate over race relations and justice in the United States, and now a report from WFTV in Orlando makes a shocking claim about the Trayvon Martin case. According to medical examiner Dr. Shiping Bao, the prosecution deliberately threw the case against George Zimmerman because the state prosecutors and the Sanford police department were biased against Trayvon, believing he "got what he deserved."
According to the former assistant coroner, the results of Martin's autopsy clearly showed that, despite Zimmerman's statements regarding their altercation, there was no feasible way for Martin to have been on top of Zimmerman when the gun was fired.
Bao claims that the prosecution never actually asked him the questions that were crucial to the success in the case, and that he changed his opinion from the time he initially examined Martin and the time he was on the stand. Bao and his attorney say they believe he was fired for questioning the way the case was handled, and possibly for not going long with the desired narrative [source].
Dr. Bao has since been fired by the medical examiner's office, and is reportedly preparing a $100 million lawsuit against the State of Florida.
Attorney Willie E. Gary has since been retained by Bao and said he plans to file a lawsuit for wrongful termination, discrimination and job harassment against the Volusia medical examiner's office, Sanford police department and the prosecutors. Gary said Bao contends they "set him up to fail" and that prosecutors didn't properly prepare him to testify in the trial. He expects to file the suit in a week.
"It just doesn't make sense they would have him give him a deposition in November last year and then have him beg and plead for a copy," Gary said. "They did virtually no preparation with him. He said from the medical examiner on down their attitude was Trayvon got what he deserved." [source]