walking while black - Trayvon Martin

[Lady Cop]

LC, would you consider Zimmerman under arrest when he was cuffed and taken in for questioning?

no. i don't know if they mirandized him (i would mirandize a ham sandwich to cover my ass). the way around that is that he was cuffed for officer safety. since he was cut loose and not charged with anything after interview, they still have a fresh slate so to speak to arrest later. if i read the police report correctly he was not under arrest although the officer indicated a possible manslaughter charge. if he had been under arrest, he would have had to go to a first appearance in front of a judge. it was the state attny. who made the call not to arrest/charge at that time.

note: some defense lawyer would likely argue he was defacto under arrest.