arthur barnes fbi statement

8/9/2019 Arthur Barnes FBI Statement

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.Arttrur Barns

(Sergealt,

Salford

Po]iee

Department), date

of birth

september

29,

L962,

B/NI,

work

address

Bra

i.l

i:tr, siieet.-

sanford,

Florida, was

lnte:rriewed

at

his

place

ot-empityment

Barns

was

advised of

the

ident,ities

of

thE

inte*ri";"Gi

agents

and

tbat

tre

was

being

intenriewed

in

reference

to

*re-iantbrA

conununity.

Barns

provlded

the

for.i.owing

intormati;n;----

Barrrs

was

born

in

Sanford,

Florida,

wh.ere

he has

liwed

and

worked

his entire

Life.

BarnE

served

in

ttre

u.s.

eruEr

from

1980-1983

as a

Military

Police

Of,ficer.

Barne_hag

be_e1

employed

at

the

Sanford

Po1ice Department

f,or

25

yearE.

Durtng.hts

time

at

ttre'Po1ice

Department

he-Eerved,

one

tetrl

as

a+

Lnveetigator.

.Ba.rns

vras

promoted

to

sergeant

in

2ao2.

Barns is

curregtly

assigned

aE

the

sutrrurriEor

of-tshe

Property Crj.mes

Divigion.

ThiE

iE Ba::asr

th-ird,

term

as a

superrJ.sol.i+

invest,igatione.

Ba.::aE

has

been

assiga.ed

t,o

the

Property

DiviEion

sinee

,ltarch

of

2011

Barrs

stated

he

girew

up

on

the

weEt

side oE

sanford.,

wtrLeh wae

prlmarily

Afriean

Ameri.can

at

the

t:Lrne.

He

Btated tfre

racial

makeup

back

then

was

60t

whiEe

and

4ot black.

Bar=.s

states

he

beLieves

the

_percentages

are

stj.Il

the

Eame

but

are

nore spread

out and

not

predominate

in

any

specific

area..

Barns

eouLd

not,

provide

specific

knowledge of

lfLre

Retreat

at,

Twin

r,alces

sr.rbdivj.sion.

He

acknowledges

t}:ere

has

been

some

burglariee

in

the

area

and

that

has

been-an

issue.

Barns

recalled

ln

rerrrglary

incident

that,

oeeurued

a

few weeks

prJ.or

to

ttre

zTMMERMAN-MartLn

shooting.

rhe incident

invorweE

an

occupied

btrrglary

with

ttrree

Af

riean

Amerj.can

maLe

suspects

and,

j

white maLe

srrspect.

Barns

stat,ed.

that,

prior

to

the

development

of

Ttre

Retreat

at

l\lin

Lakes

it

was

an

r:n-developed

area.

ILrat

area was

not

known

t,o

be

associated

with

a.ny

partieular

race.

Barns

stated.

the number one

crime

issue

in

the

City of

sanford

is

burglaries.

Burglaries

have

been

the

focus

of

the

PoLiee Department,

more

speiiticalJ.y the property

Divj-sion.

lnvesrisation

on

04

/

05

I

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0

L 2

at

sanf ord,

Flor

ida

rit

I

IE

Dat ,

dictatcd

by

SA

Elizabeth

Alexander

This

documeril

contains

ncither

rccommerrdations

nor

conclusions

of thc

FBl.

lt

is

thc

propcrty

of

the

FBI

and

is loancd

to

your

agcncy;

il

uld

its

contenB

are

not

ro

bc distributed

outsidc

your

agcncy.



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he

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is

arres

Eed.

}Ie added,

in

E,he

f

ac

Es

,

zrMMERIvuuu

should

have

been

incide,n.t

.

will

not

be

saEisf

i.ed

u):rr.r

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Itis

opirrion

and

knowl

r:dge

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I

arres

Eed.

Ehe

E

i.me

of

t-tre

Barng

has

a.

personar

relationship

wiE,h

Tracey

Martin

(freyvon

Mart,in's

father)

Eor

over

20

yearb,

Barns

sg,ated

he spo .:e

with

Tracey

abouE

2-3 da.ys

afE.er

rhe

sLooting.

He

said-rracey

-was

upset

over

losing

his son.

Barns

add,ed

Tracey

was

upset

aftei

he

spoke with

Detective

serino

bue

did

not. specity

wrry.'

Barns

spoke

wiE,h-

Tracey

two

other

Eimes

afEer

t.haE

as

a

friend.

Barns

stbppea

speaking

wiEh martin

as

a request

f

rom

E,he

Captain

o'Connor

tol- tfre

integrity

of

the invest,igat,ion.

During

convelsatioaE

with

Tracey

he

never ment

ioned

Eo

Barns

about Ehe

incident,

being raciarl-y

mot,ivated.

When the

incident

occurred,

Barns

says

Ehat

InvestigaLors

Lonnie

Taylor

and

Doris

Singleton

sided wit,h

zlt*tt"IsRlriAN

in

his-claim

that,

it'

was

self-defense.

Barns

added

t,hat

Detective

Serino

wanted

Eo arrest,

ZTMMERMAN

at

the

time

but

felL

he

was

persuaded

otherwise. Barns

added

that, sergeant,

Joe

santilgo

was

the

superrrisor

at,

Ehe

time

of

the

incident.

Itre

regular

supervisor

was

on

vacation

at the

time.

Barns

did

not

know

who

made

the final

decision

to

have

ZIMMERIViAN

released.

Barns

stated

he

has

remalned

out.

of Lhe

poJ-ice

investigation and

his

knowledge

of

the

case

is

from the

media.

Barns

feels

the

proper

questions

were

not asked

during

the

initial

investigatlon

and

if so,

ZIMMERMAN

would

of,

been

arrested

at

Uhe

time

of

the

incident.

From Barns

perspective

the

African

American

Community

from

t.he

age

of

30

and

up

Just

waot,s

an

ansrrrer

to the

incident.

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Barns

is

rrnsure

hoy

tlre

younger-African

Amerlcan

communiEy

is

going

tso

reacts

to'the

outcoine of

the

incident.

Barns

beLleves

the

African

America"n

CommuniEy

would

be in

an

']up1oartr

_if

zrMMERl,IAlI

is

not charged.

The

communitlr

wiJ.r

be

eatiEf,ied

if Eu1

arrest

takes

pJ.ace.

AE

for

ttre

cLviL

-rigrrts

investigatlo+t

if

it ts determined

Lo

be

a violatioa

of

irayvon

Mart,in'

s

civil

rights

then

lt, wil.l

refLect,

negatiwely

on

thE

sanford

Police Department

and, fingere

wil.L

be-pointe&

at them for

not,

doing.their

Job

properly.

Barns

feeLs

the-conununity

is

at a

50/50

spJ.it

wtrether

-it

was

L

frate crime

or

not

BarnE

feLt the Ehootlng

wae

not,

racial.ly

motivated,

but,

it

vuas

a

man

shooting

Ern un-armed

kid.



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pufpos$f-w

thtr

m@tlng,t**a

to

pnovide

the denedenfs

next

of

kin

r*iflt a

status

updata

of

the

progrers

of

tJre

lnv**sgation

lnts tho

thooting deaffi o,f hts,*on,

Trcyvon Martln.

h

ordEf

,to

pr.ovldg,a

better unde,fsHndlng

ta

Mr. Msrtin.as to why th6 lndividual

who s,hst hib

ssn

was fiot

arr&Stsd,efid

elrarged

wlth homislde, * dEcided

lE

allow

[l*r.

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hear

all slx

gll

calls raceiyed

by

the

Seminole

Csunty Cornmunications Center regardlng the Incldent

lnvolving

hle

Eon

aad

Georgo Zimrnarman.

ln order

to facllitate this,

I escortsd

Mr.

Martin

and Ms. McClendgn

frsm the

intervielv

rosm ar€a to

my

work

stati'cn

desk.

I

played

the

retdr

ings ofl t?ty desktop computer,

and upon

pl*ying.the

$11

call

placed

by

Jonnlfer

Laurer, in which

a

voice

is

heard

in

the background

yelling

for

help

multipte

Smes,

I

askpd Mr. Martin

if the

volce calling tor help was

fllat

af his

son.

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by the rccording,

quietly

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