arthur barnes fbi statement
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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
z
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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should
have
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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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