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.Arttrur Barns (Sergealt, Salford Po]iee Department), date

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;----

of birth

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
rerrrglary incident that, oeeurued a few weeks prJ.or to ttre
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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

was an r:n-developed area. ILrat area was not known
t,o be associated with a.ny partieular race.

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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.
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Barrrs s EaLed, t he sornmuni Ey will not be saEisf i.ed u):rr.r

is arres Eed. }Ie added, in Itis opirrion and knowl r:dge .'i I
E,he f ac Es , zrMMERIvuuu should have been arres Eed. Ehe E i.me of t-tre
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Barng has a. personar relationship

Tracey Martin
(freyvon Mart,in's father) Eor over 20 yearb,wiE,h
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.
ZIMMERIViAN

Barns did not know who made the final decision to have
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 !ji.6yrtr''
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

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BarnE feLt the Ehootlng wae not, racial.ly motivated, but,

a man shooting Ern un-armed kid.

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BrandyMcclsndsn {Tttey'fiil*rtln's Fla*oee], at the Sanford Pollce Dsp*rtrnent 815 W. tith $treeL The
pufpos$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. I$artinto 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 ara to my work
stati'cn desk. I played the retdr ings ofl t?ty desktop computer, and upon pl*ying.the $11 call placed by
Jonnlfer Laurer, in which a voice is heard in the background yelling for help multipte Smes, I askpd Mr. Martin
if the volce calling tor help was fllat af his son. Mr. Martin, clearly emotianatly irnpacted by the rccording,
quietly re$psnds# r'fio", This snssu*ltsr $raa,rmt audio recorded, End no,further questiating ia {he mB{tsr $rar
conducted, &t. Lasn Geinla wa* pre*cntdufi,fq fte playing of the $11 &pc$,for S,llr,,Martin.
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