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CCTV footage of the neighbourhood watch volunteer who shot Trayvon Martin dead in Florida appears to cast doubt on his claim he was badly beaten in a scuffle with the unarmed 17-year-old.
The video shows George Zimmerman climbing handcuffed out of a police car and speaking to officers after he killed the teenager in a gated community outside Orlando on February 26.
Mr Zimmerman has previously claimed he suffered a broken, bloody nose and a head wound after his head was slammed aginst the pavement by the teen.
A lawyer for Trayvon's parents, Benjamin Crump, said: "This certainly doesn't look like a man who told police only an hour or so earlier he suffered a broken nose and had his head repeatedly smashed into the sidewalk.
CCTV Of Trayvon Killer Casts Doubt On Scuffle
Originally posted by TsukiLunar
Beaten up
Here are images of people who have sustained injuries to the face. I think, if they were on that video, that we would be able to tell.
The only way we would not have been able to see them is:
A. The injuries were so meager that they did not warrant medical care, much less the stitches Craig Sooner claimed were needed.
B: Zimmerman is wolverine or Clair Bennent.
C. There were none.edit on 29-3-2012 by TsukiLunar because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by LErickson
Originally posted by jedi_hamster
witness said that martin was on top of zimmerman.
police says zimmerman's head was bleeding and that he's nose was bleeding as well.
zimmerman was defending himself, that's one thing. second thing is, how martin can not be an attacker?
How can he be?
Just because at one point he was winning according to you, that does nothing to tell me who touched who first.
It is real easy to see how Zimmerman could have put hand one on Martin and then found himself on the ground losing. That does not negate the fact that Zimmerman was the attacker. You have no idea how it started. You just know what you think is true.
You want to go on about how badly injured Zimmerman was then please explain why he did REFUSED medical treatment? Where are the medical records? There is no doubt now that the initial investigation was flawed on every level. Now you want to use injuries that do not even jive with that original investigation. They cannot document all these serious injuries and then let you go home and toss out the document and expect us to just take your word for it.
SHOW ME THE MEDICAL RECORDS!
SHOW ME PROOF OF WHO TOUCHED WHO FIRST.
Otherwise you are speculating and doing it poorly. Just because you see someone on top in a fight has nothing to do with who started the fight.
Just as who was winning the fight has nothing to do with who started it.
But, none of what you said has even been shown to be true anyway. Not your witness statement nor the injuries.
you're trying to tell us that that 'skinny innocent boy' ended up being on top of much heavier man, smashing his head, without attacking him by surprise?
I am trying to tell you that I do not know why you believe that is what happened with no evidence to show that any of that happened. And yes. Zimmerman was overweight, lazy, and frightened. That is all it takes for someone with a little confidence to get the upperhand.
feeling stupid already?
Originally posted by LErickson
Originally posted by cdesigns
There is an EYE WITNESS that was very close to them when all happened, he SAW and HEARD everything He was not busy calling 911 or hidding inside his condo, he saw everything. And backs everything that Zimmerman said it happened. All the other witnesses HEARD and SAW half of what happened. I'm a big man and I have screamed out of fear like a girl before, Zimmerman was the one screaming on the 911 tape and the EYE witness confirms this.
edit on 28-3-2012 by cdesigns because: (no reason given)
Almost 100 pages and you have yet to name that witness and supply their account. There is not one witness in this entire thread so far that saw everything. Why are you hiding this little gem from us?
What was their name and what was their account of ALL THE EVENTS.
This witness would be the golden egg in all of this but something tells me you just imagined him.
Originally posted by LErickson
Originally posted by jedi_hamster
it was already stated that "coon" is a term that would be rather used by someone 40yo and that zimmerman actually said "goon", which is a term used in high school.
What??????????????????????????????
Young kids do not say coon, only old people do so Zimmerman could not have said that?
Are you serious?
He must have said "goon" because all the high school kids say "goon?"
ARE YOU #ING SERIOUS?
Who uses the word "goon" outside of 1952?
"Goon" is not at all a word being bandied about by high school kids.
It was not when I was in high school and it sure as hell is not with my nieces and nephews.
Where the hell did you get this pile of crap?
"Coon" is a well known and commonly used racial slur.
"Goon" is a word no one uses anymore anywhere.
you're distorting the facts to support your claims.
Well you and Pops just keep making things up altogether so I will stick with what you accuse me of.
Originally posted by LErickson
Originally posted by jedi_hamster
the only 'punk' in this story is that 'poor' 'innocent' dead young punk ass gangsta wannabe, and his parents didn't give a damn if he's back home on time or 3 days later.
Oh so you are close with his parents then?
So many of you have such high opinions of your OPINIONS.
now they say it's bad to talk about why he was suspended from school - why? because it shows he wasn't as innocent as some people like you want him to look like?
He was suspended for tardiness? What does that have to do with him being shot?
give me a break.
You'd be happy if any black kid suspended from school got murdered for not enjoying being followed home, right? That is all I am hearing in this thread.
How about you walk home and I come up and start questioning you about it? You all welcome that right? How about every five feet one of my friends also starts questioning you? That is ok right? How about any time you walk anywhere, I follow you and question you? That is ok with you? Probably not but Martin should have just up and liked it and since he did not he deserved to die, right?
You really seem to enjoy talking crap about people that cannot defend themselves because they were shot to death for no reason.
Originally posted by LErickson
Originally posted by jedi_hamster
quit sticking to that 'have seen martin attack zimmerman' argument,
You mean the truth?
Is it getting in the way of your lies?
the fact there's no DIRECT proof other than zimmerman's words doesn't say it did NOT happen.
No #, Sherlock. You are the one along with pops that keeps trying to tell me you know what happened and a witness told you so. Here you admit you do not know and yet you just told me in the last post you did know.
When you make things up and people call you on it, you cannot get mad at them and then say you do not know. Too late.
check my previous posts in this thread, you've ignored them. unless you'll show proof that zimmerman lies - and all logic in presented by him + police + witness facts is on his side (and that's why he wasn't arrested) - you're just trolling.edit on 28-3-2012 by jedi_hamster because: (no reason given)
Wow is that the stupidest argument I have ever heard. Unless I prove he is a liar, everything he says is true?
Uh yeah ok.
Prove I am a liar.
Cuz if you can't then everything I say is true.
Nice logic.
Too bad the video tapes contradicts alot of what he said.
Originally posted by Deranged74
reply to post by jedi_hamster
Wow are so many jedis poor at researching?
The force of intelligence is not with this one young skywalker..
The victims GF said Zimmerman approached him !!
you have absolutely NO proof that zimmerman attacked martin