Oh, Really?

[chris_gerrib]

So, we were told that George Zimmerman was "in the fight of his life" the night he shot Treyvon Martin. Martin had broken Zimmerman's nose on the first punch, and was pounding Zimmerman's head against the concrete sidewalk.

Now, we've got video of Zimmerman walking into the police station after the fight. It's reasonably clear video, and noticeable for what it doesn't show.

There are no visible marks on Zimmerman. No cuts, no bruises, no bandages, no blood. Remember, Zimmerman is claiming head injuries! Where's the blood? If Zimmerman was claiming that he got hit in the gut, that would be different. But head injuries bleed. Profusely. Also missing are the grass stains on the back of his jacket.

Tell me again, Mr. Zimmerman, what happened out there?

Comments

[daveon.livejournal.com]

The other bit that I've filed in 'weird as f**k' is they had the local police chief, an ASA and the head of their detective crew at the scene of the crime...

I doubt we'll ever really know but something very odd happened that evening.

[chris-gerrib.livejournal.com]

Well, Sanford is a town of 50,000 or so. I suspect a murder is a rare enough occurrence that pretty much every senior manager feels the need to at least make an appearance at the scene.

[daveon.livejournal.com]

Even a murder on a Sunday it seems unlikely to me. OTOH, I'll give them the benefit of the doubt.

Interesting to hear that the head detective wanted a manslaughter charge... which, frankly, should have been the default position, and then leave it to the court system to determine if it was that or self defense.

[chris-gerrib.livejournal.com]

In the Navy we called it an "Officer Magnet." Any serious event seemed to draw all sorts of officers (like me) to the scene, so we could rub our leadership all over the problem.