New evidence in George Zimmerman case : Trayvon texted about being a fighter
Source: Orlando Sentinel
Defense attorneys in the George Zimmerman case today released evidence they discovered on Trayvon Martin's cell phones, including text messages in which he wrote about taking part in organized fights.
Zimmerman described Trayvon to police as an aggressive young man who punched him, knocking him to the ground then climbed on top and began hammering his head onto a sidewalk.
In one text message Trayvon sent Nov. 22, 2011, he wrote about his unnamed opponent, "he got mo hits cause in da 1st round he had me on da ground an I couldn't do ntn."
In another text send Dec. 12 he acknowledged earning a reputation in the neighborhood – although because words were blacked out, it's not clear what his reputation was. His reputation came, he wrote, because of "Duh way I fight nd duh golds (teeth) I had last year."
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The key to this trial is what evidence the judge will allow. Zimmerman's lawyers will do their best to smear Trayvon and paint him as an aggressive thug. It is going to be ugly as hell.
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he had no right to confront, question or detain Martin, so he claim of self-defense is complete bullshit. funny how some peoplle think he had some "right\' to question the young man 
There are pictures of his head bleeding at the scene:
There is a picture of his bloodied nose at the scene:
There are pictures of the head wounds and nose wounds at the police station:
I do not support Zimmerman at all but we can't deny that there was a fight. The evidence shows there was a fight. I think arguing that Trayvon Martin did not engage in a physical altercation with George Zimmerman is a losing argument. The correct argument is that it doesn't matter! Zimmerman profiled and pursued Martin while carrying a deadly weapon. That's why Martin died that night. If a stranger followed me and then approached me in a threatening manner I would defend myself as violently as necessary. It was within Trayvon's rights to protect himself from bodily harm or death.
It is impossible to tell if his nose is busted in those stills. Also his jacket is closed at the scene and open in that footage. It was raining that day. Consider that his shirt might be clean because he had his jacket zipped up during the incident.
This photo is clearly at the scene: 
To say that the picture was taken later is to say that police were complicit after they were already under incredible scrutiny. I don't dive into conspiracy land with right-wingers and I'm not doing it with anyone else. You have to show me something more convincing than some grainy security camera footage, which is far from conclusive anyway, first.
Martin's hoody was gray with red lining.
Someone who thinks they are clever should start an OP about that... nothing is irrelevant. Who knows what a jury may think. 
That doesn't mean it would be ok to shoot him just for being in the neighborhood. Their "evidence" is baloney. Zimmerman didn't have a right to shoot an unarmed kid.
