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(32,381 posts)46. No DNA found on Trayvon's hands. No blood either.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/06/09/1214336/-DNA-Report-does-NOT-support-Zimmerman-s-claim-that-Trayvon-Martin-caused-his-injuries
This "key issue" is a thin ice for the Zimmerman camp.
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Zimmerman admission that he pinned Trayvon Martin face down, holding Trayvon's arms out away from his body could explain: Photographs that show the front-side of Trayvon Martin's pants and hoodie have: dirt, mud, and grass stains on them.
There is no denying that the EMS Report states Zimmerman had "minor bleeding" from wounds. Officer Wagner took pictures with his cell phone before EMS cleaned Zimmerman with Peroxide that show: the very tip of Zimmerman's nose had some blood that dripped down in a narrow band onto his mustache (but no bleeding from nostrils). There is also a picture Wagner took before EMS cleaned Zimmerman that shows Zimmerman with "minor bleeding" (no smeared blood plus blood flowing to the front of Zimmerman's chin) on the back of his head.
That said, the DNA Report and Autopsy Report suggests that Trayvon Martin did not cause any of the injuries to Zimmerman. How did Zimmerman get his injuries? Who knows, but the DNA evidence and Autopsy report suggests Zimmerman did not get his injuries from the hands of Trayvon Martin."
This "key issue" is a thin ice for the Zimmerman camp.
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ZIMMERMAN: I was on top of him, straddling him, he was face down, when he kept hitting me in the face it felt like something was in his hands, so I thought he had a weapon, so I grabbed his hands and pushed them away from his body, and I said, "STOP! Don't move." He was saying something like "ahhhh ahhhhh and cursing" and I said, "STOP, don't move" and then somebody came and had a flashlight and I thought was a cop and I said - oh and I still had my gun in my hand as I was holding his hands apart and I said are you a cop he said "no" but I'll call them. I said, "I don't need you to do that I need you to help me restrain this guy."
Zimmerman admission that he pinned Trayvon Martin face down, holding Trayvon's arms out away from his body could explain: Photographs that show the front-side of Trayvon Martin's pants and hoodie have: dirt, mud, and grass stains on them.
There is no denying that the EMS Report states Zimmerman had "minor bleeding" from wounds. Officer Wagner took pictures with his cell phone before EMS cleaned Zimmerman with Peroxide that show: the very tip of Zimmerman's nose had some blood that dripped down in a narrow band onto his mustache (but no bleeding from nostrils). There is also a picture Wagner took before EMS cleaned Zimmerman that shows Zimmerman with "minor bleeding" (no smeared blood plus blood flowing to the front of Zimmerman's chin) on the back of his head.
That said, the DNA Report and Autopsy Report suggests that Trayvon Martin did not cause any of the injuries to Zimmerman. How did Zimmerman get his injuries? Who knows, but the DNA evidence and Autopsy report suggests Zimmerman did not get his injuries from the hands of Trayvon Martin."
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"Zimmerman's disobedience of the police dispatcher. Once he exited that truck, he became a vigilante
Lurks Often
Jun 2013
#4
Evidence like calling a young man with a bottle of pop and bag of candy...
LanternWaste
Jun 2013
#19
"these assholes always get away" also. I hope they play the bit where Zimmy says Trayvon is
uppityperson
Jun 2013
#62
Which Florida law? Zimmerman can't use Stand Your Ground as a defense.
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jun 2013
#69
There's no evidence Zimmerman followed Trayvon after the dispatcher told him he shouldn't
adric mutelovic
Jun 2013
#16
Besides where Trayvon bled his life on a sidewalk? Far from Zimmerman's truck? nt
alphafemale
Jun 2013
#21
That's half a football field. Certainly Zim didn't get attacked when getting out to read a street si
alphafemale
Jun 2013
#48
I would agree that it does suggest that he might have wanted to continue snooping around.
Vattel
Jun 2013
#59
No, I just think in the scheme of things and context "coon" is worse than "fucking." nt
justiceischeap
Jun 2013
#10
The point is, why are so many people (even some on DU) so eager to defend the guy?
nomorenomore08
Jun 2013
#20
Depends on whether the unarmed 17 year old kid was beating the hell out of Zimmerman or not
adric mutelovic
Jun 2013
#22
I think Zimmerman self-inflicted wounds when police let him go inside his house
yardwork
Jun 2013
#70
I hadn't thought of that. Interesting. We'll never know. It will never be discussed.
yardwork
Jun 2013
#74
He started it. Period. Even if there was a scuffle and Martin lightly injured him.
nomorenomore08
Jun 2013
#33
Would the injuries have been worse than "light" had Zimmerman not used his gun?
adric mutelovic
Jun 2013
#41
if the "child" being dead were the key point, the prosecution would have an easy job
adric mutelovic
Jun 2013
#50
Zimmerman should be tried for first degree murder. He went looking and found.
graham4anything
Jun 2013
#34
Maybe it's because Zimmerman had no reason to think that this unarmed teenage skittles eater was
bravenak
Jun 2013
#39
How does eating skittles vs. not eating skittles make you less dangerous?
adric mutelovic
Jun 2013
#55