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In reply to the discussion: Zimmerman Trial - Why do cops/analysts not know what actually happened? [View all]Mojo Electro
(362 posts)35. I agree...
I don't get why we aren't hearing more about the physical evidence, there must be a few things we can learn. Do we even know where the round ended up? The position of the ejected shell casing also has the potential to help determine whether the gun was fired upwards or downwards. Distance of the muzzle to the body? All that can be determined with some accuracy. Blood splatter would have to be present to at least some degree. Why aren't we hearing more about any of this? Could it be that the incident was not properly documented?
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Zimmerman Trial - Why do cops/analysts not know what actually happened? [View all]
fleur-de-lisa
Jun 2013
OP
Because the real world has very little to do with your favorite teevee crime show, maybe?
BlueStreak
Jun 2013
#1
Because in Sanford, one can probably say no one was there to protect Trayvon Martin.
graham4anything
Jun 2013
#2
Your language about this is all over the place and suggests a need to define words.
Bluenorthwest
Jun 2013
#9
Why get all snarky and personal? And don't tell me what to do for questioning
Bluenorthwest
Jun 2013
#15
Is the problem that they did no ballistic studies soon enough to determine trajectory?
dkf
Jun 2013
#31
Instead of arresting him, they sent Zimmerman home, presumably wearing his clothes,
pnwmom
Jun 2013
#36
Very detailed information from law enforcement and the medical examiners office . . .
fleur-de-lisa
Jun 2013
#34
What I think? It's COLLUSION!! Cops were negligent. They didn't care about a black boy losing
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jul 2013
#53
sounds like in NYC they have the blue wall of silence, and 96 hours to concoct in unison a story
graham4anything
Jul 2013
#59