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In reply to the discussion: During the Zimmerman trial, we have had DUers argue for his acquittal, which, of course, happened... [View all]avebury
(11,197 posts)him when they arrived so that he could tell them where he was. Why would he have said that if he was staying put and waiting for the police to arrive? You do so because you are on the move and don't know where you will actually at a later point in time.
If Martin was on top of Zimmerman at the time of the fatal shot, why were there no spray of blood from the shot? Given the nature of gravity, there should have been some of TM's blood on GZ's clothing. If you try to claim the rain washed it away, blood stains are not that easy to get out of clothing.
A lot of the verdict was predicated upon people believing GZ whose story I always thought was pure BS. His behavior post trial tend to back up that assessment. In addition, his statement on a televised interview that he didn't know anything about stand your ground law was a bald face law that goes directly to he credibility.
The biggest problem with the prosecution was that they assumed that the jury could put 2 and 2 together when, in fact, the prosecutors need to spell everything out in plain english in grade school language. This was not the brightest group of people and I really think that the juror who came out right away (married to a lawyer) probably played a huge role in influencing the rest of the jurors.