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In reply to the discussion: Video of Zimmerman on police camera the night of the shooting. [View all]scardycat
(172 posts)177. Watch how Zimmerman
gets out of the car. Like he would any casual day. Doesnt look like he is sore or hurt anywhere to me.
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Mine bled hard the first time, at the very least it probably should be swollen or out of place ..the
polly7
Mar 2012
#9
if someone was in a fight for their very life, enough to suffer a BROKEN NOSE, and had been bleeding
got root
Mar 2012
#149
I broke mine. It bled for a long time too, and I had gashes on my upper lip. My
JDPriestly
Mar 2012
#175
And I saw no blood on his shirt. That may have been what they were looking at his jacket for.
jwirr
Mar 2012
#193
No sign of any treatment. His shaved head is clean. No blood, no wounds, no bandages.
yardwork
Mar 2012
#89
I have a ginormous monitor on my Mac. I think the back of his head looks banged up a bit.
slackmaster
Mar 2012
#6
I don't believe the resolution in the video is high enough to tell. I'll wait for the police photos.
slackmaster
Mar 2012
#190
I'm sure they have a courtesy "powder your nose" kit in the back of the squad car
deutsey
Mar 2012
#151
5th Rec. Not a scratch or a speck of remorse. Cops very casual with him - BFFEs. Front page this.
leveymg
Mar 2012
#8
THAT does NOT look like a man who'd just been in a fight to the death requiring lethal force. nt
TeamsterDem
Mar 2012
#11
Um, the legal standard is indeed to fear for one's life or "great bodily harm"
TeamsterDem
Mar 2012
#85
The problem is that untrained people who get their bell rung often think they have been injured
ProgressiveProfessor
Mar 2012
#157
For a self defense argument to work, all the elements have to lineup
ProgressiveProfessor
Mar 2012
#198
I'm comparing the video to what Zimmerman's attorneys said, and it doesn't match.
yardwork
Mar 2012
#96
Its the kind of evidence we have all been waiting for...now if only the SA would arrest him
ProgressiveProfessor
Mar 2012
#158
....and left that out of their reports. Because all suspects get to change clothes first, right?
yardwork
Mar 2012
#164
He looks pretty fit for someone who was just in a life and death struggle.
Glimmer of Hope
Mar 2012
#20
Yeah, he won't be playing for the NBA anytime soon, but he looks like a totally different guy
Snake Alchemist
Mar 2012
#33
Me too, Fawke Em. I used to get bloody noses at least 5 days a week. Messy, messy!!
Ecumenist
Mar 2012
#170
interesting...who videotaped this? it's not a static camera, it follows them as they walk.
spanone
Mar 2012
#39
Anything's possible, but if that dude was punched square in the nose hard enough to knock
alcibiades_mystery
Mar 2012
#40
Cuffs mandatory. He knew his way inside, cops didn't have to lead him. He knew that place well
leveymg
Mar 2012
#53
If the roles had been reversed, and George was dead and Trayvon at the police station,
beyurslf
Mar 2012
#48
If It Had Been Trayvon with the Gun and the White Judges Son Lying Dead on the Street
AndyTiedye
Mar 2012
#162
Any lawyer who lies that Zimmerman had broken nose & lacerations to head should be DIS-BARRED.
Faryn Balyncd
Mar 2012
#50
Not just disbarred, they should be criminally charged with accessory to murder
Bjorn Against
Mar 2012
#77
well, if thats him... i would have arrested him, too... not buying his 'self defense' story...
got root
Mar 2012
#52
I've decided that Oliver is not being paid. Nobody would pay for that script.
yardwork
Mar 2012
#125
I read "not the hottest burner on the stove" here earlier this evening. Another good one.
yardwork
Mar 2012
#165
Looks like the Keystone cops. A cop putting his hands on Zimmerman's jacket...
Honeycombe8
Mar 2012
#80
May not prove anything, but I don't think a jury is going to like George very much after seeing this
yardwork
Mar 2012
#117
I think kramerv is speculating that this might be a change of clothes
alcibiades_mystery
Mar 2012
#131
Even with a change of clothes there's still no apparent wounds to head or face.
yardwork
Mar 2012
#136
Interesting that the cops would have allowed him a change of clothes, if that's the case. n/t
gkhouston
Mar 2012
#143
I doubt he changed clothes. If he did, his old clothes should have been bagged as evidence. n/t
gkhouston
Mar 2012
#150
You haven't read the police report? Your questions are answered by the Police themselves.
sabrina 1
Mar 2012
#133
Has it been determined that Zimmerman was photographed by the police when he was brought in?
Mayberry Machiavelli
Mar 2012
#152
The *casualness* & the devil-may-care attitude of the police caught my attention, too.
pacalo
Mar 2012
#174
Why is "ABC NEWS EXCLUSIVE!!" plastered all over Zimmerman's face for first 3/4 of the video?
99th_Monkey
Mar 2012
#179