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TorchTheWitch

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13. because the injuries were mild

Reply to JI7 (Reply #2)

Tue May 22, 2012, 12:12 AM

May 2012

The whole issue of the injuries is that they do not match the story he told in how they came to be, not the fact that they exist and that he got them during a physical altercation with Trayvon.

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Theories on how Zimmerman got his wounds? [View all] Daalalou May 2012 OP

To call them wounds -- no matter who inflicted the scratches -- overstates the case. leveymg May 2012 #1

also why did he appear ok at the police station, he had handcuffs on but was walking around easily JI7 May 2012 #2

because the injuries were mild TorchTheWitch May 2012 #13

He has a small laceration mainstreetonce May 2012 #3

Zimmerman could have Politicalboi May 2012 #4

I think what happened after he exited his vehicle Warpy May 2012 #5

Does anyone have a time line of those 3 photos? Hatchling May 2012 #6

I think that the paramedics cleaned him up some at the scene, amandabeech May 2012 #8

I can't believe nobody has presented the most obvious explanation of all yet slackmaster May 2012 #7

Zimmerman's refusal to go to the hospital that night shimonitanegi May 2012 #9

Trayvon.played football. If he were scared his first instinct might have been to tackle Zimmy. s-cubed May 2012 #10

I know exactly how he got them jmowreader May 2012 #11

One possibility is that Zimmerman cthulu2016 May 2012 #12

I agree that there was an altercation Daalalou May 2012 #14

it could simply be zimmerman blocked well grok May 2012 #15