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May 16, 2012 2:50 PM
¶ On the night of the shooting, door-to-door canvassing was not exhaustive enough, said a law enforcement official familiar with the investigation. If officers had been more thorough, they might have determined that Mr. Martin, 17, was a guest — as opposed to an intruder — at a gated community called the Retreat at Twin Lakes. That would have been an important part of the subjective analysis that night by officers sizing up Mr. Zimmerman’s story. Investigators found no witnesses who saw the fight start. Others saw parts of a struggle they could not clearly observe or hear. One witness, though, provided information to the police that corroborated Mr. Zimmerman’s account of the struggle, according to a law enforcement official.
¶ The police took only one photo at the scene of any of Mr. Zimmerman’s injuries — a full-face picture of him that showed a bloodied nose — before paramedics tended to him. It was shot on a department cellphone camera and was not downloaded for a few days, an oversight by the officer who took it.
¶ The vehicle that Mr. Zimmerman was driving when he first spotted Mr. Martin was mistakenly not secured by officers as part of the crime scene. The vehicle was an important link in the fatal encounter because it was where Mr. Zimmerman called the police to report a suspicious teenager in a hooded sweatshirt roaming through the Retreat. Mr. Zimmerman also said he was walking back to the vehicle when he was confronted by Mr. Martin, who was unarmed, before shooting him.
¶ The police were not able to cover the crime scene to shield evidence from the rain, and any blood from cuts that Mr. Zimmerman suffered when he said Mr. Martin pounded his head into a sidewalk may have been washed away.
¶ The police did not test Mr. Zimmerman for alcohol or drug use that night, and one witness said the lead investigator quickly jumped to a conclusion that it was Mr. Zimmerman, and not Mr. Martin, who cried for help during the struggle. - Long article at the link
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May 16, 2012 3:48 PM
badgerjon66 wrote:. Interesting that the story dropped from constant front-page coverage to nothing. Maybe when they found out this info was comming
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May 16, 2012 4:57 PM
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May 16, 2012 5:15 PM
MarkIt8 wrote:All we know is that Martin wasn't bothering anybody, Zimmerman started following him against the wishes of the police, a fight broke out, and Zimmerman shot Martin. Its kind of hard not to jump to conclusions.
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May 16, 2012 6:08 PM
Bobadger wrote:MarkIt8 wrote:All we know is that Martin wasn't bothering anybody, Zimmerman started following him against the wishes of the police, a fight broke out, and Zimmerman shot Martin. Its kind of hard not to jump to conclusions.What we know is that Martin had two injuries. His knuckles and the gunshot wound. Zimmerman also had two injuries, a broken nose and lacerations in the back of his head. Doesn't take a genius to figure out the most likely scenario that lead to that combination of injuries.WTF conclusion are you talking about that is "hard not to jump to"?
May 16, 2012 6:16 PM
Bucky4077 wrote:Bobadger wrote:MarkIt8 wrote:All we know is that Martin wasn't bothering anybody, Zimmerman started following him against the wishes of the police, a fight broke out, and Zimmerman shot Martin. Its kind of hard not to jump to conclusions.What we know is that Martin had two injuries. His knuckles and the gunshot wound. Zimmerman also had two injuries, a broken nose and lacerations in the back of his head. Doesn't take a genius to figure out the most likely scenario that lead to that combination of injuries.WTF conclusion are you talking about that is "hard not to jump to"? That Martin fought for his life with the only weapon he had against an armed man accosting him, his fists? If an armed man accosted you Bob, what would you do? Lay down or "stand your ground" with the only weapon you have available to you?
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May 16, 2012 6:26 PM
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sackman86 wrote:Bucky4077 wrote:Bobadger wrote:MarkIt8 wrote:All we know is that Martin wasn't bothering anybody, Zimmerman started following him against the wishes of the police, a fight broke out, and Zimmerman shot Martin. Its kind of hard not to jump to conclusions.What we know is that Martin had two injuries. His knuckles and the gunshot wound. Zimmerman also had two injuries, a broken nose and lacerations in the back of his head. Doesn't take a genius to figure out the most likely scenario that lead to that combination of injuries.WTF conclusion are you talking about that is "hard not to jump to"? That Martin fought for his life with the only weapon he had against an armed man accosting him, his fists? If an armed man accosted you Bob, what would you do? Lay down or "stand your ground" with the only weapon you have available to you?This is precisely the problem, Bucky4077. What EVIDENCE do you have that Zimmerman accosted him? Followed him when he shouldn't have. O.k. But we still don't know exactly who initiated the physical altercation. No one at this point has enough to say who accosted who.
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Bucky4077 wrote: That Martin fought for his life with the only weapon he had against an armed man accosting him, his fists? If an armed man accosted you Bob, what would you do? Lay down or "stand your ground" with what weapon you have available to you?
May 16, 2012 7:04 PM
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May 16, 2012 10:48 PM
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bhambadger wrote:sackman86 wrote:Bucky4077 wrote:Bobadger wrote:MarkIt8 wrote:All we know is that Martin wasn't bothering anybody, Zimmerman started following him against the wishes of the police, a fight broke out, and Zimmerman shot Martin. Its kind of hard not to jump to conclusions.What we know is that Martin had two injuries. His knuckles and the gunshot wound. Zimmerman also had two injuries, a broken nose and lacerations in the back of his head. Doesn't take a genius to figure out the most likely scenario that lead to that combination of injuries.WTF conclusion are you talking about that is "hard not to jump to"? That Martin fought for his life with the only weapon he had against an armed man accosting him, his fists? If an armed man accosted you Bob, what would you do? Lay down or "stand your ground" with the only weapon you have available to you?This is precisely the problem, Bucky4077. What EVIDENCE do you have that Zimmerman accosted him? Followed him when he shouldn't have. O.k. But we still don't know exactly who initiated the physical altercation. No one at this point has enough to say who accosted who. Had Zimmerman heeded the advice of the 911 operator there never would have been a confrontation between the two. He initiated the altercation at that point.
May 17, 2012 12:34 AM
badgerjon66 wrote:"What does the fact that Fox didn't report that Zim was on prescription meds and had no concussion tell you Jon? " Absolutely nothing.
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May 17, 2012 10:51 AM
ryebadger wrote:This thread is hilarious. A report comes out that changes nothing and the usual suspects are jumping up and down saying "I told you so!" (expect Jon who attacks the media for a change). Didn't we already know there was a fight and Martin hit Zimmerman? Wasn't the debate over how that transpired, and whether Martin was defending himself or just attacked Zimmerman? His nose was broken and he had head lacerations. We knew that. Now Martin's knuckles were bruised. So what? Some of you have a disturbing ability to live in ignorance. Bobadger, the other plausible scenarios have been pointed out to you about a dozen times. The fact you still haven't grasped it says quite a lot about your intellect. That argument you just made about the respective injuries telling the story here is so stupid and shallow I can only assume it's disingenuous. You seem to think your subjective conclusions count as factual logic. They do not. There is no reasonable scenario I can think of that would cause a kid we know was scared and trying to flee to attack the guy following him, unless he was accosted with a gun and had to fight for his life. There, I just made the same argument Bobadger had made about 50 times. Don't bother pointing out the myriad alternative scenarios. They don't exist in my world so I'll just repost my conclusion. Of course the main point continues to be the DA was able to look into the future and read this medical report before it existed, like it did with about 99% of the evidence, to solve this case before Martin's body was cold. Zimmerman refused medical attention that night, all of which was irrelevant to a psychic DA that foresaw Zimmerman marching into his doctor's office the next day to be diagnosed with these injuries. Silly mortals! The DA must mock us for not having The Gift. He knew what happened almost three months ago based upon no evidence while the rest of the world still doesn't know what happened despite having a lot of it. I wonder if he can bend spoons with his mind, too. Somebody should give this DA a raise. Or check his garage for a stranglely modified DeLorean.
May 17, 2012 10:54 AM
Pointerpride102 wrote:What is medicatioin? I think those who openly care about others spelling and grammar should be held to a higher standard.
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