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Zimmerman Attorney To Anderson Cooper: Trayvon Martin Broke My Client’s Nose
mediaite ^ | 3/24/2012 | by Frances Martel

Posted on 03/24/2012 6:47:49 AM PDT by tobyhill

Amid the rush of loud outrage and vocal protest from the parents of Trayvon Martin and their supporters the silence of one character in this tragic tale has been deafening: George Zimmerman, the free man who shot Martin and alleges self-defense. His attorney, Craig Sonner, finally spoke out to Anderson Cooper last night, and had few answers but one accusation– his client has a broken nose and a laceration on his skull, and that was “an injury done by Trayvon Martin.”

Sonner noted to Cooper that his client seemed fine save for a “considerable bit of stress” natural to his situation, but admitted that “y conversations have been by telephone.” He did not know where Zimmerman was but assumed he was “still in the area” and hadn’t fled the country. He had surprisingly little to offer Cooper about the facts of the case; asked what Zimmerman had told him about what transpired the night Martin died, he said “he should have made a statement to police at the time, I believe he did,” and said he “did not discuss the details,” and they would be privileged even if he had.

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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: blackkk; florida; georgezimmerman; trayvonmartin
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1 posted on 03/24/2012 6:47:52 AM PDT by tobyhill
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To: tobyhill

Damn facts getting in the way of a race riot.


2 posted on 03/24/2012 6:54:00 AM PDT by vg0va3
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To: tobyhill

How DARE anyone speak ill of that innocent 12-year old looking 6’2” football player who was apparently suspended from school....for reasons we don’t know because his family’s lawyer supposedly blocked his school records.

Trayvon NEVER did anything wrong, just ask eyewitness Al Sharpton.


3 posted on 03/24/2012 6:58:36 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: tobyhill

His client has a broken nose and a laceration on his skull.
Sound like a clear case of self defense,looks like the race card was just pi$$ed on.


4 posted on 03/24/2012 7:02:09 AM PDT by Vaduz
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To: tobyhill
Possible/probable scenario: Zimmerman lost sight of Martin/retreated, Zimmerman was unsuspectingly jumped/overpowered by Martin, Zimmerman was on the ground getting pummeled/could't retreat, possible tussle for his gun which may have fallen out of holster or taken out by Zimmerman OR Martin, Zimmerman takes control and does the only thing he can at that point to not get shot himself.
5 posted on 03/24/2012 7:02:41 AM PDT by Miss Behave (All ways, always.)
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To: tobyhill
How could this inncoent angel...... have broken anyone's nose?
6 posted on 03/24/2012 7:03:23 AM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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To: tobyhill

One CNN anchor called the attacker a “child.”


7 posted on 03/24/2012 7:06:46 AM PDT by 4yearlurker (Sorry,no tag line today.)
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To: SoFloFreeper
Trayvon NEVER did anything wrong, just ask eyewitness Al Sharpton.

The "honorable" Al Sharpton...

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8 posted on 03/24/2012 7:07:37 AM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: Miss Behave
Zimmerman's "stand your ground" was lay your ground," if you will.
9 posted on 03/24/2012 7:08:44 AM PDT by Miss Behave (All ways, always.)
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To: tobyhill

After the smoke clears, I’ll be waiting for all of the morons like Jeb Bush to call attention to their stupidity for being stampeded into denouncing Zimmerman before all of the facts were known.


10 posted on 03/24/2012 7:08:57 AM PDT by x1stcav (There's a bunch of us out here spoiling for a fight.)
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To: EGPWS

I lived in Orange County, New York State, during the Tawana Brawley incident. Al Sharpton is a man of low character, I don’t care what his color is .. the facts in that case speak for themselves. Why his opinions matter AT ALL to anyone is beyond all reason.


11 posted on 03/24/2012 7:11:59 AM PDT by stonehouse01 (Equal rights for unborn women)
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To: x1stcav

Add Glenn Beck and Rick Santorum to the list, as well.


12 posted on 03/24/2012 7:13:15 AM PDT by liberalh8ter (Barack has a memory like a steel trap; it's a gift ~ Michelle Obama)
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To: tobyhill
"Those pesky facts keep getting in the way.

From the link:
Why was George Zimmerman not arrested the night of the shooting?
When the Sanford Police Department arrived at the scene of the incident, Mr. Zimmerman provided a statement claiming he acted in self defense which at the time was supported by physical evidence and testimony. By Florida Statute, law enforcement was PROHIBITED from making an arrest based on the facts and circumstances they had at the time. Additionally, when any police officer makes an arrest for any reason, the officer MUST swear and affirm that he/she is making the arrest in good faith and with probable cause. If the arrest is done maliciously and in bad faith, the officer and the City may be held liable.

and:
What about media reenactments of the shooting incident?
Any media reenactments of the shooting incident are purely speculation. To date the Sanford Police Department has not released any rendition of the events of the evening to anyone other than the Office of the State Attorney. The renditions we have seen are not consistent with the evidence in this case.

The Sanford Police Department has conducted a complete and fair investigation of this incident. We have provided the results of our investigation to the Office of the State Attorney for their review and consideration for possible criminal prosecution.

Although the Police Department is the target of the troubling questions, let me assure you we too feel the pain of this senseless tragedy that has dramatically affected our community. Therefore, as we move forward and strive to answer the questions that are a point of controversy in the community, we ask for your patience, understanding and assistance in getting the correct information to the community

We trust that this information is helpful to you.

Norton N. Bonaparte, Jr., ICMA-CM City Manager March 23, 2012

13 posted on 03/24/2012 7:14:28 AM PDT by TexasSecede79366
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To: vg0va3

Isn’t it funny that all of the photos for publication of the poor little tyke were taken when he was younger and not of the recent description as he really was as a hulking 6’2” young man.


14 posted on 03/24/2012 7:16:58 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: tobyhill

Nobody has stopped to think that maybe on that tape, it could have been Zimmerman calling for help.

We don’t know...but I have heard that Zimmerman’s original statement indicated that he was attacked after he gave up the chase and was headed back.

We need to let the facts come out...but, oh no, the MSM, the frigging President of the United States, all of the left and black leaders and even Fox news have rushed to judgement and convicted Zimmerman (and he may be guilty...we have to let the facts decide, not emotion).

Even Santorum add Gingrich fundmanetally, while not making a race issue out of it, are presuming this Zimmerman’s guilt.

I hate to say it, but the best comment I heard so far comes from Romney who said that yes, it was a tragedy but that we have to wait until a grand jury convenes and uses the information gathered in a investigation to determine what happened.

It’s galling and a travesty that 1) this tragic circumstance is being abjectly politicized by the left and the President, 2) that the media has convicted Zimmerman before any grand jury is held and before the facts are in, 3) That this issue, with the scores of deaths, and the thousands of abortions each day (each of those an equal tragedy) is national news anyway. Florida should handle it, and if the Florida State officials think it has not been handled locally appropriately, then they investigate at the State level which they are doing.

Another guy that Ps me O is Holder. The guy is waiting for any black issue, no matter what it is, to flex his Federal muscle and jump into it and try and completely over-ride local and state government...and this when he has the blood of fast and furious all over his own hands.

Okay [end rant]


15 posted on 03/24/2012 7:17:09 AM PDT by Jeff Head (quivalent of our AEGIS and they already have six of them. They need to build 16 f those. Their Ast)
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To: Miss Behave

...”Stand your ground” being metaphorical...as was intended.


16 posted on 03/24/2012 7:17:10 AM PDT by Miss Behave (All ways, always.)
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To: tobyhill

Reposting this from another thread.

“Stand your ground” does not include “pursue,” especially after the 911 operator has told the pursuer that police are coming, meet the police, do not pursue.
The problem with a self-designated neighborhood watch patrolman following his own “suspects” is that the suspect might make a J-turn, and come back toward the follower.

This is where it gets into murky Grand Jury territory. The armed follower initiated the entire crisis by following his “suspect,” and the “suspect” thus followed then turns to confront the follower. Both are within their legal limits until that point.

What this will come down to is an interpretation of “stand your ground.” If a “neighborhood watch” (self-designated) follows somebody, and it later turns into a “self-defense shooting,” will that act of “self defense” be overturned because the shooter initiated the entire sequence by following the “suspect” in the first place?

That is what we shall all find out as this case plays out.

But for sure, it shows the danger to all sides when self-designated armed neighborhood watchmen start following people around.

They are NOT police, and have NO right to demand to know if somebody lives there, or ask what their business is. NO right at all.

Sorry, but that is the way it is. As I see it. And I am a FL resident with a CCW.


17 posted on 03/24/2012 7:17:51 AM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Vaduz

I just hope Zimmerman was smart enough to have photos taken of his nose and head.


18 posted on 03/24/2012 7:19:35 AM PDT by miss marmelstein
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To: tobyhill
Blacks get shot every day. What makes Trayvon so special? Democrat hype.

This such a "nothing" incident. It's completely manufactured to suit the needs of the Left. In a nation of 300 million people, to make into national news for a period of weeks, is a complete farce.

19 posted on 03/24/2012 7:19:59 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Blacks get shot every day. What makes Trayvon so special? Democrat hype.)
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To: tobyhill
So, if I have this right, Obama’s son was out buying skittles at 2AM far from his home, in a neighborhood which has withstood so much crime, they had a neighborhood watch patrol set up.

Obama’s son goes walking by at 2AM in a strange neighborhood, just whistling and thinking about his mother and Jesus, when he was gunned down by a White Racist Republican Jew, who listens to Rush Limbaugh, for absolutely no reason and just because he is Black. Ok! Got it...I think....?

America, what a crazy country this is.

20 posted on 03/24/2012 7:21:41 AM PDT by 240B (he is doing everything he said he wouldn't and not doing what he said he would)
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