Putting together the transcript of Zimmerman’s call, the eyewitness account and a map of the area, one can conclude a number of things. Zimmerman lost sight of Martin for a few minutes. Martin’s temporary residence was about 100’ away. If Martin wanted to flee, he could have gone home without further contact. Instead, Martin confronted Zimmerman while Zimmerman was returning to his vehicle. Martin led with a ‘king hit’ to the face, which broke Zimmerman’s nose and knocked him to the ground. Martin then straddled Zimmerman, repeatedly striking him and slamming Zimmerman’s head on the concrete walkway for up to a minute. Zimmerman showed remarkable restraint in waiting that long before drawing his pistol and only firing one shot. A law officer in that position would have used his weapon much sooner and would likely have emptied his magazine into his or her attacker. And it makes no difference that the attacker is ‘unarmed’. Head trauma can kill.
It seems likely that Zimmerman was so disoriented by the sudden attack that he forgot he was armed. No premeditation, no evil intent - rather it was justifiable self defense.
They should dismiss the case immediately, apologize to Zimmerman and arrest the prosecutor.
Great analysis. I had also come to the conclusion that Zimmerman forgot he was armed until Martin saw the gun. I just with the prosecution would screw up so that they could admit all the damning evidence of Martin’s past misdeeds.
I’m still waiting for a major media to point out the fact that Zimmerman is being railroaded to placate the black racist masses who will riot for any perceived slight. America is getting stupider by the day.
Because the prosecution is so weak there will be cries for a retrial...or...(fill in the blank).
The state is overreaching, and I think that may well come back to bite them in terms of credibility...
Heaven be thanked for experts to tell us what we couldn't figure out for ourselves!
Absolutely.
From the article, “Mr. Zimmerman’s wounds did not appear to be life-threatening”
Duh, Mr. Zimmerman stopped the life-threatening. Was he supposed to let his head get bashed until he was dead?
Would have shot all the neighborhood dogs too.
Darn! If only we libs could use the press in this courtroom instead of witnesses, and evidence and junk like that:(
Excellent
This should not go to the jury at all, but we all know it will
Now I am not a lawyer, but seems to me that more cases should be thrown out before they reach the jury.
I understand that defense attorneys go through the motions of asking that the charge be dismissed before it goes to the jury in every case almost, but it just seems to never happen
If there was ever a case that should not go to the jury, it`s this one,
I would think that this was written into the law to prevent travesties of justice from happening.
Cant see her doing this.
The jury should be hearing about how the first investigation cleared George and they should be hearing about Martin`s fighting history ect
Good post. About covers the pertinence. Highly likely that Martin double backed because he felt “dissed”. He dissed me. You dis me! I’m going whoop you since you dissed me! I’ve seen this type of attitude more than a few times.
This case needs to be dismissed.
/sarc
Interesting article. NYT back peddling as they see the waterfall coming up ?
It was Rachel’s testimony that Trayvon did make it home.
It was Rachel’s testimony that Trayvon was out of breath after he tried to ‘lose’ George.
It was Rachel’s testimony that when Trayvon ran into George again, he was out of breath.
This would logically mean that he ran to the safety of his backyard, then took off and circled around George coming back to meet him.
It was Rachel’s testimony that Trayvon again ‘ran’ into George where the ‘conversation’ between the two took place.
This indicates he was successful at getting away from the house and back out into the neighborhood where George and Travyon ended up in physical struggle, without George being able to spot him.
According to the evidence and testimony so far, Trayvon was ‘at’ home, but chose to go back and confront the creepyasscrackah who he feared was going to rape him.
Gangster wanna be - 0
Hispanic with Jewish sounding name - 1
After watching the so-called “trial” it is very plain to see that the race pimps, including Obama, pushed the FL. governor under the threat of losing the black vote to go after Zimmerman. They circumvented the grand jury system and the media willingly went around with the farce.
IMO the little gangster was on the phone with his moronic 18 year old “girlfriend” who likely goaded him in to going after Zimmerman. After doing so she thought so little of what may or may not have occurred she didn’t even follow up much to see what happened to her “friend”. Same with the gangster wanna-be and his father. Not a hint of concern that a 17 year old was not at home overnight.
Sometimes at night I listen to the Chicago police scanner. It is like a war zone. Almost every call is “black male” or “black male with hoodie”. Black males aged 17-35 have killed thousands in recent years, usually other blacks. Blacks make up about 33% of the Chicago population but account for nearly 78% of the murder victims. I recently heard a comedian say that today there is no need for the KKK because blacks are killing each other at a pace the KKK could never keep up with.
What kind of person throws money at Syrians that kill priests and Christians and gallops around spending $100’s of millions of dollars on road trips when his “home town” is awash in blood? A G-dless one.
The state is already committed to its stupidity.
Expect it to double down on its stupidity this week — even calling Shelly Zimmerman to get into the Pay Pal stuff.
They have entered the desperate phase and can’t put the brakes on as the Talking Torsos shake their heads all week long.
I read this post on another site a few days ago:
My son is friends with a couple of Sanford policeman, and one of them is officer Smith, who testified today at the trial. They meet-up alot at a local watering hole.
They told him that the state attorneys who are prosecuting at the trial did not want, nor did they have the desire, to proscute Zimmerman. From the evidence that they have, they knew he wasn’t guilty, but that witch Cory wanted it done.
What this bitch wants, she gets, because she is very vindictive, and if she doesn’t like you (for what ever reason), you need to cover your ass, because she will come afer you from all sides.
I’m sure someone put a bug up her ass to go after GZ. I wonder who that person is?
I don’t think Martin was slamming Zimmerman’s head, I think TM was MMA hiting GZ and each time Zimmerman lifted his head it was driven onto the concrete. Subtle but more plausible scenario.
I was in a brutal fight at 17 where I did bounce the other guys head on the cement (self defense). Similar size and physical shape, you bet Zimmerman was afraid for his life.
“It seems likely that Zimmerman was so disoriented by the sudden attack that he forgot he was armed. No premeditation, no evil intent - rather it was justifiable self defense.”
Exactly. There is no evidence that it evens rises to the level of manslaughter. Only black politics is why the case was even brought to trial.
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But that testimony could get complicated. Mr. Serino later told the F.B.I. that he had been pressured to make an arrest. He told the federal agents that he did not think there was enough evidence for a manslaughter charge.
He'll be sweating bullets as his attorney Jose Baez watches from a distance.
High-ranking officials in the Sanford Police Department and the original state attorney in the case agreed: they decided not to arrest or charge Mr. Zimmerman in February and March because they felt they lacked enough evidence to rebut self-defense.
Right about now Angela Corey and this prosecution team wished that they had listened to them and just gone to the Grand Jury because now they will have to pay the piper.