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Zimmerman's injuries 'insignificant,' medical examiner testifies
Reuters ^ | 7/2/13 | Barbara Liston

Posted on 07/02/2013 4:56:51 PM PDT by RC one

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So, how many blows to the head does a man have to take before he can defend himself? How many blows to the head does a woman need to take before she can defend herself? Does it change?
1 posted on 07/02/2013 4:56:51 PM PDT by RC one
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To: RC one

Yeah, it was insignificant because he shot that thug promptly.


2 posted on 07/02/2013 4:58:12 PM PDT by sagar
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To: RC one

If some guy did it to her she would not call it insignificant.


3 posted on 07/02/2013 5:00:25 PM PDT by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
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To: RC one

Any injury to the head can be significant. You can’t tell just by looking at pictures.


4 posted on 07/02/2013 5:00:39 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( ==> sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: RC one

The fix is in. Z may be a sacrificial lamb to please the ‘hood boyz.


5 posted on 07/02/2013 5:03:06 PM PDT by willibeaux (de ole Korean War vet age 83)
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To: RC one

The fix is in. Z may be a sacrificial lamb to please the ‘hood boyz.


6 posted on 07/02/2013 5:03:07 PM PDT by willibeaux (de ole Korean War vet age 83)
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“Medical Examiner Valerie Rao said she reviewed Zimmerman’s medical records and 36 pictures of his injuries taken at the police station after the fight.”

Pure medical malpractice !


7 posted on 07/02/2013 5:04:28 PM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt (“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.” - Ronald Reagan)
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To: RC one
This wins the stupid, irresponsible MSM report of the day award.

Implication - Zimmerman is GUILTY because his skull wasn't fractured and gray matter wasn't oozing out. Simple lacerations and abrasions of the kind one gets from having their head slammed against the pavement in an assault obviously aren't enough.

Its clear the assorted perverts in the MSM want Rodney King style riots badly.

8 posted on 07/02/2013 5:06:26 PM PDT by skeeter
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“Ms. Rao, if Trayvon Martin had continued to reign blows down upon Mr. Zimmerman’s face and slam his head into the concrete, would he eventually have suffered injuries that you would consider significant?”

“Ms. Rao, can a person who is being beaten accurately determine at what point he will lose consciousness and be rendered incapable of defending himself?”

“Ms. Rao, did your mother have any children that lived?”


9 posted on 07/02/2013 5:07:12 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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10 posted on 07/02/2013 5:08:51 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( ==> sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: sagar

“Yeah, it was insignificant because he shot that thug promptly.”

Bingo! You beat me to it!

Just think about this for a minute: she is the Medical Examiner. She looks at a lot of dead bodies. All the time. What makes her think she can adequately judge the significance of injuries on a live person?


11 posted on 07/02/2013 5:08:59 PM PDT by LaRueLaDue
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Thank God they were insignificant....the only REASON they were insignificant was because he had a gun.


12 posted on 07/02/2013 5:11:44 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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The injuries would have been significant if Martin had pinned Zimmerman on the sidewalk and continued banging his head into the concrete. Once he causes a brain hemorrhage, it would have been light out for Zimmerman. However, Zimmerman, knowing some martial arts skills shifted his body over to the grass. When he did that, his shirt hiked up exposing the gun. When Martin spotted the gun, Zimmerman knew if he didn’t get control of the gun, Martin would be grabbing for it. A fight for the gun was something Zimmerman could not afford to lose. So, he shot Martin because it was his last chance to save his own life.

The medical examiner should have been asked if her experience as an examiner has had people who died from head trauma from having someone bash it into a concrete surface.


13 posted on 07/02/2013 5:12:28 PM PDT by jonrick46 (The opium of Communists: other people's money.)
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She herself testified that Zimmermans nose was broken.
I guess that is to be interpreted as a “love tap”.


14 posted on 07/02/2013 5:12:35 PM PDT by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
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Valerie Rao has been the subject of recurring complaints from her co-workers dating back to 2009
15 posted on 07/02/2013 5:12:58 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( ==> sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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Someone should knock her to the ground and punch her in the nose. Then she can tell us how insignificant that kind of attack is.


16 posted on 07/02/2013 5:14:05 PM PDT by Bluebird Singing
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To: RC one

The only insignificant injuries are someone else’s.


17 posted on 07/02/2013 5:14:47 PM PDT by circlecity
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To: RC one

Wow! What a loaded answer, or was it a loaded question? Either way, BIAS! And a crock of poo!


18 posted on 07/02/2013 5:14:59 PM PDT by vpintheak (We are the the God blessed chosen few! Be thankful for it!)
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To: RC one

Here ... read this.

More complaints on Medical Examiner Valerie Rao

http://www.news4jax.com/news/more-complaints-on-jacksonville-medical-examiner-dr-valerie-rao/-/475880/20640256/-/rurvpcz/-/index.html


19 posted on 07/02/2013 5:16:05 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The monsters are due on Maple Street)
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To: RC one

Just ONE leftard comment there. What it got to say? “I just keep going back to the fact that he was told not to follow him. that is all I keep hearing and remembering. Everything else is mute to me.”

Yup, that’s all they got even at al-Reuters!


20 posted on 07/02/2013 5:16:17 PM PDT by piytar (The predator-class is furious that their prey are shooting back.)
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