“Clara, the headbashing appears to have been an invention ~ but it’s on a number of threads here and elsewhere.”
Actually, it is from the police report.
“Zimmerman was also bleeding from the nose and the back of his head.”
http://www.sanfordfl.gov/investigation/docs/Twin%20Lakes%20Shooting%20Initial%20Report.pdf
The location has a sidewalk with grass on either side. The same report says Zimmerman’s back was “covered in grass”. And a witness reports Martin was on top of Zimmerman.
Put that together, and a plausible case exists that Zimmerman was on his back, with his torso in the grass and his head against the sidewalk, getting beaten. If the back of his head was bleeding, then either the beating was pretty hard, he hit the sidewalk when tackled, or he was getting his head smashed against the sidewalk.
We have no way of knowing which it is, but then, my post said, “If the kid was pounding his head against the sidewalk...”, not, “Since the kid was...”.
But since the cops did not arrest Zimmerman, and still have not, it seems likely the press accounts are a bit slanted.
I understand what you’re saying, but we’re in no position to be making inferences. Facts are what’s needed.
Where's the cellphone?