Posted on 03/25/2012 12:30:48 PM PDT by Steelfish
Witness: Zimmerman 'Never ... Tried To Help' Trayvon Martin
By NBC News, msnbc.com staff and news services
A woman who says she and her roommate witnessed the final moments of Trayvon Martin's life told Dateline NBC that George Zimmerman had "his hands pressed on his back" and "never turned him over or tried to help him."
Zimmerman's lawyer, when shown part of the interview being aired Sunday night on Dateline, emphasized that his client would be claiming self-defense.
"I think there were efforts made to render aid to Trayvon," Craig Sonner told NBC's TODAY show.
Mary Cutcher told Dateline that she and her roommate both saw Zimmerman "straddling the body, basically a foot on both sides of Trayvon's body, and his hands pressed on his back."
Cutcher added that Zimmerman told her and her roommate to call the police. "Zimmerman never turned him over or tried to help him or CPR or anything," Cutcher said.
Sonner also reiterated what he had said in recent days, that Zimmerman suffered a broken nose and a gash to the back of his head.
A friend of Zimmerman's who appeared on TODAY with Sonner added that Zimmerman, 28, was distraught over the teen's death.
"Right after the shooting he couldn't stop crying," said Joe Oliver, who is African American and a former TV reporetr and anchor in Orlando.
Zimmerman has not been charged in the Feb. 26 shooting that has ignited racial tensions and raised questions about the Sanford police's handling of the case. Martin was black, and Zimmerman's father is white and his mother is Hispanic.
In a separate interview Sunday, Oliver said that "I'm a black male and all that I know is that George has never given me any reason whatsoever to believe he has anything against people of color.''
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I also think the tragedy could have been avoided and make no mistake this is tragic for Martins family. I lost a brother at a young age though to an accident not a fight. But tragic doesn’t mean a crime was committed.
Many a shooting and many a gang war has happened over being
“dissed”.
I’ve been waiting for 129 posts for someone to point out the fourth amendment limits the behavior of the government, not the individual. Thank you! You’ve renewed my faith.
Oh yes, the Liars will be out in full force.
Creative editing to get the desired outcome.
What’s your personal stake in this?
You aren’t arguing from a position of objectivity.
I've missed seeing y'all at FReeps down there since moving further into the hills, but otherwise that entire area needs flushed into the Bay.
Tell everybody tomkat says hey !
“It also takes a very big person to back down from public pronouncement.”
I’m backing down from one right now. It was my understanding that you could lose your right to claim self defense if you started the fight, no matter what. I believe the law is that way where I’m from.
The actual statute in Florida, quoted earlier in the thread, indicates that if you start a confrontation, then try to back out but the other party doesn’t stop, you can claim self defense.
I didn’t know that.
My entire life.
So, by your logic, the Dred Scott decision should be "settled law?"
The altercation started five minutes before the shooting, when the kids phone went dead. You are trying to say that what happened before the on the ground shooting has nothing to do with the shooting. If you do not mind me saying so, that is as silly as hell.
I agree - we don’t know yet if a crime was committed.
I wish the Spike Lees, the Sarptons, Jacksons, and Obamas of this country would shut their traps while this gets sorted out. Too much to ask... they only do that when the perceived victim is white.
I wonder if this will get Rush out of the rat hot seat?
This is the part that bothers me as well. Zimmerman is on the ground screaming for help getting his face bashed in and not one neighbor goes to help. Had they come to Zimmerman's aid Martin would still be alive in all likelihood.
You might as well save your breath. Whodat.org and Alice in Wonderland were all over these threads yesterday. They’ve done nothing but stir the pot. They won’t listen to any facts and have made up their minds that Zimmerman is guilty regardless what anything might show. They aren’t willing to wait for a more thorough investigation to be completed. They aren’t interesting in critical thinking, only emotion. It doesn’t matter what rights a person has under the law, or whether the right laws are being applied. I think they’d be happier at DU. There comes a point for me when I remember proverbs 26:4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
Will do, FRiend!
I think that this year will demand an ever more active FR than ever!
Time to reinvigorate.
No, I am not a lawyer.
But if I open my car door to talk to a strange person frequenting my crime-ridden neighborhood, and that person takes off in full flight, I will follow that person to see where he goes.
I would fully do that if it were my neighborhood, and it was Zimmerman’s neighborhood.
Did Zimmerman hit or assault Martin before Martin turned and ran?
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