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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So now we have a Vulcan Mind Meld thing going on.
Bilge.
Black guy has brown guy on the ground, is sitting on top of him, and beating him in the face. Brown guy suffers broken nose, severe lacerations (needing stitches) to the back of his head among other injuries. Sounds like a "deadly attack" to me. And NOT by the brown guy. Eyewitness testimony and physical evidence both support the brown guy.
Sounds to me like he was doing his job.
Jacknhoo, get a life. No reason for that outburst, and jwalsh07’s post wasn’t even directed at you....it was directed at the news media.
And you’re sure he’s guilty because of Skittles and an Iced Tea and talking to his girlfriend on the phone scared of being stalked by a wannabe cop who should never have been out there llike he had any kind of authority other than the SAME authroity the kid had.
You too!
“However the dispatcher still speaks with the Voice of Authority.
Most people, when told by a 911 dispatcher not to do something, wont do it.
Whats so hard to understand?”
LOL. Not all of us are sheep. Some of us with Mensa level IQs too often know we’re dealing with mental midgets. When I was about 5, my sister and the almost 12 year old son of my dad’s friend were out in a motor boat on a small lake where they had a cottage. A ranger got irate and said they had to come back immediately. My father and the other farther said they weren’t doing anything wrong. The ranger got irate. They asked him to state the statute. The ranger said they had to be in hailing distance. It was pointed out that they were both in seeing and hearing distance. They made him look a complete fool. The ranger was totally out of his league. It was a good life lesson.
I’m not sure of anything....especially with all of the agendas behind the various stories out there.
I don’t know about you but I don’t consider a chick rubbing my crotch an attack. LOL
I read what you posted.
Not a very cohesive article.
I can’t tell if it is b/c of poor writing or b/c of your excerpting. And I have no desire to find out which it is.
Not compelling.
That is the way I see it, as well.
see post 280... then tell me that you would want this guy patrolling your neighborhood with a gun. A loose cannon to say the least.
Why are you lying? It was addressed to me.
Why are you lying? It was addressed to me.
We’re on the same page, FRiend.
the only reliable statements are statements immediately after the incident....on the record...no prepping or fixing it to fit your attitude...
where was the victim shot?...face, chest? ...at what angle?....
why is basic info not available.....and doesn't anybody have accurate height and weigth ofn these two...
“The charge was later dropped when Zimmerman entered a pre-trial diversion program, which is not unusual for first-time offenders. The program usually entails paying fines and taking classes for anger management.”
He had classes for anger management. A neighbor described him as polite. We don’t know if he was overzealous at the time. People actually have been known to change. I’m no longer a juvenile delinquent. I managed to learn to change my ways without getting into trouble with the police, go to college and have a career. Zimmerman went to community college and had a job. It’s quite possible that when he went to anger management classes he got a clue that if he continued with that kind of behavior he’d end up in jail. I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt, rather than make a characterization, and consider known facts related to the current issue.
Must have been a juicy post to have been deleted so quickly. So jacknhoo, what exactly did you find offensive in my post to you besides the typos of course?
Neighborhood watches exist for a reason.
And exactly when do you know the PERSON THREATING YOUR LIFE has been subdued?
My best answer is when he is no longer living.
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