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Police: Zimmerman says Trayvon decked him with one blow then began hammering his head
Orlando Sentinel ^ | March 26, 2012 | Rene Stutzman

Posted on 03/26/2012 8:41:12 AM PDT by maggief

With a single punch, Trayvon Martin decked the Neighborhood Watch volunteer who eventually shot and killed the unarmed 17-year-old, then Trayvon climbed on top of George Zimmerman and slammed his head into the sidewalk several times, leaving him bloody and battered, authorities have revealed to the Orlando Sentinel.

That is the account Zimmerman gave police, and much of it has been corroborated by witnesses, authorities say.

Zimmerman has not spoken publicly about what happened, but that night, Feb. 26, and in later meetings he described and re-enacted for police what he says happened.

In his version of events, he had turned around and was walking back to his SUV when Trayvon approached him from behind, the two exchanged words then Trayvon punched him in the nose, sending him to the ground, and began beating him.

(Excerpt) Read more at articles.orlandosentinel.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: blackkk; florida; georgezimmerman; martin; thug; trayvon; trayvonassaultedz; trayvonmartin; zimmerman
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To: sodpoodle
You have a copy of the police report?

You should have been more specific in what you were requesting dude but I finally figured out what you wanted.

It's contained in this article. Why the MSM hasn't obtained a copy of that report, wellllll, guess you have to ask them............

221 posted on 03/26/2012 1:37:27 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (No matter what you post here, someone's going to get pissed off......)
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To: dragnet2

This is the preferred attack method of these snakes and they have killed a person here in St. Louis with it.

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/article_5facf0f8-6b62-11e0-a889-0019bb30f31a.html

Wonder if Obama will claim this oxygen stealer as well?


222 posted on 03/26/2012 1:38:36 PM PDT by Molon Labbie (End the War On Drugs, Restore the Constitution.)
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To: AFPhys

Good point. Deserves an entire vanity post of its own.


223 posted on 03/26/2012 1:39:01 PM PDT by MNDude
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To: maggief
Clay Aiken was just on the third hour of the Today Show wearing a hoodie in support of Trayvon Martin.

Don't you mean K.D. Lang was on the Today Show this morning?

224 posted on 03/26/2012 1:41:31 PM PDT by frogjerk (OBAMA NOV 2012 = HORSEMEAT)
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To: diogenes ghost

Are you all older than dirt? Have you ever heard of brainstorming and putting everything on the table? I’ll be back with an “I told you so” when daddy’s ties to the police dept. of Sanford is confirmed or denied by a reliable news source. I’m hearing more cries of racism here than at other sites. This site has become smear Trayvon central. I’m going to look for Zimmerman’s dad myself this afternoon. You guys appear too set in your ways and are determined to make this about race and I have talked race next to nothing compared to some of you.


225 posted on 03/26/2012 1:42:07 PM PDT by floriduh voter ( Obamacare is to you as a can of RAID is to a bug. R A I D !)
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To: Niteranger68

I said in a thread yesterday that based on what was out there in the news it may have been a bad shoot, but this story blows that out of the water. If the kid started the escalation with a punch and was on top of Zimmerman smashing his head in, it not only is a good shoot but seems to have saved his life and possibly others lives had that drug using kid gotten a hold of Zimmerman’s gun and then went out looking to score.


226 posted on 03/26/2012 1:45:22 PM PDT by JTHomes (Free markets now!)
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To: floriduh voter

I was just asking if you had a link to the article so I could read it.


227 posted on 03/26/2012 1:49:57 PM PDT by trappedincanuckistan (livefreeordietryin)
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To: floriduh voter
Zimmermman said he was in pursuit which is chasing.

Now where in the heck did he say that??????????

Jeez, the pitchforkers are embellishing more and more here.........

228 posted on 03/26/2012 1:52:10 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (No matter what you post here, someone's going to get pissed off......)
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To: trappedincanuckistan
I was surfing and it was attached to an article as a comment. My big thing has been to get stuff done on you tube.

For the record: Floridians are not racist. There are too many transplants who reside here. They can all bring their pimpmobiles down here and play the race card. Floridians know the truth.

The citizenry demand an investigation. They'll get one. Peace out.

229 posted on 03/26/2012 1:54:53 PM PDT by floriduh voter ( Obamacare is to you as a can of RAID is to a bug. R A I D !)
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To: All

Again, the Dems and their slaves don’t CARE if this kid was right or wrong...Jessie and Al are just happy he’s dead and they can make more blood money...


230 posted on 03/26/2012 2:01:13 PM PDT by Maverick68
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To: floriduh voter

According to the transcripting the dispatcher asked him if he was FOLLOWING, to which he said yes. I didn’t see anything about “pursuing.”

That may seem like semantics but in a legal venue, if I turn on the lights and sirens of my police vehicle and go after a vehicle or person with the intent to capture or stop them, I am pursuing.

If I am just following them around the neighborhood because of suspicious activity, that is all that it is, following.

Not pursuing, not stalking.

Here is another people thing are forgetting to look at. Zimmerman said in his call that Martin was acting suspiciously, then started walking toward HIM with his hand in his waistband.

This is a common thug tactic to intimidate people into making people think they are armed. Or it could have been Martin playing with himself, something thugs do often in public.

Either way, it further aroused Zimmerman’s suspicions and when Martin ran, Zimmerman followed. If he is guilty of anything, it’s not being a coward.

Having said that, one of the first things you have to train new cops is don’t be in too damn of a hurry to chase people off into the dark. Gang members have used this tactic to kill officers by separating them from their partners and laying up an ambush, sometimes even coordinated ones.

Zimmerman was no police officer, surely, but he is/was not going to let the usual suspects take over his neighborhoods like so many have in the past.


231 posted on 03/26/2012 2:02:10 PM PDT by Molon Labbie (A Bounty on Zimmerman, Can Be A Bounty On ANYONE. No NBBP Mob Justice!)
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To: murron

Indeed.

I fear Z WILL BE RAILROADED.

Remember Rodney King and the riots that happened after the facts came out? You think The Messiah’s thugs, like Holder, will let this crisis go to waste? No way.


232 posted on 03/26/2012 2:08:57 PM PDT by Hulka
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To: trappedincanuckistan
I was just asking if you had a link to the article so I could read it.

Info I acquired has been turned over to an investigative reporter whom I trust to confirm or deny.

Translation: I'm an internet phony who posts bogus claims to "sources I can not divulge" and have critical information that can only be revealed to my secret sources

233 posted on 03/26/2012 2:09:13 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (No matter what you post here, someone's going to get pissed off......)
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To: Hot Tabasco

I generally take people at their word.


234 posted on 03/26/2012 2:12:52 PM PDT by trappedincanuckistan (livefreeordietryin)
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To: floriduh voter
Sorry, I meant to ping you on the post

I was just asking if you had a link to the article so I could read it.

Info I acquired has been turned over to an investigative reporter whom I trust to confirm or deny.

Translation: I'm an internet phony who posts bogus claims to "sources I can not divulge" and have critical information that can only be revealed to my secret sources

235 posted on 03/26/2012 2:14:24 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (No matter what you post here, someone's going to get pissed off......)
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To: Molon Labbie

Unprovoked deadly attacks like that by blacks are fairly common and occur on a regular basis. YouTube depicts many of these events very clearly.


236 posted on 03/26/2012 2:17:50 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: cynwoody

I applaud and respect you for your willingness to let facts shape your opinion.


237 posted on 03/26/2012 2:20:17 PM PDT by Hulka
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Sorry, never worked retail per se,, kids dress like thugs these days, its the thing.. something definitely keyed this ‘thug’ .. haven’t heard gang mentioned.. which makes it hurt even more for the families.

I am used to seeing a lot of ‘suspicious’ folk around, I live just north of east san jose. They got a pretty good mix of everything there and closeby is heavily flavored too so to speak. Cops usually shoot first and then clean up afterwards.

I hear you on always having your ‘ears’ up,, , I caution my wife on being aware of her surroundings ,, she likes the SF and Chinatown scene for shopping and fun.


238 posted on 03/26/2012 2:25:17 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
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To: dragnet2

Agree, and as such, they should be a primer for those who are interested in maintaining their continued good health.

I am of no doubt that if Trayvon Martin had a few compatriots with him, Zimmerman would have been stomped to death.


239 posted on 03/26/2012 2:25:49 PM PDT by Molon Labbie (A Bounty on Zimmerman, Can Be A Bounty On ANYONE. No NBBP Mob Justice!)
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To: trappedincanuckistan
I generally take people at their word.

Then don't...not on the internet. If a person's claim sounds outrageous then it probably is. If a person claims to "have sources" but fails to list them then it's probably false.

Why would anyone who is trustworthy with critical information even attempt to allude to such information and at the same time say "I can't tell you my source" or "I can't tell you anything more" unless they are frauds whose sole reason for those statements is to garner attention to themselves?

240 posted on 03/26/2012 2:28:51 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (No matter what you post here, someone's going to get pissed off......)
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