Well, yes and no. There were no obvious signs of bruising that would have occurred if Zimmerman was beating Martin up. But I think what the funeral director was trying to say, to support Martin’s family, is that Martin’s hands were showing no signs that he was beating up Zimmerman.
I can’t say what hands and knuckles will show or will not show after giving a beating to someone. I think they could show scrapes and bruises, but will they ALWAYS?
No .. and it's easy to prove to yourself.
Take a bath towel, fold it up a little, hold it against a wall, pretend it just insulted your wife, and give it a good hard punch.
Point being, if M gave Z one hard squared up punch that decked him, then climbed on and started dribbling Z's head off the ground,
chances are prolly better than average that there'd be no bruising on M.
Once again, at an age a few years older than Martin I absolutely delivered numerous direct punched to the head, bruises to the hand were not an issue in fact it’s a silly premise in a quick fight.
I’m no fighter but as a kid I also was lucky enough to get the local bully on the ground and bang his head on the pavement a few times. I certainly suffered no bruising in performing a takedown very similar to M’s.
And btw, although I forced the local bully to say “uncle” he did not have any visible marks on him, either. To open a guy’s head on the pavement you have to slam it with considerrpable force and intent.
Imagine what they would say if Martin DID have any bruises. This no knuckle bruise stuff is as silly as the old joke “ He assaulted me by repeatedly slamming into my fist with his face”.
Only if the blow lands on a hard surface. Like teeth, might cut a hand. But generally, hitting some guy in the head a few times before grabbing him by the head, would likely NOT produce any bruising.
Now had Martin been punched in the face, particularly around the eyes, I'd expect to see some bruises.