I thought that the armed Zimmerman chose to follow Martin who was walking back to the residence of his future step mother holding a bag of Skittles and ice tea.
Interesting that you treat what Zimmerman’s father and brother said to the media as fact when neither are witnesses and an actual audio witness, Martin’s girlfriend, states to have heard something totally different.
What about the witness who expressed that Zimmerman was on top when the gun was fired and expressed the belief that it was Martin screaming for help?
What about the witness who claimed to have heard back and forth arguing before the fighting began, something that contradicts what Zimmerman’s father and brother (non-witnesses) claim?
We know that there was a scuffle. But we don’t yet know how it started and may never. But it is irresponsible to take a claim by two biased non-witnesses as fact because it supports your opinion.
ThunderBS: THe “witness” who “expressed” that Zimmerman was on top didn’t say that. She said that the “bigger” person was on top, which would be Martin since he is about 6’2” or more.
Also said she couldn’t hear what they were saying. Said it was dark outside so she could’t see any racial features during the fight.
Martin was not “gunned” down. He was killed in a fight. Powder residue photos and tests will give us the distance at which he was shoot. If it is within a foot or so, he was in close contact with Zimmerman. If it was beyond a foot or two, then Zimmerman has a problem with his story.
It will also be interesting to here Zimmerman’s story about what he did when he first called in to the police and then left his truck, to the time he returned to it. Took about a minute so someone will have to walk the “route” to see how far he could have travelled in that period of time, including returning to his truck.
Forensics is going to play a tremendous role in reconstructing what went on.
So far, your comments are based on poor witnesses, poor lighting conditions, poor hearing environment, and changing stories. I hope that you are not a defense attorney. I definitely wouldn’t hire you if you are.
I’d do my own defense pro se.
The timeline doesn’t allow for much to have happened. The other inconsistent fact is that Martin’s girlfriend claimed to have called him back when the call was terminated. It’s more than odd that neither the police made a call back or someone else answered the phone. We have an almost visceral reaction to a phone’s ringing. I believe those facts along with the malfunction of the Kel Tec, when a second round wasn’t chambered, are key pieces of evidence.
Here’s the timeline.
http://floppingaces.net/2012/04/03/the-martinzimmerman-timeline-reader-post/