Photo taken after Trayvon Martin shooting shows bloody George Zimmerman [LIVE THREAD]

http://www.wftv.com/news/news/local/abc-news-photo-taken-after-trayvon-martin-shooting/nMdbw/ ^ | Friday, April 20, 2012 | WFTV

[sheikdetailfeather]

SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. —

WFTV just learned Friday morning about a picture of gunman George Zimmerman, taken just three minutes after the shooting that left 17-year-old Trayvon Martin dead.

The picture reportedly shows cuts on the back of Zimmerman's head, with blood trickling down.

Zimmerman, who shot and killed 17-year-old Martin on February 26 in a gated Sanford community, claimed he killed Martin in self-defense. Zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder for the shooting death of Martin.

The picture would seem to back up Zimmerman's claim that Martin slammed his head against the sidewalk.

That picture could be part of the evidence shown to the judge in court Friday morning during Zimmerman's bond hearing.

ABC News is breaking more on this story on Good Morning America at 7 a.m. on Channel 9. We'll have more on Central Florida's TV 27 at 7 a.m.

Meanwhile, Trayvon Martin's parents will come face to face for the first time with Zimmerman on Friday.

Zimmerman is due in a Seminole County courtroom for a bond hearing at 9 a.m.

After a week and a half behind bars, Zimmerman may be walking out of jail to await trial on a second-degree murder charge.

The parents of 17-year-old Martin are expected in the courtroom during the bond hearing.

Zimmerman's attorney Mark O'Mara will likely argue to Judge Kenneth Lester that Zimmerman is not a flight risk, pointing to fact that Zimmerman turned himself in immediately when charges were filed.

Judge Lester must decide if Zimmerman will be offered bond.

[massmike]

"If you see the wound bleed crimson,then the man you can't imprison!"

[sheikdetailfeather]

Yep. They changed it!

Now it says:

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Zimmerman, who shot and killed 17-year-old Martin on February 26 in a gated Sanford community, claimed he killed Martin in self-defense. Zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder for the shooting death of Martin.

The photograph appears to be the first publicly disclosed piece of evidence that could help support Zimmerman’s claim of self-defense. Sources tell ABC News that investigators have seen the photograph and are aware of the photographer’s story.

The person who took the photograph told ABC News he heard Martin and Zimmerman fighting before the shooting and that after Martin was killed, Zimmerman asked the photographer to call Zimmerman’s wife, allegedly blurting out, “Man, just tell her I shot someone.”

[AuH2ORepublican]

I heard that story on a national radio broadcast a couple of mornings ago (ABC News, I believe), but they didn’t mention the race of the woman who shot the mom and stole her newborn baby (and I didn’t know it was a black-on-white crime until just now).

[Heartland Mom]

Why wasn't this photograph introduced to the grand jury when they were determining whether to indict Zimmerman? The prosecutor has a duty to present exculpatory evidence. What a sick joke they are making of the judicial system.

[Pollster1]

I bled more when I was a kid and Ricky (NOT my friend/NOT anybody’s friend/he was a bully) slammed my head against a slide.

Zimmerman is probably a little heavier than you were as a kid. The fat between the skull and the skin would act as padding and reduce the skin damage in the same situation.

[hummingbird]

Ted Nugent got Secret Service grief using these type of words.

What about these “in your face” words?

**crickets now**

(Ted Nugent probably had a good time, though!)

[tomkat]

You and me both, sister.

[ctdonath2]

Yup. Looks like a cropped frame from the booking video *BC went so far to cover up (bizarrely positioned network logo “just happened” to cover that very image).

[Carpe Cerevisi]

This photo is obviously faked. We can’t see Zimmerman’s face. /sarc

[Roccus]

Race relations have been set back at least 50 yrs. with this ass in the White House.....I know my feelings have changed dramatically about our “brothers”

If it is your view that "Race relations have been set back at least 50 yrs." then YOU are 50 yrs. behind reality.

Catch up! Naivete can have fatal consequences!

[Above My Pay Grade]

So what time is the press conference where Sharpton, Jackson, Obama, the New Black Panther Party and Trayvon’s parents offer their sincere apology to George Zimmerman for falsely accusing him?

[AuH2ORepublican]

Thank you very much. Good thing you saved the original article.

[Vermont Lt]

Zimmerman:White = Obama:White

They are both the same proportion to white. Was Obama calling Trayon “white” when he said his son would look like him?

[Shelayne]

There was no grand jury. The prosecutor brought the charges on her own.

[tomkat]

Amen !

[Redcloak]

Ah HAH! Just as I suspected. His head is shaved... HE'S A SKINHEAD!!!!! A WHITE, RACIST SKINHEAD!!!!! NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE!!! NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE!!!

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[Half Vast Conspiracy]

The pic name is gimmerman_head_1_t615.jpg. Gimmerman? What’s the story on this?

[Doofer]

My goodness nothing graphic about it...

[Red Badger]

The Department of Just Us..............

[Matchett-PI]

bttt