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George Zimmerman: Did he shoot Trayvon Martin in self defense? (Video walkthrough of scene)
WJLA-TV ^
| Thursday, May 10, 2012
| Scott Thuman
Posted on 05/10/2012 9:18:10 PM PDT by kristinn
George Zimmerman admits he shot and killed Trayvon Martin. But was it self defense?
ABC7's Scott Thuman went inside the Sanford, Florida neighborhood where the shooting happened.
He talks with Frank Taaffe, a friend of Zimmerman's, and a former neighborhood watch volunteer himself, who says it was self defense.
Taafe shows us what he says eye witnesses told him happened that night in the Twin Lakes neighborhood.
In this now infamous neighborhood, there's almost as much foot traffic as vehicle traffic. There's a cut-through frequented by kids, some following the very same footsteps as Trayvon Martin.
But in an area hit by thieves, up to 11 times in 14 months, and where property value has plummeted, there was also plenty of suspicion.
"He's parked here, the vehicles in this direction and he watches Trayvon come down here, stares at him out his window and according to George he circles around the car here and he heads back off in this direction here," Taaffe says.
(Excerpt) Read more at wjla.com ...
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: blackkk; florida; georgezimmerman; lmm; trayvon; trayvonmartin; zimmerman; zimmermanevidence; zimmermantimeline
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To: Humidston
81
posted on
05/11/2012 8:05:00 AM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
(God, family, country, mom, apple pie, the girl next door and a Ford F250 to pull my boat.)
To: Humidston
If hes found innocent after a trial, Eric Holder will go after him for commiting a hate crime.Not if Holder is busy writing his memoirs about when he used to be important.
82
posted on
05/11/2012 8:11:07 AM PDT
by
Homer_J_Simpson
("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
To: montag813
Oh, good call, that would be interesting.
Have you seen the event summary animation done in the style of the Street Fighter arcade game?
http://i.imgur.com/wCxiT.gif
83
posted on
05/11/2012 8:14:54 AM PDT
by
FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
To: Pollster1
Bwahahahahahaha ... thanks, I needed that! Putting an 18 1/2 inch barrel on my Maverick 88 12 ga shotty today. I’ll remember to wrap it in a brown paper bag to take it to the range ... wouldn’t want to scare the neighbors with my AK47 variant assault weapon shotty don’tchaknow.
84
posted on
05/11/2012 8:34:30 AM PDT
by
MHGinTN
(Being deceived can be cured.)
To: MHGinTN
Bwahahahahahaha ... thanks, I needed that! Putting an 18 1/2 inch barrel on my Maverick 88 12 ga shotty today. Ill remember to wrap it in a brown paper bag to take it to the range ... wouldnt want to scare the neighbors with my AK47 variant assault weapon shotty dontchaknow. May I ask where you got the barrel? I just got a Remington 887 that is perfect for birds and clays but could use a shorter barrel for home defense.
85
posted on
05/11/2012 8:48:47 AM PDT
by
Pollster1
(Can we afford as much government as welfare-addicted voters demand?)
To: Jaded
What about perjury and/or obstruction, witness tampering, etc?
86
posted on
05/11/2012 8:50:19 AM PDT
by
ironman
To: kristinn
Just face it, Zimmerman is GUILTY......of defending his life while White. This is a new crime in the New Amerika of Obama-nation.
87
posted on
05/11/2012 10:16:59 AM PDT
by
A. Patriot
(Have we lost our Republic? Do the majority of Americans care?)
To: Pollster1
It also appears the explosive bullets didn’t work.
88
posted on
05/11/2012 10:46:08 AM PDT
by
ArmstedFragg
(hoaxy dopey changey)
To: Jaded
There’s a Federal anti-littering law? Who knew?
89
posted on
05/11/2012 10:49:38 AM PDT
by
ArmstedFragg
(hoaxy dopey changey)
To: ArmstedFragg
It also appears the explosive bullets didnt work. I thought he was just using Teflon-coated full-metal-jacket cop-killer dum dums. They were exploding too? I guess I should have expected that from the kind of guy who hunts down cute 12 y/o boys to take their Skittles.
90
posted on
05/11/2012 11:39:05 AM PDT
by
Pollster1
(Can we afford as much government as welfare-addicted voters demand?)
To: Mr Rogers
thanks, i didn’t know she made that statement.
91
posted on
05/11/2012 11:43:34 AM PDT
by
Theoria
(Rush Limbaugh: Ron Paul sounds like an Islamic terrorist)
To: ArmstedFragg
Yes it will, and if you re-read the article, thats what it appears to be hes saying, the magazine had one round missing, the chamber contained one unfired round, thus the only round missing from the magazine was the unfired round in the chamber.I don't know what the heck you're reading. This doesn't say that at all.
Police found a single shell casing at the scene, and when they seized George Zimmermans handgun, a Kel Tel 9 mm, its magazine was full, according to a source close to the investigation. The only bullet missing was the one in the chamber, the source said.
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posted on
05/11/2012 12:02:57 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(Life is about choices. Your choices. Make good ones.)
To: ArmstedFragg
Zimmerman shot Martin in the chest. When police arrived Zimmerman admitted shooting Martin. Officers recovered a gun from a holster inside Zimmermans waistband. A fired casing that was recovered at the scene was determined to have been fired from the firearm.The article I quoted said the same thing. "Police found a single shell casing at the scene,..."
93
posted on
05/11/2012 12:05:41 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(Life is about choices. Your choices. Make good ones.)
To: TigersEye
If you can’t look at the two sentences, and realize that the second one modifys the first, I can’t help you. Believe whatever you want to believe.
94
posted on
05/11/2012 12:38:46 PM PDT
by
ArmstedFragg
(hoaxy dopey changey)
To: ArmstedFragg
I can’t see what isn’t there.
95
posted on
05/11/2012 12:45:31 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(Life is about choices. Your choices. Make good ones.)
To: Pollster1
Ordered a Mossberg 500 18.5 inch from CheaperThanDirt.com $77 bucks plus shipping with a few short shell mini 12 gauge rounds in Buckshot. Google it, but I think you have to get the 887 barrels from Remington directly.
96
posted on
05/11/2012 2:01:55 PM PDT
by
MHGinTN
(Being deceived can be cured.)
To: MHGinTN
97
posted on
05/11/2012 3:23:15 PM PDT
by
Pollster1
(Can we afford as much government as welfare-addicted voters demand?)
To: Pollster1
98
posted on
05/11/2012 3:56:46 PM PDT
by
MHGinTN
(Being deceived can be cured.)
To: Pollster1
Found another source for $193 ... that’s Remington for ya.
99
posted on
05/11/2012 3:59:14 PM PDT
by
MHGinTN
(Being deceived can be cured.)
To: MHGinTN
100
posted on
05/11/2012 5:16:32 PM PDT
by
Pollster1
(Can we afford as much government as welfare-addicted voters demand?)
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