What Zimmerman, Martin medical reports tell us and the media didn't

Fox News ^ | May 16, 2012 | John Lott

[Bobbys1963]

The new medical reports on the George Zimmerman/Trayvon Martin case tell us a lot. And it is not just for what they find, but also what they don’t find.

First, the reports provide striking evidence that Zimmerman did not start the fight with Martin, and that Zimmerman shot Martin in self-defense. Martin’s injuries were two-fold: broken skin on his knuckles and the fatal gunshot wound.

Zimmerman’s injuries involved: a fractured nose, a pair of black eyes, two lacerations to the back of his head and a minor back injury.

It takes considerable force to break the skin on multiple knuckles. The large range of injuries on Zimmerman indicates that the Martin’s attack was prolonged. But here is what is missing: where are the injuries to Zimmerman’s hands? Where are the bruises on Martin’s face or other parts of his body? . . .

[little jeremiah]

Okay, will try again:

[little jeremiah]

http://theconservativetreehouse.com/

[little jeremiah]

Don’t know if this is posted yet:

http://abcnews.go.com/US/trayvon-martin-documents-released-shooting-george-zimmerman/story?id=16371852#.T7Vz8cVeR-z

Trayvon Martin Had Drugs in System, Autopsy Found

Trayvon Martin, the 17-year-old who was shot and killed by a neighborhood watch volunteer, had the drug THC in his system the night of this death, according to new information obtained by ABC News.

[hoosiermama]

Thanks LJ Didn’t see it before...busy day!

[Windflier]

You got it that time. The image posted.

Now that I see the picture, all I can say is that it’s hard to tell what race the people in the photograph are. I mean, they look a lot like people in my own family. We’ve got old pics from the 20’s, 30’s, and so forth that look just like that.

Folks in my clan are mixed ancestry. Western European, African, and Native American. Those racial strains in more or less equal balance produce folks who look just like that.

Hard to say.

[little jeremiah]

According to all the news I've read, his mother is mixed black and Peruvian, which of course could include Spanish, but Z looks more Native American in the mix than Spanish but could be. For them to call him a "white Hispanic" is such a revolting lie. Not that I consider peoples' race or ethnic background important - character is! - but we know why they pushed that nonsense! Anyway, now I can post images, thank you! So here's another:

[marktwain]

This seems contradicted by NBC News and msnbc.com’s take:

The official report, prepared by the medical examiner in Volusia County, Fla., also found that the 17-year-old Martin had one other fresh injury – a small abrasion, no more than a quarter-inch in size – on his left ring finger below the knuckle.

http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/16/11736208-trayvon-martin-killed-by-single-gunshot-fired-from-intermediate-range-autopsy-shows?chromedomain=openchannel&lite