Zimmerman murder case looks like long shot

Unless Angela Corey has something she's not telling us, her second-degree-murder case against George Zimmerman is looking more and more like a long shot.

The special prosecutor assigned to investigate the death of Trayvon Martin released hundreds of pages of evidence last week.

But any expectation of a bombshell to explain her reason for filing a murder charge — which comes with a much higher burden of proof than a manslaughter charge — was short-lived.

The documents failed to answer the case's biggest questions: Who started the fight between Zimmerman and Trayvon? And whose voice was heard screaming for help on a 911 call?

None of the witnesses saw the entire confrontation between the two, or who threw the first punch.

The evidence does, however, support Zimmerman's claim that he was assaulted by Trayvon — whether Zimmerman started it or not.

On the other hand, Trayvon's autopsy report showed no sign of bruising or other injuries that would indicate he was punched by the Neighborhood Watch leader.

That only further serves to bolster Zimmerman's claim that Trayvon went after him and that he shot Trayvon in self-defense.

It can't be good for Corey when her discovery documents appear to strengthen the defendant's case more than her own.

The best piece of evidence for the prosecutor is something we already knew but was explicitly stated in a Sanford police report: Trayvon's death was "ultimately avoidable" if Zimmerman had stayed in his vehicle and waited for law enforcement to arrive....

What is that tattoo of?

From This: Saint Trayvon had several tattoos. The one on the left above was on his wrist and was his mother's name misspelled. The one on the right above was on his upper right arm. I'm not sure what it is or represents ... your guess is as good as mine. I don't have a better picture of the tattoo on his upper left arm than the one I originally posted above. Again, your guess is as good as mine.

We did not say or imply that George Zimmerman was “psychic” or needed to know Trayvon Martin would test positive for THC in his post-mortem examination, so suggesting a need for psychic powers is a strawman argument unrelated to the actual comments. The presence of THC relates directly to the statements of the reporter in the quoted news. The claim that Trayvon Martin was not engaged in any criminal activity put forth by his parents and the news media is false insofar as Trayvon Martin was an illegal dealer in narcotics and a illicit drug abuser as evidenced by his social networking messages and by the THC in his bloodstream. While Trayvon Martin may or may not have been engaging in drug dealing and/or burglaries during the period of time of his encounter with the neighborhood watchman, George Zimmerman, Trayvon Martin is now known to have engqaged in past criminal activity of a kind which has the potential of providing a motive for Trayvon Martin to have attempted to assault or even murder George Zimmerman. The defense may provide a jury reasonable doubt by presenting evidence of motive, opportunity, and means for Trayvon Martin to have assaulted or even attempted the murder of the defendant as a continuation and expansion of past criminal activity.

The 911 recordings and the layout of the housing complex indicate Trayvon Martin intercepted and confronted George Zimmerman, and not the other way around. In other words, Trayvon Martin chose to confront George Zimmerman, when he could have much more easily have entered into the townhome where he was staying without George Zimmerman observing where Trayvon Martin had disappeared to. The fatal confrontation occurred only because Trayvon Martin chose to double back, intercept, and attack George Zimmerman. Trayvon Martin miscalculated when he failed to realize George Martin was armed until he had George Zimmerman on the ground and was beating him to death before getting shot by his armed victim. The jury will want to know why Trayvon Martin was motivated to forgo his opportunity to return to the townhome in peace and safety. Past criminal activity may provide such motivation and means.

90 year old husband’s jaw broken and shot in face with a BB gun numerous times? 85 wife year old semi blind wife RAPED and BEATEN to death?? Why does it take a foreign press to enlighten America as to this heinous crime? WHERE IS THE NATIONAL OUTRAGE?

People in the MSM are soooooooo afraid of being called 'racist' and losing their jobs that they're not outraged by any crime committed by a black person...

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