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« Bloomberg looking for unemployed attorneys, paying $20/hr | Main | Police report on Florida shooting »

More coming to light in FLA shooting

Posted by David Hardy · 24 March 2012 04:05 PM

The case gets some complicated:

"The dispatcher advised Zimmerman not to follow Martin. Moments later, neighbors bombarded 911 with reports of a struggle between the men and the sound of a gunshot. When police officers arrived, Martin was lifeless, face down on the ground, while Zimmerman was bleeding from his head and his back was covered in grass, as if he had been on the ground, the police report said.

Sanford police issued a statement Wednesday defending their decision not to arrest Zimmerman. They said that when officers arrived, he claimed self-defense, “which at the time was supported by physical evidence and testimony.”

Police Chief Bill Lee said Zimmerman claimed he was attacked by Martin after he had given up his chase and was returning to his truck.

In a letter to the Orlando Sentinel, Zimmerman’s father said his son wasn’t a racist. Zimmerman’s mother is Hispanic. “He would be the last to discriminate for any reason whatsoever,” Robert Zimmerman wrote."

More ambiguity:

"While one eyewitness has said there was no scuffle, another has said he saw Zimmerman on his back on the ground. According to the police incident report, Zimmerman's nose was bloody and his shirt was grass stained.

Police also said that Trayvon's father, Tracy Martin, told them the voice pleading for help was not Trayvon. The family claims the police are lying, and pointed out that once the audio quality was cleaned up the father said that the voice did indeed belong to his son."

· Castle Doctrine & No Retreat

2 Comments | Leave a comment

Harold | March 24, 2012 6:22 PM | Reply

The police "Offense Report" I've read also said he had a wound on the back of his head and as I recall that his back was wet, consistent with his having been on the ground; I don't remember anything about grass stains.

James | March 25, 2012 1:01 PM | Reply

Minor correction - the dispatcher did NOT tell Zimmerman not to follow Martin, Zimmerman was told they didn't NEED him to follow Martin. The police chief has already publicly stated that Zimmerman was never given a legal order to stop following Martin.

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