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http://abcnews.go.com/US/trayvon-martin-shooter-teenager-gun/story?id=16000239
George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch crime captain who shot dead 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, originally told police in a written statement that Martin knocked him down with a punch to the nose, repeatedly slammed his head on the ground and tried to take his gun, a police source told ABC News.
Zimmerman had claimed he had called police about Martin, whom he found suspicious, then went back to his car when Martin attacked him, punching him.
The new information is the most complete version yet of what Zimmerman claims happened on the night of Feb. 26 when he shot and killed the teenager.
In addition, an eyewitness, 13-year-old Austin Brown, told police he saw a man fitting Zimmerman's description lying on the grass moaning and crying for help just seconds before he heard the gunshot that killed Martin.
blm
(113,065 posts)And, if Zimmerman is the one who initiated contact, aren't all kids taught by the parents and law enforcement speakers to scream, punch and kick at any adult stranger who approaches them too closely for no reason?
Snake Alchemist
(3,318 posts)is a whole other story.
WingDinger
(3,690 posts)And several times they aimed to kill. In fact, one of the guyswe saw burglarize the school, got stabbed in the gut, by the third guy in our group that night. a few months later. He confronted our guy, and threatened death.
My point, when I was a teen, if a guy gave chase by car, then exited the vehicle furthering the chase, when he got close to my hiding place, I would kill him with my bare hands.
Snake Alchemist
(3,318 posts)Rex
(65,616 posts)for murder?
stopbush
(24,396 posts)Captain? Of what? The guy wasn't even registered with any legitimate neighborhood watch organization. He was a loose cannon, acting on his own.
This is an attempt to legitimize Z's non-existent credentials. ESPN referred to him as an "officer" during an on-air report the other day. Really? An officer, as in, police officer?
Such transparent bull, but many will fall for it.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)I want to know why he claims he started following Martin in the first place and his full timeline of events...
I also want to know why the police and DA have sat on his statement so long instead of releasing it (the tinfoil in my scalp keeps telling me the "official" statement may have some addendums or edits to it)
Quixote1818
(28,946 posts)nt
arcane1
(38,613 posts)He got out of his car and did what? What was he coming back to his car from? Did he get out and walk ten steps and then turn around? How do you get punched in the nose from behind?
That's what interests me most: finding out what happened from the time Zimmerman exited his car, until the time his nose was punched. Therein lies the answer.
Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)Zimmermaqn caused all this. If and I mean If Trayvon did go after him, so what. Zimmerman went after him first. Maybe Trayvon thought he would protect his ground and get that POS out of there. I hope they at least put Zimmerman in jail till there's a trial. I just hope they can have a trial after the police fucked up everything. I do not believe that Trayvon attacked Zimmerman, I'm just saying so what.
WingDinger
(3,690 posts)A stalker, with a gun bulge chases you by car, then gets out. Stalks you to between houses, then confronts you. What if Zimmerman was already hand on gun? What if he simply was told break off, and ignored that sage cop advice? he still runs the risk of getting his misunderstood ass kicked, righteously. Without penalty, given he is a stalker.
BarbaRosa
(2,684 posts)brand new story.
Amerigo Vespucci
(30,885 posts)MSNBC just said that Zimmerman is now claiming that Trayvon "grabbed his head and slammed it repeatedly into the sidewalk."
So this 17 year old ice tea & Skittles-toting KID who weight 100 pounds less than Zimmerman knocked him down, broke his nose, clammed his head into the sidewalk over and over and over and went for his gun.
GOT it.
RZM
(8,556 posts)Which leads me to believe that he gave this version in the beginning. It's only new to us. It's apparently not new to the cops. Whether it's true or not, only Zimmerman knows.
But it's certainly plausible. If your opponent pulls out a gun during a fight, it's in your best interest to do all you can to get it out of their hands. You don't want to lunge for it if you're too far away, but if it's close quarters, it's probably smart to try to grab it or at least knock it away.
appleannie1
(5,067 posts)So if Martin did in fact punch Zimmerman, he was acting in self defense. You cannot chase someone, thereby starting a confrontation and then if the person you are confronting gets the better of you, claim self defense when you yourself started it. Martin had just as much right to defend himself as Zimmerman does.
Quixote1818
(28,946 posts)Doesn't make any sense. Even Zimmerman said he was running away.
Amerigo Vespucci
(30,885 posts)Maybe his attorney is coaching him but without playing the 911 tapes of the stuff he actually said.
Ruby the Liberal
(26,219 posts)blood not belonging to Trayvon on Trayvon's body, and his fingerprints would have also been on the gun.
Good thing the Sanford Police has their crackerjack forensics team there to secure the scene...
WI_DEM
(33,497 posts)So this happened right outside his car or what?
sinkingfeeling
(51,457 posts)Zimmerman and Trayvon get on the grass between two buildings?
aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)If they were found anywhere near the dead body, it suggests that the victim wasn't aggressive. Someone going for a gun or going after the shooter wouldn't be doing it with groceries in his hand(s).
onethatcares
(16,172 posts)you only have to say the truth one time, lies have to be lied about forever.
that's what we're seeing here.
backscatter712
(26,355 posts)He's a murderer trying to lie his way out of justice.