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« Reply #125 on: March 29, 2012, 03:45:20 PM »

Parents will say anything for their children sometimes and this is the first time that this particular statement has come up, it hasn't even been mentioned by the police as part of Zimmerman's official statement. I don't believe one word of anything this father says and it's not really admissible, since he was not there and only has secondhand information.
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« Reply #126 on: March 29, 2012, 03:54:31 PM »

I don't consider anything the father says to be anything more than entertainment value, because the father wasn't there. That claim's only significant if it is relaying a claim made by Zimmerman himself. But even then, there's no evidence whatsoever to support it.
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« Reply #127 on: March 29, 2012, 05:28:45 PM »

His father wasn't there and was not a witness in any way. He's also got an obvious bias. Why should anyone care what he has to say on the matter?
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« Reply #128 on: March 29, 2012, 05:42:04 PM »

I don't consider anything the father says to be anything more than entertainment value, because the father wasn't there. That claim's only significant if it is relaying a claim made by Zimmerman himself. But even then, there's no evidence whatsoever to support it.


I think the police report noted the injury on the back of the head and the bloody nose.  I would not call that conclusive.
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« Reply #129 on: March 29, 2012, 07:03:24 PM »

His father wasn't there and was not a witness in any way. He's also got an obvious bias. Why should anyone care what he has to say on the matter?

Well, that's one perspective. Other people prefer to consider all the evidence, which muddies the waters and shows that we can't rush to judgment.
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« Reply #130 on: March 29, 2012, 07:42:28 PM »

"Pursue" is not the same as "follow?"  Well then he was "following" Martin.  And would any of this have happened if he had NOT "followed" Martin? (with a gun)
Pursue:  Follow (someone or something) to catch or attack them.

Follow:  Go after (someone) in order to observe or monitor.

Zimmerman observed something suspicious and called the police.  He gave a description of Martin, what he appeared to be doing.  After he observed Martin running, he began to follow him so that he could continue to observe him.  After the dispatcher told him that it was not necessary to follow him, he acknowledged the request.

Or do you think the dispatcher actually meant "we don't need you to catch or attack the subject"?

Zimmerman said that "he ran" which indicates that Martin was no longer in sight.  And he told the dispatcher to tell the officer where his truck was.

I don't know why Zimmerman left his truck.  Maybe he got out of his truck to wait for the police officer, and then decided to go look behind the townhouses.

It is your conjecture that he followed the instructions of the dispatcher to stop looking for Martin.  Many would disagree with you.  Are you really assuming he did just because he "okay."  Hard to believe given that he got out of his car with his gun and the person he was following is now dead.
The dispatcher did not tell him to stop looking for Martin.   "Are you looking for the subject?"  "Yeah"  "OK, we don't need you to do that" "OK".

You were told by someone that Zimmerman pursued Martin, even after being ordered not to do so.  Since this conformed to your prejudices, you adopted it as your belief.  After I pointed out that the tape does not support such a conclusion, you think I am making the conjecture.

Zimmerman shot Martin.  Martin is dead.  That does not mean that Zimmerman was following him.
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« Reply #131 on: March 29, 2012, 09:07:51 PM »

I'll just post this link right here.

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« Reply #132 on: March 29, 2012, 10:04:18 PM »

Watch in the middle of the video when the one cop is putting his jacket in the trunk of the car. The other cop comes around and is checking the back of his head.

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Marcia Clark is a paid performer, and trained as a lawyer.  She would try to present things in a way that conform to people's prejudices, so that they would jump to conclusions.

The police report says that the policeman didn't notice the wound on the back of the head until he was putting the cuffs on.  It sounds like he was sitting in the back of the squad car when the Sanford Fire Department was treating him.

And you can't deny the policeman was looking at the back of Zimmerman's head.  What did Marcia Clark say that he was doing.

Have you seen the reverse angle video from the garage?  See if there is something that you missed in the first video completely.
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« Reply #133 on: March 29, 2012, 11:17:32 PM »

Then, the mortician who prepared Trayvon’s body for burial told MSNBC last night that the 17-year-old’s body didn’t show any signs of violence to support Zimmerman’s account.
When Nancy Grace interviewed the mortician, he said that when he was doing the preparation, that he didn't really know anything about the circumstances of Martin's death.  He was in Fort Lauderdale.   Remember that the reason for Martin being at the morgue so long was because the funeral home did not pick up the body for 24 hours after the autopsy had been completed.

When asked about where on his chest Martin had been shot, the mortician was unable to say, because that is where the autopsy had been done (I assume meaning that was where he had been cut open).

The mortician did not say that the body didn't show any signs of violence such as bruised hands.  He said that he did not notice any injuries to the hand.
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« Reply #134 on: March 29, 2012, 11:20:30 PM »

Watch in the middle of the video when the one cop is putting his jacket in the trunk of the car.  The other cop comes around and is checking the back of his head.

Here's the video itself, for the lazy who don't want to search for it.
Go to the City of Sanford web site and you can see the complete video of all their surveillance cameras and not the edited media versions.
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« Reply #135 on: March 29, 2012, 11:36:09 PM »

Now, the work of the lead detective on the Zimmerman case looms large. Justice might be blind, but she’s not dumb. And lead detective Investigator Chris Serino set out to prove it
MSNBC cut a minute out of the 911 call, which started with the sister (who also sounded very young) of the 13-YO calling 911, and then after determining that she didn't appear to a direct witness, asked to talk to her brother.  He said he had seen two men fighting and then his dog got loose, and so he didn't see the shooting.

It then went to an interview with the mother.  They didn't ask whether the police had interviewed the daughter; nor whether they had asked the Mother what she had observed.
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« Reply #136 on: March 30, 2012, 12:42:28 AM »

Watch in the middle of the video when the one cop is putting his jacket in the trunk of the car.  The other cop comes around and is checking the back of his head.

Here's the video itself, for the lazy who don't want to search for it.
Go to the City of Sanford web site and you can see the complete video of all their surveillance cameras and not the edited media versions.

Here's that video. You get more angles, no annoying logos.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WWDNbQUgm4&feature=youtu.be
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« Reply #137 on: March 30, 2012, 06:10:37 AM »

His father wasn't there and was not a witness in any way. He's also got an obvious bias. Why should anyone care what he has to say on the matter?

Well, that's one perspective. Other people prefer to consider all the evidence, which muddies the waters and shows that we can't rush to judgment.

No, it's brute fact. His father wasn't a witness. What part of that do you not understand? His father's statements aren't evidence. He would not be allowed to take the stand and present these in a court of law because at best his statements are hearsay.
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« Reply #138 on: March 30, 2012, 10:08:57 AM »

His father wasn't there and was not a witness in any way. He's also got an obvious bias. Why should anyone care what he has to say on the matter?

Well, that's one perspective. Other people prefer to consider all the evidence, which muddies the waters and shows that we can't rush to judgment.

No, it's brute fact. His father wasn't a witness. What part of that do you not understand? His father's statements aren't evidence. He would not be allowed to take the stand and present these in a court of law because at best his statements are hearsay.

Zimmerman's father is innocent until proven guilty - do not rush to judgment. We have to consider all the evidence.

jimrtex, J.J., BigSkyBob, help me out here. He doesn't get it.
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« Reply #139 on: March 30, 2012, 10:23:38 AM »
« Edited: March 30, 2012, 10:27:14 AM by DrScholl »

Zimmerman's father doesn't have any evidence, he's only going off his son's statement and that is secondhand information to him. He was not a witness, as he was nowhere near the scene to corroborate anything his son says.

On edit, reading again, I'm starting to detect some sarcasm here.
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« Reply #140 on: March 30, 2012, 10:31:21 AM »

His father wasn't there and was not a witness in any way. He's also got an obvious bias. Why should anyone care what he has to say on the matter?

Well, that's one perspective. Other people prefer to consider all the evidence, which muddies the waters and shows that we can't rush to judgment.

No, it's brute fact. His father wasn't a witness. What part of that do you not understand? His father's statements aren't evidence. He would not be allowed to take the stand and present these in a court of law because at best his statements are hearsay.

Zimmerman's father is innocent until proven guilty - do not rush to judgment. We have to consider all the evidence.

jimrtex, J.J., BigSkyBob, help me out here. He doesn't get it.

Well played, sir.
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« Reply #141 on: March 30, 2012, 10:34:14 PM »

His father wasn't there and was not a witness in any way. He's also got an obvious bias. Why should anyone care what he has to say on the matter?

Well, that's one perspective. Other people prefer to consider all the evidence, which muddies the waters and shows that we can't rush to judgment.

No, it's brute fact. His father wasn't a witness. What part of that do you not understand? His father's statements aren't evidence. He would not be allowed to take the stand and present these in a court of law because at best his statements are hearsay.

Zimmerman's father is retelling Zimmerman's account of what happened. In an American trial, that is "hearsay." In a trial by public opinion, it has whatever weight anyone listening places on it.

There is one very interesting point the father noted: Zimmerman pulled the trigger not because he was being beaten, per se, but, rather, because Martin stated he intended to kill him.

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« Reply #142 on: March 31, 2012, 01:41:20 AM »

I'm kind of hoping this helps deal a massive blow to the mostly joke organizations that are "neighborhood watches" and people realize that they are a stupid joke and quit volunteering or dealing with them.
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« Reply #143 on: March 31, 2012, 02:18:39 AM »

http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2012/03/neighborhood-watch-trailer-pulled-in-light-of-trayvon-martin-case

I wonder if they'll end up shelving this if the situation gets even more intense. I doubt it but it wouldn't exactly be a big loss even if they did, the movie looks pretty terrible.

Maybe they'll suddenly start pushing the alien angle really hard in the marketing. (The pulled trailer trailer didn't push the alien thing at all.)
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« Reply #144 on: March 31, 2012, 04:27:03 AM »
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Watch in the middle of the video when the one cop is putting his jacket in the trunk of the car. The other cop comes around and is checking the back of his head.

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Marcia Clark is a paid performer, and trained as a lawyer.  She would try to present things in a way that conform to people's prejudices, so that they would jump to conclusions.

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lol

Zimmerman has a history of violent behavior.  Assaulting a police officer and a domestic violence charge among other things.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/30/trayvon-martin-case-george-zimmerman_n_1392591.html?ref=mostpopular
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« Reply #145 on: March 31, 2012, 07:10:21 PM »

Zimmerman has a history of violent behavior.  Assaulting a police officer and a domestic violence charge among other things.
The "police officer" was an ABC agent, and the claim is that Zimmerman, then  21, came up and started talking to his friend, and after a while shoved the officer.

If the officer was making an arrest, he was doing a crap job of controlling the situation.  If he was in uniform, and Zimmerman shoved him, it is pretty amazing that the charges were dropped.

The judge ordered he and his ex-girlfriend to stay away from each other.  They were apparently a couple from 18 to 21.
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« Reply #146 on: March 31, 2012, 08:42:35 PM »

ABC agents are police officers.
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« Reply #147 on: April 01, 2012, 06:56:53 AM »

Can of worms, but would he have been killed if he was white.

This Zimmerman guy needs to spend a long time in jail.
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« Reply #148 on: April 01, 2012, 09:26:10 AM »

Police officers may enforce liquor laws, and ABC agents may have law enforcement powers.

They probably aren't in uniform.

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« Reply #149 on: April 01, 2012, 10:03:11 AM »

Police officers may enforce liquor laws, and ABC agents may have law enforcement powers.

They probably aren't in uniform.



ABC agents are police officers. Google it.
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