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Trayvon Martin shooting: George Zimmerman says Trayvon decked him, then began hammering his head
Orlando Sentinel via Sun-Sentinel ^ | Monday, March 26, 2012 | Rene Stutzman

Posted on 03/26/2012 8:43:45 AM PDT by kristinn

...Police Say

With a single punch, Trayvon Martin decked the Neighborhood Watch volunteer who eventually shot and killed the unarmed 17-year-old, then Trayvon climbed on top of George Zimmerman and slammed his head into the sidewalk several times, leaving him bloody and battered, authorities have revealed to the Orlando Sentinel.

That is the account Zimmerman gave police, and much of it has been corroborated by witnesses, authorities say.

Zimmerman has not spoken publicly about what happened, but that night, Feb. 26, and in later meetings he described and re-enacted for police what he says happened.

In his version of events, he had turned around and was walking back to his SUV when Trayvon approached him from behind, the two exchanged words then Trayvon punched him in the nose, sending him to the ground, and began beating him.

Zimmerman told police he shot the teenager in self-defense.

SNIP

Police have been reluctant to provided details about all their evidence, but this is what they've disclosed to the Sentinel:

Zimmerman was on his way to the grocery store when he spotted Trayvon walking through his gated community.

Trayvon was visiting his father's fiancée, who lived there. He had been suspended from school in Miami after being found with an empty marijuana baggie. Miami schools have a zero-tolerance policy for drug possession.

Zimmerman called police and reported a suspicious person, describing Trayvon as black, acting strangely and perhaps on drugs.

Zimmerman got out of his SUV to follow Trayvon on foot. When a dispatch employee asked Zimmerman if he was following the 17-year-old, Zimmerman said yes. The dispatcher told Zimmerman he did not need to do that.

There is about a one-minute gap during which police say they're not sure what happened.

(Excerpt) Read more at sun-sentinel.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: assault; georgezimmerman; trayvonassaultedz; trayvonassaults; trayvonmartin
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To: AlmaKing

This article has also been scrubbed? There is “404 - Not found error” trying to reach the Sun-sentinel We live in interesting times! Who has the ability to do this?


21 posted on 03/26/2012 9:04:51 AM PDT by tcat
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To: babygene
Does him getting out of his SUV make him “fair game”?

If you go on a safari, you ride in a Land Rover and see lions, leopards, and water buffalo. You do NOT get out of the Land Rover. You become prey when you make that mistake.

Law of the Jungle.

22 posted on 03/26/2012 9:05:18 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Like Emmett Till, Trayvon Martin has become simply a stick with which to beat Whites.)
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To: Wizdum

Why is that?


23 posted on 03/26/2012 9:05:18 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: Wizdum

[ Zimmerman will go down for Manslaughter. ]

I don’t see how. It was clearly self defense. Martin was trying to bash his head in after verbally threatening him.


24 posted on 03/26/2012 9:05:18 AM PDT by KansasGirl
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To: kristinn

Sun-sentinal is a lib paper. They try hard in the middle section to keep to the “innocent kid” meme (this is top middle of article, all set out by itself)

“Trayvon was an unarmed black teenager who had committed no crime, an innocent who was gunned down while walking back from a 7-Eleven with nothing more sinister than a package of Skittles and can of Arizona iced tea.”

but the fact that they do have a lot of info means that a lot of damning evidence is going to break loose in the next few days. It’s all done it’s purpose anyway - get blacks all riled up for the election.

They’ve done it with the women (Fluke) and now the blacks, watch a story come out that takes over all the news cycles about Hispanic immigrants. They’ve GOT to energize their radical base to keep Obama in.


25 posted on 03/26/2012 9:05:31 AM PDT by I still care (I miss my friends, bagels, and the NYC skyline - but not the taxes. I love the South.)
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To: kristinn

Duplicate thread

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2863974/posts


26 posted on 03/26/2012 9:05:31 AM PDT by lonevoice (Klepto Baracka Marxo, impeach we much.)
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To: AlmaKing
In your book...

“Zimmerman will get lynched, as he deserves.”

In my book you should be ashamed to show your face on these threads.

27 posted on 03/26/2012 9:05:38 AM PDT by kanawa
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To: babygene

Apparently some pansies think getting out of your truck to follow a suspicious person is assault. or something.

There are FReepers who have followed vehicles after witnessing a hit and run so they wouldn’t get away and so they can describe where it is to the police. I guess those hit and run drivers have every right to attack them??

Hey get off my sidewalk, I was here first!! lol


28 posted on 03/26/2012 9:06:16 AM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: AlmaKing
That negates any self defense argument in my book.

Really. Based on what facts?

29 posted on 03/26/2012 9:06:30 AM PDT by vbmoneyspender
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To: AlmaKing

In Colorado this would be a legal use of deadly force. If the story is true. Even if someone initiates a fight, if that person then withdraws and makes it clear he does not want to fight any more he has the right to use deadly force if the other person persues him and he feels like his life is in danger. So if Zimmerman followed him or even had words with him that doesn’t give Martin the right to attack him. If someone was on top of me bashing my head into concrete I’d shoot him too and worry about the consequences afterwards. If the story in the article is true.


30 posted on 03/26/2012 9:07:03 AM PDT by albionin
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To: Vigilanteman
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Meanwhile, t-shirts are being printed up with gang letters.......

31 posted on 03/26/2012 9:07:12 AM PDT by dragonblustar (Allah Ain't So Akbar!)
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To: kristinn

T shirt sales are up, even this racist one

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/trayvon-martin/cracker-tshirt-759832


32 posted on 03/26/2012 9:07:44 AM PDT by junta ("Peace is a racket", testimony from crime boss Barrack Hussein Obama.)
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To: kristinn

Wow! This should cool the jets of the some freepers who think little Tray was an innocent victim of a 260-290 pound white man!

Did anyone see his friend Joe (I forget his last name) who appeared on the Today Show this morning? While Ann Curry furiously tried to get him to denounce Zimmerman, he defended him with class, style and intelligence.


33 posted on 03/26/2012 9:09:07 AM PDT by miss marmelstein
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To: AlmaKing

So Zimmerman getting out of his evil SUV and following Trayvon is considered a crime? Can you point out which FL statute that falls under?


34 posted on 03/26/2012 9:09:07 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: NormsRevenge

Hypothetical Scenario:

Joe walks up to Jim.
Joe verbally antagonizes Jim.
Joe pushes Jim.
Joe punches Jim.
Jim finally responds. Jim pushes Joe.
Joe feels life is threatened.
Joe pulls out gun and shoots Jim. In self-defense.

Did Joe act in self-defense?


35 posted on 03/26/2012 9:09:39 AM PDT by mbarker12474 (If thine enemy offend thee, give his childe a drum.)
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To: NormsRevenge

Hypothetical Scenario:

Joe walks up to Jim.
Joe verbally antagonizes Jim.
Joe pushes Jim.
Joe punches Jim.
Jim finally responds. Jim pushes Joe.
Joe feels life is threatened.
Joe pulls out gun and shoots Jim. In self-defense.

Did Joe act in self-defense?


36 posted on 03/26/2012 9:09:56 AM PDT by mbarker12474 (If thine enemy offend thee, give his childe a drum.)
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To: Peter from Rutland

I’m glad that Zimmerman defended himself from this pot-smoking “black” THUG. He saved the Florida taxpayers a lot of money.


37 posted on 03/26/2012 9:10:12 AM PDT by thethirddegree
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To: ClearCase_guy
Yup, and the Lion is now dead.

Law of the Jungle.

38 posted on 03/26/2012 9:10:36 AM PDT by Chgogal (WSJ, Kristol, Krauthammer, Rove et al., STFU. Thank you.)
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To: Wizdum
From a previous post of yours:

3. The evidence will produce the facts, however, the tapes, and Zimmerman ignoring the 911 operator NOT to follow, is going to get Zimmerman a Manslaughter charge at the least.

You are making things up. The 911 operator suggested not to follow, it was not an order. It is NOT against the law to get out of your vehicle. It is, however, against the law to bash someone's head repeatedly into a sidewalk.

39 posted on 03/26/2012 9:10:47 AM PDT by dirtboy
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To: AlmaKing
That negates any self defense argument in my book.

Of course it does, you are on multiple threads trying to lynch Zimmerman as it is...Why should more proof of self-defense get in the way of your sophistry?

40 posted on 03/26/2012 9:11:10 AM PDT by Michael Barnes (Obamaa+ Downgrade)
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