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Source: Zimmerman says Trayvon circled his SUV, frightened him
Orlando Sentinel ^ | 3May 2012 | Rene Stutzman

Posted on 05/03/2012 3:46:07 PM PDT by ironman

George Zimmerman told investigators that while he was on the phone with a Sanford police dispatcher reporting Trayvon Martin as suspicious, the teenager was circling his vehicle on foot, a source familiar with the investigation told the Orlando Sentinel.

The source said Zimmerman's account of events hasn't changed in his several statements to police — in which he said he was so unnerved by the teen's behavior that he rolled up his window to avoid a confrontation. However, he never mentioned any of that while talking to the dispatcher.

The details revealed by the source provide new insight into what Zimmerman said happened in the earliest moments of his contact with Trayvon. And they may reveal the inconsistencies alluded to by prosecutors in the case.

One of those inconsistencies: Zimmerman told police Trayvon had his hand over Zimmerman's mouth during their fight on the night he shot Trayvon.

The Sentinel's source confirmed that Zimmerman's statements include that allegation. But authorities do not believe that happened, the source told the Sentinel, because on one 911 call, someone can be heard screaming for help. If it were Zimmerman, as he claims, his cries were not muffled, the source said.

Zimmerman also told police, the source told the Sentinel, that while the two were on the ground, Trayvon reached for Zimmerman's gun, and the two struggled over it.

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KEYWORDS: georgezimmerman; trayvon; trayvonmartin; zimmerman
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To: ironman

Is this maybe what happened? Zimmerman is knocked to the ground, Martin is on top of him smashing his head on the pavement, Zimmerman screams for help, Martin puts his hand over Zimmerman’s mouth to stop him from screaming for help. When Martin stops the smashing to shut Zimmerman up, Zimmerman is able to reach for his gun and in the ensuing struggle Martin is shot.

I can speculate just as well as the press and prosecution, see?


21 posted on 05/03/2012 4:35:08 PM PDT by Ironfocus (Unseat the Looter-in-Chief)
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To: Sacajaweau

source....The Duke case had a lot of “sources”, too.

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Yes, and just like the Duke case... this will end badly - embarrassing badly - for Angela “Nifong” Corey and the race pimping Revs when Zimmerman is cleared of all bogus charges.


22 posted on 05/03/2012 4:37:35 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: EyeGuy
To push the black Obama vote from 98% to 99%?

Perhaps to push the black zer0 turnout from 60% to 99%...

23 posted on 05/03/2012 4:48:26 PM PDT by C210N (Wanted: Tagline)
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To: C210N

In other words, this is just the normal run-o’-the-mill mechanism for ‘rat GOTV.


24 posted on 05/03/2012 4:49:26 PM PDT by C210N (Wanted: Tagline)
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To: EyeGuy
To this end...

Dan 8:23 (Douay-Rheims)...

And after their reign [at the end], when iniquities shall be grown up, there shall arise a king of a shameless face [not his face per se, but his countenance...the way he appears to believers], and understanding dark sentences [he seems to know exactly what to do...exactly what his evil will begat...but we do not].
Just saying...
25 posted on 05/03/2012 4:56:04 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: ironman

We have here another really stupid assessment from a reporterette. Saying Martin’s hand over Zimmerman’s mouth was at odds with Zimmerman’s statement that he was screaming for help is ludicrous. The two actions are not exclusionary, in fact, they are in succession. The mostly likely reason Martin would have clamped his hand over Zimmerman’s mouth is because Zimmerman was screaming for help because Martin was on top of him, beating the crap out of him.


26 posted on 05/03/2012 5:18:38 PM PDT by citizen (Obama blames:arab spring,banks,big oil,bush,ceos,christians,coal,FNC,Jpn tsumani,T Party,wall st,you)
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To: ironman

“...is guilty of racial profiling...”

Is that a misdemeanor or a felony? Oh, wait, right. It’s not a crime.


27 posted on 05/03/2012 5:44:14 PM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy
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To: ironman

There is no conflict, here.

If someone is straddling your chest, and trying to stop you from screaming by putting their hand over your mouth, how effective do you think that is going to be? Assuming you are not just lying there passively, but are struggling and trying to scream.


28 posted on 05/03/2012 5:48:26 PM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy
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To: ironman

“source familiar with the investigation told the Orlando Sentinel”

Getting really sick of seeing garbage like this posted at DU and 3 minutes later it gets posted here.


29 posted on 05/03/2012 5:50:34 PM PDT by dewawi
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To: ironman
The source said Zimmerman's account of events hasn't changed in his several statements to police — in which he said he was so unnerved by the teen's behavior that he rolled up his window to avoid a confrontation. However, he never mentioned any of that while talking to the dispatcher.

So what? That means squat....who says he had to mention that to report the person who eventually attacked him?

By the way, the media keeps ignoring the evidence of Zimmerman's bloody head, but continues to remind us that Zimmerman's attacker, Saint Skittles of Sanford, was "unarmed".

30 posted on 05/03/2012 6:02:05 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: Jonty30

If Zimmerman was going to shoot his attacker, why did he call 911? Answer: he wasn’t planning to shoot Saint Skittles of Sanford, but when Zimmerman was attacked and had his head bloodied, he defended his life.


31 posted on 05/03/2012 6:04:06 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: skimask

I don’t think the trial will happen, if there IS a trial, until 2013. Then Obama’s successor will have to deal with the racists who will loot and burn cities.


32 posted on 05/03/2012 6:05:38 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: Terry Mross

Why didn’t she call someone that night or speak up the next day while she was tweeting about Trayvon’s passing? Why’d she wait until 3/19 to speak to anyone?


33 posted on 05/03/2012 6:06:43 PM PDT by Jaded (Really? Seriously?)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Maybe to cover his intents?

Now I’m not really saying that Zimmerman was out to cap a black man. I Just threw that out in response to thé claim Martin was out to beat a white man for fun.


34 posted on 05/03/2012 6:11:12 PM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults.)
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To: ironman

Done.


35 posted on 05/03/2012 6:12:13 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: SoFloFreeper

Maybe to cover his intents?

Now I’m not really saying that Zimmerman was out to cap a black man. I Just threw that out in response to thé claim Martin was out to beat a white man for fun.


36 posted on 05/03/2012 6:12:46 PM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults.)
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To: dewawi

“Getting really sick of seeing garbage like this posted at DU and 3 minutes later it gets posted here.”

Then stay away from DU. Problem solved.


37 posted on 05/03/2012 6:20:42 PM PDT by Mears (Alcohol. Tobacco. Firearms. What's not to like?)
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To: Jonty30

Why?

Beating whitey seems like the latest black pass time to me.

Seems like they go out of their way to gang up on whites all over the country.


38 posted on 05/03/2012 6:21:04 PM PDT by chris37 (Heartless.)
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To: chris37

I’m surprised you haven’t capped a few, because you thought they were a threat to you, then.

Do you run from little black grandmothers as well?


39 posted on 05/03/2012 6:27:01 PM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults.)
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To: Terry Mross; Jonty30; meatloaf

There was a thread on FR within the last 10 days where someone had posted the supposed girlfriend’s (more of a Hussein’s composite gf) facebook entries. It was obvious she wasn’t on the phone with him and wasn’t so devistated that she had to be hospitalized which prevented her from attending her beloved’s funeral. Yes, the girl exists but they weren’t romatically involved and they weren’t on the phone together that night. Put all that in the garbage because it was invented for the sympathy vote.


40 posted on 05/03/2012 6:39:51 PM PDT by bgill
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