George Zimmerman: Did he shoot Trayvon Martin in self defense? (Video walkthrough of scene)

WJLA-TV ^ | Thursday, May 10, 2012 | Scott Thuman

[kristinn]

George Zimmerman admits he shot and killed Trayvon Martin. But was it self defense?

ABC7's Scott Thuman went inside the Sanford, Florida neighborhood where the shooting happened.

He talks with Frank Taaffe, a friend of Zimmerman's, and a former neighborhood watch volunteer himself, who says it was self defense.

Taafe shows us what he says eye witnesses told him happened that night in the Twin Lakes neighborhood.

In this now infamous neighborhood, there's almost as much foot traffic as vehicle traffic. There's a cut-through frequented by kids, some following the very same footsteps as Trayvon Martin.

But in an area hit by thieves, up to 11 times in 14 months, and where property value has plummeted, there was also plenty of suspicion.

"He's parked here, the vehicles in this direction and he watches Trayvon come down here, stares at him out his window and according to George he circles around the car here and he heads back off in this direction here," Taaffe says.

[stephenjohnbanker]

Ugly deal all around!

[Homer_J_Simpson]

If he’s found innocent after a trial, Eric Holder will go after him for commiting a hate crime.

Not if Holder is busy writing his memoirs about when he used to be important.

[FreedomPoster]

Oh, good call, that would be interesting.

Have you seen the event summary animation done in the style of the Street Fighter arcade game?

http://i.imgur.com/wCxiT.gif

[MHGinTN]

Bwahahahahahaha ... thanks, I needed that! Putting an 18 1/2 inch barrel on my Maverick 88 12 ga shotty today. I’ll remember to wrap it in a brown paper bag to take it to the range ... wouldn’t want to scare the neighbors with my AK47 variant assault weapon shotty don’tchaknow.

[Pollster1]

Bwahahahahahaha ... thanks, I needed that! Putting an 18 1/2 inch barrel on my Maverick 88 12 ga shotty today. I’ll remember to wrap it in a brown paper bag to take it to the range ... wouldn’t want to scare the neighbors with my AK47 variant assault weapon shotty don’tchaknow.

May I ask where you got the barrel? I just got a Remington 887 that is perfect for birds and clays but could use a shorter barrel for home defense.

[ironman]

What about perjury and/or obstruction, witness tampering, etc?

[A. Patriot]

Just face it, Zimmerman is GUILTY......of defending his life while White. This is a new crime in the New Amerika of Obama-nation.

[ArmstedFragg]

It also appears the explosive bullets didn’t work.

[ArmstedFragg]

There’s a Federal anti-littering law? Who knew?

[Pollster1]

It also appears the explosive bullets didn’t work.

I thought he was just using Teflon-coated full-metal-jacket cop-killer dum dums. They were exploding too? I guess I should have expected that from the kind of guy who hunts down cute 12 y/o boys to take their Skittles.

[Theoria]

thanks, i didn’t know she made that statement.

[TigersEye]

Yes it will, and if you re-read the article, that’s what it appears to be he’s saying, the magazine had one round missing, the chamber contained one unfired round, thus the only round missing from the magazine was the unfired round in the chamber.

I don't know what the heck you're reading. This doesn't say that at all.

Police found a single shell casing at the scene, and when they seized George Zimmerman’s handgun, a Kel Tel 9 mm, its magazine was full, according to a source close to the investigation. The only bullet missing was the one in the chamber, the source said.

[TigersEye]

“Zimmerman shot Martin in the chest. When police arrived Zimmerman admitted shooting Martin. Officers recovered a gun from a holster inside Zimmerman’s waistband. A fired casing that was recovered at the scene was determined to have been fired from the firearm.”

The article I quoted said the same thing. "Police found a single shell casing at the scene,..."

[ArmstedFragg]

If you can’t look at the two sentences, and realize that the second one modifys the first, I can’t help you. Believe whatever you want to believe.

[TigersEye]

I can’t see what isn’t there.

[MHGinTN]

Ordered a Mossberg 500 18.5 inch from CheaperThanDirt.com $77 bucks plus shipping with a few short shell mini 12 gauge rounds in Buckshot. Google it, but I think you have to get the 887 barrels from Remington directly.

[Pollster1]

Thank you.

[MHGinTN]

http://www.shopremingtoncountry.com/Remington-Model-Barrel-Rifled-Sights/dp/B0044XJK46

20” for $288 bucks!

[MHGinTN]

Found another source for $193 ... that’s Remington for ya.

[Pollster1]

Thanks!