George Zimmerman’s family physician examined Trayvon Martin’s shooter on the day after the February 26 incident. The doctor reported that Zimmerman had suffered a "closed fracture" of his nose, two black eyes, two lacerations to the back of his head which did not require any stitches, and a minor back injury.
One would think that this report would deflate an over-zealous prosecutor’s case. Not so. The problem is that the examination was done one day after Martin’s death and was conducted by the family doctor, and not by a jail or hospital physician immediately after Zimmerman’s arrest.
Benjamin Crump, the Martin family's lawyer, told CNN, "What we do know is on February 26, the ER personnel did not believe his injuries were significant enough for him to go to the hospital. They didn't even put a Band-Aid on his head. That's important."
There is just no way that Zimmerman can get a fair trial, what with the threat of ‘Rodney King’ riots breaking out over an acquittal, not just in Florida, but in other parts of the country as well.
What juror is willing to face the prospect of receiving death threats, hate mail and even assault by voting to acquit the demonized Zimmerman? A juror voting for acquittal may have to move away from the community where he lives, get police protection, and pull his kids from their schools.
Angela Corey, the special prosecutor appointed by Florida’s governor to handle this case, has a reputation for overzealousness and for overcharging criminal defendants.
Corey is not the only one after Zimmerman’s ass. Eric Holder’s Justice Department is out to get him too. WFTV, ABC’s affiliate in Orlando, reports that the FBI is considering bringing federal hate-crime charges against Zimmerman, in which case he would face the death penalty.
Special prosecutor Angela Corey, the Martin family, Al Sharpton and his ilk, the black community and white liberal college students are all out for blood and will not be satisfied with anything short of a guilty verdict. Officials in many American cities fear the consequences of an acquittal. When Zimmerman goes to trial, he will be facing a racial and politically fueled judicial lynching.
UPDATE 5-17-12: The Florida State Attorney’s office released hundreds of documents today that appear to back up Zimmerman’s version of the Trayvon Martin Shooting.
The documents note that the confrontation could have been avoided had Zimmerman remained in his car and waited for the police to arrive as instructed by the 911 dispatcher. Now that’s a brilliant observation. Of course the confrontation could have been avoided. The convenience store clerks, who are killed almost daily in this country, would not have been killed had the shooters decided not to rob their stores. Zimmerman was stupid for getting out of his car, but stupidity is not a criminal offense.
One investigator wanted to arrest and charge Zimmerman with manslaughter but the state attorney at the time declined to accept any charges because he believed Zimmerman had immunity under Florida’s stand-your- ground law.
In his police report, Ricardo Ayala, one of the responding officers wrote, "Zimmerman was also bleeding from the nose and the back of his head." Another officer wrote, "I saw that Zimmerman's face was bloodied and it appeared to me that his nose was broken."
One police report about a witness interview read, "He witnesses a black male, wearing a dark colored 'hoodie' on top of a white or Hispanic male and throwing punches 'MMA (mixed martial arts) style. He then heard a pop. He stated that after hearing the pop, he observed the person he had previously observed on top of the other person (the male wearing the hoodie) laid out on the grass." Another witness told the police he saw a man on the ground yelling for help as he was repeatedly punched by another person who was on top of him.
Officer Christopher Serino, the lead investigator, wrote that Zimmerman could be heard "yelling for help as he was being battered by Trayvon Martin."
The police reports also note that after listening to the 911 tapes, Martin’s father told an investigator that the person yelling for help was not his son.
The autopsy report shows that Martin was shot in the heart from a distance of between 1 inch and 18 inches away, thereby backing up Zimmerman’s claim that he shot Trayvon during a struggle. And the autopsy report also shows that Martin had marijuana in his system.
All of these factors won’t make any difference to a pit bull prosecutor determined to get Zimmerman’s ass. Angela Corey had all these facts at hand when she charged him with second-degree murder. And the feds are waiting backstage to get Zimmerman’s ass in the unlikely event that he is acquitted by a state jury.
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