to those who have spoken and written as if it were PROVEN that Mr. Martin violently assaulted Mr. Zimmerman FIRST
I hope you aren't directing that at me? I certainly don't know who attacked who first, but I did make a strong claim in the previous post that the likely scenario was that Martin went to confront Zimmerman, not the other way around, and I don't remember anyone claiming Martin for sure attacked Zimmerman. Also your map is a little bit off. The location of the shooting was farther north near the "T" in the sidewalk. The video of Zimmerman's account puts it up there and there is news video of the crime scene where the yellow tarp covering Martin's body is just barely visible from the east to west section of the sidewalk, near the street. Although, I agree with those possibilities you present, one thing that makes me doubt the scenarios that Zimmerman was trying to detain Martin was something the lead investigator said he bluffed during the investigation:
At one point during his interview with Zimmerman, Sanford Police Officer Chris Serino bluffed that Martin's cell phone may have captured video of the incident.
"I believe [Zimmerman’s] words were, 'Thank God, I was hoping somebody would videotape it,'" said Serino. "Either he was telling the truth, or he was a complete pathological liar. One of the two." (http://www.hlntv.com/article/2013/07/02/george-zimmerman-trial-trayvon-martin-day-7)
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Date: 17/7/13 22:12 (UTC)I hope you aren't directing that at me? I certainly don't know who attacked who first, but I did make a strong claim in the previous post that the likely scenario was that Martin went to confront Zimmerman, not the other way around, and I don't remember anyone claiming Martin for sure attacked Zimmerman. Also your map is a little bit off. The location of the shooting was farther north near the "T" in the sidewalk. The video of Zimmerman's account puts it up there and there is news video of the crime scene where the yellow tarp covering Martin's body is just barely visible from the east to west section of the sidewalk, near the street. Although, I agree with those possibilities you present, one thing that makes me doubt the scenarios that Zimmerman was trying to detain Martin was something the lead investigator said he bluffed during the investigation:
At one point during his interview with Zimmerman, Sanford Police Officer Chris Serino bluffed that Martin's cell phone may have captured video of the incident.
"I believe [Zimmerman’s] words were, 'Thank God, I was hoping somebody would videotape it,'" said Serino. "Either he was telling the truth, or he was a complete pathological liar. One of the two." (http://www.hlntv.com/article/2013/07/02/george-zimmerman-trial-trayvon-martin-day-7)