Trayvon Martin Case: Police Video Shows No Blood, Bruises On George Zimmerman After Killing

Newly released video of George Zimmerman at the Sanford Police Department the night he shot Trayvon Martin to death show the neighborhood watch volunteer without blood on his clothing or bruises on his face or head. His clean-shaven picture seems to contrast with the violent beating he told police he endured at the hands of Martin, 17, who Zimmerman said attacked him from behind.

The video, obtained by ABC News, appears inconsistent with Zimmerman’s recently leaked statement to police that he was in a death struggle with Martin before Zimmerman shot him in the chest in self-defense. Zimmerman told investigators that Martin jumped him from behind, punched him in the nose and pounded his head into a sidewalk, according to a police report first described by the Orlando Sentinal.

In the video, apparently taken by surveillance cameras outside and inside the police station, Zimmerman’s face and head are clearly visible and show no injuries consistent with the kind of fight Zimmerman's statement described.

Zimmerman, 28, the neighborhood watch captain at the Retreat at Twin Lakes gated community, is seen arriving in a police cruiser. He gets out of the car with his hands cuffed behind his back. Zimmerman is clean-shaven and appears several pounds lighter than in ubiquitous mug shot of him taken in 2005 when he was arrested on a charge of assaulting a police officer.

The video’s release comes amid shifting public perception of Martin, whose baby-faced image has become the face of the so-called “Trayvon Martin movement for Justice” that has captivated much of the U.S. Earlier this week, school officials in Miami released Martin’s disciplinary record, showing that he had been on a 10-day suspension when he was killed. According to reports, school officials found an empty baggy that contained marijuana residue. Meanwhile, some websites have replaced widely circulated family photos of Martin with pictures of him sporting removable gold tooth caps. Other websites have picked seemingly random photos of other youth in questionable or offensive poses and claimed that they are of Martin.

Martin’s family has called the counter-offensive an assault on Martin’s character and a “smear campaign.” Tracy Martin, the teen's father, told HuffPost earlier this week, “I refuse to let them assassinate my son’s character." He added: "The question should not be why was he suspended from school, it should be why did this man kill him in cold blood."

Zimmerman shot Martin to death the night of Feb. 26. Martin had been walking toward his father's girlfriend's house shortly after 7 p.m. and Zimmerman spotted him and called 911 to report a "suspicious" person. Zimmerman followed Martin, disregarding a police dispatcher who told him "we don't need you to do that." Police said early in the investigation that Martin noticed he was being followed, asked Zimmerman what he wanted, and a physical encounter ensued.

In the recently released police reports, Zimmerman told police he got out of his vehicle to follow Martin, but lost sight of him. As he walked back to his vehicle, Martin attacked him from behind, punched him in the nose, knocked him down and began smashing the back of his head into the sidewalk, police reports say Zimmerman told officers. During the tussle, Zimmerman pulled the 9 mm handgun he carried and shot Martin in the chest, he told police.

Lawyers for the Martin family said Zimmerman was the aggressor. The lawyers said Martin's girlfriend in Miami was on the phone with him just moments before he was killed. The girlfriend has told ABC News and family lawyers that Martin told her someone was following him. She said she heard someone ask Martin something, then what sounded like someone pushing him. The phone sounded like it was then knocked to the ground and went dead, the girl said.

The funeral director who handled Martin's funeral said there were no cuts or bruises on the teen's hands that would suggest a violent struggle or fight.

“I didn’t see any evidence he had been fighting anybody,” Richard Kurtz of Roy Mizell and Kurtz Funeral Home in Fort Lauderdale, told television talk show host Nancy Grace.

Police took Zimmerman into custody after they arrived. He was questioned and released later that night. He remains free as the Seminole County State Attorney's Office reviews the police investigation and decides whether to file charges. The U.S. Justice Department also is investigating.

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• Trayvon Martin Photos

  Benjamin Crump, attorney, for the family of the late Trayvon Martin, talks to the media after the release of 911 call at the Sanford City Hall on Friday, March 16, 2012 in Sanford, Fla. Martin, 17, was shot to death after being confronted by Sanford neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman, 28, on February 26, 2012. Zimmerman told Sanford Police that he shot the unarmed black teenager in self-defense. Family members are calling for Zimmerman's arrest. Credit: David Manning for The Huffington Post

• Trayvon Martin Photos

  Benjamin Crump, attorney, for the family of the late Trayvon Martin, talks to the media after the release of 911 call at the Sanford City Hall on Friday, March 16, 2012 in Sanford, Fla. Credit: David Manning for The Huffington Post

• Trayvon Martin Photos

  Benjamin Crump, attorney, for the family of the late Trayvon Martin, talks to the media after the release of 911 call at the Sanford City Hall on Friday, March 16, 2012 in Sanford, Fla. Credit: David Manning for The Huffington Post

• Trayvon Martin Photos

  A memorial for the late Trayvon Martin sits at the neighborhood where he was shot on Friday, March 16, 2012 in Sanford, Fla. Martin, 17, was shot to death after being confronted by Sanford neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman, 28, on February 26, 2012. Zimmerman, white, told Sanford Police that he shot the unarmed black teenager in self-defense. Family members are calling for Zimmerman's arrest. Credit: David Manning for The Huffington Post

• Trayvon Martin Photos

  Local historian and activist Francis Oliver adjusts a memorial she placed for the late Trayvon Martin at the neighborhood where he was shot on Friday, March 16, 2012 in Sanford, Fla. Credit: David Manning for The Huffington Post

• Trayvon Martin Photos

  Valera Pinkard, of Orlando, Fla., holds a sign near a memorial for the late Trayvon Martin at the neighborhood where he was shot on Friday, March 16, 2012 in Sanford, Fla. Credit: David Manning for The Huffington Post

• Trayvon Martin Photos

  Sybrina Fulton, mother, of the late Trayvon Martin, addresses the media with Martin's father Tracy Martin, left, on Friday, March 16, 2012 in Orlando, Fla. Credit: David Manning for The Huffington Post

• Trayvon Martin Photos

  Sybrina Fulton, mother, of the late Trayvon Martin, left, hugs Selma Mora Lamilla, after addressing the media on Friday, March 16, 2012 in Orlando, Fla. Credit: David Manning for The Huffington Post

• Tracy Martin, father, of the late Trayvon Martin, addresses the media on Friday, March 16, 2012 in Orlando, Fla. Credit: David Manning for The Huffington Post

• Trayvon Martin Photos

  Benjamin Crump, attorney for the family of the late Trayvon Martin, addresses the media on Friday, March 16, 2012 in Orlando, Fla. Credit: David Manning for The Huffington Post

• Trayvon Martin Photos

  Tracy Martin, father, of the late Trayvon Martin, addresses the media on Friday, March 16, 2012 in Orlando, Fla. Credit: David Manning for The Huffington Post

• A Million Hoodies March Protests Death Of Trayvon Martin

  NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 21: Supporters of Trayvon Martin rally in Union Square during a 'Million Hoodie March' in Manhattan on March 21, 2012 in New York City. Thousands of protesters turned out to demonstrate against the killing of the black unarmed teenager by a white neighborhood watch captain. The protesters marched through the streets after holding a large rally in Union Square. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

• A Million Hoodies March Protests Death Of Trayvon Martin

  NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 21: Supporters of Trayvon Martin rally in Union Square during a 'Million Hoodie March' in Manhattan on March 21, 2012 in New York City. Thousands of protesters turned out to demonstrate against the killing of the black unarmed teenager by a white neighborhood watch captain. The protesters marched through the streets after holding a large rally in Union Square. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

• A Million Hoodies March Protests Death Of Trayvon Martin

  NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 21: Supporters of Trayvon Martin rally in Union Square during a 'Million Hoodie March' in Manhattan on March 21, 2012 in New York City. Thousands of protesters turned out to demonstrate against the killing of the black unarmed teenager by a white neighborhood watch captain. The protesters marched through the streets after holding a large rally in Union Square. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

• A Million Hoodies March Protests Death Of Trayvon Martin

  NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 21: Supporters of Trayvon Martin rally in Union Square during a 'Million Hoodie March' in Manhattan on March 21, 2012 in New York City. Thousands of protesters turned out to demonstrate against the killing of the black unarmed teenager by a white neighborhood watch captain. The protesters marched through the streets after holding a large rally in Union Square. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

• A Million Hoodies March Protests Death Of Trayvon Martin

  NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 21: Supporters of Trayvon Martin rally in Union Square during a 'Million Hoodie March' in Manhattan on March 21, 2012 in New York City. Thousands of protesters turned out to demonstrate against the killing of the black unarmed teenager by a white neighborhood watch captain. The protesters marched through the streets after holding a large rally in Union Square. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

• A Million Hoodies March Protests Death Of Trayvon Martin

  NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 21: Supporters of Trayvon Martin rally in Union Square during a 'Million Hoodie March' in Manhattan on March 21, 2012 in New York City. Thousands of protesters turned out to demonstrate against the killing of the black unarmed teenager by a white neighborhood watch captain. The protesters marched through the streets after holding a large rally in Union Square. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

• A Million Hoodies March Protests Death Of Trayvon Martin

  NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 21: Supporters of Trayvon Martin block traffic as they march on W. 14th Street during a 'Million Hoodie March' in Manhattan on March 21, 2012 in New York City. Thousands of protesters turned out to demonstrate against the killing of the black unarmed teenager by a white neighborhood watch captain. The protesters took to the streets after holding a large rally in Union Square. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

• A Million Hoodies March Protests Death Of Trayvon Martin

  NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 21: Tracy Martin (L), and Sybrina Fulton, parents of slain teenager Trayvon Martin, address supporters at a Million Hoodies March on March 21, 2012 in New York City. Family members joined hundreds of protesters calling for justice in the killing of Trayvon Martin, 17, who was was pursued and shot on February 26 in Sanford, Florida by 'neighborhood watch' member George Zimmerman, reportedly because the teenager's hoodie made him look suspicious. Under Florida's 'Stand Your Ground' law, Zimmerman has not been charged with a crime in the shooting. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

• A Million Hoodies March Protests Death Of Trayvon Martin

  NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 21: Sybrina Fulton, mother of slain teenager Trayvon Martin, speaks at the Million Hoodies March on March 21, 2012 in New York City. The family members joined hundreds of protesters calling for justice in the killing of Trayvon Martin, 17, who was was pursued and shot on February 26 in Sanford, Florida by 'neighborhood watch' member George Zimmerman, reportedly because the teenager's hoodie made him look suspicious. Under Florida's 'Stand Your Ground' law, Zimmerman has not been charged with a crime in the shooting. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

• Federal Government To Investigate Shooting Of Unarmed Teen Trayvon Martin

  MIAMI, FL - MARCH 21: Protesters hold cans of ice tea and Skittles which is what the 17-year-old Trayvon Martin is reported to have been carrying when he was killed by neighborhood watch person, George Zimmerman on February 26 in Sanford, Florida, on March 21, 2012 in Miami, Florida. The Justice Department and the FBI opened an investigation into the death of the black teenager, and the local state attorney announced that he had asked a grand jury to investigate. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

• Federal Government To Investigate Shooting Of Unarmed Teen Trayvon Martin

  MIAMI, FL - MARCH 21: Protesters hold cans of ice tea and Skittles which is what the 17-year-old Trayvon Martin is reported to have been carrying when he was killed by neighborhood watch person, George Zimmerman on February 26 in Sanford, Florida, on March 21, 2012 in Miami, Florida. The Justice Department and the FBI opened an investigation into the death of the black teenager, and the local state attorney announced that he had asked a grand jury to investigate. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

• Shooting Death Of Unarmed Teen Trayvon Martin Sparks National Outrage

  SANFORD, FL - MARCH 22: A reporter waits to broadcast at a rally for slain teenager Trayvon Martin on March 22, 2012 in Sanford, Florida. Sanford Police Department Chief Bill Lee announced today he will temporarily step down following the killing of the black unarmed teenager by a white and Hispanic neighborhood watch captain. Rev. Al Sharpton organized today's rally. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

• Shooting Death Of Unarmed Teen Trayvon Martin Sparks National Outrage

  SANFORD, FL - MARCH 22: Protesters demonstrate at a rally for slain teenager Trayvon Martin on March 22, 2012 in Sanford, Florida. Sanford Police Department Chief Bill Lee announced today he will temporarily step down following the killing of the black unarmed teenager by a white and Hispanic neighborhood watch captain. Rev. Al Sharpton organized today's rally. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

• Shooting Death Of Unarmed Teen Trayvon Martin Sparks National Outrage

  SANFORD, FL - MARCH 22: People attend a rally for slain teenager Trayvon Martin on March 22, 2012 in Sanford, Florida. Sanford Police Department Chief Bill Lee announced today he will temporarily step down following the killing of the black unarmed teenager by a white and Hispanic neighborhood watch captain. Rev. Al Sharpton organized today's rally. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

• Shooting Death Of Unarmed Teen Trayvon Martin Sparks National Outrage

  SANFORD, FL - MARCH 22: Protesters demonstrate at a rally for slain teenager Trayvon Martin on March 22, 2012 in Sanford, Florida. Sanford Police Department Chief Bill Lee announced today he will temporarily step down following the killing of the black unarmed teenager by a white and Hispanic neighborhood watch captain. Rev. Al Sharpton organized today's rally. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

• Shooting Death Of Unarmed Teen Trayvon Martin Sparks National Outrage

  SANFORD, FL - MARCH 22: A protester holds a sign with pictures of George Zimmerman at a rally for slain teenager Trayvon Martin on March 22, 2012 in Sanford, Florida. Sanford Police Department Chief Bill Lee announced today he will temporarily step down following the killing of the black unarmed teenager by white and Hispanic neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman. Rev. Al Sharpton organized today's rally. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

• Shooting Death Of Unarmed Teen Trayvon Martin Sparks National Outrage

  SANFORD, FL - MARCH 22: Protesters demonstrate at a rally for slain teenager Trayvon Martin on March 22, 2012 in Sanford, Florida. Sanford Police Department Chief Bill Lee announced today he will temporarily step down following the killing of the black unarmed teenager by a white and Hispanic neighborhood watch captain. Rev. Al Sharpton organized today's rally. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

• Shooting Death Of Unarmed Teen Trayvon Martin Sparks National Outrage

  SANFORD, FL - MARCH 22: Protesters demonstrate at a rally for slain teenager Trayvon Martin on March 22, 2012 in Sanford, Florida. Sanford Police Department Chief Bill Lee announced today he will temporarily step down following the killing of the black unarmed teenager by a white and Hispanic neighborhood watch captain. Rev. Al Sharpton organized today's rally. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

• Shooting Death Of Unarmed Teen Trayvon Martin Sparks National Outrage

  SANFORD, FL - MARCH 22: Sanford resident Rodney Stokes carries his son Rodney Stokes Jr. on his shoulder at a rally for slain teenager Trayvon Martin on March 22, 2012 in Sanford, Florida. Sanford Police Department Chief Bill Lee announced today he will temporarily step down following the killing of the black unarmed teenager by a white and Hispanic neighborhood watch captain. Rev. Al Sharpton organized today's rally. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

• Shooting Death Of Unarmed Teen Trayvon Martin Sparks National Outrage

  SANFORD, FL - MARCH 22: Protesters demonstrate at a rally for slain teenager Trayvon Martin on March 22, 2012 in Sanford, Florida. Sanford Police Department Chief Bill Lee announced today he will temporarily step down following the killing of the black unarmed teenager by a white and Hispanic neighborhood watch captain. Rev. Al Sharpton organized today's rally. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

• Shooting Death Of Unarmed Teen Trayvon Martin Sparks National Outrage

  SANFORD, FL - MARCH 22: Protesters demonstrate at a rally for slain teenager Trayvon Martin on March 22, 2012 in Sanford, Florida. Sanford Police Department Chief Bill Lee announced today he will temporarily step down following the killing of the black unarmed teenager by a white and Hispanic neighborhood watch captain. Rev. Al Sharpton organized today's rally. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

• Shooting Death Of Unarmed Teen Trayvon Martin Sparks National Outrage

  SANFORD, FL - MARCH 22: Rev. Al Sharpton (R) looks on at a rally with Tracy Martin (R), father of slain teenager Trayvon Martin, on March 22, 2012 in Sanford, Florida. Sanford Police Department Chief Bill Lee announced today he will temporarily step down following the killing of the black unarmed teenager by a white and Hispanic neighborhood watch captain. Sharpton organized today's rally. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

• Shooting Death Of Unarmed Teen Trayvon Martin Sparks National Outrage

  SANFORD, FL - MARCH 22: Rev. Al Sharpton departs as media are reflected in a vehicle window at a rally for slain teenager Trayvon Martin on March 22, 2012 in Sanford, Florida. Sanford Police Department Chief Bill Lee announced today he will temporarily step down following the killing of the black unarmed teenager by a white and Hispanic neighborhood watch captain. Sharpton organized today's rally. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

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Comments

[OneDeminEOR]

03:17 AM on 04/25/2013

Mr. Lee, you had it right the first time, when you stated that Zimmerman was a "neighborhood watch volunteer". However, when you state a little further down that Zimmerman was a "neighborhood watch captain", that is incorrect. There was no organized, authorized neighborhood watch in that complex.
Zimmerman was under no one's direction and control other than himself, as shown by his disregard of a dispatcher's order.
Don't lend this murderer's actions any more legitimacy than he or his attorney claims.

[Gasparilla]

10:10 PM on 04/24/2013

And then three days later, ABC said they had "enhanced" the video and it did show injuries to the back of his head. Which makes you wonder why they didn't enhance it before they showed it the first time.

[russlbaca]

09:08 PM on 04/24/2013

Zimmerman claims he was jumped from behind, and was punched in the nose. Then the back of his head was pounded into the sidewalk. With as many times as Zimmerman was turned around in this fight, is he sure he wasn't fighting Steven Seagal?

[Cornelius G]

12:43 AM on 07/12/2012

It's amazing that a person who was just involved in an alleged life-or-death struggle is so calm and steady - signs of a sociopath.

[wendoxia]

10:27 AM on 04/25/2013

and there is no blood on his clothing!
The police are not wearing gloves.

[Cornelius G]

12:09 PM on 04/25/2013

Well, the only wound on Martin is the gunshot to the chest which would only result in blood on Zimmerman if there was direct body contact. Zimmerman's wound to the nose and the back of the head may have resulted in some dripping blood to the front of his clothing and collar.  If Zimmerman did feel compelled to defend himself with lethal force, and it is a possibility, it remains odd that he was so calm and collected following the incident. Police officers, who are trained professionals, are typically treated for trauma following life threatening situations. And, the average person who kills in a street encounter is typically a mess immediately following the incident. I recognize different people react differently to the same situation, however, Zimmerman's post-shooting behavior is really odd considering he just shot and killed someone.  

[11One11]

12:09 PM on 07/11/2012

If the head is split then you must acquit...And the head was split.

[dkt5331]

12:54 PM on 04/24/2013

Good luck finding a word that rhymes with scratched.

[dkt5331]

12:56 PM on 04/24/2013

The head wasn't split. you're talking s... !

[11One11]

12:07 PM on 07/11/2012

So now they are recycling old stories because they don't have enough fodder to feed the sh≡≡p.

[Philster90]

08:27 AM on 07/11/2012

Yeah, he's innocent..no doubt about it.

[LouGots]

06:25 PM on 07/11/2012

I have great doubt that Zimmerman is innocent, and I have substantial doubt arising from the evidence and the lack of evidence. that Zimmerman is guilty. Those are doubts such as would restrain me from acting in a matter of great importance in my personal affairs. What to do? What to do?

[Karissa36]

05:41 PM on 06/16/2012

Why is this article still on Huff without even an update? Much better pictures, which showed definite injuries, were released by the Prosecutor's Office nearly a month ago.

[11One11]

12:08 PM on 07/11/2012

Because their sh≡≡p need fodder to hold them over until tomorrow and then August.
This is a blatant display of how the vengeanceseekers need recycled stories to keep them hyped up and all emotional.

[Paolo Cimarelli]

11:50 AM on 04/24/2013

How did that immunity hearing go on Monday?

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAA

[dkt5331]

01:05 PM on 04/24/2013

If someone's head is being slammed on concrete for a minute as Zimmerman's claims, he would have had skull fractures, possibly a concussion and definitely lumps. He only had two minor cuts that didn't even requir a band-aid. Plus he refused to go to the hospital that night. If they bring this up in court, there are expert medical personnel waiting to tear him apart. Anyone of mediocre intellegence can tell that Zimmerman was not in a life or death struggle.

[radarz]

02:41 AM on 06/11/2012

"If this is true and they can match his voice to the 911 tape, GZ will never get out of prison"

The voice that's yelling for help early on is more likely GZ because of the injuries.

Without both going thru intense reenactment at the scene with the same phones and at the same distance, no device can discern who's voice it is.

The intensity and fear needed to open that part of the vocal cord for an imprint is very hard to reenact.

There is absolutely no way to compare it since he's gone.

Don't let anyone tell you different.

It can't be done.

[edgySF]

08:38 AM on 07/11/2012

radarz...lol. why do you lie?

do you also pee on shoes & tell people its rain?

listen to the 911 recording of the, imo, murder. listen to the cries for help and you will find that they are over 45 seconds in duration...and that "HELP" is screamed 17 times. And that the screamer begged his opponent for his life.

do you really believe that:

- an adult man begged a youth for his life

- a man with a history of racial animosity begged a black kid for his life

- a man with a gun desperately cried for his life

- an armed man 40 pounds heavier than an unarmed youth crying for help like his life depended on it

- a 28 yo armed man was deathly afraid of a 17 yo unarmed kid

Really?

OK, then. Suit yourself.

Let the whole world see your reasoning. :)

We can all "SMH" together.

[Tresco]

08:50 PM on 07/11/2012

I have no respect for any man who would beg for his life like a b***h. It's not asking to much for a man to die like a man. If the begging voice is Travon's he's better off dead.

[Kickaha Ness]

09:41 PM on 06/10/2012

Is this Trayvon refereeing a fight? If so, this is hot!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHzcnIpqCck

At 0:23 it clearly sounds like the same guy in the 911 tape. The video is very grainy but his stance and walk is eerily similar to the 7/11 tapes.

If this is true and they can match his voice to the 911 tape, GZ will never get out of prison.

[edgySF]

09:55 AM on 07/11/2012

video removed by user...

[SuperHeretic]

11:16 AM on 06/06/2012

Here's what I think happened.

I'm thinking that Trayvon saw his life might be in danger and tried to take down the man with the gun physically. Ironically according to the stand your ground law Trayvon would have been completely within his rights to SHOOT ZIMMERMAN and would not have been seen guitly of any crime. And in that case the law would be right. Zimmerman was the one who was a threat to Trayvon, and shooting him would have been a legally viable option.

It's a shame Trayvon didn't have a gun that day. He could have stood his ground and it would be Zimmerman dead, not a young kid who was preparing for college.

The "Stand your Ground" law is just a license to kill. Whoever has a gun and gets to shoot the other first is the winner. Such as it is, it's a pretty sick law, we already had the right to defend ourselves, we didn't need a law that promotes murder.

[royofan]

06:32 AM on 06/09/2012

"I'm thinking that Trayvon saw his life might be in danger and tried to take down the man with the gun physically."

What was life threatening for Martin?

Zimmerman sitting in his suv watching him?

You have a complete misunderstanding of who the SYG law supports in this case.
"It's a shame Trayvon didn't have a gun that day. He could have stood his ground and it would be Zimmerman dead, not a young kid who was preparing for college."

It's a shame the 17-year old wasn't carrying a loaded handgun?

It's also a shame Martin didn't kill Zimmerman?

Disgusting.

[solliges]

10:05 AM on 06/09/2012

What was life threatening for Martin? Seriously?

[kennyd225]

12:03 PM on 06/09/2012

the watchman left his vehicle....what is disgusting is people who continue to support murdering someone who was doing nothing wrong...was profiled and targeted and killed for crimes he had no intention or tools to commit.....now that is disgusting on top of all the lies and deceit the watchman has practiced since he found out he was not going to be free as he hoped....if he had any common sense he would have pleaded insanity...his drugs would have proven that......

[bjdjtjbjd]

03:35 PM on 06/01/2012

Judge revokes Zimmerman's bond Copy and paste.

Zimmerman ordered to surrender within 48 hours

About an hour ago.

[thbeam]

06:50 AM on 05/27/2012

I cant believe the comments people make here, and how people try to defend this persons actions. He is, and was not a cop at the time, what gives him the authority to chase ANYONE DOWN let alone a kid and cause this confrontation. He was told by by police dispatch and i quote. "Are you following him? answer.. Yes. "Ok we dont need you to do that sir".If you dont stalk this kid, and just WAIT for the real police, then we dont have this problem a point many of you are missing. i would love to see you have sympathy or side with this man if he killed your unarmed son or daughter walking home from the store with a dangerous can of iced tea and and a lethal bag of skittles.

[grimusmc]

02:35 PM on 05/27/2012

My son would have called 911 and gone home. My son would not be coming home with ingredients for an abused drug. My son would not have assaulted Zimmerman, my son would not have been shot by Zimmerman. Try again.

[Karissa36]

11:34 PM on 05/30/2012

What ingredients for an abused drug? What drug? I haven't heard of this.

[Indy Pendant]

08:07 AM on 05/31/2012

Awesome!

[Cynthia Chiles]

12:15 AM on 05/28/2012

4side.blogspot.com

[RJchoice]

01:31 PM on 04/04/2012

they have "GZ's" 911 call. the voices do not match. you have to have high 80's to 100% match by voice recognition software / tools to be considered the source of the sound being analyzed. your voice and mine could have a 50% match if we are both male humans. or 60% If we are also around the same age, and we both smoke, or speak in the same pitch, etc,

[jeff9329]

01:19 PM on 04/03/2012

I just read new information where the audio experts deciphered the screams and it was Trayvon. He was screaming Im gonna kill yo punk a_ _.