03-18-2013, 11:37 AM
Zimmerman lived in the Twin Lakes gated community, as did the fiancée of Travyon's father.
Zimmerman was a Neighborhood Watch patrolman in the community. He volunteered for the post. He was not on patrol duty the night that he killed Trayvon Martin.
Ftr, police actually started questioning Zimmerman's version of events prior to the arrival of career race baiters; he was called in for questioning again 3 days after the killing. One thing that Detective Serino considered suspicious was the fact that Zimmerman claimed not to know the street name in this neighborhood where he'd lived and patrolled for years.
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But Serino wondered why Zimmerman’s skull wasn’t fractured, why he didn’t know the street names of a tiny neighborhood where he’d lived for three years and why he had no defensive wounds on his hands. Serino got him to acknowledge what Trayvon’s parents and lawyers have said all along: that Zimmerman got out of his car that night not so much to check for an address to give police, but to find out where the teen went.
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/06/21/28...rylink=cpy
There was so much inconsistent reporting when the story first gained national attention. These things are now confirmed:
-Travyon was suspended from school for pot when he was killed; he was visiting the area and staying with his dad's fiancée who was a resident of the same gated community as Zimmerman.
-Zimmerman was arrested in 2005 for assault and battery on a police officer, but charges were later dropped. Don't know what happened there.
Not sure how much background information the judge will allow at trial about either party. I really only care what happened the night of the shooting.
It's very possible for someone to start a physical altercation (by grabbing, attempting to restrain, whatever) and get their asses kicked; seen it happen many times. You don't get to start a fight with an unarmed man and then shoot him because you're losing. No matter how badly you're losing. That's not self defense.
On the other hand, if Zimmerman was going back to his truck and Travyon attacked him with no physical provocation from Zimmerman, then it was self defense (even if Zimmerman had previously been following Trayvon).
Hopefully the trial evidence will shed more light on what really happened that night.
Zimmerman was a Neighborhood Watch patrolman in the community. He volunteered for the post. He was not on patrol duty the night that he killed Trayvon Martin.
Ftr, police actually started questioning Zimmerman's version of events prior to the arrival of career race baiters; he was called in for questioning again 3 days after the killing. One thing that Detective Serino considered suspicious was the fact that Zimmerman claimed not to know the street name in this neighborhood where he'd lived and patrolled for years.
snip:
But Serino wondered why Zimmerman’s skull wasn’t fractured, why he didn’t know the street names of a tiny neighborhood where he’d lived for three years and why he had no defensive wounds on his hands. Serino got him to acknowledge what Trayvon’s parents and lawyers have said all along: that Zimmerman got out of his car that night not so much to check for an address to give police, but to find out where the teen went.
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/06/21/28...rylink=cpy
There was so much inconsistent reporting when the story first gained national attention. These things are now confirmed:
-Travyon was suspended from school for pot when he was killed; he was visiting the area and staying with his dad's fiancée who was a resident of the same gated community as Zimmerman.
-Zimmerman was arrested in 2005 for assault and battery on a police officer, but charges were later dropped. Don't know what happened there.
Not sure how much background information the judge will allow at trial about either party. I really only care what happened the night of the shooting.
It's very possible for someone to start a physical altercation (by grabbing, attempting to restrain, whatever) and get their asses kicked; seen it happen many times. You don't get to start a fight with an unarmed man and then shoot him because you're losing. No matter how badly you're losing. That's not self defense.
On the other hand, if Zimmerman was going back to his truck and Travyon attacked him with no physical provocation from Zimmerman, then it was self defense (even if Zimmerman had previously been following Trayvon).
Hopefully the trial evidence will shed more light on what really happened that night.