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LafayetteLady -> RE: The Good, the Bad, and the Money (3/29/2012 9:38:24 AM)
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ORIGINAL: Hillwilliam
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ORIGINAL: DarqueMirror
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ORIGINAL: DaddySatyr
There's a problem with the video of Zimmerman at the cop shop ... he doesn't look like he's been in a fight. Maybe the paramedics cleaned him up and the video is crappy quality but, I didn't see any evidence of a struggle.
I've had my nose broken, five times. Two or three of those times were "minimal displacement" breaks; the nose looked, essentially "fine" but I bled every time .
The video's pretty crappy and he's wearing a red jacket but, I didn't see any blood.
I am not saying it wasn't there. I'm saying: I couldn't see it.
Well, since he was on scene with paramedics first prior to transport, I'd imagine part of ther job is to clean him up a little.
Between competition and coaching, I've had broken noses, I've caused them and I've seen a BUNCH of then. One thing they all have in common is they BLEED a lot.
Likewise with scalp cuts. Supposedly he had 'lacerations'. If the guy had a broken nose and scalp lacerations, his shirt would look like he had spent 8 hours in a slaughterhouse.
As for your story about the arrest, he wasn't arrested. He was questioned for 3 hours and the detective in charge recommended that he be arrested but he was overruled by the DA. Is it a coincidence that Zimmerman's Daddy is a retired judge and Zimmerman keeps getting out of trouble?
Please try to keep up. If this had been handled properly in the first place and the DA had stayed out of it, there would be no debate. Zimmerman would have gone to trial, the charges would probably have been pled down to negligent homocide, probation, surrender carry permit (which his past and present actions show he probably shouldn't have anyway) and it wouldn't even have made page 12 of the local paper.
Actually Hill, he was "taken into custody," also known as "detained," but not completely uncommon to be referred to as "arrested." What did NOT happen is that he wasn't CHARGED. The officer thought he should be CHARGED with at least manslaughter. There is a difference.
And to clarify, even though many ambulance personnel in Florida are paramedics, not simply "first responders," volunteers, or even "EMT's," it would not be
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part of ther job is to clean him up a little.
I know that wasn't your comment Hill, I'm just attaching it here. Ambulance personnel would have removed only enough blood to determine the severity of the injury. If determining that the injury to the back of his head was minor, they still would have put a gauze bandage on it to keep it clean.
In another post, Owner59 (I think) posted a video of Matt Lauer talking with Zimmerman's attorney. This attorney points out how at one point in the video you see the officer looking at the back of Zimmerman's head. He does indeed look. It would appear that the conversation bringing that on was something to the effect of this:
Zimmerman: He was smashing my head against the pavement, I need medical help.
Officer: Yea, there might be a mark back there, but it looks more like you caught a hangnail in your scalp and scratched yourself.
The other funny thing is that while the attorney is claiming the head injury would have needed stitches if he has sought treatment soon enough, it is not uncommon for such injuries to be re-opened and stitch to minimize scarring.
The attorney also just drones on and on about how he doesn't want to try this case in the media, but that evidence will come out. But here's the thing. He may not want to, but it IS happening. Having worked with attorneys in Florida, and therefore knowing first hand how attorneys there are far from top of their class usually, there is still the fact that his client is getting death threats. One would think he would want to do everything in his power to sway public opinion for the safety of his client and post photos of Zimmerman looking like he just got his ass kicked to try to garner sympathy. I can really only think of two reasons why he wouldn't be doing that; such photos don't exist, or this attorney is really really inept. Being that this is in Florida, either is possible.
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