Yup, the cops, the witnesses and the EMT's are all lying, right? You go with that story.
Well--I think it's you that has got the problem here--because the
LEAD INVESTIGATOR AT THE SCENE wanted to charge ZIMMERMAN with Homicide/Manslaughter. He never believed Zimmerman's story. It was the police chief and the State AG that stated they needed more evidence before a charge was filed.
(CBS) SANFORD, Fla. - The lead investigator probing the deadly shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin wanted neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman arrested and charged with manslaughter the night of the shooting, ABC News reports.
Investigator Chris Serino of the Sanford, Fla. Police Department wanted the 28-year-old Zimmerman behind bars, but the state Attorney's Office said there was not enough evidence to lead to a conviction, sources told ABC.
The New York Daily News reports Serino was uncertain of Zimmerman's account of how the Feb. 26 incident with Martin played out.
Police brought Zimmerman into the station for questioning for a few hours on the night of the shooting, said Zimmerman's attorney, even though he had requested medical attention first.
The police report noted Zimmerman was "bleeding from the nose and the back of the head."
CBS News reports that the next day, detectives re-enacted the shooting with Zimmerman at the scene. They also discovered Zimmerman had two prior arrests: one for assaulting a cop, the other for domestic abuse.
For the next two weeks, lead investigator Serino pursued a manslaughter charge against Zimmerman.
"Had the roles been reversed, Trayvon would have been treated differently because he was black?," CBS News Correspondent Mark Strassman asked lawyer Ben Crump, who represents the teenager's parents
"Absolutely," said Crump. "No question to me or anybody else in America. Had Trayvon had been the person who pulled the trigger, he would have been arrested that day on the spot and would still be sitting in jail."
Trayvon Martin lead investigator wanted George Zimmerman arrested the night of the fatal shooting - Crimesider - CBS News
And because of this special investigator--I think a lot of you Zimmerman supporters out there are going to end up with a lot of
EGG on your FACES--especially with this new information coming to light. And I have seen enough fights in my life--to recognize when someone has been in one. And that police video of Zimmerman walking into that police station with no blood--no scratch's, no bruising--and his clothes free of blood or other--tells me there was no fight.
It would be the same thing as I pick a fight with you--you respond--and I shoot you dead and walk away free--because of a Stand Your Ground law--which doesn't involve pursuit. Zimmerman pursued Martin--after being told not too--and we have a dead innocent teenager--and Zimmerman walks free.
Then try to be logical. It will only hurt you -- a lot, evidently -- for a little while. But try it anyway.
IF as you guys note the police originally WANTED to charge Zimmerman, then it would APPEAR to be contradictory and illogical for them to have engaged in any coverup. (bigrebnc's insight)
Logically, therefore, it appears inexorably to follow that the police could not have been engaging in a coverup.
And there DOES now seem to be a mark on the back of his head.
There are some presently unknown things (like whether or not he actually had suffered a busted nose). But that doesn't rule it out entirely tht maybe he DID have one. He had been treated, initially, by the EMTs after all.
Bottom line: if you were logical and capable of honesty, you;d have to acknowledge that you don't know shit yet.
And if you could admit that much (which is glaringly true) then even a dope like you would be wise to stop rushing to judgment.