h*********r
发帖数: 10182 | 1 (CBS News) SANFORD, Florida - The defense of George Zimmerman rests on a
violent fight that he said occurred before he fired the shot that killed
Trayvon Martin.
Zimmerman is neighborhood watch volunteer at the center of the case. It was
almost five weeks that Martin, the unarmed 17-year-old, was killed after
Zimmerman found him suspicious. We don't know what happened immediately
immediately before the shot was fired. CBS News correspondent Mark Strassman
has new evidence in the case.
Trayvon Martin was buried in Miami with a gunshot wound to his chest. But
otherwise, according to Richard Kurtz, the funeral director who prepared
Martin for burial, his body showed no injuries.
"We could see no physical signs like there had been a scuffle [or] there had
been a fight," he said. "The hands -- I didn't see any knuckles, bruises or
what have you. And that is something we would have covered up if it would
have been there."
Video shows Zimmerman with cops; Dad speaks out
Complete coverage: The shooting of Trayvon Martin
And as a surveillance tape shows, George Zimmerman in handcuffs, 40 minutes
after he killed Trayvon Martin. He seemed to show no apparent injuries,
either.
Yet Zimmerman claims Martin beat him and threatened his life, so he shot the
teenager in self-defense.
But Ben Crump, the lawyer for Martin's parents, said the video shows a
murderer.
"Look at that video," he said. "Do you see any blood on his head? He said he
broke his nose. Look at that video. And look at how easy he walks out of
the car."
Zimmerman, a crime watch volunteer, thought Martin looked suspicious, called
police, and followed Martin along a street and around a corner.
Robert Zimmerman, the gunman's father, told WOFL-TV in Orlando that Martin
suddenly confronted his son.
"At that point he was punched in the nose," he said. "His nose was broken.
and he was knocked to the concrete. Trayvon Martin got on top of him and
just started beating him in the face and in the nose, hitting his head on
the concrete."
Police reports noted Zimmerman was "bleeding from the nose and the back of
the head." But a closer look at Zimmerman shows no obvious head or face
injuries. At one point, an officer does check the back of his head.
Martin's family contends this video proves police never wanted to arrest
Zimmerman.
And Cheryl Brown said a widespread perception is wrong: Sanford police
wanted to charge Zimmerman. She identified Chris Serino as the lead
investigator who questioned people in the neighborhood.
"Detective Serino -- did you have the sense when he interviewed you that he
thought it was a killing in self-defense?" Strassmann asked Brown.
"No, because he actually stated to me in my family room that 'we do not
believe it was self-defense and we need to prove it,'" said Brown.
A special prosecutor will now decide whether Zimmerman deserves to be
charged. Zimmerman's father insists his son is also a victim here.
"...They are just making up stuff that are not true about George. How he is
being portrayed is an absolute lie."
Robert Zimmerman said Martin beat his son for more than one minute. And when
his son fired his .9-mm, Robert Zimmerman said it was because he had no
choice |
|
