Quote from AAAintheBeltway:
You continue to ignore the most basic fact of this case. Martin jumped Zimmerman, not the other way around. If Martin was so frightened, why didn't he just run home, which was very close? Instead, he hid and waited for Zimmerman and either jumped him or sucker-punched him.
If Martin had either just gone home or calmly explained to Zimmerman that he lived there, end of episode and everyone goes home. Instead, he escalated things into a fight, which surprises no one who understands the mentality of people like him.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Latest...yers-have-questions-about-new-Zimmerman-video
Zimmerman claims Martin confronted him after the neighborhood watch leader had given up searching for him and was walking back to his truck. But there doesn't appear to be a place to hide in the area where Zimmerman says Martin suddenly appeared, Hill pointed out.
Zimmerman's injuries also don't appear to be consistent with the severity of the attack he described, Hill said.
Attorney Blaine McChesney said he found parts of Zimmerman's re-enactment difficult to envision, such as his account of how he was able to reach for his gun with Martin on top of him. Zimmerman said he got on top of Martin after the shooting to restrain him.
"I also find it strange that Zimmerman would have attempted to use both his arms to hold Martin facedown, re-holstering his firearm, given those circumstances," McChesney said. "Once out from under Martin's alleged attack, it would have been more logical to hold Martin at gunpoint from a few feet away until police arrived."
In one of the audio recordings, Sereno tells Zimmerman three days after the shooting that Martin was a "good kid, mild-mannered kid."
Sereno tells Zimmerman that Martin, an athlete with an interest in aeronautics, was "a kid with a future, a kid with folks that care." The detective said Martin only had a bag of Skittles and an iced tea on him when he died.
"Not a goon," Sereno said.
He asked Zimmerman to explain why he doesn't have bruises on his body or broken ribs. The two dozen punches Zimmerman claims he took are "not quite consistent with your injuries," Sereno said