ZIMMERMAN

One cannot escape the media coverage on this case so here are some observations that I haven't heard expressed by anyone that I have listened to, this in regard mostly to the video aired yesterday of Zimmerman being brought handcuffed in a squad car to the police station.

Comment 1. -- He was able to exit the rear seat of the vehicle without assistance - with the handcuffs in place, this takes considerable agility IMO and usually the officers place a hand above the head when entering or exiting passengers from that area to protect them from accidentally or intentionally bumping the car frame. Zimmerman did not need this. To me this also gives an indication of a man of exceptional leg strength.

Comment 2. -- Online I have seen the respective weights given as 140/150 for Trayvon Martin and 250 for Zimmerman. Which makes it unlikely, in my mind, that Martin could have bested Zimmerman physically.

Comment 3. -- It reportedly was a rainy evening so why shouldn't Zimmerman have, to some degree, wet clothing even if not knocked to the ground/grass? So the gesture by the officer of appearing to find same doesn't necessarily implicate Zimmerman being "grounded" by Martin.

Comment 4. -- Not related to the video but of interest is the John Doe-ing at the morgue of the body. It seems highly probable that officers would have used Martin's cell phone to identify him - where is the phone? It apparently has been used to time the event. It apparently took place quite early in the evening when it would not raise questions of being in the area as there might be if it were in the wee hours of the morning before daylight.

Why no attempt to reach the parent(s) if the cell phone stored numbers often used?

This case reeks with inconsistency and a lack of official competence.


graysmoke