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ORIGINAL: Owner59
http://news.yahoo.com/trayvon-martin-video-shows-no-blood-bruises-george-194108003--abc-news-topstories.html
A police surveillance video taken the night that Trayvon Martin was shot dead shows no blood or bruises on George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch captain who says he shot Martin after he was punched in the nose, knocked down and had his head slammed into the ground.
The surveillance video, which was obtained exclusively by ABC News, shows Zimmerman arriving in a police cruiser. As he exits the car, his hands are cuffed behind his back. Zimmerman is frisked and then led down a series of hallways, still cuffed.
Zimmerman, 28, is wearing a red and black fleece and his face and head are cleanly shaven. He appears well built, hardly the portly young man depicted in a 2005 mug shot that until a two days ago was the single image the media had of Zimmerman.
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Zimmerman’s attorney Craig Sonner has told television networks that the neighborhood watch volunteer’s nose was broken and he was left with a gash on the back of his head that would have required stitches had he gone to the doctor in time.

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ORIGINAL: DesideriScuri

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ORIGINAL: Owner59
http://news.yahoo.com/trayvon-martin-video-shows-no-blood-bruises-george-194108003--abc-news-topstories.html
A police surveillance video taken the night that Trayvon Martin was shot dead shows no blood or bruises on George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch captain who says he shot Martin after he was punched in the nose, knocked down and had his head slammed into the ground.
The surveillance video, which was obtained exclusively by ABC News, shows Zimmerman arriving in a police cruiser. As he exits the car, his hands are cuffed behind his back. Zimmerman is frisked and then led down a series of hallways, still cuffed.
Zimmerman, 28, is wearing a red and black fleece and his face and head are cleanly shaven. He appears well built, hardly the portly young man depicted in a 2005 mug shot that until a two days ago was the single image the media had of Zimmerman.
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http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/03/28/2719868/network-broadcasts-surveillance.html

Bruising may not have started yet. That is a potential legit explanation. The link I showed pointed out there was no grass on his jacket, which could also be because it was brushed off. There is not blood on his face or back of his head, but Zimmerman got First Aid treatment at the scene...and that would, most likely, have included wiping away much, if not all, the blood to make sure all the injuries were accounted for and that he didn't need to go to the hospital.

However, if Zimmerman's lawyer wasn't lying:

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Zimmerman’s attorney Craig Sonner has told television networks that the neighborhood watch volunteer’s nose was broken and he was left with a gash on the back of his head that would have required stitches had he gone to the doctor in time.

There certainly would have been blood on the back of his head, or, if the EMT's field stitched his head closed, there would have been a dressing applied. At the very least, you should be able to see the solution they use to clean the area prior to stitching (betadine?).

This looks real bad for Zimmerman and the sheriff (and the lawyer). This definitely smacks of a cover up.

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ORIGINAL: Owner59

Of there was blood alright......plenty of it......Tryvon`s blood.


I`m starting to think this isn`t about "justice" for George so much as it`s concern about this stupid NRA "stand your ground" law and the possibility of it`s repeal.



How Zimmerman`s defenders can ignore the obvious and insert these ridiculous non-facts and hearsay is something that should be answered.

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ORIGINAL: LafayetteLady
Bruising from a broken nose is visible very quickly.
EMT's do NOT do field stitching, they arne't doctors.  Nurses don't do stitches either (unless something has changed there).
IF he had a "gash" in the back of his head and ambulance personnell had even looked at it, they would have put something on the wound.
I notice the attorney hasn't mentioned anything about photographs showing this gash or the broken nose. 
Oh yea, and while Zimmerman can THINK his nose is broken, only a doctor is going to be able to confirm that.  So there would be medical reports.
If these injuries existed, his attorney would have been very smart to leak them to the public to help take some heat off his client.  After all, people might be a bit more sympathetic to pictures of a guy looking like someone just kicked the shit out of him.

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ORIGINAL: DomKen
Where is all the blood that would have sprayed all over Zimmerman if he shot Martin at point blank range while pinned under him?

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He was attacked from behind after confronting Martin and deciding to walk away.
He was punched in the nose, breaking it.