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Drop George Zimmerman’s murder charge

New evidence suggests Trayvon Martin's killer acted in self-defense

A medical report by George Zimmerman’s doctor has disclosed that Zimmerman had a fractured nose, two black eyes, two lacerations on the back of his head and a back injury on the day after the fatal shooting. If this evidence turns out to be valid, the prosecutor will have no choice but to drop the second-degree murder charge against Zimmerman — if she wants to act ethically, lawfully and professionally.

There is, of course, no assurance that the special prosecutor handling the case, State Attorney Angela Corey, will do the right thing. Because until now, her actions have been anything but ethical, lawful and professional.

She was aware when she submitted an affidavit that it did not contain the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. She deliberately withheld evidence that supported Zimmerman’s claim of self-defense. The New York Times has reported that the police had “a full face picture” of Zimmerman, before paramedics treated him, that showed “a bloodied nose.” The prosecutor also had photographic evidence of bruises to the back of his head.

As many see it, her additional job is to prevent riots of the sort that followed the acquittal of the policemen who beat Rodney King.

Indeed, Mansfield Frazier, a columnist for the Daily Beast, has suggested that it is the responsibility of the legal system to “avert a large scale racial calamity.” He has urged Zimmerman’s defense lawyer to become a “savior” by brokering a deal to plead his client guilty to a crime that “has him back on the streets within this decade.”

But it is not the role of a defense lawyer to save the world or the country. His job — his only job — is to get the best result for his client, by all legal and ethical means.

Droopy wrote:... a security guard...

If this evidence turns out to be valid...

Since Zimmerman did not so much as ask for a Band-Aid the night he murdered a 17-year-old boy,

it is going to be hard for a reasonable juror to accept that he really had the injuries his attorney claims he had.

The preceding medical reports plainly show that he admitted to being on powerful "uppers and downers," was referred to mental health services, and said he felt "stress and nausea" when thinking about the "violence" he started and finished with an innocent teenager. No broken bones or serious "head wounds."

Doctor Scratch wrote:How's work going these days, Droopy? Is your weed-whacker in good, working condition? Or are you back to mooching off the government?

Droopy wrote:

Doctor Scratch wrote:How's work going these days, Droopy? Is your weed-whacker in good, working condition? Or are you back to mooching off the government?

Speaking of weeds, I never guessed that they actually come in human form, until I found the Trailerpark.

Live and learn.

Interviewed by cops about 90 minutes after the shooting, the witness--whose name was redacted from police documents--said that he was inside his home when he heard a “commotion coming from the walk way” behind his residence.

The man recalled seeing “a black male, wearing a dark colored ‘hoodie’ on top of a white or Hispanic male who was yelling for help.” The black male, he added, “was mounted on the white or Hispanic male and throwing punches ‘MMA (mixed martial arts) style.'”

The witness--who was in his living room and about 30 feet away from the confrontation-- said he called out to the two men that he was dialing 911. “He then heard a ‘pop,’” police reported, and saw the black male “laid out on the grass.”

Zimmerman is pictured above in photos taken by police shortly after the February 26 shooting.

The police reports also include observations from two Sanford cops regarding Zimmerman’s physical appearance following the shooting. Officer Timothy Smith reported that Zimmerman was “bleeding from the nose and back of his head,” while Officer Jonathan Mead noted that he “appeared to have a broken and bloody nose and swelling of his face.”

Investigators also reported receiving medical reports from Altamonte Medical Practice “identifying the injuries sustained by Zimmerman on the evening of 2/26/2012.” The records indicated that he suffered an “open wound of scalp” and “Nasal bones, closed fracture.”

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/tra ... ess-758903

Your intellectual predecessors found dehumanization a useful rhetorical tool as well.