Originally Posted by
Nina_
The majority of the eye-witnesses say Zimmermas was on top of Trayvon when he killed him; one witness even had the police "correct her" when she was making her statement supporting that Zimmerman was not acting in self-defense. It quite appropriate to speculate that Zimmerman was attempting to detain Martin, seeing as how he said "these assholes always get away," and chased him on-foot. An observer would not get out of his car and chase someone; that's when it becomes pursuing and not just observing.
If his nose were broken and his head so damaged, there would have been EMS reports backing up those claims; since there are not, we needn't act like Zimmerman's injuries were major. In a murder case, if there is no documented police evidence to EMS/major injuries, you cannot just pretend that the injuries were major. As far as his bloody head is concerned, it's common knowledge that heads bleed a lot even if the injury is very minor. Superficial cuts on the head often bleed heavily because there are so many blood vessels near the scalp, but the superficial cut is still a minor injury that will heal properly with home treatment. Considering the fact that although his head was bleeding, he had no trouble walking properly, you can assume that the head injury was minor. In the surveillance video his nose appears to be fine. Since there is nothing to indicate that his injuries directly following the incident were major, you can't just go around saying they were.
If Zimmerman were only "following from a distance," why was Martin running away with Zimmerman running after him? The fact that Martin was running away supports the claim that Zimmerman was the aggressor. We know that at one point Trayvon was trying to get away from Zimmerman, while Zimmerman was escalating the incident. We do not have any evidence to support the claim that Trayvon someone managed to attacked Zimmerman. Like I previously mentioned, it's hard to believe Zimmerman when he says he got out of his car to look for addresses and then was attacked by Trayvon; the scuffle happened behind the condos. Addresses are posted at the front of houses, not the back. The scuffle also happened 150 feet away from Zimmerman's car, in an area where his car is not even visible. In other words, Zimmerman's lies do not check out.