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I'm sorry? The standard is reasonable doubt. There was absolutely no evidence to suggest that Zimmerman initiated (or even participated in) the "fight". Zimmerm
by wikiburner 13y ago
I'm sorry? The standard is reasonable doubt. There was absolutely no evidence to suggest that Zimmerman initiated (or even participated in) the "fight". Zimmerman had a fractured nose, a bruised face, and gashes on the back of his head. His sworn statement was that he was knocked down out of the blue by Trayvon Martin with the punch that broke his nose. He passed a polygraph, and was "visibly relieved" (according to the interrogating officer) when the police falsely told him in interrogation that the whole incident was caught on videotape. The only injuries to Trayvon Martin were bruising on his knuckles from throwing punches, as he straddled Martin and "rained blows upon him MMA style" (according to the main witness and ballistics expert). We don't have definitive evidence of Zimmerman's account (a surveillance tape or multiple eyewitnesses who saw the entire incident) but what evidence there is strongly indicates that Zimmerman's account was accurate.