It’s always interesting to
see how fickle the media can be. While
initial reports of the Trayvon Martin case portrayed George Zimmerman as an
overly aggressive, dangerous vigilante, it appears that the tide has
turned. Much of the media out thereseems to currently be suggesting that, given the photos of his injuries
including scratches and wounds on the back of his head, he must be
innocent.
As Kendall Coffey, a Miami
attorney and former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida
suggests, “there is this counter-wave flooding back, saying Zimmerman was hurt
so he must be innocent.”
But just because he’s injured
doesn’t mean that he’s innocent.
"You're telling me that George Zimmerman -- armed
-- has a gun, and he is terrified that Trayvon Martin is going to get him, and
he has really tried to run?" Catherine Crier, a former district court
judge in Texas, brought up. "All you've got to do is pull that gun and
say, 'hey, I'm walking away from this.' Show's over."
And none of this changes the fact that the prosecution
was well aware of the fact that Zimmerman was injured before they decided to
charge him.
"They were fully aware of that information,”
Kendall Coffey explained, “and yet reached a conclusion that they could prove
second degree murder beyond a reasonable doubt. Rushing to judgment that
Zimmerman is innocent is equally as wrong as rushing to judgment that he is
guilty."
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