The press can't decide whether Zimmerman was the bully or the victim


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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