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I thought from earlier pictures that Martin's hoodie was either light grey or white. Is that wrong? I also thought one of the witnesses described him as wearing a white shirt.
Do you have a source for this? I've worked in EMS since I was a kid and I've never heard of such a rule. The only way EMS can force treatment on a person is if the person is clearly incompetent to make a decision. Even if the police arrest someone and drag them to the hospital a competent person can still refuse treatment.
No you cannot FORCE anyone to do anything, but as license profesional it would be in your own best interest to docuement any denial of care when an injury is alledgly that severe. This would hold especially true to possible head trauma that cannot be "eyeballed" for severity
Might be the same kid, but 5 years older and not as innocent looking as Trayvon when he was 12 years old as the media tried to portray him.
just because he is 5 years older, isn't smiling big and wearing a hoodie does not make him look "suspicious" only to people who fall prey to stereotypes.
as to looking bad, even if the kid was a shady punk, unless he was in the act of committing a crime he did not deserve to get shot. we can't go following people around with guns because our own personal bias makes snap assumptions about them.
...If it weren't for the fact that he was handcuffed, taken to the police station and questioned for several hours, prior to being allowed to leave and go home, your scenario might seem reasonable. As it is, just silly. Do try to keep up.
Wrong, he was not kept for several hours, if he was there would have been a toxicology workup and forensics done on his clothes as well as other pertinent police work.
From the posts that certain people write on this forum, you would think that GZ was wearing a white robe with a pointy hood.
I don't think he wears a white robe but he sure had some kind of delusions about being the big protector of the neighborhood with his gun. far too many people think they are law enforcement. it is BS
Big deal..skinned knuckles? It all sounds like things are getting more clear. It appears that Zimmerman called 9 1 1 after a physical confrontation with Martin. Zimmerman in all probability stalked Martin..got aggressive with the young man- had a short fight- lost the fight- retreated...re-evaluated the situation and figured it was time for deadly force.
People always assume Martin started it. All we know is he followed Martin and he shot him.
Nobody knows what happened in between those two events but Martin and Zimmerman and Martin is dead.
It's possible that Zimmerman got aggressive but nobody wants to hear that.
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far too many people think they are law enforcement. it is BS