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Cali_Democrat

(30,439 posts)
Fri Mar 30, 2012, 02:22 AM Mar 2012

Zimmerman's brother: George was barely conscious as his head was banged into the concrete

Last edited Fri Mar 30, 2012, 04:10 AM - Edit history (1)

The lies from the Zimmermans are getting insane:


George was out of breath. He was barely conscious.

His last thing he remembers doing was moving his head from the concrete to the grass so that if he was banged one more time, he wouldn't be wearing diapers for the rest of his life and being spoon fed by his brother and there would have been George dead.



Begins at about 11:00 into the first video:

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/piers-morgan-interviews-george-zimmermans-brother-about-night-of-trayvon-martin-shooting



Funny...he was walking around the police station and looking absolutely fine only 35 minutes later:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002491203
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Zimmerman's brother: George was barely conscious as his head was banged into the concrete (Original Post) Cali_Democrat Mar 2012 OP
With no lumps all over the back of his head, no scratches there and no blood. shraby Mar 2012 #1
according to some, that is because the paramedics cleaned him up (and, presumably, martinized niyad Mar 2012 #4
Did they iron the bumps off his head, as well? Ken Burch Mar 2012 #22
A nurse calls Bullshit w8liftinglady Mar 2012 #35
You say "A nurse".. is that YOU? SamG Mar 2012 #47
Okay Nurse...answer me this... FarPoint Mar 2012 #58
A Pristine shirt. There should be bloodstains all over that criminal. Ecumenist Mar 2012 #7
The Zimmerman camp obviously are on a mission. FarPoint Mar 2012 #19
The problem with their strategy is that it only works with fox nooz watchers. Ecumenist Mar 2012 #25
Exactly right! A good crim defense atty would SamG Mar 2012 #49
It was a medical miracle. Cali_Democrat Mar 2012 #13
let's see--he was barely conscious, and yet he managed to shoot and kill his supposed assailant? niyad Mar 2012 #2
right bigtree Mar 2012 #41
George's story gets more and more desperate. SteveABG Mar 2012 #3
I wouldn't hold my breath, if I were you. niyad Mar 2012 #5
I think he's too much of a narcissist to do that. Ecumenist Mar 2012 #8
you missed the point--I was talking about him faking a suicide. niyad Mar 2012 #10
Wonder f he can move to the Isla-er, uh, I meant be buried in the same Ecumenist Mar 2012 #14
well SteveABG Mar 2012 #9
Oh, I know he's lying because anyone in the know will tell you when people sustain concussions Ecumenist Mar 2012 #6
They will start throwing up HockeyMom Mar 2012 #29
Exactly but the people theare trying to convince are already there, the fox nuts Ecumenist Mar 2012 #30
Do these fu*king idiots realize EmeraldCityGrl Mar 2012 #11
I don't think lying on teevee is a crime in the US. Mariana Mar 2012 #23
Hahaha...yes U would be right. It's just so darn frustrating EmeraldCityGrl Mar 2012 #44
They can lie on Teevee, but if their lies serve to... SamG Mar 2012 #50
Its not funny that he was looking absolutely fine 35 minutes later. grantcart Mar 2012 #12
Excellent post! n/t SamG Mar 2012 #51
Best Line: "The most honest brother" ellisonz Mar 2012 #15
GREAT catch! Yes! "The more honest" implies SamG Mar 2012 #52
How many brothers are there? if he is one of two, why is he talking about himself in Ecumenist Mar 2012 #54
Don't know that, sorry! n/t SamG Mar 2012 #57
Had paramedics knew he suffered such head trauma, they would have put him in crunch60 Mar 2012 #16
Zimmerman's security guard colleagues: He was an authoritarian Jekyll and Hyde BeyondGeography Mar 2012 #17
Zimmerman may have been primed to do this - may or may not be guilty 321Morrow Mar 2012 #20
Please stop with the lies Boabab Mar 2012 #28
Have you ever attacked someone NOLALady Mar 2012 #42
REALLY? You know, you guys really need to come up with a better strategy,; you all sound the Ecumenist Mar 2012 #55
Even if Trayvon attacked Zimmerman (which I doubt), Trayvon had that right under SYG yardwork Mar 2012 #56
Next they'll be saying that Zimmerman was actually clinically dead after Trayvon beat him up. baldguy Mar 2012 #18
Gimme an H........................................."H' Chipper Chat Mar 2012 #21
lucky shot then I guess huh? ibegurpard Mar 2012 #24
Yes, and GZ has superhuman powers of quick recovery because he's a superhero... gkhouston Mar 2012 #26
He is ZImmer Man! Able to leap to a tall conlusion in a single bound! Evasporque Mar 2012 #32
The evidence just doesn't back up their statements. Baitball Blogger Mar 2012 #27
That's it. I'm moving to Sanford. Fawke Em Mar 2012 #31
If Zimmerman went to the hospital the next day, as they are saying, HockeyMom Mar 2012 #33
The Zimmerman's aren't doing George any favors by their comments WI_DEM Mar 2012 #34
Those must have been some amazing smelling salts! Javaman Mar 2012 #36
the person screaming on the 911 tapes was fully conscious Bluerthanblue Mar 2012 #37
That beeyess is so deep HillWilliam Mar 2012 #38
The hyperbole family Generic Other Mar 2012 #39
Great post! n/t SamG Mar 2012 #53
yet he still had the ability and wherewithall mnmoderatedem Mar 2012 #40
PLEASE KEEP LYING!! Rex Mar 2012 #43
Supposedly this is George's story Cali_Democrat Mar 2012 #45
As O P said "looking absolutely fine", I add ready to.. SamG Mar 2012 #46
If he really was that close to having a broken neck sakabatou Mar 2012 #48

niyad

(113,323 posts)
4. according to some, that is because the paramedics cleaned him up (and, presumably, martinized
Fri Mar 30, 2012, 02:25 AM
Mar 2012

his jacket, since there were no stains on it, either. oh, wait, martinizing is a one-hour process)

w8liftinglady

(23,278 posts)
35. A nurse calls Bullshit
Fri Mar 30, 2012, 09:33 AM
Mar 2012

If the EMTs were worth a damn,they would have immobiled his neck and taken him to the ER.
He has an injury to post front and read head,which can lead to Coup contrecoup,an injury to the opposite side of the brain.An ER doc would have ordered a ct of the head,a C-spine xray,as well as the various array of labs(cbc,blood count,HIV,Hepatitis,and drug and alcohol levels.If he almost lost consciousness due to a head injury,they might have even kept him overnight as a precaution.

 

SamG

(535 posts)
47. You say "A nurse".. is that YOU?
Fri Mar 30, 2012, 02:11 PM
Mar 2012

I am in agreement with that way of looking at a clinical intervention plan for someone claiming those injuries.

Just wondering if you heard this, or if you are saying this from your own expertise as a nurse.

FarPoint

(12,409 posts)
58. Okay Nurse...answer me this...
Fri Mar 30, 2012, 06:36 PM
Mar 2012

My brother who has been in jail for mischief...he said they always have a medical staff at a jail that size...Medical 24/7...staffed with Medics, RN's and LPN's....so, if he was beaten, the medical nurse would have to assess this guy medically before accepting him into the jail. Assessing for clearance to be clinically safe in the jail. If not stable, he'd need medical care; maybe if acceptable and minor, non threatening stuff per the medical staff or be seen in ER if more care is required....

What say you?

FarPoint

(12,409 posts)
19. The Zimmerman camp obviously are on a mission.
Fri Mar 30, 2012, 05:54 AM
Mar 2012

Tell the lies at all times, as often as possible and by multiple messengers....drown out the truth. That's what I'm seeing. Fox news propaganda tactics.

Ecumenist

(6,086 posts)
25. The problem with their strategy is that it only works with fox nooz watchers.
Fri Mar 30, 2012, 08:05 AM
Mar 2012

The People they have any hope of convincing ALREADY, believe them, by and large. It's the VAST majority of the rest of us that don't buy their crap. They forget that the rest of us are aren't under the fox spell of lies. The best thing that they could happen is for them to STFU.

 

SamG

(535 posts)
49. Exactly right! A good crim defense atty would
Fri Mar 30, 2012, 02:14 PM
Mar 2012

advise that NO STATEMENTS be made.

Obviously, Lawrence O'Donnell has already proved that this defense atty for Z is incompetent and cowardly.

niyad

(113,323 posts)
2. let's see--he was barely conscious, and yet he managed to shoot and kill his supposed assailant?
Fri Mar 30, 2012, 02:24 AM
Mar 2012

they must really think we are all total, gullible idiots.

SteveABG

(134 posts)
3. George's story gets more and more desperate.
Fri Mar 30, 2012, 02:25 AM
Mar 2012

To be honest, until a couple of days ago, I felt like there wasn't much chance that he was going to be brought to justice.

The way his story has fallen apart and gotten increasingly more desperate has both left me with a sickness over what it appears really happened, and a good deal of hope that this story is falling apart so badly, that we might actually see some justice.

niyad

(113,323 posts)
5. I wouldn't hold my breath, if I were you.
Fri Mar 30, 2012, 02:30 AM
Mar 2012

you mentioned a suicide watch in another post, if I recall. it just occurred to me how he can get out of this--supposedly commit suicide, have a body conveniently cremated--end of problem. oh, and leaving a note saying he was driven to it by all the horrible publicity, and his innocent heart just couldn't take it anymore.

(note to zimmerman family--PLEASE, get yourselves a decent scriptwriter, one who can come up with something at least remotely plausible. you are clearly out of your depth)

SteveABG

(134 posts)
9. well
Fri Mar 30, 2012, 02:37 AM
Mar 2012

Even if we get any justice, we may not get justice.

If an arrest warrant is ever issued, and police show up to arrest him, I don't imagine he would be able to take it.

Ecumenist

(6,086 posts)
6. Oh, I know he's lying because anyone in the know will tell you when people sustain concussions
Fri Mar 30, 2012, 02:31 AM
Mar 2012

they will forget everything right before and during the event often. they need to stop while they're "ahead". He wouldn't be walking around like that so soon after the event. Oh please man, don't pee on my leg and tell me it's raining

 

HockeyMom

(14,337 posts)
29. They will start throwing up
Fri Mar 30, 2012, 08:48 AM
Mar 2012

and become very, very sleepy. Having kids, who played both soccer and ice hockey, we were always told that about concussions. Keep talking to them. See if they are coherient. Don't let them go to sleep. If they start throwing up, get them to a hospital immediately.

As I said on another thread, I have seen hockey players with helmuts on sustain concussion from being slammed into the boards or hitting their heads on the ice. Even in soccer, there was a lot of warnings about heading a ball causing concussions.

I just cannot understand how somebody could be conscientious or not sustain a concussion having their bare head smashed into concrete multiple times.

Ecumenist

(6,086 posts)
30. Exactly but the people theare trying to convince are already there, the fox nuts
Fri Mar 30, 2012, 08:52 AM
Mar 2012

The rest of the country DOES.NOT.BUY.IT! Have you noticed that the story keeps mutating?

EmeraldCityGrl

(4,310 posts)
11. Do these fu*king idiots realize
Fri Mar 30, 2012, 02:47 AM
Mar 2012

there is a federal investigation and they are committing a crime
telling these blatant lies? I hope they perjure themselves when they
are called in to testify. How insulated and cushy of a life do you have to
have lived to expect the world to swallow this bullshit?

Mariana

(14,857 posts)
23. I don't think lying on teevee is a crime in the US.
Fri Mar 30, 2012, 06:52 AM
Mar 2012

If it were, everyone at Faux Nooz would have been long since. If they lie directly to any of the investigators, or in court, they can be done for that. I'm pretty sure they're allowed to lie to everyone else.

EmeraldCityGrl

(4,310 posts)
44. Hahaha...yes U would be right. It's just so darn frustrating
Fri Mar 30, 2012, 12:46 PM
Mar 2012

and they are just so shockingly good at it.

 

SamG

(535 posts)
50. They can lie on Teevee, but if their lies serve to...
Fri Mar 30, 2012, 02:22 PM
Mar 2012

obstruct the investigation in any way, they MIGHT BE charged, especially if such lies substantially hinder the final disposition of justice.

grantcart

(53,061 posts)
12. Its not funny that he was looking absolutely fine 35 minutes later.
Fri Mar 30, 2012, 02:49 AM
Mar 2012


It was a religious event.

It was a miracle.

All of his wounds were healed.

Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition.

ellisonz

(27,711 posts)
15. Best Line: "The most honest brother"
Fri Mar 30, 2012, 03:32 AM
Mar 2012
MORGAN: Has George ever lied to you?

ZIMMERMAN: Not to my knowledge, no.

MORGAN: He's always been completely, 100 percent honest?

ZIMMERMAN: He's -- he would be the more honest of the two. The most honest brother. I would say. He's very straight and narrow. And you know, very helpful guy. Very concerned with his neighbor and the truth.

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1203/29/pmt.01.html


Does that mean they're all dishonest?

Ecumenist

(6,086 posts)
54. How many brothers are there? if he is one of two, why is he talking about himself in
Fri Mar 30, 2012, 02:32 PM
Mar 2012

3rd person singular? WEIRD.

 

crunch60

(1,412 posts)
16. Had paramedics knew he suffered such head trauma, they would have put him in
Fri Mar 30, 2012, 03:38 AM
Mar 2012

a neck brace and taken him to the hospital for X-rays. OK now, let's see the medical records.
Boy, they are spinning this out of control and weaving a web they won't be able to escape.

321Morrow

(37 posts)
20. Zimmerman may have been primed to do this - may or may not be guilty
Fri Mar 30, 2012, 06:06 AM
Mar 2012

I can believe that. Didn't he call 911 something like 49 times before this incident?

That does not necessarily mean Zimmerman is guilty of a crime.

I do think we should let the facts play out first.

It could be a case of Zimmerman following Trayvon Martin, and then Martin attacking Zimmerman because he thinks Zimmerman is about to attack him.

But it looks like Zimmerman was primed to do something like this.

Boabab

(120 posts)
28. Please stop with the lies
Fri Mar 30, 2012, 08:39 AM
Mar 2012

There is NO evidence that Zimmerman was attacked at all. In fact, everything points to the contrary. The coroner has definitively stated that there are no wounds on Trayvon's hands consistent with any kind of physical struggle.

Add that to the evidence offered by Trayvon's girlfriend about their conversation just before the shooting, as well as the shooter's immaculate appearance 30 minutes later, and it becomes clear that "the attack" is just another one of Zimmerman's lies. Telling lies seems to run in the family.

The likely scenario: he stalked the young man, and then shot him from a distance in the back when he was unable to catch him.

NOLALady

(4,003 posts)
42. Have you ever attacked someone
Fri Mar 30, 2012, 11:26 AM
Mar 2012

because you thought you were going to be attacked? Would you attack someone nearly twice your size who had a weapon? Or would you run?

Ecumenist

(6,086 posts)
55. REALLY? You know, you guys really need to come up with a better strategy,; you all sound the
Fri Mar 30, 2012, 02:36 PM
Mar 2012

same and we can see you guys coming from 20 miles away. If you're Genuinely in the dark even after the mountain load of evidence and corroborative testimonies and videos, then I suppose there has ti be one somewhere in the world but REALLY?

yardwork

(61,622 posts)
56. Even if Trayvon attacked Zimmerman (which I doubt), Trayvon had that right under SYG
Fri Mar 30, 2012, 02:42 PM
Mar 2012

My understanding is that Florida's Stand Your Ground law allows a person to defend themselves - to the death - if they feel threatened. Trayvon certainly would have felt threatened by Zimmerman. The 911 calls prove that. So if Trayvon did attack Zimmerman (which has not been proven and which I doubt as there is no evidence that Zimmerman suffered any injuries), then Trayvon was legally within his right to do so.

 

baldguy

(36,649 posts)
18. Next they'll be saying that Zimmerman was actually clinically dead after Trayvon beat him up.
Fri Mar 30, 2012, 05:53 AM
Mar 2012

This is turning into a damned Monty Python sketch.

Chipper Chat

(9,680 posts)
21. Gimme an H........................................."H'
Fri Mar 30, 2012, 06:38 AM
Mar 2012

Gimme an O ............................ O
Gimme an A ............................ A
Gimme an X ............................ X
.
Whatz that spell? .................... 'Zimmerman'

Evasporque

(2,133 posts)
32. He is ZImmer Man! Able to leap to a tall conlusion in a single bound!
Fri Mar 30, 2012, 08:55 AM
Mar 2012

TO boldly lie in a way no man has lied before....

Fawke Em

(11,366 posts)
31. That's it. I'm moving to Sanford.
Fri Mar 30, 2012, 08:53 AM
Mar 2012

Apparently, their fire department EMTs can work MIRACLES and cure people instantly!

Zimmerman was nearly unconscious, had a broken nose and severe lacerations on the back of his head, yet 35 minutes later he was walking around nonchalantly, fully conscious with no hint of a broken nose or those nasty lacerations! And, to top it off, these EMTs even miraculously clean his shirt of any blood!

What person facing a healthcare disaster wouldn't want to be treated by these fine men and women?

 

HockeyMom

(14,337 posts)
33. If Zimmerman went to the hospital the next day, as they are saying,
Fri Mar 30, 2012, 09:07 AM
Mar 2012

his hospital records can be subpoenaed. You can be sure if he told them his head was slammed on concrete, the hospital would have done a catscan, and there would be a medical record of his examination.

Even a day later his "injuries" would have not have gone away.

WI_DEM

(33,497 posts)
34. The Zimmerman's aren't doing George any favors by their comments
Fri Mar 30, 2012, 09:28 AM
Mar 2012

which are coming back to bite them in the ass.

Javaman

(62,530 posts)
36. Those must have been some amazing smelling salts!
Fri Mar 30, 2012, 10:18 AM
Mar 2012

35 minutes later he's walking into the police station on video.

Bluerthanblue

(13,669 posts)
37. the person screaming on the 911 tapes was fully conscious
Fri Mar 30, 2012, 10:21 AM
Mar 2012

right up till the time they were shot.

So, I guess Robert doesn't agree with his father that it was George doing the screaming.



The remarks by Zimmerman's family sounds like they read too many cheap crime novels.

Generic Other

(28,979 posts)
39. The hyperbole family
Fri Mar 30, 2012, 10:43 AM
Mar 2012

They see hate in every black man's eyes including the president. They suffer from phantom pains. Imaginary threats to their manhood that must be met by violence. Chronic victimhood. The need to spout their innocence by proxy.

I have no doubt Zimmerman's brother might end his days spoonfeeding his brother and changing his soiled diapers. But that won't be anyone else's fault, now will it? He assaults a police officer, batters a girlfriend, is fired from a job for losing his temper and violently attacking a woman, has 911 on speed dial so he can file "reports." And he killed an unarmed teenager carrying candy.

I am not a shrink but I know when I think someone needs one.

mnmoderatedem

(3,728 posts)
40. yet he still had the ability and wherewithall
Fri Mar 30, 2012, 11:16 AM
Mar 2012

to chase down and shoot Martin.

He must be some sort of superspecies!!

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
43. PLEASE KEEP LYING!!
Fri Mar 30, 2012, 11:40 AM
Mar 2012

I think I hear Rush yelling 'stop, stop!'

The more they lie, the bigger the fall will be. EVERYONE can see on the video footage Zimm has nothing wrong with him!!!

Keep it up!

 

Cali_Democrat

(30,439 posts)
45. Supposedly this is George's story
Fri Mar 30, 2012, 02:04 PM
Mar 2012

He certainly has quite an imagination. I wonder if this could be used against him in court because it's obvious that he's bullshiting people.

 

SamG

(535 posts)
46. As O P said "looking absolutely fine", I add ready to..
Fri Mar 30, 2012, 02:07 PM
Mar 2012

party hearty with the cops!!!!

REALLY!!! He looks like he LIKES being taken into the station, as if he's going to a party about to be held in his HONOR for killing that horrible black guy!

sakabatou

(42,152 posts)
48. If he really was that close to having a broken neck
Fri Mar 30, 2012, 02:12 PM
Mar 2012

Wouldn't be in a neck brace in all the pictures/videos? That's not the case.

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