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Here is a pretty good full time-line on the Trayvon Martin killing from (Original Post) shraby Mar 2012 OP
People shot in the chest fall forward most of the time, legs crumpled underneath or to the side Warpy Mar 2012 #1
So if Trayvon was allegedly on top of Zimmerman - Hell Hath No Fury Mar 2012 #2
And without getting a drop of blood on his clothing? Warpy Mar 2012 #4
From the two comments, I surmise that neither one has read the diary on Kos, shraby Mar 2012 #3
Several of the witnesses who called 911 - Hell Hath No Fury Mar 2012 #5
The discussion doesn't refute that..it's a good time-line. shraby Mar 2012 #6

Warpy

(111,264 posts)
1. People shot in the chest fall forward most of the time, legs crumpled underneath or to the side
Fri Mar 30, 2012, 04:15 PM
Mar 2012

Having the impact from a bullet blow them backward only happens in the movies.

Yes, I've seen too many crime scene pictures.

 

Hell Hath No Fury

(16,327 posts)
2. So if Trayvon was allegedly on top of Zimmerman -
Fri Mar 30, 2012, 04:35 PM
Mar 2012

and he was shot at close range in the chest, I agree he would probably fall forward -- right onto Zimmerman. The two women who confronted Zimmerman within seconds of the shooting saw him standing/stradling over Trayvon's body. How does one get out from under a body and on ones feet within mere seconds??

Warpy

(111,264 posts)
4. And without getting a drop of blood on his clothing?
Fri Mar 30, 2012, 05:25 PM
Mar 2012

His story stinks and we all know it stinks. I just hope a special prosecutor is able to get in there and make some sense out of it since the Sanford cops are stonewalling, trying to protect the punk.

shraby

(21,946 posts)
3. From the two comments, I surmise that neither one has read the diary on Kos,
Fri Mar 30, 2012, 05:02 PM
Mar 2012

nor the comments to the diary. The time line of the 911 calls from the first one to the shooting ones actually only cover a very few minutes total. That's the point that is being made..not who was on top in a scuffle. There wasn't much time for even having a scuffle at all.

 

Hell Hath No Fury

(16,327 posts)
5. Several of the witnesses who called 911 -
Fri Mar 30, 2012, 08:17 PM
Mar 2012

reported they saw them engaging in something akin to wrestling just before the shot was heard -- reports varied on who was where and when, but it did happen.

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