Newspaper: 4 witnesses change stories in Trayvon Martin shooting
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The report comes after state prosecutors released about half the evidence they have in their second-degree murder case against Zimmerman.
The witnesses, known publicly only by numbers, first talked to Sanford police and later to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and state prosecutors.
Among the changes, according to the Sentinel:
Witness 2: A young woman from the Retreat at Twin Lakes community, where Martin, 17, was shot Feb. 26, first told investigators she saw two men running and a fist fight. She later said she only saw one person running and couldn’t distinguish much because she had removed her contact lenses.
Witness 12: A young mother in the townhome community first said she saw two men on the ground but wasn’t sure who was on top; she later said Zimmerman was on top because she recognized his size based on news reports.
Witness 13: A male neighbor first said Zimmerman, with a bloodied head, told him he had to shoot Martin because “he was beating up on me,” and to please call Zimmerman’s wife. He later went into detail and described Zimmerman’s tone right after the shooting as casual, like the shooting was “nothing.”
Witness 6: A male neighbor, whose story change was initially reported Friday, first told police Martin was on top of Zimmerman and throwing down punches mixed martial arts style. He also first said Zimmerman was calling for help. The man later said he wasn’t sure who was yelling for help, and that Martin may have merely pinned Zimmerman to the ground. He was still sure, however, that Martin was on top.
Quoting Sisteract:Could they be liars and losers?
Just kidding-
I wonder how many people actually saw the incident? I always questioned "Jon" as he admitted he did not witness the shooting because he was busy running upstairs to call 911-
I can tell from the inflection within the quotes the seem like liars and losers.
yep
I know things will continue to unfold up to and during the trial.
It was said from a few witnesses at the start that they were repeating what the officers told them that they saw. LOL. not suprised stories are changing. I think everyone just wants their 15 minutes.
Quoting angevil53:good, now they've created just enough doubt to get it thrown out
I doubt the prosecution hinged it's entire arrest on witnesses... The judicial systems knows how unreliable witness statements are.
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