Washington PostΒ columnist Jonathan Capehart says that former neighborhood-watch captain George Zimmerman lied about the positon of Trayvon Martin's hands after the scuffle that resulted in teen's death. Already skeptical of Zimmerman's claim of getting on top of the teen after shooting him to "push his arms apart," Capehart explains that that encounter never happened and Assistant State Attorney John Guy can prove it.
Guyβs confidence in saying βthat didnβt happenβ about Zimmerman moving Trayvonβs arms rests on two pieces of evidence. One weβve all known about. Another we didnβt β or at least I didnβt.
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βThe first two officers to Trayvon Martinβs body found him exactly like the defendant left him β face down, his hands clutching his chest,β Guy told the jury. This is the evidence weβve known from almost the very beginning. Sanford Police Officer Ricardo Ayala wrote inΒ his reportΒ of the scene that he βnoticed that there was, what appeared to be a black male β¦ laying face down on the ground. The black male had his hands underneath his body.β
Yesterday, Guy revealed that a neighbor took a cellphone photo of Trayvonβs body before the police arrived that rainy Feb. 26, 2012, night. Trayvonβs arms were underneath his body, Guy told the court.
Read Jonathan Capehart's entire piece at the Washington Post.
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