LF: Witness: Martin attacked Zimmerman (hoodie beating red sweater)

Title: Witness: Martin attacked Zimmerman (hoodie beating red sweater)
Source: MyFox Tampa Bay
URL Source: http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/dpp/ne ... in-attacked-zimmerman-03232012
Published: Mar 24, 2012
Author: Fox 13
Post Date: 2012-03-24 10:45:57 by Hondo68
Keywords: on top beating up, Zimmerman was in red, I was calling 911
Views: 18399
Comments: 46

ORLANDO - A witness we haven't heard from before paints a much different picture than we've seen so far of what happened the night 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was shot and killed.

The night of that shooting, police say there was a witness who saw it all.

Our sister station, FOX 35 in Orlando, has spoken to that witness.

What Sanford Police investigators have in the folder, they put together on the killing of Trayvon Martin few know about.

The file now sits in the hands of the state attorney. Now that file is just weeks away from being opened to a grand jury.

It shows more now about why police believed that night that George Zimmerman shouldn't have gone to jail.

Zimmerman called 911 and told dispatchers he was following a teen. The dispatcher told Zimmerman not to.

And from that moment to the shooting, details are few.

But one man's testimony could be key for the police.

"The guy on the bottom who had a red sweater on was yelling to me: 'help, help…and I told him to stop and I was calling 911," he said.

Trayvon Martin was in a hoodie; Zimmerman was in red.

The witness only wanted to be identified as "John," and didn't not want to be shown on camera.

His statements to police were instrumental, because police backed up Zimmerman's claims, saying those screams on the 911 call are those of Zimmerman.

"When I got upstairs and looked down, the guy who was on top beating up the other guy, was the one laying in the grass, and I believe he was dead at that point," John said.

Zimmerman says the shooting was self defense. According to information released on the Sanford city website, Zimmerman said he was going back to his SUV when he was attacked by the teen.

Sanford police say Zimmerman was bloody in his face and head, and the back of his shirt was wet and had grass stains, indicating a struggle took place before the shooting.

Interesting development. Now arrest the black panthers for attempted murder. Or soliciting murder.

Railroaded and killed like Malcolm X, who was supposed to speak instead of MLK in DC '63...;}

"Retha Timmons said that her uncle, who was bedridden for more than a year with his injuries, never reclaimed his farm and that she stayed away for 70 years.

Lang's lynching "broke up our family. ... That's why I was raised by women," said Sims, who said Lang was falsely accused of firing the shots, which did not harm anyone, into the store.

"When my great-aunt talked about it, she would sit on the porch and cry. When you can see the pain and heartache, how he didn't even have a chance to go to the court to explain - it hurts," said Sims, who cried.

--Researcher John Martin contributed to this report. Dan DeWitt can be reached at 352 754-6116 or dewitt@sptimes.com

gonna be a doozy this time around but it won't just be 'racial'... class warfare is about you.