Sanford PD Issues Partial Report 

That Backs Up Zimmerman's Claims

Today the Sanford PD released a partial police report that contains the written descriptions of what the officers on the scene of the TrayVon Martin shooting found when they got there: 


http://media.trb.com/media/acrobat/2012-03/69081607-29132322.pdf


Of particular interest is the written report of Officer Timothy Smith: 

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As you can see from his report, filed back on Feb. 27th before experts and news media began claiming there was no physical altercation between Zimmerman and Martin, and that Zimmerman had no injuries and wasn't bleeding, and that audio experts 'proved' it wasn't Zimmerman heard yelling for help, Officer Smith reports:


1. Zimmerman appeared to have been lying on his back on the ground since his back was wet and had grass stains - this puts him on his back on the ground exactly as he and eyewitnesses told police he was. 


2. Zimmerman was bleeding from a wound to the back of his head and from his nose - this proves there was a physical altercation in which Zimmerman suffered bleeding injuries, which some people used a grainy police video of Zimmerman to doubt. 


3. Zimmerman volunteered he had yelled for help. Remember, the officer is including this detail on Feb. 27, way before anybody would even try to make it an issue over who was yelling for help on an 911 audio tape, Martin or Zimmerman.


4. Zimmerman was treated for his bleeding by SFD before leaving the scene.  People tried to use the lack of any visible blood in the Sanford PD video to cast doubt on Zimmerman's story.