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FedUp_Queer

(975 posts)
Thu Apr 12, 2012, 06:36 PM Apr 2012

Strange Zimmerman Photograph

If I've put this in the wrong place or someone already posted it, I'm sorry (I'm still not good at this). However, when I looked at MSNBC.com, something occurred to me about this Zimmerman photo. I've never had a broken nose, but...

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FedUp_Queer

(975 posts)
7. That's what occurred to me.
Thu Apr 12, 2012, 06:51 PM
Apr 2012

I don't know what one looks like, especially after over 1.5 months, but it made me wonder.

ecstatic

(32,712 posts)
8. He had a crazy eye thing going
Thu Apr 12, 2012, 06:57 PM
Apr 2012

Several hard blinks. Do they allow people in jail to wear contacts? If so, it could have been dry lenses.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
10. My guess, he is regretting letting his anger and racism get the best of him
Thu Apr 12, 2012, 07:05 PM
Apr 2012

Or he is feeling sorry for himself and feels like the victim in all this. Take your pick.

jimlup

(7,968 posts)
12. I seriously don't believe this guy ever "broke his nose"
Thu Apr 12, 2012, 07:28 PM
Apr 2012

But he was visibly shaken by the arraignment. The word I heard was that he cried half the night in jail last night.

Boabab

(120 posts)
14. My first thought after seeing that pic was, "sh*t just got real"
Thu Apr 12, 2012, 09:03 PM
Apr 2012

I think the weight of what he's done has finally caught up to GZ. It was easy to be defiant when he was hiding out, but now, behind bars, the reality has started to sink in.

He's probably reviewing that fateful night over and over in his mind, and cursing himself for not simply staying in his car.

EmeraldCityGrl

(4,310 posts)
17. He really thought he was going to
Thu Apr 12, 2012, 09:36 PM
Apr 2012

get away with cold blooded murder. Reality bites.

Can't wait to see those medical records. I'm assuming the prosecutor read the EMT
report and that was taken into consideration in charging him.

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