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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat...Mark Fuhrman actually made sense this time?
Just found this article at NewsHounds.us:
Fuhrman has referred to Trayvon Martin as a possible dead suspect and suggested that Zimmerman is the victim of a racial witch hunt. Earlier today, Fuhrman said that Martin definitely could have left the scene. He was younger, smaller, quicker and he had a head start thereby suggesting that he stuck around to fight Zimmerman.
But on Hannity, Fuhrman offered a different take. Its worth noting that Fuhrman, a former LAPD detective, is billed by Fox as a crime scene expert and is not a lawyer. But you'd never know that from watching this segment. He began by saying the prosecution was overreaching with intent before moving on to critique the defense attorneys knock-knock joke that fell flat. Hannity happily let the impression of Fuhrman as legal expert stand.
Maybe thats because Hannity fashions himself as something of a criminal attorney, too. The one thing that I think the prosecution, Mark, is gonna have a hard time with is the injuries that George Zimmerman had: a broken nose, lacerations in the back of the head are consistent with the story that he has told from Day One. Obviously, he was punched in the nose and obviously, his head was beaten on the concerete. As Hannity spoke, we saw photos of a bloody Zimmerman from front and back.
Um, not really. Fuhrman, with his crime-scene expert hat back on, said:
But on Hannity, Fuhrman offered a different take. Its worth noting that Fuhrman, a former LAPD detective, is billed by Fox as a crime scene expert and is not a lawyer. But you'd never know that from watching this segment. He began by saying the prosecution was overreaching with intent before moving on to critique the defense attorneys knock-knock joke that fell flat. Hannity happily let the impression of Fuhrman as legal expert stand.
Maybe thats because Hannity fashions himself as something of a criminal attorney, too. The one thing that I think the prosecution, Mark, is gonna have a hard time with is the injuries that George Zimmerman had: a broken nose, lacerations in the back of the head are consistent with the story that he has told from Day One. Obviously, he was punched in the nose and obviously, his head was beaten on the concerete. As Hannity spoke, we saw photos of a bloody Zimmerman from front and back.
Um, not really. Fuhrman, with his crime-scene expert hat back on, said:
Well, Sean, when youve seen a few people in fights and been in em yourself, you will realize that George Zimmerman didnt have very many injuries. Certainly, he fell backwards and hit his head on the concrete once. His head wasnt driven into the concrete repeatedly. He had not a broken nose but a bloody nose but he had no lacerations on his face. So I think he got the worst end of a fistfight but his escalation of force to meet the fists of a young man, 158 pounds, thats on top of him, to shoot him, he eliminated all other escalations of force that he possibly could have used, whether it was a hard object that was anywhere or even striking Trayvon Martin with the gun on the side of the head.
Wow, for the guy who lied on the stand during the OJ Simpson trial and became a convicted felon...he actually slapped Hannity with some truth??
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What...Mark Fuhrman actually made sense this time? (Original Post)
alp227
Jun 2013
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jberryhill
(62,444 posts)1. Has anyone checked what Paula Deen thinks?
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)2. LMAO - Good response. OP is interesting.