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kpete

(71,962 posts)
Fri Mar 30, 2012, 10:03 AM Mar 2012

No blood stains, no grass stains, no self-defense

"Zimmerman was placed in the rear of my police vehicle and was given First Aid by SFD (Rescue 38) ... At no point did I question Zimmerman about the incident that had taken place. Once Zimmerman was cleared by SFD he was transported to Sanford Police Department."

http://cnninsession.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/martinpolicreport.pdf

The back seat of a police squad car! WHAT!

So, police at the scene of the murder and Sanford Fire Department Rescue 38 thought George's injuries did not require him be put in an ambulance for treatment, rather, his injuries only required first aid in the back seat of a cop car and then "cleared" him for any: concussion, swelling or bleeding of the brain, whiplash, broken nose and no bandage to cover alleged open head wound.


Talk to any EMT and they will tell you that if they have a subject who has had their head beat on a sidewalk, especially to the point of bleeding from the head, the EMT will:

- inspect the head for swelling
- clean wound and BANDAGE wound
- extend bandage 1 inch beyond edges of wound
- check heart rate for sign of concussion (which is severe brain injury)
- check reflexes
- Put a cervical collar on patient prior and take to hospital to test for Whiplash
- take subject to hospital for CT-Scan of the head to see if brain is swelling and/or bleeding of the brain.


None of that was done to George Zimmerman in the back seat of the police squad car. In fact, from looking at Police Surveillance video, SFD and police would have let George leave the scene with open head wounds ... open head wounds! COME ON!

the rest:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/03/30/1079083/-Zimmerman-Received-First-Aid-in-the-Back-Seat-of-a-Police-Car-Not-Ambulance-that-makes-no-sense
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