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Prosecutors released more evidence in the George
Zimmerman case Tuesday afternoon including an unredacted police report
and the results of a voice stress test given the day after he shot
Trayvon Martin.
The supplemental discovery was
released at 1 p.m. and includes video and audio recordings of police
interviews with Zimmerman, a 29-page Sanford Police report without
statements redacted and an exemption list that notes redactions to the
evidence.
Portions of the unredacted capias
request and report of investigation, prepared by police Investigator
Chris Serino, seem to question some of Zimmerman's accounts of the
shooting.
"Investigative findings show that Zimmerman admitted
to avoiding a confrontation with Martin while Zimmerman was observing
Martin from his vehicle, because, as he told investigators, was afraid
of Martin," the capias request reads. "Later in the encounter, Zimmerman
exited his vehicle, in spite of his earlier admission to investigators
that he was afraid of Martin, and followed Martin in an effort to
maintain surveillance of him while Zimmerman awaited the arrival of law
enforcement officers. His actions are inconsistent with those of a
person who has stated he was in fear of another subject."
In the report, Serino notes that
Zimmerman had two chances to speak with Martin before the shooting and
"defuse the circumstances surrounding their encounter.
"On at least two occasions, George
Michael Zimmerman failed to identify himself as a concerned resident or a
neighborhood watch member to Trayvon Benjamin Martin. Investigative
findings show the physical dimensions of Trayvon Benjamin Martin, and
that of George Michael Zimmerman, coupled with the absence of any
specialized training in hand to hand combat between either combatant,
did not place George Michael Zimmerman in an extraordinary or
exceptional disadvantage of apparent physical ability or defensive
capacity," Serino wrote. "Investigative findings show the physical
injuries displayed by George Michael Zimmerman are marginally consistent
with a life-threatening violent episode as described by him, during
which neither a deadly weapon nor deadly force was deployed by Trayvon
Martin."
The investigator concludes the shooting may have been avoidable. READ MORE
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