Trayvon Martin killer George Zimmerman claims he was fighting for his life

Meanwhile, Mr Zimmerman’s associates – including a close friend who is himself
black – have made a series of television appearances arguing that he is not
a racist, and was genuinely in fear for his life.

The friend, Joe Oliver, told the Today Show: “The bottom line is there
was a life-and-death struggle in that instance and someone was going to die.”
Mr Zimmerman’s lawyer, Craig Sonner, claimed that the neighbourhood watch
chief was himself injured during his confrontation with Trayvon.

He added: “It’s not a racial issue. George Zimmerman is absolutely not a
racist.

“George Zimmerman suffered a broken nose, and had an injury to the back
of his head – he was attacked by Trayvon Martin on that evening.

“The evidence will show that this was a case of self defence.”

According to the Orlando Sentinel, Mr Zimmerman told police that he had been
walking back to his car when Trayvon challenged him and then punched him on
the nose.

After he fell to the ground, he claimed that the teenager climbed on top of
him and slammed his head into the sidewalk several times, leaving him bloody
and bruised.

However, a new witness has come forward to say that she and her room-mate
heard Trayvon screaming before a shot rang out.

Mary Cutcher, who lives in the gated community, told NBC that she ran outside
to find Mr Zimmerman with his hands pressed into Trayvon’s back, adding that
he: “never turned him over or tried to help him.”

Last week it emerged that police had failed to speak to Trayvon’s girlfriend,
who he was on the phone to in the minutes leading up to his death.

The 16-year-old, who has not been named, claimed he said he was being followed
and was frightened before she heard what she thought was the sound of him
being pushed to the ground.

Separately, Trayvon’s family said that the teenager had once been suspended
for school for having traces of marijuana in a baggie, but insisted that
this had nothing to do with his death.

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