The moment I viewed the George Zimmerman’s booking video obtained by ABC News, I noticed slight imperfections, or wrinkles on his skull which are common to some men (and women) whose skulls are indented from birth. So I said to myself, “watch someone claim those wrinkles are injuries.”
Sure enough, ABC News has pulled an “enhanced video” out of their butts, along with claims that the natural, fatty wrinkles on Zimmerman’s skull are gashes.
On the night he gunned down unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin, Zimmerman told police Trayvon repeatedly slammed Zimmerman’s head on the concrete sidewalk. His lawyers claimed he was a bloody mess. Yet he looks pristine in the video.
There are no bandages visible on Zimmerman’s head. And if Zimmerman was actively bleeding from head wounds as was claimed in a 2nd police report, where is the blood on the back of his jacket?
Anyone with a trained eye can see that there are no injuries on the back of Zimmerman’s skull in other parts of the video where the lighting is normal. But ABC doesn’t bother to explain why the “injuries” disappear in other parts of the video.
Gashes that large would certainly require immediate medical attention. Such large gashes (if they really were injuries) would also continue to bleed since head wounds bleed profusely even if closed with steri-strips.
Whoever “enhanced” the video actually darkened the contrast so those wrinkles could stand out, since Zimmerman was standing under a bright light at the time.
Whenever you darken the contrast on a photo or video, even slight imperfections will stand out clearly. That doesn’t mean they are injuries.
ABC sits at the bottom of the TV news rankings. So take whatever they say with a grain of salt.
