Two major points need to be made about one of the pieces of "enhanced evidence" in the Trayvon Martin case. First of all, even if the "sharper" surveillance footage does reveal what "appears" to be a "bump, mark, or injury" on the back of George Zimmerman's head, he still had no excuse to shoot and kill a kid in a hoodie.
Secondly -- about that enhanced footage -- um, anybody out there ever use Photoshop? Final Cut Pro?
Because altering the colors, brightness, and contrast to the degree demonstrated by the guy in this CNN video has the potential to make a faint shadow "appear" to be just about anything.
Seriously. Enhanced? More like embellished.
The question is, why would anybody bother?
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Maybe because there really is enhanced evidence making Zimmerman's version of the story sound like a lie. Or "more closely examined" evidence: Audio experts Tom Owen and Ed Primeau analyzed the recording of 911 calls made on the night Trayvon Martin died, comparing Zimmerman's voice on an earlier call he made about a "suspicious black male" with the screams heard on a later 911 call. (Zimmerman's family claims he was the one screaming because Martin was beating him.) Primeau (a "longtime audio engineer who is listed as an expert in recorded evidence by the American College of Forensic Examiners International") had this to say:
"There's a huge chance that this is not Zimmerman's voice ... After 28 years of doing this, I would put my reputation on the line and say this is not George Zimmerman screaming."
That's a far cry from Hmm, if I add a little more red and lighten this up a bit, you can see something vaguely bump-like.
Please.
Do you think those were George Zimmerman's screams on the 911 call?
Image via CNN
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Ummm... Even in Trayvon stood his ground (and lets face it a strange, creepy armed grown man in a car was following him, the only person who the "stand your ground law applies to is Trayvon) and defended himself, that still doesn't give George Zimmerman the right to stock, herass and shoot an unarmed teen who was walking down the street. IMO if Trayvon did fight with the lunatic all he did was avoid being shot in the back. If I were on the jury I wouldn't buy self defense or stand your ground for Zimmerman.
You're an idiot. This "piece" presents nothing factual and actually only succeedes in ILLUSTRATING what's wrong with this country. This case is being tried in the media rather than a court room and people are letting emotions, rather than fact, sway their opinion.
Very sad story, however, there are people who are gunning for Zimmerman to be guilty. What if he isn't?
As one lawyer said, it should be played out in the courts, not in the court of public opinion.
I know that it isn't always reassuring, but its got to be better then a witch hunt that has brought out the likes of Jackson and Sharpton to bring back the race war. Sadly, I think kids are just going to end up being hurt, and will hurt each other. Yes, for any person alive. racism still exists. I even have Caucasian friends who tell me they were made fun of for being "too white".