before he was shot to death. the autopsy report said that martin died from a gunshot wound to the chest fired at intermediate range. we ll talk about what that means in a moment. toxicology tests found marijuana in his system. the autopsy report lists the manner of death as homicide. he says he shot martin in self-defense saying martin assaulted him. we have new photos of zimmer more than a after the incident and a fire department report says he had abrasions to his fore head. bleeding and tenderness to his nose and a small laceration to the back of his head when he was treated at the scene. also just released the a police report of a request for charges to be filed. that report says in part the encounter between the george zimmerman and trayvon martin was ultimately avoidable by zimmerman, if zimmerman had remained in his vehicle and awaited the ie rival of law enforcement, or conversely if he had identified himself to martin as a concerned citizen and initiated dialogue
but i ll tell you, i sometimes wonder why people think that s some kind of good defense. i don t believe it in his case. i think if you call someone f ing coon then you re animated by nothing but hatred. but somehow he thinks if he says he feared, that excuses the death of a young boy. it doesn t. if you did the crime, you have to do the time. do you believe that this tape is inconsistent with the police report? yes, i ve read the police report, i saw the tape, and i think there is an inconsistent. and what would you be thinking right now if you were representing the martin family in this case? i think that it proves their point. this is someone who zimmerman should under no circumstances be allowed to have a gun. it should have been taken from him a long time ago. and he should have been arrested a long time ago. he should have been tried and it looks to me like he s going to be convicted. and alan, what do you make of the police report and the listing of the deceased as a
wonder why people think that s some kind of good defense. i don t believe it in his case. i think if you call someone f ing coon then you re animated by nothing but hatred. but somehow he thinks if he says he feared, that excuses the death of a young boy. it doesn t. if you did the crime, you have to do the time. do you believe that this tape is inconsistent with the police report? yes, i ve read the police report, i saw the tape, and i think there is an inconsistent. and what would you be thinking right now if you were representing the martin family in this case? i think that it proves their point. this is someone who zimmerman should under no circumstances be allowed to have a gun. it should have been taken from him a long time ago. and he should have been arrested a long time ago. he should have been tried and it looks to me like he s going to be convicted. and alan, what do you make of the police report and the listing of the deceased as a
welcome back to the ed show. breaking news in the trayvon martin case tonight. abc news has obtain video of george zimmerman being brought into the police department on the night he shot and killed trayvon martin. i am joined by alan grayson, former florida congressman, who is from the orlando area. congressman, good to have you with us tonight. you have you have been at these rallies for trayvon all week and have been paying close attention to the case. what are your impressions of this police house videotape that was obtained tonight? well, i think it blows apart the zimmerman argument that he was acting out of fear rather than out of hatred. but i ll tell you, i sometimes wonder why people think that s some kind of good defense. i don t believe it in his case. i think if you call someone f ing coon then you re
he says f-ing coon. they said, we don t need you to do that. he continues to follow him, and you put all that together along with trayvon speaking to his girlfriend and she s saying, one fr run from him, you have motive and it s clearly going to be racial bias. it could be murder 1, 2, 3, whatever. but now, as we said, the justice department is moving on this case with what looks to be a case of a hate crime. looks to be. or sounds to be. clearly. and then you have the second issue, they have a grand jury down there, so locally the president, by the way, covered all his basis toded today. he said local, federal, we have to do the right thing. action speaks louder than words in this particular case. the justice department sat down a few days ago, in addition to a community activism team, to try to get things going and make sure they do the right thing in