The funeral director who handled Trayvon Martin's body said the teenager showed no signs of having been in a fight, contrary to George Zimmerman's claims. Surveillance video of Zimmerman after the shooting shows no injuries on his face, despite claims that his nose was broken in an altercation. Additionally, a witness says she does not believe Zimmerman acted in self-defense. Questions are being raised about Zimmerman's account of the events as the case continues to be investigated.

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Funeral director says Trayvon's body didn't look like he'd been fighting as
video that shows Zimmerman unhurt on night he shot teen 'could be used as
evidence' in trial
New video shows no signs of trauma on George Zimmerman's face
This is despite claims that his nose was broken in 'sucker-punch'
Parents call surveillance footage 'the icing on the cake'
Zimmerman's father claims Trayvon told his son 'you're gonna die now'
Witness' mother says she doesn't believe Zimmerman acted in self-defence
Student newspaper sparks outrage with 'racist' cartoon about case
By Daily Mail Reporter
PUBLISHED: 21:22 EST, 29 March 2012 | UPDATED: 06:30 EST, 30 March 2012
Footage emerged that casts doubt on George Zimmerman's version of events in the shooting of Trayvon Martin could be used as evidence if the gunman is prosecuted.
In the video, filmed shortly after the unarmed teen was killed, Zimmerman is seen emerging from a police vehicle with his hands cuffed behind his back as he is frisked and led
into questioning by officers.
Despite his lawyer’s account that Zimmerman was knocked down and suffered a broken nose in a scuffle with Martin, the video shows no injuries consistent with his
description.
Sources have told ABC News that the video could be used as evidence if Zimmerman is brought to trial over his role in the shooting.
The news comes as the funeral director who handled Martin's body has revealed the teenager did not look as though he had been in a fight.
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Cuffed: George Zimmerman, in red jacket, is escorted into the Sanford police station
following the shooting of Trayvon Martin on February 26. He does not appear to have any
blood or bruises despite a 'broken nose'
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Sceptical: Funeral director Richard Kurtz said Trayvon Martin showed no signs of having
been in a fight
Richard Kurtz told CBS News that as he prepared Martin's body for burial he did not notice injuries which would suggest that he had been involved in a fight, as Zimmerman
has insisted.
'We could see no physical signs like there had been a scuffle, there had been a fight,' Mr Kurtz said.
'The hands - I didn't see any knuckles, bruises or what have you. And that is something we would have covered up if it would have been there.'
He concluded: 'The story does not make sense, that he was in this type of scuffle, of fight.'
Footage: In this video provided to ABC News, George Zimmerman is seen being led out
of a police car shortly after the shooting death of Trayvon Martin
Not a scratch: George Zimmerman is seen emerging from a police vehicle with his hands
cuffed behind his back as he's frisked and led away by officers
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Doubt? Despite his lawyer's account that Zimmerman was knocked down and suffered a
broken nose in a scuffle with Martin, the video shows no injuries consistent with his
description
Trayvon's parents Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin told CNN’s Piers Morgan that the video footage of Zimmerman proves 'what they have known all along'.
Ms Fulton told Morgan: 'We just looked at the video and we were just surprised because according to the police report, he sustained injuries, but when we looked at the video, it
was obvious that there were no visible injuries. [there was no] blood on his shirt.'
She later added: 'I believe that this video is the icing on the cake'.
The family's lawyer, Benjamin Crumb, told Morgan that the footage proves that the Sanford Police Department 'conspired to cover this up'.
Zimmerman, who has not spoken publicly since the shooting, told police that he spotted Martin as he was patrolling his neighbourhood and called 911 to report a suspicious
person.
'This guy looks like he is up to no good. He is on drugs or something,' Zimmerman told the dispatcher from his sport utility vehicle.
He added that the teen had his hand in his waistband and was walking around looking at homes.
'These a*******. They always get away,' Zimmerman said on a 911 call.
But Trayvon, 17, was not armed. He was returning from a convenience store with an iced tea for himself and a bag of skittles for his little brother.
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Dispute: A national outcry has many demanding the arrest of George Zimmerman, right,
in the killing of Trayvon Martin (left)
Protests: The killing of Trayvon Martin has sparked numerous demonstrations across the
country, like this one in front of the White House on Tuesday
STUDENT NEWSPAPER SPARKS OUTRAGE WITH 'RACIST' CARTOON
A student who drew a 'racist' cartoon featured in a college newspaper that suggested Trayvon Martin's death has been hyped up by the media has left the publication.
Stephanie Eisner, cartoonist at The Daily Texan at the University of Texas, said in a statement on Thursday that she no longer worked for the newspaper following her depiction
of the media attention surrounding the death of the 17-year-old boy.
None of the newspaper's editorial board members, who approved the cartoon, have said that they will step down.
Eisner's cartoon sparked outrage by misspelling the gunned down teen's name and referring to Trayvon as 'colored.'
In the illustration, a woman wearing glasses sits on a chair called 'The Media' holding a book called 'Treyvon Martin and the case of yellow journalism.'
She is seen telling a young boy: 'And then… the Big Bad White man killed the Handsome, sweet, innocent, colored boy!!'
Eisner said she wanted to criticise the media's coverage rather than Trayvon.
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She initially told the publication: 'I feel the news should be unbiased. And in the retelling of this particular event, I felt that that was not the case.'
In her apology, she said it was 'in hindsight an ambiguous cartoon related to the Trayvon Martin shooting'.
The newspaper's editorial adviser, Doug Warren, admitted the cartoon should have spelled the teen's name correctly and not used the word 'colored'. But he said the cartoon
was not inherently racist.
A neighbour said there had been several break-ins in the community in the past year, including one in which burglars took a TV and laptops.
A dispatcher told Zimmerman to stay in his sport utility vehicle and that an officer would be there momentarily, but Zimmerman - for unknown reasons - got out.
Zimmerman told police he lost sight of the teenager and was walking back to his sport utility vehicle when he was suddenly attacked.
But Trayvon's girlfriend Deedee, 16, who was on the phone with Trayvon in his last moments alive, emerged Wednesday to add more contradiction to Zimmerman's story.
She told ABC News in a brief interview that Trayvon said he saw a strange man following him as he walked back to his father's home.
'... and then Trayvon come and said the man was still behind him and I said to him, "Run!"' the teen said.
He and Martin fought, according to witnesses.
Zimmerman said Martin punched him in the nose and slammed his head against the ground.
Zimmerman’s father Robert Zimmerman echoed those remarks on Wednesday night, telling WOFL-TV his son was being beaten by Trayvon, and the teen threatened him
during the scuffle.
He told the network: 'Trayvon Martin said something to the effect of "you're going to die now or you're going to die tonight," something to that effect'.
He added: ‘[Martin] continued to beat George and at some point, George pulled his pistol and did what he did’.
Zimmerman told cops he acted in self-defense, and that he had yelled for help before firing the gun.
Police said Zimmerman was bleeding from his nose and the back of his head.
But the surveillance video shows no injuries consistent with that type of trauma.
Additionally, Richard Kurtz, the funeral director who handled Trayvon's body, told CNN he saw no bruising on the teen's knuckles.
'I didn't see any evdience that he had been fighting anybody,' Kurtz said.
In the police video, Zimmerman appears calm as his pockets are checked and he’s led to a questioning room by three officers.
In an appearance on MSNBC’s PoliticsNation on Wednesday night, the mother of a witness in the case said that she doesn't believe the account of Zimmerman's lawyer.
When asked by host Al Sharpton if she believed Zimmerman acted in self-defence, Cheryl Brown answered: 'Not at all'.
The fact that he has not been arrested nor charged in the case has fuelled a widespread outcry marked by protests, accusations of racism and demands that Zimmerman be
taken in.
New picture: This image taken from a Twitter account that reportedly belonged to
Trayvon, shows an older image of the teen - just as new reporting is casting a different
light on his behaviour
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Speaking out: Trayvon's parents, Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton, talked about their
son's death at a public forum sponsored by Democrats on Capitol Hill on Tuesday
Video: Shooter of Florida teen appears uninjured in police video
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