[O'Reilly Factor] Stunning new developments in the Trayvon Martin case

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ABC News is reporting and Fox News is confirming that a Florida doctor
examined George Zimmerman hours after his confrontation with Trayvon
Martin on February 26th.


You'll remember, Zimmerman shot the 17-year-old dead and has now been
charged with second degree murder. According to the doctor, George
Zimmerman suffered a "closed fracture" of his nose, a pair of black eyes,
two lacerations to the back of his head and minor back injury. Also
Zimmerman had bruising to his upper lip and cheek. Obviously all of that
points to a physical confrontation between him and Trayvon Martin.

After the initial story broke, pundits went wild. You remember that. And
you also may remember that I called for restraint when analyzing the
case. I asked the commentators who were convicting George Zimmerman on
television to stop. Here is an example of how crazy things were.

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HANK JOHNSON (D) GEORGIA CONGRESSMAN : He was executed for WWB in a GC;
walking while black in a gated community.

FREDERICA WILSON (D), FLORIDA CONGRESSWOMAN: Trayvon was hunted down like
a rabid dog. He was shot in the street. He was racially profiled.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

O'REILLY: Obviously those very intense and inflammatory statements are
now being challenged by the evidence. The doctor who examined Zimmerman
will be a key witness in the upcoming trial.

Now, once again I do not want to try this case on television but because
it has become a national controversy. Loaded with racial implications,
the doctor's report is major news. This latest exposition should prove to
Americans once and for all -- once and for all, the case needs to be
tried in front of a jury and people need to stop jumping to conclusions
and exploiting the death of an American teenager for their own purposes.

That's right. Trayvon Martin was used by pundits and politicians to make
political and social points... very wrong.

Mr. Zimmerman is out on bail. He is in hiding. His life has been
threatened. His next court date August 8th. But a full trial will most
likely not begin until next year.

And that's "The Memo."


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