Darby Borough and its council president officially join the chorus of ill-informed, conclusion jumpers on the Trayvon Martin case.

This was something the Darby community needed to do,” council President Janice Davis said. “There’s been a lot of false information going around about (Martin), and it’s got nothing to do with the issues we need to talk about. He was murdered. He was gunned down. We’re here to support his family and anyone else who finds themselves in a situation like this.”

He was murdered? Says who? No charges have been filed against Martin's killer, George Zimmerman, who is claiming self defense. What does Janice Davis know about the details of the case that allows her to make such a statement?

Does she know that, according to the victim, eyewitnesses and Sanford police, Martin was the "aggressor" that night.

From the Los Angeles Times:

The Orlando Sentinel is reporting that police sources say Martin was the aggressor on Feb. 26, knocking Zimmerman to the ground with a single punch and then climbing on top of the 28-year-old neighborhood watch captain and slamming the back of his head into the ground. Police say this account, given by Zimmerman, is supported by eyewitnesses, according to the Sentinel's report.

 One such witness reportedly told police that he saw Martin on top of Zimmerman, striking the man, while Zimmerman cried out for help. The attack left Zimmerman bloodied, police sources told the Sentinel, and led him to fire at Martin in self-defense.

Police say Zimmerman was bleeding from the nose, had a fat lip and confirm that the back of his head was cut. He received first aid at the scene but refused to go to the hospital and received medical treatment the following day, according to the Sentinel's sources.

The Sentinel's story also makes public new details about the circumstances leading up to the deadly confrontation between Zimmerman and Martin.

At the time, Martin was suspended from high school after he was found to be in possession of an empty marijuana baggie, according to the Sentinel. Martin's school has a "zero-tolerance" drug policy, the newspaper added.

Zimmerman was heading to the grocery store when he spotted Martin and called police to report a black youth acting suspiciously, possibly on drugs.

Zimmerman stepped out of his SUV to follow Martin, even though a police dispatcher told him he didn't need to do so.

Zimmerman told police he he'd lost sight of Martin and was heading back to his car when the youth suddenly stepped into his path. According to the Sentinel, Martin asked Zimmerman if he had a problem. Zimmerman said no and reached for his cellphone. Martin then said something like, "Well, you do now" and punched him, according to the Sentinel's sources.

Now, some - or all of that - may not be true. But the investigation goes on. Still, thousands of people have jumped to their own conclusions based on little more than wild and overtly racist conspiracy theories.

Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter has called what happened that night an "assassination." That might win him a few more votes from members of Philadelphia's paranoid community, but he disgraces his office by saying such baldly inaccurate and inflammatory things.

Davis and others have joined him in this sort of clownish stupidity. Fair-minded and responsible people are calling them on it. And we should continue to do so.