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Jurors hear F-bomb, knock-knock joke as George Zimmerman murder trial begins
Fox News ^ | 06/24/2013 | Fox News

Posted on 06/24/2013 9:24:25 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd

The prosecutor cursed and the defense attorney told a joke as both sides laid out opening arguments in the murder trial of George Zimmerman, the man who killed Florida teen Trayvon Martin in what his lawyers say was self-defense and authorities say was a case of fatal profiling.

The all-female jury of six took in both unconventional statements, alternately stunned, taking notes and at times appearing to nod in agreement. Jaws in the jury box dropped when prosecutor John Guy electrified the courtroom with a short, but profanity-laced and impassioned argument that sought to paint the defendant as an angry and out-of-control vigilante who was stalking Martin when he shot the teen in the gated community in Sanford, where he lived.

“F---ing punks,” prosecutor John Guy said in open court, quoting Zimmerman's own words to a non-emergency police dispatcher. “These a--holes, they always get away.”

The language -- rare for open court -- appeared to stun the six female jurors who must decide whether Zimmerman shot and killed the 17-year-old African-American teen in self defense, or if he stalked the youth and provoked the deadly confrontation.

“Those were the words in that grown man’s mouth as he followed, in the dark, a 17-year-old boy who he didn’t know,” continued Guy, as jurors in the Florida courtroom listened intently, some taking notes. “And excuse my language, but those were his words, not mine.”

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: florida; georgezimmerman; kangaroocourt; martin; trayvonmartin; zimmerman
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We expected this to be a circus. And so it begins.
1 posted on 06/24/2013 9:24:25 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: Responsibility2nd

FTA:
Don West followed with opening statements on behalf of Zimmerman, offering a knock-knock joke that fell flat before the stone-faced jurors.

“Who’s there?” West said. “George Zimmerman. George Zimmerman who? Okay, good. You’re on the jury.”


2 posted on 06/24/2013 9:25:36 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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Probably not the best way to get the jury on your side.


3 posted on 06/24/2013 9:29:10 AM PDT by chris37 (Heartless.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Interesting how laws on juries vary from state to state. Only six jurors here, and if I recall my jury duty correctly, in California notes are not allowed.


4 posted on 06/24/2013 9:30:59 AM PDT by SoCal Pubbie
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“Who’s there?” West said. “George Zimmerman. George Zimmerman who? Okay, good. You’re on the jury.”


Incredibly bone headed to tell that joke in court. However, it is hilarious.


5 posted on 06/24/2013 9:34:18 AM PDT by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

That was a STUPID move


6 posted on 06/24/2013 9:34:25 AM PDT by CGASMIA68
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To: Responsibility2nd

“And excuse my language, but those were his words, not mine.”
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oh yes they were yours

you made them yours by repeating them..


7 posted on 06/24/2013 9:34:33 AM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: Responsibility2nd
He's quite right. All these people said they "know nothing"...about Zimmerman and the case. They don't watch the news, read the paper or talk to people.

Statistically, their "ignorance" is next to impossible.

Would love a picture of just one of the jurors in an anti-George rally.

8 posted on 06/24/2013 9:35:26 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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Knock Knock...Who’s there?

Me! Zimmerman’s asinine and adolescent defense attorney, who doesn’t take you or this case seriously...


9 posted on 06/24/2013 9:35:45 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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Not really....just a reminder that the jurors have already, "more than likely" lied to get on the jury.

Book deals make people do funny things.

10 posted on 06/24/2013 9:37:08 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To bad the defense didn’t play Martins foul tweets for the jury, tells a lot about his character. I bet these women jurors would find them enlightening.


11 posted on 06/24/2013 9:39:12 AM PDT by mardi59 (IMPEACH OBAMA NOW!!!!!)
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“When Guy said Zimmerman “made a decision that brought us all here today,” the juror identified as E6 nodded her head in apparent agreement”


Well, there it is. Barely started and one juror has already found him guilty. Zimmerman doesn’t stand a chance. Not with his a-hole attorney cracking stupid jokes.


13 posted on 06/24/2013 9:49:10 AM PDT by chessplayer
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Oh, I’m sure NO_LIMIT_NIGGA will make an appearance.


14 posted on 06/24/2013 9:49:53 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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I am hoping so.


15 posted on 06/24/2013 9:55:08 AM PDT by mardi59 (IMPEACH OBAMA NOW!!!!!)
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Zimmerman is so screwed!


16 posted on 06/24/2013 9:55:10 AM PDT by Taxman (So that the beautiful pressure does not diminish!)
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The language -- rare for open court -- appeared to stun the six female jurors

Nobody is stunned by the F Bomb anymore.

17 posted on 06/24/2013 9:56:27 AM PDT by P-Marlowe (There can be no Victory without a fight and no battle without wounds.)
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But the procecution said he said “these f***ing punks always get away....” Clearly a deception designed to seem predijudicial...in the real world we call it lying to the jury...

Actually, according to the article, that is not what the prosecutor said.
18 posted on 06/24/2013 10:00:19 AM PDT by drjimmy
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To: Responsibility2nd

trying to lose the case before it starts, what an idiot to tell that joke or any joke.


19 posted on 06/24/2013 10:13:17 AM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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Heck, if I were the judge, I’d charge the lawyer with Contempt of Court for telling such a lame-a$$ joke.


20 posted on 06/24/2013 10:14:08 AM PDT by dfwgator
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