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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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To: IChing

Untill the idiot prosecutors slip up and allude to any aspects of St. Skittle’s past - like what a good boy he was; and then the defense attornies will spring.


41 posted on 06/24/2013 10:55:11 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: SeminoleCounty

GMTA (my post 41)


42 posted on 06/24/2013 10:56:23 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: chessplayer

I think the joke worked. It played right into what the ordeal that the jurors have gone through so far, in terms of selection, processing, red tape, etc.


43 posted on 06/24/2013 10:56:32 AM PDT by IChing
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To: Responsibility2nd

I don’t think so, I thought the “judge” said no social media stuff could be entered?


44 posted on 06/24/2013 11:00:22 AM PDT by mykroar (China and Russia are playing chess while Obamas's playing 52 card pick-up.)
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To: Sacajaweau

Anyone who knows nothing about this is to ignorant to be on a jury. IMHO.


45 posted on 06/24/2013 11:01:21 AM PDT by Revel
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To: mykroar

See post 39 and 41. As soon as the Crumps open that door - in will come NO_LIMIT.


46 posted on 06/24/2013 11:15:18 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: IChing

Are you sure? After he delivered the joke, he said with a surprised face, “Nothing?!”


47 posted on 06/24/2013 11:17:48 AM PDT by BuckeyeTexan (There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind. ~Steve Earle)
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To: SeminoleCounty
They have already called Travyon a “boy” just days past being 16. That is close enough for me but I am not the judge.

I told myself I would NOT watch this but I WILL stop now! :)

48 posted on 06/24/2013 11:19:00 AM PDT by Ditter
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To: chessplayer

I would be nodding my head just to stay awake during this circus.


49 posted on 06/24/2013 11:22:38 AM PDT by Jaded (Really? Seriously?)
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To: chessplayer

Don West is slaughtering the opening statements. He stumbles over his points instead of driving them home. He misspeaks then corrects himself. He pauses and backs up chronologically which confuses the timeline. Good grief.

I’ve heard that Mark O’Mara is an outstanding defense attorney. Why isn’t he delivering the opening statements?


50 posted on 06/24/2013 11:37:19 AM PDT by BuckeyeTexan (There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind. ~Steve Earle)
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To: SoCal Pubbie
I sat on a municipal court jury in Contra Costa County for an underage DUI case, and we were all given notebooks for our own notes. We had to leave them in the courtroom overnight, and they were collected at the end of the trial.

-PJ

51 posted on 06/24/2013 11:41:58 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Knock knock.

Who’s there?

Skittzles.

Skittzles who?

Skittzles ‘n ice teees, biatch!


52 posted on 06/24/2013 11:43:46 AM PDT by mkboyce
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To: BuckeyeTexan

Yes, I’m sure I heard some chuckles throughout the courtroom.


53 posted on 06/24/2013 11:54:04 AM PDT by IChing
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To: BuckeyeTexan

I wound up wishing O’Mara was doing it. O’Mara is a lot shrewder and smoother, from where I sit. Still, West covered a LOT of salient stuff that is utterly devastating to the prosecution.

The judge is coming across like a menopausal witch. #EstrogenTravesty


54 posted on 06/24/2013 11:57:07 AM PDT by IChing
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To: Sacajaweau
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.

Are we talking about jurors or the majority of the regular uninformed voting public? /sarc

55 posted on 06/24/2013 11:58:26 AM PDT by Zack Attack
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To: Responsibility2nd

I think that joke was a subtle reminder to the jury that they have to clear their minds as to what they knew about Mr Zimmerman before they were seated.

I see nothing wrong with that joke.
Although a joke in the midst of a serious trial is out of place. Times have changed. Where’s Perry Mason?


56 posted on 06/24/2013 12:01:49 PM PDT by 1_Rain_Drop
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To: Responsibility2nd

So, did the defencse get a call last night from hussein to intentionally lose the case? Can’t have whitey get out of this... oh, wait, part hispanic and part black, ooops.


57 posted on 06/24/2013 12:07:30 PM PDT by bgill (This reply was mined before it was posted.)
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To: Political Junkie Too

Could it vary by County? I’d swear we were told not to take notes.


58 posted on 06/24/2013 12:11:25 PM PDT by SoCal Pubbie
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To: 1_Rain_Drop

The way he prefaced it was appropriate and profound, but most people will never hear or read about that.


59 posted on 06/24/2013 12:30:03 PM PDT by IChing
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To: IChing

...which is okay, perhaps, because the jury is who counts, really.


60 posted on 06/24/2013 12:30:45 PM PDT by IChing
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