Posted on 06/24/2013 1:01:12 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Conference room, yesterday afternoon:
Zimmerman defense attorney Mark O'Mara: Look, Don, I know how much you love knock-knock jokes. But are you sure the opening statement of a murder trial is an appropriate setting for one?
Zimmerman defense attorney Don West: If there is one place where a knock-knock joke is most appropriate, it's a murder trial.
O'Mara: Listen, Don, let's—
West: Knock-knock.
O'Mara: No, come on, Don, not now. West: Knock-knock.
O'Mara: [Sighs.] Who's there?
West: Mark.
O'Mara: Mark who?
West: Mark who should just shut his stupid face because he doesn't know the first thing about being a trial lawyer, or knock-knock jokes, and should just go order the Chinese food like he said he was going to do half an hour ago and should not forget to ask for brown rice instead of white rice, like he did last time.
O'Mara: Okay, Don. That's not even a joke — that's just a string of insults. West: Knock-knock.
The awkward moment when you realize you hired an incompetent attorney to keep you out of jail.
*Sigh*
The prosecutor basically convinced me that he (the prosecutor) is mentally ill by his own opening statements.
I could have given a better opening statement for the defense, for free.
Lame
It would be nice if Zimmerman had a lawyer.
So, both attorneys are mentally ill? It sounds like the defense attorney thinks he’ll get more attention if Zimmerman is convicted. He’s operating at a sub-Geragos level.
The first minute is the most important.
The prosecutor basically convinced me that he (the prosecutor) is mentally ill by his own opening statements.
The prosecutor quite intelligently gave a emotionally-laden, fact-light opening statement - which is what the circumstances of his case required.
Far from being crazy, he shrewdly did what he needed to do.
WTF???
Ok, I am not someone who watches many trials, but what the heck is this lawyer trying to do?
Now the pro Trayvon people are always saying that the screaming on the recordings were Trayvon screaming for his life. I don’t think any of them deny he hit Zimmerman (although they call it a scuffle between the two).
My question, is do they believe that he was screaming for his life as he saw the gun before or after or during he was “fighting” with Zimmerman.
I honestly cannot see any even remote scenario where someone sees a gun, so they start screaming for their life like crazy, but then starts punching the one that makes them scream for their life.
Q: What’s wrong with Lawyer jokes?
A: Lawyers don’t think they’re funny, and nobody else thinks they’re jokes.
Well, at least he’ll have a strong argument for a new trial based on poor legal representation.
If I had to guess, trying to get his client convicted.
If I had to guess, trying to get his client convicted.
If I had to guess, trying to get his client convicted.
As a general rule, if the joke teller has to tell the audience that the joke was funny after nobody laughs — then the joke wan’t funny.
:-) I actually asked that of some local ambulance chaser at a walk-up booth at a conference I attended. But, in my defense, his sign *did* say "Please ask me about anything!"
You would either go for the gun, run away, or plead: "Don't shoot, man - we can work this out, etc."
Realistically, you are not going to assume that a random stranger in shouting distance is going to come running in time to willingly disarm a gunman.
You shout help if you are being beaten up - since a random stranger within shouting distance is more likely to (a) stop a fistfight rather than a gunfight and (b) a random stranger cannot outrun a bullet but usually can get there before you are beaten to death.
Had Martin spoken on tape I would have expected to hear: "No! Don't!" or "Don't shoot!"
I was once in a store where a guy pulled out a gun and began pointing it at everyone in there.
Believe me, screaming “Help! Help!” was the last thing on my mind.
The claims that it was Trayvon screaming are so improbable that it’s not even funny. Yet, it seems like that’s what all the YouTube posters seem to believe.
I did not shout "Help!"
He said: "C'mon mother******."
I said: "Here" and handed him my wallet and watch.
I highly doubt that Trayvon Martin had less "street knowledge" than I have.
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