Posted on 07/02/2013 10:04:19 AM PDT by Red Steel
George Zimmerman's best friend and the author of a book defending him said the neighborhood watch volunteer told him Trayvon Martin went for his gun as the two grappled in a gated community in Florida last year.
Mark Osterman took the stand in Zimmerman's second degree murder trial and told jurors what Zimmerman recounted to him when he picked him up from the Sanford Police station after the Feb. 26, 2012 incident.
"Somehow I broke his grip on the gun when the guy grabbed between the grip and hammer," Osterman, author of "Defending our Friend: The Most Hated Man in America," said, quoting a Zimmerman he described as "stunned" and "detached. ...
Earlier Tuesday, the lead police detective who investigated the shooting, took the stand for a second day and said the defendant's story remained consistent throughout the investigation. Sanford Police Det. Christopher Serino, who initially wanted to charge Zimmerman with manslaughter but was overruled,
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That's a mighty big if...
Every significant state witness for the prosecution gets effectively crossed and impeached on the stand. It is about over.
The news hear is that Sanford Police Det. Christopher Serino who wanted to charge Zim with Manslaughter, was not overruled because of the facts, but on interpretation of the law. Also, he in no way thought second degree murder.
See post #24
Think: Casey Anthony.
Nothing will give me complete confidence that Zimmerman will be found not guilty. No matter how many witnesses or how much evidence back up his story. My heart sank when I heard that it is an all women jury.
< Although any reasonable person with an IQ greater than 80 would vote “not guilty” I’ll bet ya 10 bucks that none of the six jurors meets those standards and will,as a result,convict him. >
Every time i think about high-profile juries nowadays, i start wondering what their NSA files have in them. Sad.
IIRC, after Martin was shot, Zimmerman testified (in the recording) that he did get on top briefly and hold him down. I think Martin was face down at the time which would mean that GZ slipped out from under him.
Oops...didn’t see your comment before making mine.
“There also was conflicting testimony from neighbors that witnessed parts of the struggle between Martin and Zimmerman. Some said it appeared the LARGER Zimmerman was straddling Martin, but neighbor Jonathan Good said it appeared Martin was on top.”
I wonder about Zimmerman being larger than Martin. Sure he is bigger now that he gained some weight but all the pictures I’ve seen of him after this happened showed him being much smaller. And Martin was 6 ft+ wasn’t he?
“George Zimmerman’s best friend and the author of a book defending him said the neighborhood watch volunteer told him Trayvon Martin went for his gun...”
I find the gun grab to be the shakiest part of this story. Seems way too convenient to justify the shooting. Martin grabs the gun, Zim notices it while being beaten senseless, gets Martin’s hand off it, draws and shoots? Seems unlikely unless Martin saw the gun being drawn tried to grab it and failed. Its easy to have your perception of events be wrong during stress.
Exactly....Excellent post.
True, but they are human and will fear for their safety and being hated by blacks and ridiculed and harassed constantly by the media by if they acquit. Honesty may have to take a back seat. We will see.
I don’t find it shaky at all. Zimmerman’s jacket slides back, exposing the gun, they both reach for it, a tussle ensues and Zimmerman wins. Not hard to imagine at all.
If the jury are fair enough, they will have no choice to to acquit Zimmerman.
If the jury have conscience, they will have no choice to to acquit Zimmerman.
Hope so. but given what I know about juries. we won’t know for sure until the verdict is read.
True.
The best reporting on the trial that I’ve found is here:
(no, it’s not my blog.)
The prosecution basically has no case, their own witnesses back up the defendant’s story, let alone never coming close to overcoming the “reasonable doubt” standard.
Those low-information voters who are getting their take on this trial from the MSM and lefty websites are getting a different story than what is being presented to the jury.
And the defense hasn’t even started their case yet.
After seeing the Prosecution playing the Hannity interview, I think I have this figured out.
The prosecution has known all along that the original inditement was bogus and they would never convict.
So the goal is to appease the blacks with a trial and at the same time publicize and show how very clearly innocent Zimmerman is, all to avoid an excuse for riots and looting.
It is, but it's the best testimony available indicating Zimmerman's credibility.
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