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,
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
Guess what? Even if the prosecution said, “Your honor, nobody in this courtroom think Zimmerman murdered Trayvon. I spoke with the parents and, after hearing all this, THEY now believe Zimmerman acted in self defense....”
THERE WILL STILL BE RIOTS.
There is no stopping the riots. Hell, they may riot if he’s found guilty. I can’t even be sure they won’t in THAT case.
Agreed....
You have a lot of faith in low info women voters of Florida.
One out of six will do.
"What will the state do to protect us after we have reached a verdict?"
“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.”
The more I think about this the more questions I have. I assume the gun was in a waistband holster at or behind the hip. There is a guy mounted MMA style across his chest, stomach or waist. In any case Martin’s knees or legs would be covering Zim’s waist/gun. How would Marthin see the gun? How could Zim draw? Especially when someone is punching his face.
If the jury is honest, it will have no choice to to acquit Zimmerman.
If I'd proofread my statement more carefully, I'd have added:
If the jury is honest, it will have no choice but to to acquit Zimmerman.
That's all the difference in the world! Sorry for the confusion, everyone!
“I said ‘Help me. Help me. He's killing me,’” Zimmerman said. He then told the police investigator that Martin replied: “You're going to die tonight.”
Zimmerman said he struggled with Martin. As they fought, Zimmerman said his clothes were pushed up enough to show his gun. Zimmerman said he thought Martin was reaching for the weapon so the neighborhood watch volunteer said he shot Martin.
“You got me,” the teenager said, Zimmerman told the officer.”
Whether or not Martin actually reached or the gun, or lunged but didn't touch it, or whatever, is immaterial. Zimmerman was threatened with death, thought Martin was going for the gun, and defended himself. I'm not going to lose sleep over the mechanics of the scuffle.
fox has been sliding bit by bit over to the dark side.
I’ve looked at everything out there including the police report on the gun. I’ve yet to see anything mentioned about Martin’s fingerprints on the gun. There are reports that the gun malfunctioned and did not chamber a round after being fired. The police report doesn’t address that. A malfunction would be consistent with the two grappling with the gun and the slide not being able to cycle.
Martin could have chosen not to confront Zimmerman and gone back to the place he was staying. Instead after looking at the pictures of the commons area it appears he hid behind one of the patio privacy screens until Zimmerman broke off the search and turned around. That is consistent with the direction that Zimmerman said that Martin approached him. Martin, given his history of fighting and the made up story about swinging on a bus driver, probably thought he had an easy target for the knock out game.
The kid was soon to be dead wrong.
The first officer on the scene secured GZand the gun. He testifed he remove the magazine then drew the slide back clearing the chamber.. I’m not sure that he said there was or wasn’t a round in chamber.
I had heard the story that you heard about the gun not recycling, which I believe to be thr true fact.
Stay safe
I’m 10 miles from Sanford, L&L
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.