Father says he never denied screams were Trayvon

Yahoo News ^ | July 8, 2013 | MIKE SCHNEIDER and KYLE HIGHTOWER | Associated Press

[Uncle Chip]

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — Trayvon Martin's father testified Monday that he never denied it was his son's voice screaming for help on a 911 call, contradicting police officers' earlier testimony at George Zimmerman's second-degree murder trial.

Tracy Martin said that he merely told officers he couldn't tell if it was his son after his first time listening to the call.

"I never said that wasn't my son's voice," said Tracy Martin, who added that he concluded it was his son after listening to the call as many as 20 times.

Tracy Martin's testimony came after the lead investigator probing Martin's death testified that the father had answered "no" when the detective asked if the screams belonged to Trayvon Martin. Officer Chris Serino played the 911 call for Tracy Martin in the days immediately following Trayvon Martin's death in February 2012.

"He looked away and under his breath he said 'no'," Serino said of Tracy Martin.

Officer Doris Singleton backed up Serino's account. Convincing the jury of whose voice is on the tape is important to both sides because it would help jurors decide who was the aggressor in the confrontation that left Martin dead. Relatives of Martin's and George Zimmerman's have offered conflicting opinions about who is heard screaming.

During cross examination of Serino, prosecutor Bernie de la Rionda suggested that Tracy Martin may have been in denial about his son's death and uttered, 'no." "It could be perceived as denial," Serino said............

[Uncle Chip]

The investigator's testimony was just the latest effort to determine who was crying for help on the 911 calls. A series of Zimmerman's friends on Monday testified that the screams on the recording were their friend, and the 911 call was played multiple times in the courtroom..........

[vpintheak]

Everyone said it was Zimmerman screaming. Except Trayvons parents. Racists!

[ontap]

So....how much credence does one put into the testimony of the perps parents!!!

[South40]

Everyone said it was Zimmerman screaming. Except Trayvons parents. Racists

Actually, you are the one who is racist for pointing that out. :-P

[E. Pluribus Unum]

His word against the cops’ word.

[Vendome]

“I never said that wasn’t my son’s voice,” said Tracy Martin, who added that he concluded it was his son after listening to the call as many as 20 times.

Uh, huh....

[Iron Munro]

Trayvon Martin's father testified Monday that he never denied it was his son's voice screaming for help on a 911 call,
contradicting police officers' earlier testimony at George Zimmerman's second-degree murder trial.

[Uncle Chip]

The two officers corroborated each other’s accounts and in doing so left Tracey’s prefabricated answer hanging like a chad.

[don-o]

Any conjecture about whether that session was recorded?

[InterceptPoint]

For anyone who is following this closer than me:

Why would the defense call Trayvon’s father?

[kanawa]

Perjury

[Uncle Chip]

Because otherwise the two previous officer’s statements that he said it wasn’t his son’s voice could have been stricken as hearsay.

[Uncle Chip]

I don’t think it was because they would have had to tell them so ahead of time.

[Slyfox]

He is lying through his teeth! I have a claptrap memory, especially when something happens out of the ordinary and makes me sit up and take notice.

He said shortly after "the scream" was made available that it was NOT his son's voice.

[Uncle Chip]

After that there was this exchange between O’Mara and Tracey:

Omara asked Tracy if he told his attorney Crump to say that he didnt tell LE that it wasn’t his son, as O’Mara holds Crump’s deposition from the day before. Tracy says NO.

O’Mara then asked Tracy a couple of times: DID YOU NOT TELL YOUR ATTNY TO SAY .... Each time Tracy said NO — I DID NOT TELL MY ATTNY TO SAY ANYTHING.

When Tracy left the stand, he walked out of the courtroom with his new attorney Daryl Parks, Crump’s law partner.

[CA Conservative]

Why would the defense call Trayvon’s father?

After listening to the lawyer ask TM's father about his interactions with Crump and Sybrina, I have a hunch that something significant came up in the Crump deposition yesterday, and they were laying the groundwork for a little surprise later.

[freedomrings69]

And when it was explained to him what answer they needed. He is going into sketchy territory accusing the police of lying.

[freedomrings69]

Actually this is nonsense. Martin was beating the crap out of Zimmerman what did he have to scream about.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

I knew those hanging chads would come back someday.

[Uncle Chip]

His knuckles were hurting and he was getting tired of punching —