(Yahoo News) – Jurors on Monday heard George Zimmerman say he never tried to identify himself as a neighborhood watch volunteer to Trayvon Martin before fatally shooting the unarmed black teenager.
“I was scared,” Zimmerman said in a taped police interrogation three days after the killing in this central Florida town, which was replayed at his murder trial.
The six-member, all-female jury in Seminole County court listened to a tape of the February 29 interrogation, during which lead police investigator Chris Serino suggested that Zimmerman had several opportunities to defuse his fatal encounter with Martin before it ended in bloodshed.
But Zimmerman acknowledged he never sought to identify himself to the youth, who was a stranger never before seen by Zimmerman and aroused the neighborhood watchman’s suspicions as the youth walked through the housing development on that rainy night.
A good recap of today’s proceedings.
ttp://youtu.be/GL-TMcrwoYA&rel=0
Opps. Sorry. Screwed up on the link.
http://youtu.be/GL-TMcrwoYA&rel=0
Rachel Jeantel’s friend is going to be on Dr. Drew TONIGHT, HLN.
OK! Thank you, Xena!
It was short, and her friend was on the phone, but it goes to show that someone who knows Jeantel is not afraid to speak up.
Xena, I had to go out for a bit and I missed it. Does Dr Drew repeat?
Mark O’Mara’s was on 360 with Anderson Cooper. It sounded like the State may not be able to introduce GZ’s school records into evidence. Not sure, as I was surfing and came upon him talking. He’s making the media rounds to gain support for it.
Judge Nelson tabled that until the morning. Even if GZ’s criminal justice class records are not allowed, there is still his application to the Maryland police and his civilian ride with Sanford cops that the State can use to support the “wannabee cop” issue.
Hi Ametia, know I’m late with this question, but I thought there was a gag order on the attorneys? Of course is Omara a respectable attorney? Does he want Hudge Nelson to hate him?
Hi Carol. No gag order. Prosecutors have asked 3 times and were denied.
Damn! ! !
Sorry, thanks for answering so quickly pardon my manners. I’d just want O’mara to put a sock in it!
Should be. :-(
Whit no Bobby @FuckinQueer54s
“Im not here for the bullshit.”
-Dr. Rao
Kevin Enrique Lemuel @KevRique55s
Dr. Rao be throwing scientific shade at O’mara 😃😃😃
Ignacio Carrion @igcarr1m
O’Mara: If a unicorn jumped on my back, then Hannibal Lecter tripped me & I landed on the concrete….. Dr. Rao: It’s possible. #Zimmerman
Bianca @AsetDivine1m
I gotta listen to Bettyle Lavette “I’m Not the One” after that because Dr. Rao was letting O’Mara know she was NOT the one
Honey Molasses @VivaLaTwix2m
Prosecution should take a pic w Dr Rao and IG it saying “We beat stupidity today”
Anthony @FirstName_Ant 5m
Dr. Rao said put some damn neosporin on the cuts and shut tf up lol
HILARIOUS!
**Hollaring**
I watched one short segment on Rev. Al’s show of Dr. Rap; she showed how she could punch herself in front of the jury and it would produce the injuries GZ had. I have no context, but I thought that was interesting. I agree with the theory about the gun recoil. I had been thinking GZ had somehow created those wounds himself. Since I have heard so little actual testimony I don’t know if he had time to do that. Thanks for posting the timeline of the calls. I knew that would highlight the short amount of time of phone calls. That’s enough for me to know GZ was locked and loaded and ready to do damage to Trayvon. Is there a site on you tube I can see past testimony. Thanks everyone.
Oh I forgot to say, I’ll see y’all tomorrow or later on tonight.
Make it a promise, Granny!
Okay, sorry I don’t have much to say today, except that I’m glad that the prosecution is exposing Zimmerman’s lying child killing ass, And I’m glad that the prosecution brought up West and his daughters picture that was posted. West knows that his daughters and he were making fun of Rachel. Slimy, sleazy, immoral, shysters = West and MOM.
Well…I’m going and look at my favorite show “House Hunters.” I love that show, enjoy seeing different layouts of homes and trying to guess which house people will pick. It’s informative too
Have a blessed and victorious day!.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erVzhz-OsYc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISVMogzRw6A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_ijakvFDso
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqpnDdDw-3Y
THANKS, SG2! I’m REALLY going to ENJOY watching Dr. Valerie Rao snatch O’Mara’s wig.
REPLAY, REPLAY, REPLAY:
Dr. Rao to MARK O’Mara: “WHY ARE WE LOOKING AT HALF PHOTOS AND DISTORTIONS, WHEN I HAVE FULL PHOTOS HERE?”
Short: Get that SHIDIGGETY out of my face. I’ve got the real deal here, MOFO.
*dead * @ Get that SHIDIGGETY out of my face. I’ve got the real deal here, MOFO.
TY Ametia for answering my question Rene.
You’re welcome, CarolMae. Ever since Trayvon’s murder last year, Rene S. has been writing about the case in the Sentinel. She extremely BIASED
I gathered that. I tried very hard to stay away from that stuff. It’s not like I didn’t know it wasn’t happening, I just didn’t take names or read it. I can’t stand the commenting lawyers or most hosts, but it is what it is I guess. I really want justice for Trayvon and others in similar situations. I’m off to watch videos for a while. Stay strong. Thanks again or this blog.
George carried a loaded 9 mm semi automatic and was afraid of a 17 year old unarmed black boy. OOOPS!
I’m wondering if the State introduced the latent print expert to set a stage that it’s impossible for a person to own a gun, used it repeatedly at a firing range, and only leave one unidentifiable fingerprint behind. If rain diminishes fingerprints, then it would mean that Zimmerman had that gun out in the elements, rather than only between himself and Trayvon for the time it took for him to aim and fire.
@Xena Maybe Z wiped the gun before he holstered it. Trayvon never touched that gun. Z knew he killed & also knew police procedure.
Hi Granny.
There’s a possibility that Zimmerman wiped the gun to remove fingerprints — in the event that Jon used the gun to “impact” Zimmerman’s head.
Zimmerman knew police procedure, especially the how to’s on handling firearms. That’s what the state wants to enter into evidence tomorrow, his crime school records, grades, etc.
Zimmerman is not smiling like he was on Hannity’s show. Same thing make you laugh, will make you cry.
Yes; because GZ thought he was surrounded in that little FOX bubble of hate and bigotry. He thought he had the protection of the complexion. Zimmerman Never thought he’d be sitting in a courtroom charged with 2nd degree MURDER.
That freak show with O’Mara questioning Dr. Rao about photos of GZ’s head injuries reminds me of the scene from the movie Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
Dr. Gonzo: “It’s okay. he’s just admiring the shape of your skull.” This is one of the more menacing “Fear And Loathing”quotes.
Okay, ladies, I’m back.
Yay! Glad to see you!
Granny, good to see you. We need your wise woman-speak.
What happened to Don West today?
His shit got shutdown. These MOFOs are finding out that TWITTER is Black folks’ 21st century weapon of choice.
LMAO!!!
Hola’ AG! As a matter of fact, POC in general rely on Twitter practically more than any other form of news source. MSM Can’t TRUST IT!
LOL!
Court is in recess until tomorrow 8:30am for attorneys. The jury will be back at 9am
Dr. Rao to O’Mara & nem:
There, now we can see it.
I see that HAG Rene.
Ugh! I despise her.
Who is Rene?
She writes for the “Orlando Sentinel.”
There’s Sybrina. She looks quite studious in her glasses.
The jury has been excused for the day. Judge Nelson says they need to take care of some things outside of their presence.
I’ll bet it’s about auguing whether GZ had knowledge of SYG. Because if he did and said he didn’t that would be oh soooooo INCRIMINATING
I recall soon after the re-enactment was release a lawyer noted that George hit all of the elements to make the shooting a SYG case.
I guess that was the real reason why George moved in with his BFF Osterman–so they could create a scenario which would fit the SYG law.
Nailed that! I do believe that Z thought he could use that defense until his lawyers said “No way!” We have to try for self defense so we can get your sorry ass off.
Exactly!
Next witness up
Kristen Benson. A seminole county sheriff fingerprint examiner
Yamiche Alcindor: Benson checking the slide of George Zimmerman ‘s gun for prints and she didn’t find one.
Court’s back in session..
I had to step away. Who was the witness?
A fingerprint examiner for seminole county sheriff department
Is it your understanding that Judge Nelson is allowing the state to address GZ’s crime school records in the morning?
The lawyers are going to research the case and take it up in the morning.
That’s what I thought. I suppose the defense is going to try and bring up Trayvon’s records
Please don’t let Don West question anyone. I ate a late lunch.. I don’t wanna go to sleep. I don’t want to miss anything. :)
So Judge Nelson is giving both parties time to prepare for the GZ’s crime school records
No way is O’Mara going to find case law to support his argument. I think it’s the only grade of A that Zimmerman earned in college. The rest of his grades were so low that even the A did not raise his GPA to a 3.0.
*DEAD*
LOL!
Court is in recess for 30 minutes.
O’Mara doesn’t want the STATE to present the evidence of GZ’s background in criminal education.
Because he does’;t want it to come out that GZ used that information to play RENT-A-COP.
The camera was just on Sybrina. She looks so dignified in her eyeglasses. Sending her love and hugs through the Spirit. God be with her.
I missed it. Dang!
Court’s back in session
Kyle Hightower: Judge says its her understanding that state is intro courses #Zimmerman took and wants to rebut references he made in Hannity interview.
Tony Pipitone : The state says witness Professor Carter will expound on written materials to say Stand Your Ground was taught in class Zimmerman took.
Going before the cameras, especailly FOX, before the trial is doing GZ and Co alot of favors about now isn’t it? LOL
Zimmerman stated on Hannity interview he’d never heard of SYG law.
ALL the LIES are backfiring.
Prosecutors filed a motion Monday in response to a photo defense attorney Don West’s daughter posted last week.
http://tiny.cc/6d0lzw
SANFORD — Prosecutors have asked a judge in the George Zimmerman trial to conduct an inquiry into an Instagram photo of a defense attorney eating ice cream with his daughters, but the lawyer said Tuesday that it was unrelated to testimony in the case.
Prosecutors claimed in their motion the photo was posted after defense attorney Don West’s tense cross-examination with prosecution witness Rachel Jeantel last week.
The caption in the photo posted by West’s daughter reads “We beat stupidity celebration cones” and the hashtag “#dadkilledit.”
Prosecutors said an inquiry was necessary “to ensure that witnesses and court proceedings are treated with respect and not as occasions for inappropriate jokes.”
West said in a court filing Tuesday that the ice cream photo was taken a day before Jeantel testified and has nothing to do with her testimony. He called the prosecution’s motion “irresponsible” and said he had nothing to do with the posting of the photo or its caption.
West said he has stopped for ice creams each night since the trial started and he was joined by his daughters a week ago. They decided to capture the moment with a photo because one of his daughters lives out of town, he said.
“It was not taken for any such purpose or in any way as a comment on anything having to do with the case,” West said in the filing. “To me it was a private moment with my family. My daughter accepts responsibility for her immature and insensitive comment and apologizes for it.”
Jeantel was talking to Trayvon Martin on the phone moments before he was fatally shot by George Zimmerman last year. She is considered a star witness for prosecutors.
Zimmerman pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder, claiming he shot Martin in self-defense.
The prosecution is irresponbible? POT MEET KETTLE.
The kickboxing QUESTIONS!
Zimmerman didn’t kill Trayvon because his head was allegedly being hit on concrete. Zimmerman said he shimmied his head off the sidewalk. That threat was removed.
Zimmerman didn’t kill Trayvon because Trayvon allegedly smothered him. Zimmerman said he killed Trayvon because Trayvon went for his gun. Once the State places focus on that in closing arguments, O’Mara has no argument to counter because Zimmerman plainly says that he pinned Trayvon’s arm to prevent him from getting to the gun — but Zimmerman took it from its holster, aimed, and shot Trayvon in the heart anyway.
Alright, Xena! Tell it!
There you GO!
Court is in recess for 15 minutes…
So now they want to address GZ’s school records in criminal law to prove that this MOFO tried to paly COP. LOSERS
Trayvon Martin Was One of the Few Guys Who Didn’t Tease Rachel Jeantel- ROD VEREEN
Jul 2, 2013
By Blackamericaweb.com
Tom Joyner Morning Show commentator Roland Martin talks with Rachel Jeantel’s attorney Rod Vereen about the 19-year-old’s crucial testimony in the George Zimmerman case, the misrepresentation of her character in the media and he reveals exclusive details about her friendship with Trayvon.
According to Vereen, Martin was one of the good guys who did not ridicule the teenager. Vereen recounted a prior interview with Jeantel where she explained their bond, “she said he was one of the few guys that never made fun of me, about the way I dressed, about the way I talked, about my hair, about my complexion… about my weight.”
http://blackamericaweb.com/142401/trayvon-martin-was-one-of-the-few-guys-who-didnt-tease-rachel-jeantel-rod-vereen/
This just made me cry. Poor Rachel lost her best friend, got treated like caca by West & then got trashed in the media. Pobresito, I am glad she has Mr Vereen to stand for her. Rachel did a fine job of standing to bear witness for Trayvon with respeto for his family & even for that scum West who treated her so nasty.
Is this Dr. Rao as good as twitter says?
Dr. Rao SNATCHED WIGS & told O’Mara she did it for FREE!
* HOLLERING*
**hollering**
Somebody call 911, I’m choking from laughing!
O’Mara, just go bang your own head on the sidewalk and then come tell if it’s possible, how’s that?
LMBAO He wants Dr. Rao to make up injuries for GZ. What kind of fuckery is this?
BWA HA HA HA
Dr. Rao to MOM: “WHY ARE WE LOOKING AT HALF PHOTOS AND DISTORTIONS, WHEN I HAVE FULL PHOTOS HERE?”
Now we are talking about imaginary injuries that no one can see.
O’Mara’s trying like hell to spin it though.
Zimmerman would have been standing upside down to get a bump on the top of his head.
I can’t wait until the witness from the gym testifies. I still believe that Zimmerman got his azz whipped at the gym that Friday.
Xena that stupid O’Mara rolling up i n court with distorted pics of GZ and wants a qualified medical examiner to buy that bullshit.
@Ametia. Ever hear of the “Christian Burial Speech”? That term was developed in a case to describe psychological means to get a defendant to agree or say what law enforcement wants. O’Mara is using that on witnesses. The first shield of defense for the target person is confidence. The second shield is to respond to show how the person questioning is wrong (such as O’Mara’s scenarios). West also tried that with Jeantel, but there’s no shame in her game.
LOL@*no shame in her game.* Xena, except for Rachel Jeantel, the witnesses who don’t live in Sanford seem to have the mentality of a gnat.
Yes; I’ve heard of it. That only works for folks who can be easily swayed, who leave themselves open for these kinds of pychic attacks. Preying on folks vulnerabilities and ignorance.
@Ametia.
Yes, and fear and shame. It’s like the accuser of the brethren … “If thou be … then do this.”
Sad thing about the case that introduced the Christian Burial Speech is that an admitted murderer was set free because of its use. So, using evil does not result in good.
Xena: Zimmerman would have been standing upside down to get a bump on the top of his head.
Alternately, Trayvon would have had been eight feet tall and had George by his ankles and slamming the top of his head directly onto the concrete.
Throughout GZ’s entire story-telling, he’s tried to paint Trayvon as some Super Human negro, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound! Look! in the trees, on the sidewalk! It’s Super NEGRO Trayvon! Just Damn ridiculous.
It’s Super NEGRO Trayvon! Just Damn ridiculous.
Yes. Just like all of his racist supporters have been playing up the Mandingo theory–Trayvon was a football player, a super athlete, strong.
They just haven’t called Trayvon a big strong buck yet, but I am sure they are thinking it.
Dr.Rao to O’Mara: IT’S JUST THE SHAPE OF THE HADE, MOFO!
I am so glad she is getting his smart snarky ass told.
I hope the doctor addresses that if the side of ZIm’s head was slammed, it somehow missed his elephant flop ears.
Oh, good one!
LOL Sit your ass down O’Mara. You’e way out of your league here.
Oh -oh. O’Mara doesn’t know where to go with Dr. Rao. She knows her stuff.
FINALLY—someone he can’t run over! About time.
Dr. Rao is not and will not be intimidated by these AMATUERS.
No ma’am!
@Ametia. You got that right.
Dr. Rao: No, he did not get hit six times!
Trayvon Martin and Black Manhood On Trial
Mychal Denzel Smith on July 2, 2013 – 10:36 AM ET\
SNIP
The jury will have to decide who they believe in this instance, Jeantel or Zimmerman, and it is this that has me concerned. Brittney Cooper, writing for Salon, captured it succinctly: “…black womanhood, black manhood and urban adolescence are always on trial in the American imaginary.”
Zimmerman’s innocence rests on the notion of Trayvon’s criminality. And in this country, it’s not that difficult to convince six people of the criminality of a 17-year-old black boy.
SNIP
http://www.thenation.com/blog/175065/trayvon-martin-and-black-manhood-trial#axzz2XulapGhx
O’Mara is trying to change law giving people the right to use deadly force in response to being hit in the nose. (sigh)
But you can only use deadly force if you’re hit in the nose by an unarmed black boy.
There, FIXED!
I wonder if the State tested the elbows of Trayvon’s hoodie to determine if any of George’s DNA was on it.
@roderick2012. The lab cut swabs of material from all the garments wherever they saw a stain.
wherever they saw a stain.
But Trayvon’s hoodie was black or blue so they could have missed some of George’s DNA (saliva, mucus, etc.).
@roderick2012.
Trayvon’s hoodie was dark grey. His sweatshirt beneath it was grey. Have you read the lab reports for where stains were detected and then tested? If not, maybe you should. I don’t believe that Trayvon’s elbow hit GZ in the nose. My contention is that the gun’s recoil injured GZ’s nose. He shot with one hand and the gunshot residue on the back of his jacket sleeve also gives reason to support recoil. In fact, GZ’s own re-enactment supports that he was hit by recoil.
http://youtu.be/DDQSldvDbMc&rel=0
O’mara’s trying to ask questions that require yes or no. Rao’s not having it. She’s going to give her accounting.
Has West done any cross-examination today?
I think he was up once but it was short. He’s remaining low key.
The geriatric POS is probably rattled that the whole world was mean to his baby girls.
@Liza. LOL!! Yep. West is totally embarrassed. That’s what he gets for attacking attorney Crump and Jeantel. It ain’t over yet. There’s more reaping for him.
Yes; because heaven forbid anyone pick on his baby girls. //SANRK
Memo to West and his girls: DON’T START NONE, WON’T BE NONE.
JN just told O’Mara:
Next witness up
Dr. Valerie Rao. medical examiner.
Dr. Valerie Rao is explaining the different kind of traumas people experience
Dr. Rao took samples from Zimmerman’s clothing.
Dr. Valerie Rao is chief of district covering Jacksonville
Tony Pipitone : Dr. Valerie Rao, accepted as expert, examined renactment video, 36 photos, medical history/record, police video, autopsy records, reports.
Cross-examining. Let’s see if she sticks to her script.
Dr. Valerie Rao: injuries to Zimmerman were “not life-threatning” and “very insignificant.”
The injuries are not with great force.
Let’s hope her testimony remains the same when she is cross examined.
Trayvon was fighting for his life. GZ was LIFE-THREATNING to Trayvon Martin.
O’Mara there were no defensive wounds on Zimmerman or Trayvon. Zimmerman had the kid in a wrist control to over power him.
The prosecutor didn’t even talk about Trayvon’s injuries so why is he cross examining her on Trayvon?
Rao found no injuries noted in Travyon Martin autopsy records.
O’Mara has that fake photo again where a nose healed in 35 minutes.
Kyle Hightower: All jurors took notes shortly after Rao said zimmerman injuries weren’t life threatening.
________________FLATLINES_______
O’Mara shows photos with various angles. Dr. Valerie Rao says, “it’s just the shape of the head.
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Dr. Valerie Rao: Why are we looking at distortions & half photographs when we have full photographs available to us?”
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O’Mara is up to trickery but she’s not falling for it.
Dr. Rao, chief medical examiner for 32 years.
John Guy’s in the hizzy. Go get’em Guy!
Zimmerman: No regrets. ” it was all God’s plan.”
That’s just too much isn’t it? He has no responsibility because it was God’s plan.
Sean Hannity states no witnesses and GZ smiles. A cold heartless psycho!
Of course that piece of shit would say that. He thought he didn’t hit Trayvon after he fired the gun at Trayvon, and they at what point did George Zimmerman try to RESUCITATE Trayvon. NEVER. He walked away from the body
GZ and folks that spout this fuckery smear true Christian’s beliefs. You have free will MOFO. That’s God’s plan. And you chose to stalk and murder an UNARMED boy named Trayvon Martin.
It’s TOO MUCH… Much too MUCH!
When GZ can’t explain he starts the “I don’t know…it happened so quickly” BS.
And he spouted that rightwing bullshit about “It’s all God’s plan” that he shot and murdered Trayvon.
God please deliver us from this EVIL.
“God please deliver us from this EVIL.”
Amen!!
GZ the KICKBOXER! He’s in shape during this interview. Screaming for help with a LOADED GUN.
He is a fat piggy now; I’m sure the women will notice that. No self control. ;)
The lies the lies…
Trayvon wasn’t running, then running, then skipping.
meta: Zimmerman immediately puts Trayvon Martin in a double bind: blames him for walking in the rain then indicts him for speeding up.
Like Liza and Booman have so eloquently penned, TIME is not on GZ’s side. The way he’s been portraying Trayvon to be this SUPER HERO with lightening speed is soooo not possible.
Keep spinning the lies, murdering Zimmerman!
One cannot scream if you’re being smothered…
SG2, the plain logic/ilogical explanations of Trayvon’s murder are breath-taking. My 16 month old grandson could easily draw conclusions to the evidence being put forth.
@SG2.
That’s right. Also, one can’t scream when swallowing — blood or anything else.
GZ: I didn’t think I’d hit him. (SHOT) Trayvon. MOFO you had a loaded gun, ready to fire. You shot him.
Trayvon sat up and said “YOU GOT ME.” Get the FUCK outta here!
GZ pushed up the button and fired into his heart. The bullet wound was behind the button.
COLD-BLOODED MOFO MURDERER!
@Ametia. Zimmerman’s claim that he didn’t know he had shot Trayvon contradicts what he told Jon and what Jon testified. He told Jon that the guy was beating him up so he had to shoot him.
Good afternoon everyone. I’m trying to catch up while court is in recess.
3Chics and SG2, thanks for having these daily posts so we can share as we watch trial.
Hi Xena. You’re welcome. SG2’s been bringing it. We’re now watching Hannity play defense lawyer for this murderer
Thank you for being here with us and giving your great analysis. Bring on your analysis.
@SG2. My analysis?!?!! O’Mara is cunningly deceptive, and the 6 members of the jury have probably met men like him. Weighing testimony includes the questions.
Wow! Dr. Rao is running circles around O’Mara.
Oh dear God. GZ: “I wasn’t following him. I was going in the same direction as him.”
WHAT THE FUCK? JUST WHAT THE FUCK?
GZ: Uh… It was raining, he was looking into the houses, looking behind, looking at me, he wasn’t walking quickly to get out of the rain..he didn’t look like he was trying to head home, he didn’t look like a hardcore athlete that wanting to like train in the rain or anything. He just looked out of place.
Shorter: HE’S BLACKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!
“He didn’t look like a hardcore athlete..”
Trayvon was fairly tall but very lean. He looked like a kid who had just had a growth spurt in the last year and had not yet filled out. Also, if you go back to the surveillance video from the convenience store you can see that his demeanor was that of a normal person, not a “tough guy” like Zimmerman pretends to be.
Here’s my point. Zimmerman not only profiled Trayvon as a young, black male wearing a hoodie so he must be up to no good. Zimmerman also profiled Trayvon as a person who could be intimidated and bullied. Zimmerman carried a loaded ready to fire weapon, but he probably would not have gone after a larger man who could have easily kicked his ass.
State to play Hannity interview next.
Look at how thin GZ is. “he looks like. he looks like.”
A fat pig with no self-control. ;)
Court is back in session..
GZ was lying in that Hannity interview. LIAR!
Hey 3CP
CarolMae has a good heart. I watched her on Twitter for some time bring laughter and joy to cheer up GoBrooklyn and make her feel happy. It was very heart -warming.
Court is in recess until 1:30pm
Rik and SG2, check your emails, please. Thanks!
I have a completely tacky shallow comment/question. Just how many figging suits does the Zman have? It’s been seven days & I don’t think I have seen any repeats in his clothing. He dresses like he’s hoping for a photo shoot with GQ. I am finding this really offensive on some level but I’m petty like that.
AG; the defense team are trying to dress up this murderer and make it appear he’s credible. no amount of new suits will redeem this MOFO child killer.
The $$$ from his racists followers, who prolly don’t have a pot to piss in or a window to throw it out of.
BOOM! @ Skinhead IMAGE
But of course GZ’s Sugar Daddy has invested lots of money in defense expert witnesses so it would stand to reason that Georgie would have some nice threads to wear to court.
Gotta kill the skin head image that Trayvon saw that night.
You noticed that too. They also need the hair to cover up the natural lumpiness of his head so they can claim his head got banged. I would really like to see his head shaved again so we could make a comparison of then & now.
Also gotta KILL that “MMA body training look” and thus the nasty FATBOY we see sitting in the courtroom day and day out. The defense is not SLICK.
Is me or did anyone else notice that George seemed to be wearing oversized clothes the day after the shooting during the re-enactment?
Maybe to make himself look smaller than he was?
I am offended by his smiling in court as if he doesn’t have a worry in the world. He’s constantly writing things down on pad like he is part of the defense team & not the person on trial for 2nd degree murder. He’s arrogant & very cocky. A straight up psycho!
Ditto! He’s feeling that suit. Defense told him that it makes him look like an all Amur-kin man. NOT!
SG2: I am offended by his smiling in court as if he doesn’t have a worry in the world.
George is just channeling the glee that his supporters feel about killing a black male and (almost) getting away with it.
SG2 sez: He’s constantly writing things down on pad like he is part of the defense team & not the person on trial for 2nd degree murder.
If I remember correctly in one of his previous scrapes with the law George’s lawyer called him a control freak who was always giving advice.
Hey 3CP,
I’m reading on Twitter the State has filed a motion regarding Molly West’s pic!
*BOOM SHAKA LAKA*
No one has mentioned it but isn’t West a little old to have daughters that young?
He has to be pushing 70 so they have to be products from his third or fourth marriage.
I forgot to add that it’s a waste of the State’s time to play the social media tit-for-tat game with the defense.
The State needs to focus all of its attention on the case and not be distracted by West’s twit daughters.
Yeah, social media has really created a new dimension in high profile trials and the State is really at a disadvantage. They need to focus on getting the conviction. But it is so satisfying to see Don West get slapped upside the head because he is such a pompous prick who really believes that his kind should rule the world. Actually, what he and his daughters did was an egregious act of misconduct, calling a witness stupid on a social media site, and he should be disciplined because under absolutely no circumstances should lawyers be allowed to this.
LOL@ BOOM SHAKA LAKA* West is soooo UNPRINCIPLED. It’s only logical that his daughters follow suit. He and his Klan were wrong and they know it.
Oops!
The judge was very wise to sequester this jury. There is no other way they could have remained untainted by the media etc if they stayed in their own homes.
The request for sequester was originally the defense’s idea because they wanted older white retirees who they thought would slant more conservative and therefore toward their client and the sequester would be difficult for young mothers who would have younger children and teenagers and would more than likely identify with Trayvon.
Of course the judge didn’t have much of a choice after hearing all of the crap that O’Mara and West dished out during their media tour to smear Trayvon. All of which could have been prevented if Judge Lester or Judge Nelson had issued a gag order.
TRAYVON MARTIN DID NOT TOUCH GEORGE ZIMMERMAN’S GUN: THERE WAS NO STRUGGLE FOR THE GUN
http://3chicspolitico.com/2012/09/19/trayvon-martin-did-not-touch-george-zimmermans-gun-there-was-no-struggle-for-the-gun/
Was this introduced into evidence? Where can I find the videos of the trial? I’ve missed so much. I really wanted to see the autopsy report witness.
Next witness up
Mark Osterman
A crooked cop fired from the police department. He hid the Zimmermans out at his house after the shooting. A sleazy lying liar.
Osterman was fired from the sheriff’s office in 1998 in the midst of a scandal where he and a fellow officer were duped into off-duty security gigs by a con man claiming to be a famous baseball star named Juan Diaz. Osterman took the job without getting permission from the sheriff, which compounded the embarrassment and led to his firing.
http://newsone.com/2025282/mark-osterman-george-zimmerman/
A sleazy lying liar.
LMAO!!!!
I needed that this morning.
Mark Osterman looks like a character from the Sopranos too!
Fin Gomez: Osterman wrote book about #zimmerman incident. In book words “Motherf**cker” omitted by publisher.
Mark Osterman, stop lying! No blood or DNA on TM’s hands. It’s impossible to punch someone in the face and bloody their nose & not leave DNA.
Joy Reid: Prosecution building, very slowly btw, toward its closing argument. Head bashing? grabbed gun? couldn’t find address? followed.
Joy’s right. The prosecution may not be putting out their goods when and how we want them too, but they will be on time.
The problem is like the old saying goes: Before the Truth finishes tying its shoes a Lie has been around the world twice.
Marl Osterman came to the scene the night Trayvon was killed and later waited in police lobby with Shellie until GeorgeZimmerman was released.
Mark Osterman says zimmerman was stunned & wide eyed after being released from police station.
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Really? I suppose it was the shock of SPD allowing him to go home.
BUST HIM, BERNIE!
Court is back in session.
By the way, I’m assuming you guys know I’m an older white woman from WY. We aren’t seeing a black as a threat. We see him as human. Me means me and my husband. I don’t understand the way things are.
Carol,
We just want to exposed the ones that are racist evil and a system that allows the shooter of an unarmed black kid to go home after committing murder.
I know, and I don’t understand those whites. I never have. Who wants to live with that hate inside you?
When l lived in central Florida back in the mid-2000’s I would always fly out of the Orlando airport for work.
For whatever reason whenever I saw a traffic sign with ‘Sanford’ on it I would get a chill.
Maybe subconsciencely I remembered the story about Jackie Robinson being run out of town by the Klan.
From what I heard second hand about yesterday’s testimony (especially Serino’s and Singletary’s) not much has changed.
I read about Jackie Robinson’s treatment.
CarolMae. You make an honest, spot on point. You’ve admitted to being white and not understanding the way things are. And it’s why we make these threads and fight for Trayvon. If you’ve never experienced what Trayvon and many of us who are black have experienced. being followed in stores, being ignored in resturants, stopped by cops for no reason, etc. you wouldn’t know how things are in this country.
True, and I don’t understand why they are suspect to follow blacks or whoever and harass. I really don’t understand wanting to carry a concealed weapon, locked and loaded. It’s not right, it’s just not right.
No it’s not right. So we just keep on fighting the system and folks who would deny us the same justice under the laws of this country until it becomes right.
Is this the page we come to all day to vent? I don’t have enough time to watch all day, but sometimes I want to scream. I just know in my gut from in my soul that Zimmerman shot Trayvon “In Cold Blood” Lord have mercy.
YES, please come here to vent.
Trayvon Martin was
STALKED…
HUNTED…
MURDERED…
for the crime of WALKING WHILE BLACK
TY
Absolutely teh page to come too, CarolMae. And vent as much as you want. We’re not going to stop you. It’s heart-wrenching to watch all this unfold.
Yes it is. I have gone since I wrote my note. Lots of catching up yo do.
CarolMae, you’re welcome to vent all you want. Speak what’s in your heart.
TY
court is in recess for 15 minutes.
Hola Chicas! I’m finding your link for the trial to keep losing sound. I found this link to be better but DO NOT read the live chat because it is nasty.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/trayvon-martin/os-george-zimmerman-trial-live-video-chat-20130612,0,7210676.htmlpage
Hi Aquagranny!
The moderator won’t approve comments to counter the hateful ones from Zimmerman supporters but theirs are approved all day long. It’s so disgusting!
I ignore the chat comments.
Hi AG. Nice to see you. My feed keeps pausing too. Thanks for the link!
The comment sections on these sites is like stepping into a foul-smelling SEWER. The hate and bigotry is soooo beyond the pale.
It makes me want to vomit & then scrub myself with bleach. If those commenters live in that community, now we know why the police bungled their investigation of this crime.
I ignore them too. Liza said their are more CaCs in Seminole County than mosquitos. Once she dropped that comment at the beginning of the trial, I knew the comments on the Florida sites would be sheer FUCKERY.
I died hearing the mosquitos line
**hollering**
I cannot believe this BS. Serino knows damn well there were NO muffled screams. He said it himself on the recording.
How is it possible for Trayvon to smother Zimmerman and not have any of Zimmerman’s blood or DNA on him?
The very notion of entertaining the idea that an UNARMED Trayvon Martin was the “AGGRESSOR” speaks volumes about the state of this country. He had every right to DEFEND himself. It’s mind-blowing, and I’m ANGRY beyond words!
Because Z’s nose was hit by the gun recoil not by being punched. Z jumped up before the blood started. I said yesterday how I think Z hurt the back of his head. It is just so figging bad that the cops did not get out there with luminol the night it happened to check out those utility covers embedded in the grass.
I know they have to call Law enforcement as witness but the cops bungled this whole thing from hour one because they thought it was just another “black punk” dead & no one would care.
Imagine their surprise when they found out that a whole lot of people cared!
So true, AG. The SPD fucked up the investigation and evidence. GZ had ample time to get rid of evidence. Say, like gun residue on his nose? So much WRONG with this killing. But all that dirt and filth will come to light. That jury is getting the stories and they’d better put them all together and come up with a logical reason why they decided what they’re about to decide.
Michael Baisden :This case is ridiculous! If this guy gets away it’s going to impact Blacks confidence in getting equal justice under the law!
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I’ve been saying this all along. This case is critical b/c it will have an affect on the lives of black men across the country.
Spot on! Black men have been the target of attacks since they were dragged to America in chains.
ABSOLUTELY
O’Mara is feeding Serrino Gz’s words. Let Serrino speak for himself.
GZ was not a police officer, and he had NO right to get out of his vehicle and pursue Trayvon and KILL HIM.
Furthermore, if he was acting in his capacity as Neighborhood Watch captain, he attended a presentation where he was told not to confront people and he was given a training manual that said the same thing.
Yep but he was going to do things HIS way.
That was a good rewrite.
Hi CarolMae. LO smacked the shit out of O’Reiley and Ingraham.
She’s what she called Rachel. I enjoyed it. :roll:
LO had me hollering.
SOFT BIGOTRY OF LOW EXPECTATIONS
That’s how O’Reilly and Ingraham got their jobs, so they can feed the crowd above.
Yes, classic W!
I hope y’all realize black males in America are on trial.
YES!
Exactly!
Mark O’Mara: Could Trayvon Martin have been planning to commit a crime but didn’t get to?
Serino: There was no evidence of that.
O’Mara are you trying to get Serrino to admit that PROFILING black males is acceptable?
Mark O’Mara: Zimmerman was concerned about neighborhood being burglarized by black males……one who was arrested and sentenced to 5 years in prison
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Is O’Mara helping to prove Zimmerman profiled Trayvon?
He’s trying to paint Trayvon as a criminal who didn’t belong in that neighborhood.
Tony Pipitone : State notes Serino had no DNA, ballistics, statement from Rachel Jeantel when he challenged Zimmerman.
Bernie de la Rionda: Did you believe George Zimmerman was exaggerating the manner in which he was hit?
Serino: Yes
Call out the LIES, Bernie. CALL.THEM.OUT.
Point out the lies, Bernie! Point them out!
Bernie de la Rionda plays video and points out there’s an address in plain view of where Zimmerman said he was before following Trayvon .
*BOOM*!
Zimmerman had NO reason whatsoever to get his punk ass out of that car. He intentionally set out to stalk Trayvon. He’s a fucking predator/MURDERER.
I hope the guy from CarMax gets to testify how Zimmerman bullied him every day and how he was a master manipulator to get others to believe what a nice guy he was.
bob kealing : State effective in redirect pointing out GZ referring to these guys…a-holes…Fing punks. Serino: Could be construed as profiling.
The language speaks to Zimmerman’s DEPRAVITY.
Bernie de la Rionda: does calling someone “punk” or “a-hole” indicate “ill will, hatred or spite?”
Serino: “no.”
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What? So uttering effin coons doesn’t indicate ill will hatred or spite? Make it stop!
They are saying it was “effin punks”, but it still shows some form of ill will.
What is wrong with Serino? He wanted to originally charge Zimmerman for his crime. He’s sitting there like a scared little puppy.
DEPRAVITY:
1.Moral corruption.
2.A wicked or morally corrupt act.
Synonyms
corruption – perversion – depravation – perversity= GEORGE ZIMMERMAN
BAM!
@SouthernGirlz:
It was effin punks SouthernGirlz! LOL! When I first heard that, I said,’Who the hell is he calling effin coons?” He is not that far removed from a black person himself! What does he see when he looks in the mirror? Not a white man, because his skin is as dark as mine! The language that Fogen used, was despicable! He eidn’t even know this boy and used that kind of language to describe a freaking kid he didn’t even know, and thought was up to no good! Who appointed him judge, jury and executioner to refer to this kid as an effin coon, and looked suspicious? What is up wwith this Police Officer? ::In my girly voice:: ‘Oh, GZ didn’t sound angry of like he had any ill will agains thte boy. He didn’t even know he had shot him until I told him!’ WTF? Fogen is two faced and his polite demeanor is a fake one for show and telll. If he didn’t answer Yes Sir or No Ma’m, he probably got hit for it from his Mom. A polite murderer!? Ted Bundy was charming and engaging and so were the other million of criminals who have come thru the annals of the 20th and 21st century. So Fogen showed no ill will or emotion during the interview? He thought the cops were his friends. He was amongst FRIENDS! BUDDIES! He is a socio-path to the max! He is a severely damaged man IMO!
Socio-paths do not show any emotion! Bring out the forensic evidence and the cell phone, text, and e-mails messages so we can read how he called TM the N word, and how he bragged about getting away with his murder! I am sick of this already and the DA needs to get real now with these cops who know good and well, why they acted the way they did! Open up those can of worms! Where is the truth from these cops? What are scared of?
No telling what is going on @SPD. Serino is now a patrolman. We really don’t know how that demotion came about although the claim is that he requested it.
Bernie de la Rionda is up questioning Chris Serino.
Chris Serino is back on the stand.
Yamiche Alcindor :Zimmerman told Serino 911 screams didn’t sound like him but Serino says that didn’t change the direction of officer questions
@SouthernGirl2: Serrino is a pig and should be ashamed of himself for what he attempted to do. He was very sympathetic when he was questioning Fogen, about how Tm was a good kid and from a good family, and wondering what could have set TM off to “brutally beat” Fogen. Now, he appears frightened and scared for his life!
I swear Serino has become a little scared puppy.
Hey 3CP
Don West missed a deposition when he was out posing for an ice cream photo with his girls. Ain’t that some ish?
Judge Nelson will not allow Serino’s statement on record.
@DestiGrace1
Atty for #RachelJeantel live on @TJMShow stated that #Trayvon Martin was the only male who didn’t make fun of her or tease her. I knew this!
This makes me love Trayvon even more.
Bernie de la Riona wants Serino’s “I believe Zimmerman was telling the truth” statement stricken from the record.
Axiom Amnesia: Zimmerman #Trayvon The Supreme Court ruled that one witness cannot testify to the truthfulness of another witness–especially a cop.
Judge Nelson just asked the jury to disregard Serino’s comment that he thought George Zimmerman was telling the truth.
@Southerrngirl2:
How are you? What is going on here? Why is Serrino stating his opinion? He knows that won’t be admitted. Why all of this favorability to Fogen? what are these cops scared of? Why isn’t the DA asking him why he wanted to charge Fogen with Manslaughter and could do so due so, due to the former Police Chief and the State’s Attorney? When is this information coming out? Why have they not introduced Fogen’s cell phone records, text messages and e-mails as of yet? I am also sick of the commentators discussing this case. They all are favorable to Fogen! I have since stopped watching all of them, even Nancy Grace who is a victims advocate!
Hi Deborah,
Serino is a disgrace to the uniform.
Serrino looks like a character from teh “Sopranos.”
It’s not unusual for cops to believe a suspect based on what they know at a given point in time. Cops change their minds about suspects all the time when new evidence becomes available. Serino’s belief that Zimmerman was telling the truth is totally irrelevant and it should be struck from the record.
Court is in session
Chris Serino statement to Lawrence O’Donnell, March 2012
What a joke! Serrino said he’s “looking forward to the truth coming out.” Seriously, he definitely is not being completely TRUTHFUL on that witness stand.
Serino needs his badge stripped from him. He is a dishonest sob.
It Happened So Fast
by BooMan
Mon Jul 1st, 2013 at 07:08:44 PM EST
One of the amazing things about the George Zimmerman/Trayvon Martin case is how quickly it all unfolded. Zimmerman’s phone call to the non-emergency number began at 7:09:34 and the fatal gunshot went off six minutes and twenty-two seconds later at 7:16:55. In fact the time between the end of Zimmerman’s phone call (7:13:41) and the gunshot (7:16:55) was a mere three minutes and fourteen seconds. The time between the end of Zimmerman’s phone call and the first witness 911 call (7:16:11) was two minutes and thirty seconds.
What’s more, Trayvon Martin was on the phone with his friend during the majority of Zimmerman’s non-emergency phone call. Martin and Rachel Jeantel were on the phone from 6:54 to 7:12, when the call was dropped roughly halfway through Zimmerman’s (7:09:34-7:13:41) call. She called him back immediately. And she was still on the phone with him at least at the beginning of the fatal 7:16 minute.
When you read the earwitness and one witnesses’s testimony, they talk about an altercation that began with heated words, then moved to grunting, then to yelps, then to cries for help, and finally a gunshot. But the whole thing seems to have taken no more than about 50 seconds. I say that because the first witness 911 call happened a mere 44 seconds before the gunshot, and yet Martin was still on the phone at the beginning of the 16th minute.
Meanwhile, Zimmerman claims that he walked down the sidewalk past where the shooting would shortly take place to Retreat View Circle and back to the T, all in this short period of time. That’s why it matters that you don’t hear any wind on his telephone past the (roughly) 7:12:19 point of his non-emergency phone call. It appears that he was back in his car at that point, and he remained there until the end of his call at 7:13:41. I don’t think he had time to exit his vehicle and walk past the ‘T’ all the way to Retreat View Circle and back to the ‘T’ in a mere two minutes and twenty seconds. But he wanted to say that he wasn’t pursuing Trayvon and that he was retreating to his car.
In fact, he lied to the police when he said that he had arranged to meet the police at his car. In fact, he had arranged for the police to call them when they arrived so that he could tell them where he was precisely because he did not plan to be at his car.
If you look at his reenactment video, you can that his lies are even more obvious.
http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2013/7/1/19742/16616
And those women on the jury had better take the video footage into deliberation and study it well.
At least one of them asked and she said yes.
Several times yesterday I heard O’Mara ask Serino if he was under pressure and he had to rush his investigation. Who was rushing him at that point? The Martins weren’t at that time.
LOL I have to LOL to keep from crying at O’mara and CO. Rush the investigation? If it weren’t for social media and folks rolling into Sanford, there wouldn’t have been an investigation.
Bill Lee had no intention of doing an investigation or arresting George Zimmerman. They thought the public would fall for their lies and it would just blow over. Wrong kid. Wrong century!
That’s what I thought, but was he getting pressure NOT to I investigate thoroughly?
The very, very short timeline is absolutely critical to proving that Zimmerman has lied about almost everything. I hope that the prosecutors nail this down to the second because that is what we are talking about here – seconds. Trayvon could not be doing two things at once that were so totally oppositional to one another. Such as talking to his friend on the telephone and telling her he needed to lose the creepy ass cracker who was stalking him but simultaneously chasing his stalker with the intent of attacking him.
Precisely, Liza. This case really isn’t ROCKET SCIENCE is it?
Good Morning.
Hoodies UP.
JUSTICE4TRAYVON!
One of the commentators on Rev. Al Sharpton’s program pointed out that Zimmerman was carrying an semi-automatic and he had to have had the safety off. So not only did he not identify himself, but he was ready to shoot. The biggest question for me which is still unanswered and might never be answered directly is why Zimmerman got out of his truck.
Good morning, mhasegawa & everyone!
This is such a disgrace! A kid is killed & folks are pretending scratches are a grave injury. What I have learned from this case is black children are never given the benefit of the doubt. All a non black person has to say is they feared for their life and all common sense and logic goes out of the window. It doesn’t matter if their story defies logic or is impossible to believe. America has a race problem!
You are absolutely correct!!!
Yes, we do.
That the $64,000.00 QUESTION!
“The biggest question for me which is still unanswered and might never be answered directly is why Zimmerman got out of his truck.”<b.
Zimmerman sadi he was looking for a street address, when he fucking lives there?