In related news: "Fireworks Display Goes Awry. Sets fire to Sanford Holiday Inn where witnesses from the Zimmerman Trial were staying."
Posted on 07/06/2013 5:44:33 AM PDT by Uncle Chip
The final day of the prosecution’s case remained true to form in every respect, and also provided another glimpse—actually, a substantial look—into the prosecution’s closing arguments.
Sybrina Martin, Trayvon Martin’s Mother: The first witness of the day was Sybrina Martin, who testified that the screaming voice in the Lauer 911 recording is Trayvon Martin. The prosecution, not wanting to open the field to anything she might know about Trayvon, kept their questions limited to only that.
On cross O’Mara tried to make it clear that Sybrina might have reasons other than absolute truth to identify the voice as Trayvon. He may have had some success in that Sybrina seemed not only coached, but potentially rehearsed. She often tried to avoid directly answering O’Mara’s questions and parsed her answers so as not to concede even the most obvious points, even those not harmful to the prosecution. Her overall appearance was stoic, and the potential waterworks did not materialize.
It was clear that she was a prosecution witness through and through–a strangely rare occurance. It’s unfortunate that the jury will never hear that she has already won a seven-figure settlement, and has a continuing financial interest in the outcome of the case.
Jaharvis Martin, Trayvon’s Brother: A soft-spoken and well-spoken young man, Jaharvis confirmed his mother’s testimony, and like his mother, testified to nothing else. On cross, however, his credibility suffered badly. O’Mara caused him to admit that when he first heard the recording in the office of the Sanford Mayor with a substantial number of other people, he told others he was not sure the voice was Trayvon’s, but later changed his mind. He said he didn’t want to believe it was Trayvon due to “shock,” “sadness” and “denial.”
As with his mother, I detected coaching, and his answer regarding why he didn’t identify the voice as Trayvon’s at his first exposure to the recording seemed rehearsed, however, his demeanor was substantially more effective than his mother’s, and I suspect many viewers not familiar with these matters might not have picked up on that. He did not, for example, give the appearance of trying to avoid cooperating with the defense.
Dr. Shipping Bao, Medical Examiner: Dr. Bao, unlike Dr. Rao, actually conducted the autopsy on Trayvon Martin, which gave the prosecution the opportunity to display a wide variety of graphic autopsy photographs so that Bao could, in a perfunctory manner, identify them. The primary purpose, of course, was to elicit revulsion and sympathy in the jury................
FINAL THOUGHTS:
Two weeks of prosecution witnesses have ended without the prosecution proving, beyond any doubt, the three elements of the offense. As they offered no probable cause to prove those elements in the affidavit for the charge (Update 2) this is hardly surprising. In the many months from Zimmerman’s arrest to the trial, the prosecution could find no new evidence to demonstrate that the decision of the Sanford Police and the local prosecutor was wrong. The prosecution was also unable to prove beyond any doubt that Zimmerman’s self-defense account was unsupportable. In fact, most of their witnesses supported it, either fully or in part.
For readers unfamiliar with the workings of the law and the criminal justice system, it’s difficult to explain how utterly amazing and bizarre this is. As I’ve written, it’s as though the entire system suddenly turned backwards. For a prosecutor to complete his case and to be unable to disprove self-defense, offering nothing but theories unsupported by any credible evidence, and for a prosecutor to be unable to offer evidence to fulfill the elements of the offense is simply astonishing. It demonstrates what I, and others, have been saying for a very long time: this case should never have been filed; there is no evidence of a crime.
I expect a very aggressive, effective and devastating defense case. Consider how badly the prosecution did on offense, when they had every advantage in presenting and proving their case. Will they do better when they’re playing catch up?
In related news: "Fireworks Display Goes Awry. Sets fire to Sanford Holiday Inn where witnesses from the Zimmerman Trial were staying."
Where were you getting your feed for the coverage? I didn’t hear that exchange, though I’ve read several references to it. I’ve gone looking for it on video, but haven’t found it. I did find a video that I suspect had that exchange edited out, or maybe it was scrubbed during the live feed using time delay. Would you please watch this video, and tell me if this is where it occurred? And if possible, could you (or anybody) please share a link to a video with that exchange? Pretty please?!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKJF9iqcqls . At about 1 hour, 2 minutes, and 25 seconds he’s saying something about “nobody knows...” and it seems like something was scrubbed from that part of the tape.
I missed a lot of testimony, but I was watching during this part, and never heard the exchange so many people have mentioned since then. I was watching on an Internet feed (posted early in the live thread) that was a few seconds behind the MSNBC feed, but had no ads. So I’m sure it would have been easy for them to cut that out without me noticing.
The Bao testimony seems like it could benefit from an entire article devoted to it.
Amish, of course.. They are SOOOOoooo predictable.. :)
OK. But, what specifically IS that concept, beyond being the underdog and the eternal victim?
We're on two different tracks here. I am examining the corruption of language and the intellectual incoherence that causes. I believe you are speaking to experience on the ground. My daddy raised no fools and I do not knowingly put myself in unsafe situations. There are white neighborhoods (local trailer parks) that I would avoid, day or night.)
My original challenge is to use of the term "black community" by a FReeper who I know to be solid. I challenged it because conservatives get trapped in dialogue by accepting our opponents wrong headed presuppositions.
I was listening to WFT but took that quote from a reporter’s tweet as I thought it would be more accurate but another poster clued me into the actual words that were a little different but essentially the same thing:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3039716/posts?page=142#142
It was at the 43:00 part —
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKJF9iqcqls
Thank you!
I was watching most of this cross, but I hadn’t seen that part. (Always these interruptions!)
That was even more fun than reading it. Ima go watch again!
I am really blown away that the toxicology report was not allowed. The other stuff, from a legal standpoint, although unfair, I can understand.
Photo of the Year!
“You will not say that, “”GZ was truthfull””, again”
You made my week. Thank you
It’s what Bernie has been doing for two weeks — beating his own witnesses.
I thought they were asking his instructor if the class covered Florida's Stand Your Ground Law.
Forget about Dexter, I can’t wait until Monday and watch the defense put this circus to shame. If it wasn’t for the hell GZ has been through, I’d almost want a guilty veridict to see Nelson appealed and this thrown out for good. Hopefully the Jury sees through this and the toxicology and fighting history comes into evidence, certainly we want Bao back to explain his new THC opinion, so let’s remind him to bring his notes ;)
Can anyone identify this woman? I know that face from somewhere.
Oh God....please....NOOOO! Not Bao again!!!
lol
Who is the woman with black hair behind him to his left???
Isn’t the sisters name Dee Dee?
In a related story, this just in:
Apparently, vital evidence in the form of personal notes belonging to a witness in the George Zimmerman trial were destroyed in a raging fire caused by a fireworks display that got out of hand at the Sanford Holiday Inn.
Other witnesses to the freak accident, who were staying at the hotel, claimed that a strangely smiling Asian man was running about in only his boxer briefs underwear crying “My brains, my brains!”, but nobody could understand what he was referring to, since no apparent injuries to the man could be determined.
In other news.....
She looks familiar too. I don’ have any idea.
And she had the weirdest expressions going on while the Defense was up. You know how the left has problems controlling their facial ‘expressions of outrage’...lol.
Being a bit dyslexic every time WFT is posted it appears to be WTF. Sure glad don’t live nearby. ;-)
Thanks for helping sort through this fiasco.
Wonder how the depositions are going?!?!!
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