Posted on 07/05/2013 8:11:41 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Sybrina Fulton, mother of Trayvon Martin and his older brother took the stand today to tell jurors in the George Zimmerman trial that the voice screaming for help on the 911 calls was that of the slain Florida teenager.
"That scream, do you recognize that?" prosecutor Bernie de la Rionda asked Martin's mother.
"Yes, it's Trayvon Benjamin Martin," she answered.
Zimmerman, 29, faces second degree murder charges for Martin's death. He maintains he shot the unarmed teenager in self-defense after he was confronted and attacked by Martin, 17, on Feb. 26, 2012. Prosecutors allege the former neighborhood watch captain profiled, followed and then shot Martin as he was walking back to the residence where he was staying as a guest.
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Prosecutors hoped that the testimony of Martin's mother and brother may have been intended to have an emotional and convincing impact on the jury and that the jurors would tie their words to the opinion of FBI audio expert Hirotaka Nakasone who testified earlier in the trial that it was not possible to definitively identify the voice using available acceptable technology.
Nakasone said, however, the best person to identify the voice would be someone who is intimately familiar with the voice.
During cross examination defense attorney Mark O'Mara asked Fulton if she hoped it would be her son, because if it wasn't her that could mean he was responsible for his death, O'Mara said.
"I heard my son screaming," Fulton replied. "I didn't hope for anything. I simply listened to the tape."
It's not clear what impact it could have the jury, which consists of six women.
A major point of contention in the trial is who was heard screaming for help in the background of 911 tapes
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Screaming what? “Ima ground pound your honky white latino ass?”
If not a not guilty than a mistrial.
Is Zimmerman’s mom alive? The defense should get her up there to say that it was his voice screaming. Turn about is fair play.
I heard Trayvon Martin's mother perjure herself with impunity, knowing she will get a free pass.
He said the person dreaming was not Trayvon.
Not wanting to admit to herself that she had killed her own son, by allowing him to become a gangsta thug who suffered the typical fate of gangsta thugs, had nothing to do with what she heard
Oops, sorry. I read it wrong. I thought I read Trayvon’s mom. Dang, where are my glasses?
RE: Screaming what?
I believe the most important scream is the scream for HELP.
Any other “scream” (anger, curse, etc) is of less importance.
If as witnesses saw, and the blood on the back of Zimmerman’s head proves, he was on the ground with Trayvon on top of him, it defies logic to make me believe that it was Trayvon screaming for help.
Yes, because we’re supposed to be liberal and politically correct, and sympathize with a mother who lost a son, we know she would never be charged with perjury or any other crime in connnection with her testimony. The liberal media would never delve into it.
If I was on the jury I would resent the prosecution trying to manipulate the jury with this charade.
In fact, I’m not on the jury and I still resent it.
Listening now to Steve Maltberg on WMAL AM, who is subbing for Chris Plante taking about the Zimmerman trial.
RE: .It doesn’t matter a bit to her to what degree her little 11 year old waif-of-a-boy might have been responsible for his own demise.
So now, 11 is the new 17 heh?
If Zimmerman doesn't get acquitted, I think I may riot...
Lying bitch.
Everytime I hear about this tape, I wonder where are all the voice analysts and high tech audio equipment that could prove beyond a shadow of a doubt whose voice it really is.
Zimmerman was taped doing a police re-enactment of the incident. His “Help, help” on the taped re-enactment is in the same higher register as the “Help, help” on the 911 call.
Yes somebody ask Mom what Crayon was yelling help for. Help me pound Whitey’s head on the sidewalk?
They are barred from the courtroom...................
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