effective with calling person after person after person after person to testify that it was george zimmerman yelling for help. it s an effective strategy because if the jury believes that is george zimmerman screaming for help, then it s reasonable to believe he feared for his life and pulled his gun in self-defense. in all, the defense calls nine witnesses who say that is george zimmerman s voice. but it s the tenth person who draws all the attention. sanford police investigator christopher serino says trayvon martin s own father thought it would be george zimmerman calling for help. he played him the tapes after it happened. i inquired if that was his son calling for help. what was his response? he looked away and under his breath as i interpreted said no.
guy. looks like he s up to no good. someone screaming help. there s a gunshot. there s a black guy down. it looks like he s been shot and he s dead. he sat up and looked and said you re going to die tonight. and i pinched his arm and i grabbed my gun and fired one shot. we don t have anything to dispute his claim of self-defense. we re hearing that another young black man is killed and nothing is going to be done. this was the tensest situation i d ever walked into. we were a tinderbox. we had people referring to us as racists, as no good cracker town. to me sanford is a good ole boy town. they only look out for their own. we want an arrest! we want an arrest! by now, you re probably already familiar with the story. on a rainy february evening, an african-american teenager trayvon martin is shot and killed after getting into a fight with a gun-carrying neighborhood watch leader george zimmerman. many react angrily. martin is only 17. he s not armed. and he
in america today? david mattingly puts it all in perspective in this investigation into the case and the trial that riveted a nation. there s a real suspicious guy. looks like he s up to no good. someone screaming help. there s a gunshot. there s a black guy down. it looks like he s been shot and he s dead. he sat up and looked and said you re going to die tonight. and i pinched his arm and i grabbed my gun and fired one shot. we don t have anything to dispute his claim of self-defense. we re hearing that another young black man is killed and nothing is going to be done. this was the tensest situation i d ever walked into. we were a tinderbox. we had people referring to us as racists, as no good cracker town. to me sanford is a good ole boy town. they only look out for their own. we want an arrest! we want an arrest! by now, you re probably already familiar with the story. on a rainy february evening, an african-american teenager trayvon martin is shot a
0 he destroyed his family. and everything he touched. in a way it s fair. it s fair? a good movie. he didn t [ mute ] it up. no. i m anderson cooper. i m anderson cooper. it s been three months since george zimmerman was cleared of murder charges in the killing of 17-year-old trayvon martin and allowed to walk freely from the spotlight. instead he appears to be unable to escape that spotlight. he s helped a family from an overturned car, been pulled over for speeding while carrying a gun, and is now involved in an ugly divorce played out before the public in a nasty confrontation caught on camera. what emotions and circumstances have contributed to making him one of the most recognized men in america today? david mattingly puts it all in perspective in this investigation into the case and the trial that riveted a nation. there s a real suspicious guy. looks like he s up to no good. someone screaming help. there s a gunshot. there s a black guy down. it looks like he s
0 he destroyed his family. and everything he touched. in a way it s fair. it s fair? a good movie. he didn t [ mute ] it up. no. i m anderson cooper. it s been three months since george zimmerman was cleared of murder charges in the killing of 17-year-old trayvon martin and allowed to walk freely from the spotlight. instead he appears to be unable to escape that spotlight. he s helped a family from an overturned car, been pulled over for speeding while carrying a gun, and is now involved in an ugly divorce played out before the public in a nasty confrontation caught on camera. what emotions and circumstances have contributed to making him one of the most recognized men in america today? david mattingly puts it all in perspective in this investigation into the case and the trial that riveted a nation. there s a real suspicious guy. looks like he s up to no good. someone screaming help. there s a gunshot. there s a black guy down. it looks like he s been shot and he s d