the evidence seem to support what he told us. i don t need to look him in the eye. sanford police won t comment on whether they put him through such a test when they questioned him but do say they use it as do other police departments. how reliable are they? we contacted an expert who did a study of the devices when used to question suspects about drug use. he says their ability to detect deception is, i m quoting now, no better than flipping a coin. again, we don t know whether the sanford police department subjected zimmerman to such a test nor if they used it as a basis for not charging him. we do know that the lead investigator had suspicions about his story. and now, the mother of a 13-year-old witness to the incident says that same investigator told her so. the lead investigator from the sanford police department stood in my family room and told me this was absolutely not self-defense and they needed to prove it. he told me, and i m paraphrasing this quote, but read
that and more, right here, right now, on cnn. hello, i m don lemon. thank you for joining us tonight. in life, as it was a place where trayvon martin used to run and play. a place where he was among friends and learned about team work. long before a bullet ended it all. tonight, a candle light vigil at the field where he played youth football. teammates, coaches, friends and people who never knew martin joined his family in remembering the 17-year-old at the center of a national firestorm. martin s parents thanked everyone for their wishes and prayers. he got along with everybody. he never had any qualms with anybody. trayvon did love this park. this park is definitely an intricate part of our family. we will always love you. we thank you for everything that you ve done for us. the vigil followed a massive rally in sanford, florida where martin was shot. protesters marched from the police station furious on how the investigation has been handled. police did not charge
as you mentioned, this is the field near mirro mar where he grew up, spent his time since he was 5 years old playing ball here and then when he finished playing ball when he went into high school he ran the concession stands literally up till the time of that tragic night. i m joined by coach carter. coach, you ve been here ten years you were telling me. so you knew trayvon pretty well. yeah, trayvon was a young handsome hard working kid. since his dad brung him to us, he trusted us to coach him and build him up and build his self-esteem up and just keep him, you know, doing the right things in school and he s always been a hard working player, ever since he left north dade and came to miramar. he gave you his all. that s all he knew, was to play his all. we had a super bowl. and we was the underdogs. north side was predicted to beat us to death. and this kid came to me and coach jerome and told us that, coach, you guys will leave super bowl champions today. i m not going t