was. expletive problem? yes, sir. and i was wearing a rain jacket, and i had put my cell phone in my jacket pocket as opposed to my jeans pocket, where i normally keep it. and i immediately went to grab my phone, but this time to call 911 instead of nonemergency, and when i reached into my pants pocket, that s where i keep it out of habit, it wasn t there, and i was shocked. i looked up, and he punched me and broke my nose. one shot? yes, sir. so he said to you, you have expletive you have a problem. those were the exact words he used? do you have a problem? what s your problem? what s your problem? and you said to him i don t have a problem? yes, sir. you reached for your phone? i reached for it as i said i don t have a problem. and at that point you got hit? he was within arm s length
from me. that was the punch in the nose that broke your nose? yes, sir. and you went immediately down to the ground? i don t remember if i went immediately to the ground or if he pushed me to the ground, but i ended up on the ground. what do you remember happening from there? the police reports and descriptions that you gave, and that you were a little bit dazed, obviously, and one point you said you wanted him you wanted to get stop him from hitting your head on the cement. yes, sir. that s what you told the police? yes, sir. so after that first hit, what happened next? he started bashing my head into the concrete sidewalk. i was as soon as he broke my nose, i started yelling for help. i was disoriented. and he started slamming my head into the concrete. which is where lacerations came from? yes, sir. you said it was like your
from me. that was the punch in the nose that broke your nose? yes, sir. and you went immediately down to the ground? i don t remember if i went immediately to the ground or if he pushed me to the ground, but i ended up on the ground. what do you remember happening from there? the police reports and descriptions that you gave, and that you were a little bit dazed, obviously, and one point you said you wanted him you wanted to get stop him from hitting your head on the cement. yes, sir. that s what you told the police? yes, sir. so after that first hit, what happened next? he started bashing my head into the concrete sidewalk. i was as soon as he broke my nose, i started yelling for help. i was disoriented. and he started slamming my head into the concrete. which is where lacerations came from? yes, sir.
grass. to protect your head from getting banged on the cement again? yes, sir. how close in proximity? very close to the concrete. were you able to get to the grass? yes, sir. how did you do that? i guess you would say shimmy. he was straddled with full weight. i would sit up and push myself down. when i would sit up, he would take the opportunity to slam my head back down, punch me in the head and continue to hit my nose. was he faulki intalking to y during this fight? when he was beating you. you say he s beating you, pounding you into the cement. was he talking to you during that time? yes, sir. and he was saying? cursing, telling me to shouldn t, and finally saying he was going to kill me. and he said those words. when did he first see your gun?
after we were on the ground, i shimmied with him on top of me and made my jacket rise up, and he being on top of me, saw it on my right side. what happened after that? i saw him take he had after after he couldn t hit my head on the concrete anymore, he started to try to suffocate me, and i continued to take push his hands off my mouth and nose, particularly because it was excruciating, having a broken nose and him putting his weight on it. and that s the point in time he told me to shut up, shut up, shouldn t. why did he tell you to shut up? i don t know. we heard the screams on the one recording from the neighbor calling the police, and there s been some dispute whose voice that is. was that your voice screaming or trayvon martin s voice