0 police where he was going. i didn t mean that i was pursuing him. i m not following my daughter when she s on the in the street and i m scared of what s going on happen. i m just following her in the same direction. he had, and he couldn t hit my head on the concrete anymore, he started to try to suffocate me. i continued to push his hands off my mouth and nose, particularly because it was excruciating, having a broken nose and him putting his weight on me. that s the point in time when he started to telling me to shut up, shut up, shut up. why did he tell you to shut up? i don t know. where s all that blood on trayvon martin s hands? armpits. how does he get the gun out? the truth does not lie. earlier he showed you, he showed the police where that gun was. how does he manage to get a perfect shot to the heart of a 17-year-old man, a teenager. he doesn t say he will grab the holster. he grabbed the gun between the rear side and the hammers. these are two individuals, mr. o
.and we inspected his brakes for free. -free is good. -free is very good. [ male announcer ] now get 50% off brake pads and shoes at meineke. so you are watching the george zimmerman trial. and as we watch officer doris singleton get on the stand here, we want to get some input from our panel on the witness that we just saw, his second time on the stand, detective chris serino, the lead investigator in this. with us now, we have michael greco who is a criminal defense lawyer, and cnn legal analyst sunny hostin. guys, this is pretty fascinateding because what you ve seen here in the last few days is loved ones in the camp
i think he will. and so that s the risk. doris singleton, one of the other officers, talked about how bad she felt for him, playing that tape, having to put him through all of this. so it s a risk. but at the same time, maybe you put him on the stand and have him do that. the other thing is, ashleigh, let s say you don t. does the prosecution then bring tracy martin up to then talk about how yeah, later i realized that was my son. on that recording. and then he faces cross-examination. the question is, do you feel as a prosecutor that something is dangling out there that may hurt your case that you in some way have to address? that might be why they call him. or will the defense want to really bring home that point by calling tracy martin up and having him say it for himself? i tell you what. i m not a lawyer, and i don t even play one on tv. but i would not, not, not put the father of this young man, trayvon martin, up on the stand in my case and have that what could only amount t
the jury that before anybody knew there was going to be a trial, before this had gotten any media attention, the father said that s not my son s voice. that s a very big deal. that brings us all the way back to the first couple of weeks of this investigation. and i do not think the prosecution did any i don t think they were able to cancel out any of the damage that the defense was able to do. and sunny, we ll get right to you in a moment, but let s first listen to what officer singleton is saying on the stand. cross? good afternoon again, officer singleton. you recall actually tracy martin saying that was not his voice, that is not his son s voice? yes. okay. and you clearly heard him say those words? i don t know his exact words, but he was telling us that it was not his he was telling chris that it was not his son s voice that was screaming for help. he said words, in other words, like you re saying? yes. okay. and then after that he put his
and as you indicated, even while you were doing it, even from a distance away, it was hard for you to listen to that, correct? yes. and i had already heard it. and i think you ve already stated you felt awful for him, correct? i can t imagine having to go through that because i have children. i couldn t imagine. thank you, ma am. any redirect? briefly. as sad as it was, both you and obviously for mr. martin to go through, is there any doubt in your mind that he had said that that was not his son s voice that he heard screaming? no, there s no doubt that he was telling us that that didn t sound like his son. nothing further. may officer singleton be excused? yes, your honor.