the tape a little distracted. what were you distractions? were you looking for him? i believe they asked me for my address and i wanted to be sure that nobody was lingering and could hear my address and come back. i was making sure that there wasn t anybody that was going to surprise me and just trying to get an accurate location. they said can we reach you here at a certain location. you said have them call me. why did you want them at that point to call you? i hadn t given them a correct address. i gave them the clubhouse vicinity. i was walking to my street and i was going to give them the street number and name. how long after that was it that you saw trayvon again?
do you remember what you said to him? do you remember that you were in a state of shock? when did trayvon die? probably about an hour after i got to the police station. after the shooting and you saw that he was laying there and obviously injured, there is a moment when you realize that he was shot. like i said, he sat up and he said something to the effect of, you got it or you got me. i assumed he meant okay, you got the gun, i didn t get it. i am not going to fight any more. at which point i got out from under him. is there anything that you regret? do you regret getting out of the car to follow trayvon that night? no, sir. do you regret you had a gun that night? no, sir. do you feel you wouldn t be here for this interview if you didn t have that gun. no, sir. you feel you would not be here? i feel it was all god s plan
and had it going down toward my belt and my holster that s where i didn t have any more time. do you think you acted more out of conscious thought? i know these events happen quickly. do you remember consciously thinking i have to grab my gun or did you just do it. was there a conscious thought in your head you thought you were going to die you had to get your weapon and requirfire? i wish i could give you an answer. it happened so quickly. there was an eyewitness that was out from the very beginning that in fact did tell the police the night of the shooting that they saw trayvon on top of you and did see the beating. there is no witness to the actual shooting itself. no. besides yourself? besides myself.
for me to second-guess it or judge it. is there anything you might do differently in retrospect now that time has passed a little bit? no, sir. the detective said that you had detective singleton said he quoted you as saying the bad guys always get away. did you you also said that ton the 911 tape. did you have a feeling that there were a lot of people that do get away with crimes? in other words were you predisposed in your mind to think that criminals get away too often? not in general. i think in our neighborhood there is geographic advantages for burglaries. do you have any idea why do you think trayvon would have confronted you the way he did? a oo i made a comment on the air one day and i got beaten up pretty bad saying this could have all just been a terrible
education. she was about a week away from finishing when i went to jackson and turn myself in. witness number 9 a relative who claims that zimmerman molested her when they were children. also what is his message to trayvon s parents that s coming up straight ahead. [ tap ] we ll share the same dream at the dark end of the street you and me you and me you and me