yes. msnbc legal analyst, lisa bloom is with us, as well as paul henderson. lisa, let me get to you, trying to establish the physicality, the team trayvon martin, the 29-year-old george zimmerman. 300 pounds. but at the time he was one year in training. he was carrying a concealed weapon. had dreams of being a police officer and was 5 8 , 190 pounds. why is it so important that they re trying to paint this picture that he was a fit wimp? you know, george zimmerman was smaller in height but he definitely weighed more than trayvon martin. as you say, we know he had some mma training. all the gym owners said he wasn t particularly good at it. this expert overstepped where he started talking about trayvon martin s physical fitness which we don t know anything about. we know his height and his
that is ground fighting option. if i have no background or training to lead me down those baths is there nothing else so i m limited on options. there are always options in every force event. it s just a matter of what you, as an individual, see as being your options. right. but the defendant didn t use any other options, did he, other than pulling out the gun? well, i mean if we go down the path he was vocalizing he did scream for help. there were other options. he ouble continued to try to resist. he did as they refer to as the shrimping technique trying to get and move around. you know, as far as drawing a conclusion, i don t know what else he could have done based on his abilities, because not to be offensive to mr. zimmerman, who doesn t seem to have any. you re not suggesting that the defendant was just laying there getting hit? absolutely not. he would have been defending himself?
have initiated this confrontation in the first place because trayvon martin was running away, was leaving, moving around, whatever. so now there is all of this talk about the fight. but at the end of the day, i think the jury is going to feel like they don t really know what happened with the fight. i think both sides have done a really good job of muddying the waters up to make it clear that there are different perspectives as to what happened but at the end of day, we know ultimately that zimmerman used the gun that he had and pulled it out and shot trayvon martin. i think all of this testimony is just dirtying the waters up about what could have happened and it s not very clear either way. the only theory that truly matters is the prosecution s theory for the jury to believe. we are going to be back with much more after this after a quick break. re management starts hourly associates. there s opportunity here. i can use
no. try it, and see what your good driving can save you. you don t even have to switch. unless you re scared. i m not scared, it s. you know we can still see you. no, you can t. pretty sure we can. try snapshot today no pressure. day 22 of the george zimmerman trial. it s wednesday, july 10th and this is now. defense in the george zimmerman trial may be nearing the end of the case and could rest as early as today. zimmerman has pleaded not guilty to second degree murder and said he fatally shot trayvon martin in self-defense. this morning they called dennis root to the stand.
and i guess always a first time. this is the way you cross-examine expert witnesses. they are paid to be there. the jury understands that 37 they are educated professionals and you can lay into them and what the prosecution should have been doing and this should have been doing it yesterday with dr. di maio yesterday and they are doing it with this witness today. when we hear about the physicality of trayvon martin who was freshly 17 years old, 5 11 and 158 pounds and that time george zimmerman 5 8 and over 190 pounds. zimmerman fit and in shape was a soft wimp is portrayed here and trayvon is the more skilled, younger teen in the altercation that happened? yeah, they are trying to paint that picture. but at the end of the day, i think the prosecution is going to remind everybody that zimmerman was the one that had the gun. zimmerman was the one that may