george zimmerman said he was in fear for his life when he shot trayvon martin and the defense or the prosecution is trying to prove that george zimmerman s head was not being slammed into the concrete. there was no he was in no danger of dying that night. reporter: right. that s exactly the point. in fact, even though this witness who jonathan good had come out and said that, you know, he could identify who was on top and who was on the bottom, that keep point the prosecution was able to make was that, well, you didn t see him though driving his head into the ground which is something the defense has really pushed forward because that is why george zimmerman said he felt his life was in danger. he literally felt like his head was going to explode. later though, the last person to testify was lindsey fulgate. she s a physicians assistant, the person who treated george zimmerman the very next day about the injuries. now, of course, everything we
beginning of the week, it seemed like a slum dunk for the prosecution. they had a great opening statement, filled with a baker s dozen of lies george zimmerman told. the defense with the terrible knock knock joke. it seemed they turned the tables today, anyway, with this witness, but i have to stress there were other residents that said the exact opposite right. that said that the people that the person on top fit the description of george zimmerman. so the basic point is if everybody is contradicting each other and themselves and in various testimony in depositions is that enough for reasonable doubt? right, glorp yia, fascinatin. jonathan good was a good witness. i watched it live, consistent and compelling and compare what he said in the first statements and today and find a few interesting things. for example, he originally said he heard the person on the
you described him as a creepy ass cracker? yes. so it was racial, but it was because trayvon martin put race in this? no. you don t think that s a racial comment? no. no denying rachel jeantel is a polar rising figure as jonathan good s testimony was electrifying. this is fascinating because of race, class or self-defense? joining me now angela and sherry williams a professor at syracuse university and gloria still with me. sherry, is it about race, this trial? i think well let me talk about the representation of rachel jeantel because i think that s important and a lot of that is wrapped up in a lot of the racism, class, sexism and a
bloody head. he seem to encapsulate zimmerman s entire defense, telling him what he said after the fatal shot and the body of the teenager nearby. this guy was beating me up and i shot him. i was defending myself when i shot him. so this guy was beating me up. i was defending myself and i shot him is what he told you. yes. without hesitation? no. and from what you could tell at the moment, it seemed completely true? yes. after the testimony of jonathan good, then came sanford police officer timothy smith. smith had a number of things to say, but perhaps most important from the aspect of the defense was he said that he noted that george zimmerman s jacket, the back of it, at least, was wetter than the front and also that it was covered or stained by grass. now, that again would seem to verify the point that the defense has made all along, that george zimmerman was struggling on his back on the ground with trayvon martin over him, swinging.
150e78d to encapsulate zimmerman s entire defense, quoting what zimmerman told him minutes after the fatal shot and with the body of the teenager lying sprawled nearby. this guy was beating me up and i shot him. and i had to defend myself and i shot him. i m sorry? i was defending myself and i shot him. so this guy was beating me up. i was defending myself and i shot him is what he told you? yes. without hesitation? no. and from what you could tell at the moment, it seemed completely true? yes. reporter: after the testimony of jonathan good, then came sanford police officer timothy smith. smith had a number of things to say, but perhaps most important from the aspect of the defense was he said that he noted that george zimmerman s jacket, the back of it at least, was wetter than the front and also that it was covered or stained by grass. now, that again would seem to verify the point that the defense has made all along, that george zimmerman was struggling on his