his arms after the shooting. and now they are using the picture of the descendant, trayvon martin apparently we can t show you, but if we could, you would see that theed this in evidence in a court proceeding today, that his body was facedown. the prosecution is trying to build the case that mr. zimmerman lied. joining me now to discuss it former prosecutor, defense attorney and a defense attorney monitoring this trial. welcome to all of you. do i have it about right? yeah, you do. what they will do is, in order to discredit the testimony he reasonably feared death or great bodily harm and this happened the way he alleged. he was attacked by trayvon instead of instigating him, they will move to discredit every single thing he says along the way, if they can. the defense will say, they said it in their opening after that stupid knock-knock joke. at some point, it was the head banging on the concrete that
black shorts and the other one is wearing a black shirt and blue jeans. and they are at the back gate of the neighborhood. bill: apparently that was months before trayvon martin was killed. jurors were not in the courtroom when that was played, bradford. i don t know what that adds or does not add, all the talk yesterday was about the knock-knock joke where the defense opened with a joke about the jurors being on the case because they know nothing about george zimmerman. after lunch awful the cablers are going nuts over this point. and lunch the lawyer came back and apologized because they heard them talking about it. does either side a leg up do you believe? opening statements should be focused on where you re headed, where you re going and there are times for jokes even during the most serious cases. i ve made jokes during the most serious cases. in this type of case in an opening statement where you re trying to garner trust from the jury i think the knock-knock joke was ridiculou
if you have a chance, i urge you to watch the whole thing. the tv equivalent of watching an incredible high-level cross-cultural tennis match between two players at the absolute top of their game. also a reminder of just how universal comedy and satire is. the george zimmerman trial started today with f bomb from the prosecution, a knock-knock joke from the defense, and apology from the defense over said knock-knock joke. that s coming up.
trial of george zimmerman. the defense begins with a knock-knock joke. we ll show you how that played out. and bring you up to speed in the latest arguments. that was fascinating. that absolutely fell flat. i have never seen a more awkward moment in court in recent history. and finally, a documentary on how to make money selling drugs. actor and producer adrian grenier joins us on the set to preview his new set. much more on morning joe . back to you. we ll see you in a few minutes. still ahead, your best and most creative tweets on what perk would make you like your job. we ll be right back. [ shapiro ] at legalzoom, you can take care of virtually
those were the words in that defendant s head just moments before he pressed that pistol into trayvon martin s chest and pulled the trigger. and here is how the defense began today. knock knock. who s there? george zimmerman. george zimmerman who? all right. good. you re on the jury. nothing? that s funny. after what you folks have been through the last two or three weeks. let s get on to, however, the serious business of why we re here. joy reid, george zimmerman and any defendant in america deserves better than a knock-knock joke to begin his opening statement. yeah. i was really shocked.