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if they blame zimmerman for causing this series of events, he will be convicted of something. the whole defense is that self-defense began when trayvon responded to zimmerman. they say self-defense began when trayvon ended up on top of zimmerman. and i suggested that s not when self-defense began. self-defense began when he chose to confront trayvon and when he didn t, he shot him to death. that s a view many people have and also say to me, look, what about trayvon martin s right to defend himself? wasn t he engaged in a form of self-defense himself and where does his right to do that supersede george zimmerman who has a gun? right, i tell you, tom has just articulated so perfectly. this is a man told to stay in the car. he has a weapon. i believe he confronted him. the question is going to really
undisputed. he got out of a car. he followed a kid on a ryan knee dark night. he had a concealed weapon and didn t identify himself as neighborhood watch. but here is the reason why i was shaking my head. under the law, which you both know, you can even the aggressor in a confrontation regain your innocence and claim self-defense successfully, and i think based on the evidence that s been presented, a jury would have a very hard time okay. let me bring in tom let me bring in tom because what the florida legal people i ve spoken to, tom, told me repeatedly is that that is the crucial thing. it doesn t matter in terms of zimmerman getting out of the car, walking, checking street names, whatever he was doing. none of that is materially important to the law in florida, which is if zimmerman genuinely believed his life was in danger, a lot of medical evidence that he may have been stunned and dazed by having his head banged than he is allowed to defend himself and can use legally his
saying tonight, there is something wrong with the with the idea that if somebody could get out of their car, profile somebody as a perpetrator, follow them in the dark, be armed and then shoot them dead and it s just a kid walking home to their parents house. right. so if they see that, they could conclude that s culpable negligence and might overlook self-defense in that regard. that s why the defense is arguing so hard. they don t want those. absolutely, yeah. got to move on quickly, tom, to you about dzhokhar tsarnaev, the only surviving boston marathon bomber pleaded not guilty today to 30 federal charges. what do you think the rational is for the very surprising decision to say i had nothing to do with this? i think this is a formal aspect of a criminal case. the defense hasn t had a time to
trayvon martin as a bad guy that needs to be dealt with? that s absolutely right. here is the thing and you ve nailed in this and we have talked about it. there is a pathway to manslaughter. if you look at the totality of george zimmerman s actions undisputed. he got out of a car. he followed a kid on a ryan knee dark night. he had a concealed weapon and didn t identify himself as neighborhood watch. but here is the reason why i was shaking my head. under the law, which you both know, you can even the aggressor in a confrontation regain your innocence and claim self-defense successfully, and i think based on the evidence that s been presented, a jury would have a very hard time okay. let me bring in tom let me bring in tom because what the florida legal people i ve spoken to, tom, told me repeatedly is that that is the crucial thing. it doesn t matter in terms of zimmerman getting out of the car, walking, checking street