felt for them but at the end of the day you have to put that aside if you follow the the judge s instructions and most jurors do and focus on the evidence. you feel for the parents and they do. there are five mothers and five white people and one thing those five white people have to consider is if i were on that street and i saw trayvon, how would i feel? what the defense team has done a masterful job of doing is putting trayvon on trial so we continue to see trayvon like many black men, as a civic threat what if trayvon was a young black women and been scared because trayvon was only 150 odd pounds. right. if it was a young black woman walking home and turned around and punched him in the face for argument sake, we wouldn t be having this conversation. he would have been convicted. he would have been convicted but because we have this history of seeing black male bodies dangerous and threatening and worthy of lethal force. we see it all the time because they seem worthy o
and danny cevallos. vinnie, i start with you, you have di maio up there. he seems to confirm that george zimmerman s story makes sense. the prosecutors anybody nibbling on small points. how damage to get case? it was damaging. and the real reason was the contrast that the medical can ter that the prosecution put on the stand. his demeanor, his confidence, the way he testified, so different from dr. di maio who is so seasoned so experienced and came across pretty well in court yesterday, unfortunately for the prosecution. all right. for both of you, i want you to weigh in on the cartoon. we start with you danny cevallos, what could this mean for the defense if this animated re-creation gets in? oh, it could mean good things for the defense if it gets in. the question is will it get in?
jurors do and focus on the evidence. you feel for the parents and they do. there are five mothers and five white people and one thing those five white people have to consider is if i were on that street and i saw trayvon, how would i feel? what the defense team has done a masterful job of doing is putting trayvon on trial so we continue to see trayvon like many black men, as a civic threat what if trayvon was a young black women and been scared because trayvon was only 150 odd pounds. right. if it was a young black woman walking home and turned around and punched him in the face for argument sake, we wouldn t be having this conversation. he would have been convicted. he would have been convicted but because we have this history of seeing black male bodies dangerous and threatening and worthy of lethal force.
martin. remember, that s fundamental to self-defense. and that he could haven been moved after being shot. and animated drama. this is going to be huge. why? the defense wants to introduce a cartoon that shows what happened that night in the altercation. it could be very, very influential to the jury. it could literally be the picture in their minds to events. so what happens is critical to what happens today. we have to watch it. trayvon on trial, the defense has made a decision to make trayvon martin relevant in terms of whether or not he was a good actor here or bad actor. the marijuana use is allowed. now text messages what do they say? we hear from the defense talk about how he was a fighter maybe he wanted a gun. trying to paint a picture pour them. is that dangerous for them? you could say yes. when they effective yesterday, we get better answers than i can by. we have mr. vinnie poll la ton host of d.c. d.c.
and everyone in that courtroom felt for them but at the end of the day you have to put that aside if you follow the the judge s instructions and most jurors do and focus on the evidence. you feel for the parents and they do. there are five mothers and five white people and one thing those five white people have to consider is if i were on that street and i saw trayvon, how would i feel? what the defense team has done a masterful job of doing is putting trayvon on trial so we continue to see trayvon like many black men, as a civic threat what if trayvon was a young black women and been scared because trayvon was only 150 odd pounds. right. if it was a young black woman walking home and turned around and punched him in the face for argument sake, we wouldn t be having this conversation. he would have been convicted. he would have been convicted