end of this trial you will know in your head, in your heart, in your stomach that george zimmerman did not shoot trayvon martin because he had to. he shot him for the worst of all reasons, because he wanted to. george zimmerman is not guilty of murder. he shot trayvon martin in self-defense after being viciously attacked. in his closing arguments mark o mara called for a moment of silence, first for a minute and then two and then more. to demonstrate how much time the defense says martin had to run and get home after he saw zimmerman. that s how long trayvon martin had to run, about four minutes. when he said he was running, that s how long. then hauled out a chunk of concrete to show how martin used the sidewalk as a weapon.
class. there was another point on cross. the defense attorney, don west, was questioning this witness about self-defense and what it meant and if you had to have any extensive injuries to be in fear for your life. george zimmerman reacted to that testimony. i will play you a part of that testimony now. but the fact that there with wasn t an injury wasn t an imminent danger of fear. you don t have to wait until you are almost dead to defend yourself? no, i would probably advise you don t do that. i take it when you are under attack, you never really know where that moment will be? no, unfortunately, you don t. i don t know if the jury actually saw zimmerman s reaction to that. i don t know where the jury is sit physical relation to the defendant. sometimes the jury can see expression on faces, he has been so still. it was surprising to see a change of expression, drew. absolutely. here s the thing about alexis
questioning him really doesn t ask many questions at all, until the final session, which you just played right now, where you see that these investigators are now grilling him and going back over the inconsistencies and saying, wait a minute, this doesn t seem to match up. to watch that was interesting. the jury also saw zimmerman s re-enactment of event which is took place february 27th, the day after the shootings, i want to play a chunk again of what jurors saw. i tried squirming again, because all i could think about was when he hit my head, it felt like my head was going to explode and i thought i was going to lose consciousness. i tried to squirm because he only had a small portion of my head on the concrete. i tried to squirm off the concrete. when i did that, somebody here opened the door. and i said, help me, help me, and they said, i ll call 911, i said, no, help me.
to watch that was interesting. the jury also saw zimmerman s re-enactment of event which is took place february 27th, the day after the shootings, i want to play a chunk again of what jurors saw. i tried squirming again, because all i could think about was when he hit my head, it felt like my head was going to explode and i thought i was going to lose consciousness. i tried to squirm because he only had a small portion of my head on the concrete. i tried to squirm off the concrete. when i did that, somebody here opened the door. and i said, help me, help me, and they said, i ll call 911, i said, no, help me. i need help. that person who opened the door has already testified i was curious i mean, being inside the courtroom, could you tell, what was the jury s reaction? you flow, they had been writing notes all day, and looking up and writing notes. when this was played, anderson,
to watch that evolution was very interesting. in addition to the sound from the police interview, the jury also saw zimmerman s re-enactment of the events which took place february 27th, the day after the shootings. i just want to play a chunk again of what jurors saw. i tried squirming again, because all i could think about was when he hit my head, it felt like my head was going to explode and i thought i was going to lose consciousness. i tried to squirm so that i could get because he only had a small portion of my head on the concrete. i tried to squirm off the concrete. when i did that, somebody here opened the door. and i said, help me, help me, and they said, i ll call 911, i said, no, help me. i need help. that person who opened the door has already testified i was curious i mean, being inside the courtroom, could you tell, what was the jury s reaction? you know, they had been writing notes all day, and looking up and writing notes. when this was played, anderson,