The audio from the 911 call on the night Travyon Martin died could shape the direction of the George Zimmerman trial. CNN's Randi Kaye reports.
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Post by: Randi Kaye Filed under: Crime & Punishment • George Zimmerman • Trayvon Martin |
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Denise, Travon fighting in the past is less clear than Zimmerman having a criminal record. And you just speculated on him maybe handling and shooting guns in the past based on pictures. That is absurd. And some lines later you talked about that pure assertion as if it was a fact. That is why it has no relevance in court.
Are they not going to trace the actual path Trayvon would have been taking to and from the convenience store where he bought the candy. That would prove he was just an innocent kid walking to and from the store. They should be able to follow the path by what George Zimmerman was telling the 911 operator.
Zimmerman apologized toTrayvon's parents said he didn't know how young he was or if there was a weapon. What would age or anything matter if he was truly fighting for his life. He should have said sorry for their loss but that their son attacked him and he shot in self defence. If he didn't know age, weapon etc. then he wouldn't have anything to be afraid of
and no justification to shoot anyone.
I keep thinking about the moment with the gun. Travon had pictures of guns on his phone. Being that close to take pictures he most likely held guns and even shot them before. But the judge says it's not allowed in court. My question is GZ says when Travon saw the gun he treatened GZ and Trevon tried to go for his gun. Now if Travon never held a gun or never shot a gun don't you think when he first saw GZ had a gun he would have ran from there as fast as he could, especially since he was so close to home. On the other hand if he was used to guns he very well could have tried to get GZ's gun. So why wouldn't the judge let Travon's past history of fighting and use of guns be allowed in the court room? The history of GZ trying to protect the complex from a rash of resent robberies is allowed. Why isn't more history of Travon allowed?
The shot is fired and the effect is immediate ... the cries for help are silenced. Zimmerman fired a lethal shot (rather than to maim) and then he did nothing to help the dying teen other than call his wife to "matter-of-factly" tell her he'd just shot someone (from witness testimony).