I must say that this closing argument has pointed out things to me I had not considered. It goes to show how important closing argument is. The prosecutor has parsed George Zimmerman’s (GZ) statements and actions into a picture that could make sense. Below the blow by blow continues:
In photo of the left hand of TM there is a small abrasion. He's right handed. If beating was as severe as GZ says, why no injury to TM's hands? Why are one person dead and one person lying, why? GZ brought a gun to a fight he started to make sure Trayvon Martin (TM) didn't get away and TM is dead so he can't tell us GZ lied. Why didn't GZ know street address? If GZ was in such fear why did he get out of his car? He told dispatch that TM was circling his car so why get out? GZ says TM jumped out of "bushes” and that he was confronted by TM who asked "Why you following me?" He didn't see that TM was going to punch him and when he got punched, he fell. So, GZ had his gun out. GZ tried to convince cops he nothing wrong by claiming that TM had said, "You're going to die tonight. M/F." GZ says he felt TM "going for gun" so drew it and shot. All while being hit, punched and held down. Make sense? Here's this small black gun. How did TM see that in the dark? It was hidden. So, it's just another lie. GZ says TM was still talking after the shot and that GZ then holstered his gun and held TM's arms out. "They always come around at night,” he had said. GZ had profiled a 17-yo as one of those "assholes." Because of his hoodie. GZ told cops that TM must have been upset because GZ had called police. GZ inadvertently said, "When I walked back toward him he attacked me." That is the truth. That shows GZ was following him with a gun. GZ said he was going for his phone but was he really going for his gun when he got punched? Who started this fight? GZ says he was on his back but GZ's shoes have some grass on them so he might have been on top. One lie after another. TM circled his car and he was a criminal, GZ was so scared. He says TM put his hands over GZ's mouth and said, "You gonna die tonight." GZ has legal training and knows what he needs to say. Lies. GZ screamed for help but when the witness John Goode came out he said "Don't call cops, just help me." With the cops he calls TM a suspect not an asshole. He's trying to impress police with his cop jargon. TM said, "You gotta problem?" GZ says, "No." But TM says, "You do now." So standing in the grass was a crime that night.
GZ got out of his car because dispatch asked where did the suspect go? Why lie that you don't know street name? Because GZ was following an innocent young boy. GZ said TM came back and circled his car and that he had his hand in his waistband. Dispatch asked where he was but GZ couldn't remember street name. There's an address on the wall in the walk through video but GZ says there were no numbers on backs of houses. Treated cops like fools. Dispatch says he needn't follow but he went in the same direction anyway, to get address? But there are only three streets so it's a lie. The sprinkler boxes in lawn could have caused injuries. GZ indicates on video where his gun was and that TM saw it and said, "You're going to die." Then GZ drew and shot? Lying to justify resorting to shooting. GZ said he thought TM had something in his hands. At the end, GZ had to push TM off him so how could he not know TM was hit? GZ says TM was yelling but no one heard all that. In interviews GZ is trying to impress cops as being one of them. GZ was fit then and bigger than TM. Didn't ask TM what he was doing because to GZ, TM was a criminal. Cop asked if TM could have been afraid when GZ reached for phone.
GZ does not want to admit he is chasing TM and was profiling him. He always has an excuse when they catch him in a lie. On Hannity, GZ lies. Asked if TM was running because he was afraid. GZ responds TM was going away quickly not moving away in fear. GZ says he was going in the same direction to tell cops where TM was. He says after TM stopped hitting his head into the concrete TM smothered him and told him to shut up. Says the gun became exposed when GZ shimmied to get away. GZ says it's all God's plan. That speaks for itself.
TM is supposed to have straddled GZ up under his armpits. So, how does he get the gun out? Truth does not lie. GZ showed cops where gun was carried, so how does he get gun out and make a perfect shot into a 17-yo man? And no DNA on gun. Washed away or another lie? GZ has learned what to say about self defense. He misleads police. Why if he's not doing anything wrong? How many arms did TM have to do all the things GZ claims? How is GZ alive if he was hit so much? TM is criminal, a punk, an asshole. Why does GZ lie if he's doing nothing wrong in following? It's not necessary to say he has intent to kill when he follows. He has ill will.
Murder2 is the highest crime charged or you go to Manslaughter as a lesser crime. We don't have animation and GZ's is the only story. Posters of elements of the law are projected and the timeline with excerpts of testimony. If a person is legitimately in fear of his life, why lie and exaggerate? Think of which way the jacket went when GZ went down. Gun exposed? How did GZ get injuries to the top of his head? Did TM pick the sidewalk up?
Give us a just verdict. You heard parents. But now the latest photos are of him dead. No new photos will be made because of GZ, a man guilty of second degree murder.