Thursday, July 19, 2012

"I'm Not A Racist And I'm Not A Murderer"

George Zimmerman gave an interview to Sean Hannity tonight and he gave his version of the shooting of President Obama's adopted son, Treyvon Martin.
From the L.A. Times: When asked to explain what he meant when he told a police dispatcher he was following Martin, Zimmerman said he was trying to keep an eye on Martin to tell police. He said he was not following Martin but attempting to get a more precise address for the authorities.
Whether Zimmerman was the aggressor plays a major role in his self-defense claim.

“I hadn't given them a correct address. I was going to give them the actual address,” he said. “I meant that I was going in the same direction as him. I didn't mean that I was actually pursuing him.”

Zimmerman said shortly after he got out of his car, Martin was right next to him. Zimmerman said he looked down to try to find his cellphone and when he looked up, Martin punched him and broke his nose. Then, he said, Martin straddled him and started slamming his head down.

“He started bashing my head into the concrete sidewalk. I was disoriented,” Zimmerman said, adding that it was at that point he began to fear for his life — another key element in his self-defense claim.

He said as the two were struggling, Martin said “you're going to die tonight.” Zimmerman said he yelled out multiple times in hopes the authorities would locate them.

“I was yelling in hopes that they were in the vicinity and they would come and find me,” he said. “As soon as he broke my nose, I started yelling for help.”

http://www.latimes.com/news/la-naw-zimmerman-interview-20120718,0,4171414.story
While I am sure his version is not totally accurate, the prosecution and others have not provided any real evidence to state something else happen.  All they offer is speculation, which is not admissible into a court trial.
If I were to guess, I don't think this will go to trial.  The prosecution will offer a plea agreement that gets a conviction but little or no jail time.
If it does get to trial, I think there will be a hung jury or a not guilty verdict but not a guilty verdict.
But this case is so crazy, anything can happen and anything probably will happen.

3 comments:

  1. I don't think I've ever seen an interviewer (I won't call Hannity a journalist) ask more leading questions--and provide more partial answers--in my life. And then when Zimmerman said he wouldn't change a thing, and that it was "God's will..." REALLY? It was God's will that he shoot an unarmed teenager? I don't think he helped himself much going on Hannity.

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  2. I do think it did help. He seemed honest and straight forward. I believed him.

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  3. I think the main benefit of him going on Hannity is to make him look real and not this monster the press and prosecutors have made him out to be.

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