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In reply to the discussion: Just before the call cut off, she heard Trayvon Martin say, “Get off. Get off.” [View all]freshwest
(53,661 posts)Before a jury under a defense lawyer's cross trying to make her and Martin look like liars. Hopefully, the prosecutor's office is preparing her for the defense striving to impugn the character of the person she cared about. This will be very painful for her.
This interview is the closest thing that the jury will hear to eye witness testimony, other than Z, who survived. Unfortunately, Martin is dead and had no one to protect him from the 'creepy man.' Believe me, that was creepy behavior.
Someone posted an excellent thread using the analogy of a girl instead of a boy. In all these gun cases, the balance of power is firmly in the hand of the shooter. So their victims should be looked at as what they are, people who were helpless in the face of a gun to their face or back or however it happened.
This testimony would help destroy the self-defense argument, if allowed. Add to that the video at the police station. The defense will probably argue Z was shown injured there. His demeanor didn't strike me as someone who was traumatized or in pain. Yet Z's defenders claim Z would have been brain damaged by Martin being on top of him if he hadn't fired his gun.
If that was happening, why wasn't Martin's blood on his clothing in the video?
Gravity and blood pressure would put it on Z. But if Martin was shot at a distance, or while standing up, the head beating causing a wound on the back of Z's head didn't take place as has been claimed. Unless Martin was such an amazing person that he could assault someone while dying from a chest wound.
There is so much we don't know in this case. We haven't even been told if Martin was shot in the front which would be similar to self-defense except for the screams of 'Help!' from Martin. If shot from the back, because Z didn't want him 'to get away,' that's not self-defense or even 'standing your ground.'
The way this case has been mishandled from the start may mean that there will be no justice for Martin, and I wonder how many other cases there are like his.