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Voice for Peace

(13,141 posts)
Sat Jul 13, 2013, 11:17 AM Jul 2013

Zimmerman Trial - Frederick Leatherman post on defense closing arguments.

http://frederickleatherman.com/2013/07/13/jury-begins-first-full-day-of-deliberations-in-zimmerman-case/#comments

Does anyone know which photo he's speaking about
and does anyone recall seeing this part of the
defense closing?

(Comment in the comment section from Leatherman)

Mark O’Mara’s closing was quite possibly
the worst argument that I have ever witnessed.
At times he seemed almost incoherent.

The worst part of it occurred when he showed Trayvon’s
death photo to the jury and tipped it so that Sybrina
Fulton could see it.

She left the courtroom.

Deliberate or accidental?

I don’t believe he had to show the photo to support
or illustrate his argument, so I have decided that
he did it deliberately with malice aforethought.

His defining characteristic throughout this case has
been to use motions as a vehicle to disclose private
information about Trayvon Martin and to falsely
accuse Bernie de la Rionda of discovery violations
to conceal his failure to exercise due diligence in
performing his job.

I shudder with disgust when I hear his name or the
sound of his voice.

John Guy’s rebuttal was sublime. He blew me away
and that is not easy to do.


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Zimmerman Trial - Frederick Leatherman post on defense closing arguments. (Original Post) Voice for Peace Jul 2013 OP
kickety nt Voice for Peace Jul 2013 #1
he showed an autopsy photo and complained it didn't show Trayvon's muscle tone or true bettyellen Jul 2013 #2
The scary hoodie picture of Trayvon is quite sweet. Voice for Peace Jul 2013 #3
I saw him show a photo which caused Sabrina Fulton to stand up and leave... targetpractice Jul 2013 #4
++ Betty Ellen Voice for Peace Jul 2013 #5
Nicely put. targetpractice Jul 2013 #7
I corrected my subject title, d'oh Voice for Peace Jul 2013 #8
Beautifully put. mzmolly Jul 2013 #9
that photo Trayvon probably took on his computer Voice for Peace Jul 2013 #6
 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
2. he showed an autopsy photo and complained it didn't show Trayvon's muscle tone or true
Sat Jul 13, 2013, 11:30 AM
Jul 2013

size- because he had lost HALF his BLOOD. Somehow, that asshole O Mara thought that helped his case.


He then showed a pic of Trayvon without a shirt- not looking too buff either. I think he was hoping to scare the ladies. But it looked like a cute pic of a teenager to me.

targetpractice

(4,919 posts)
4. I saw him show a photo which caused Sabrina Fulton to stand up and leave...
Sat Jul 13, 2013, 12:08 PM
Jul 2013

… The photo he was showing was a shirtless Trayvon (a selfie from Facebook or something)… The photo was taken from a low angle, and I suppose O'Mara was trying to convey that Trayvon was actually a muscular threatening black man.

He may have showed a photo of the deceased immediately prior… O'Mara was rambling about how a photo of a dead person is misleading because there was no muscle tone and Trayvon lost half his blood volume.

Upon edit: Yeah, what bettyellen wrote.

 

Voice for Peace

(13,141 posts)
5. ++ Betty Ellen
Sat Jul 13, 2013, 12:20 PM
Jul 2013

Last edited Sat Jul 13, 2013, 01:42 PM - Edit history (2)

(Edit for dumbness of previous op title)

I don't know how Trayvon's mother could bear to
listen to the defense, or even be in the courtroom
with the smirking zombified Zimmerman and his
slimy nasty lawyers.

Both Trayvon's parents are beautiful people
physically but there was a way deeper beauty
I thought shining out of them and it was
righteousness. And steel.

I saw only ugliness from the entire defense team
and I think almost every single one of their
witnesses.

targetpractice

(4,919 posts)
7. Nicely put.
Sat Jul 13, 2013, 12:33 PM
Jul 2013

Bettyellen is a poster who answered your question before me (and more accurately). I was asleep at the wheel.

 

Voice for Peace

(13,141 posts)
8. I corrected my subject title, d'oh
Sat Jul 13, 2013, 01:15 PM
Jul 2013

I tend to read the substance of posts and
not notice the name of poster unless it
becomes a longer discussion, my bad.. I
thought you were referencing someone
from the Leatherman blog.

mzmolly

(50,957 posts)
9. Beautifully put.
Sat Jul 13, 2013, 01:32 PM
Jul 2013
Both Trayvon's parents are beautiful people
physically but there was a way deeper beauty
I thought shining out of them and it was
righteousness. And steel.
 

Voice for Peace

(13,141 posts)
6. that photo Trayvon probably took on his computer
Sat Jul 13, 2013, 12:22 PM
Jul 2013

to show how hot he was. He was!
Just seventeen, that's a beautiful boy.
There will be justice. If not from this jury,
somewhere.

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