a lot of good points that I saw.
I don't know about the change of venue though.
The jury should have been more diverse, because the city of Sanford is 50 percent minorities. They represent half the population of the city, if you look at Wiki. Blacks represent over 30 percent of Sanford and Hispanics 20. The defense struck every Black off the jury and the judge allowed it.
I don't think a non bias men would have accepted Zimmerman's claims about Martin beating him to death or manhandling him. Especially with the age difference, pounds, and the fact had a loaded gun already to fire with the safety released. Most of those women claim they own guns. I wonder how many of them carry it around everywhere loaded with the safety off?
I would have let the defense call him and Good. The prosecution should have approached good the same way the defense attacked Jeantel because good was the only person claimed he heard Zimmerman screaming help, and plus he gave the description of ground and pound or MMA. Serino is the one that first questioned him. Serino is the one that made the conclusion Zimmerman didn't profile Martin because of race either. I would have really question him on why he made such a conclusion?
There is something in the media, that Zimmerman stayed with an ex seminole county police officer and gave him some statements about the murder. I would have called him instead if it was true, because it was reported those accounts was totally different from the one he did with Detective Serino. There was also a report about some 13 year old boy and his mother claiming the police tried to get her son say something favoring Zimmerman's account. Maybe the Justice Department can look into that and clear it up. It might go to a potential police coverup.
The prosecution also didn't present Trayvon Martin's rights to self defense. I think the theory, that a person with the most injuries would neccessarily be the person defending themselves is flawed. A person who is smaller, would be the person fighting off the bigger person the most, including a person screaming for their life. That person would be doing anything to escape the attacker including injuring him the best way they know how. In that case, Martin would have every right to use whatever neccessary force it took to fight off Zimmerman, including giving him those injuries.
They failed to point out that Zimmerman's lack of injuries on Martin, meant he only used a gun to fight Martin. which was already loaded and in position to fire. They failed to point out the only way Martin could have known Zimmerman's gun was loaded, is if he already had it pointed at Martin at some time. The only person could have known the gun was loaded was Zimmerman. Not only that, Zimmerman didn't think his life was in danger, until he thought Martin went for his gun after saying something.
So it wouldn't make any sense for him to think his life was in danger from his injuries, if he only had concerns, when he alledgely thought Martin grabbed for his gun. Zimmerman's whole story of self defense is farfetched and seems to be put together to shore up holes. It still doesn't fit though as Detective Serino claims. nevertheless, they told the jury what they wanted to hear, enough to give a not guilty verdict.
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