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Tue Feb 11, 2014, 04:37 PM

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Michael Dunn (Loud Music Killer) Will Take the Stand Momentarily [View all] MoonRiver Feb 2014 OP

CNN has it too nt alsame Feb 2014 #1

Dressed like a squeaky clean frat boy. MoonRiver Feb 2014 #2

He loves his alsame Feb 2014 #3

Did you see him crying about his dog? MoonRiver Feb 2014 #4

Those were my alsame Feb 2014 #5

Live link: Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2014 #6

That's better. HLN is playing commercials every few minutes. nt Incitatus Feb 2014 #17

CNN just bleeped out some alsame Feb 2014 #7

"I should kill that motherfucker." Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2014 #9

Thanks. Not that I alsame Feb 2014 #11

For A Guy With Ear Problems otohara Feb 2014 #8

Looking forward to the cross on this guy. Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2014 #10

Yes, apparently it was a miscalculation on the part of the state. MoonRiver Feb 2014 #13

I don't think it was an error to play Zimmerman's taped statements, but.... Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2014 #18

I remember you from the Zimmerman trial.. I just came looking for good old DU legalanalysises Voice for Peace Feb 2014 #148

I've only seen today's testimony live. Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2014 #156

just saw a snippet of testimony from his wife(?) Voice for Peace Feb 2014 #167

My thoughts exactly. MoonRiver Feb 2014 #12

Hallucinations come from inside the head but me thinks he is just a lying sack lunasun Feb 2014 #45

Because his "problem" isn't with music; it's with black folk... Blue_Tires Feb 2014 #72

And he claims the kids in the car could not have heard anything, tblue37 Feb 2014 #119

"My attacker", "clear and alsame Feb 2014 #14

Wonder how much longer this sham defense testimony will go on. MoonRiver Feb 2014 #15

I hope the state is better than it was alsame Feb 2014 #16

True, but I wonder how this case could possibly be lost, MoonRiver Feb 2014 #20

I hope the jury is better alsame Feb 2014 #22

That is the great unknown. MoonRiver Feb 2014 #23

What A Pig otohara Feb 2014 #19

Oh BOO FUCKING HOO snooper2 Feb 2014 #21

He killed him, went to the hotel, walked his fucking dog snooper2 Feb 2014 #24

NO 911 CALL to help the victim! MoonRiver Feb 2014 #28

It's my understanding that a defendant should never take the stand Beearewhyain Feb 2014 #25

As a general rule, you do not want to let your client be subject to cross examination Gothmog Feb 2014 #58

Thanks! n/t Beearewhyain Feb 2014 #64

Jury composition, for what alsame Feb 2014 #26

A couple of those give me pause. MoonRiver Feb 2014 #31

11 Children. Am I reading that right? nt. NCTraveler Feb 2014 #76

I had the same thought. Jackpine Radical Feb 2014 #87

If anyone wonders why we should be concerned about gun fanciers/toters, you need to watch this guy. Hoyt Feb 2014 #27

+1 Blue_Tires Feb 2014 #34

Interesting, isn't it? Where are alsame Feb 2014 #57

I still don't have faith JustAnotherGen Feb 2014 #70

Very disturbing. H2O Man Feb 2014 #29

What is wrong with people????? get the red out Feb 2014 #30

My husband made the same comment last night. Skidmore Feb 2014 #35

Times sure have changed get the red out Feb 2014 #37

He saw the kids as "gangsters" first. Skidmore Feb 2014 #38

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OMG, you are actually defending this guy! MoonRiver Feb 2014 #77

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The murder of an unarmed teen for simply playing loud music is pretty straight forward. MoonRiver Feb 2014 #83

Oh, and for what it's worth, I'm against the death penalty. MoonRiver Feb 2014 #85

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It will keep a drunken, armed, sociopathic Dunn off the streets! MoonRiver Feb 2014 #98

uh. huh. No personal responsibility or penalties for anything. I prefered kale posts. uppityperson Feb 2014 #100

It will however, prevent this particular gunman from over-reacting again... LanternWaste Feb 2014 #103

People like you? What does that mean, please? MineralMan Feb 2014 #95

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Library girl your getting nasty now. hrmjustin Feb 2014 #126

I disagree get the red out Feb 2014 #82

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No, I am not making your point get the red out Feb 2014 #97

You could always go to the library, have it on good authority it is quiet there. uppityperson Feb 2014 #84

Wait a minute here.... Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2014 #32

Not only that. He walks the dog, orders a pizza, checks out a movie, MoonRiver Feb 2014 #33

That's just insane. Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2014 #36

It's hard to imagine anybody making Zimmerman look half way decent, but Dunn has done it. MoonRiver Feb 2014 #39

Well let's not give Old Georgie too much credit. Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2014 #51

Yeah, he thought his buddies would give him a pass, MoonRiver Feb 2014 #53

Zimmerman hung around so the cops could give him fist bumps-job well done. SummerSnow Feb 2014 #59

He kept saying alsame Feb 2014 #48

That's cause, after all, the kid he murdered was just a thug! MoonRiver Feb 2014 #65

Who does that? Cali_Democrat Feb 2014 #104

And his girlfriend/fiancee does the same thing. gvstn Feb 2014 #42

Leaving the crime scene was a mistake Gothmog Feb 2014 #60

Guy on cross now pintobean Feb 2014 #40

Prosecution sounds like he's not fucking around. Incitatus Feb 2014 #43

Prosecutor doing the cross was one of the prosecutors in the Zimmerman case. Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2014 #41

As I recall he also did an awesome closing argument. MoonRiver Feb 2014 #44

I think he did the rebuttal closing argument. Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2014 #47

I thought so JustAnotherGen Feb 2014 #71

so this guy says he shot someone in self defense arely staircase Feb 2014 #46

Isn't it though? Skidmore Feb 2014 #49

oh the next day he decided to go home and talk to the sherrif in his home town arely staircase Feb 2014 #52

Need A New Link to Live Coverage otohara Feb 2014 #50

This Link Is Not Sensoring otohara Feb 2014 #55

4 rum and cokes but only 1 or 2 ounces of rum, SURE. nt Incitatus Feb 2014 #54

I think mr. Guy would be more effective if he were less dramatic Boom Sound 416 Feb 2014 #56

He comes across as a jerk. pintobean Feb 2014 #62

Juan Martinez was as aggressive as it gets and he got Murder One for Arias. MoonRiver Feb 2014 #67

Crack them? Boom Sound 416 Feb 2014 #92

Get them to stop lying and tell the truth. MoonRiver Feb 2014 #106

I get the term Boom Sound 416 Feb 2014 #111

He's backed off quite a bit Boom Sound 416 Feb 2014 #68

Disagreed. Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2014 #66

Fair enough Boom Sound 416 Feb 2014 #69

I'm Going to Fucking Kill You otohara Feb 2014 #61

He said - THEY said MoonRiver Feb 2014 #63

Did they have witnesses from the parking lot and arthritisR_US Feb 2014 #90

I don't know, but the gf has contradicted a lot of what he said. MoonRiver Feb 2014 #91

That's what I thought. I hope they have charged arthritisR_US Feb 2014 #99

They have charged him with 1st Degree Murder and 3 counts of Attempted 1st Degree Murder. MoonRiver Feb 2014 #109

Oh good, I thought the charges on Zimmerdick arthritisR_US Feb 2014 #114

Unfortunately after Zimmy nadinbrzezinski Feb 2014 #171

Watching this now, WOW madaboutharry Feb 2014 #74

The boys in the car who testified, didn't they arthritisR_US Feb 2014 #75

It doesn't make sense to you alsame Feb 2014 #79

Jordan was in the car JustAnotherGen Feb 2014 #81

Ok, thanks mates cause I was really wondering arthritisR_US Feb 2014 #88

You didn't miss anything JustAnotherGen Feb 2014 #116

I'm really getting disturbed by this cross because arthritisR_US Feb 2014 #123

"I was shooting to keep their heads down, not to kill," said Dunn. sinkingfeeling Feb 2014 #161

Wow, what a good point! Where the f*ck is the arthritisR_US Feb 2014 #166

Can't say why he didn't call cops but alsame Feb 2014 #78

Hell of a lot of holes to his story aside from arthritisR_US Feb 2014 #89

That's the anvil in the raft Boom Sound 416 Feb 2014 #94

Because I thought that was what the SYG law arthritisR_US Feb 2014 #101

Yeah it's pretty bad Boom Sound 416 Feb 2014 #102

I missed the google maps part, what was that about? nt arthritisR_US Feb 2014 #105

Yeah that was bad Boom Sound 416 Feb 2014 #110

Sounds perfectly logical to me. Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2014 #152

Fuck Dunn!! Cali_Democrat Feb 2014 #96

This is the first day I'm watching this and that arthritisR_US Feb 2014 #107

I expect him to walk. JRLeft Feb 2014 #108

Why? MoonRiver Feb 2014 #112

I am black and live in America. JRLeft Feb 2014 #113

That is my fear because of the composition arthritisR_US Feb 2014 #115

I can tell you right now, there are a lot of people who believe Dunn was right because Davis was JRLeft Feb 2014 #120

Unfortunately you have experience to validate arthritisR_US Feb 2014 #131

Even without SYG, he probably walks seriously! JRLeft Feb 2014 #133

That is my fear but I hope we are proven wrong. arthritisR_US Feb 2014 #138

Obama being elected has ripped off the bandaid. People who never thought they were racist were JRLeft Feb 2014 #146

Well said, that's my take on things too. nt arthritisR_US Feb 2014 #157

These are the idiots that are afraid that "Blacks are going to take over" VanillaRhapsody Feb 2014 #177

Great analysis, I think you are spot on! nt arthritisR_US Feb 2014 #179

I do know Racist Baggers pretty well... VanillaRhapsody Feb 2014 #181

I have a good mate from Charlotte and ever so often it rears its nasty head. I am always arthritisR_US Feb 2014 #184

It is so pervasive they say things outright when they are in the company of other Whites... VanillaRhapsody Feb 2014 #186

Happens here all the time with respect to any of the non-white races. They are so arthritisR_US Feb 2014 #189

+1 Blue_Tires Feb 2014 #173

Although I'm not black, I do understand. MoonRiver Feb 2014 #117

That's my feeling too! nt arthritisR_US Feb 2014 #132

People like him walk all the time. murielm99 Feb 2014 #175

I really don't think he's going to walk though. MoonRiver Feb 2014 #215

How will you feel if he's convicted Boom Sound 416 Feb 2014 #118

Oh I will be shocked and ecstatic, but I am glad you are so sure. JRLeft Feb 2014 #122

I bet we get a verdict by Friday. MoonRiver Feb 2014 #129

I don't think the SA would be in the courtroom Boom Sound 416 Feb 2014 #135

The SA looked bad last time, she should have tried this case herself. JRLeft Feb 2014 #137

She did do a lot of the trial herself. Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2014 #154

She threw a bone to guy. He deserved it. Boom Sound 416 Feb 2014 #160

. libodem Feb 2014 #155

Statistics and he's white? tia uponit7771 Feb 2014 #147

I'm feeling the same way. reusrename Feb 2014 #124

Before Zimmy I thought we had moved beyond that nadinbrzezinski Feb 2014 #151

So Dunn was terrified that his gf would be shot by the invisible gunman, MoonRiver Feb 2014 #121

That's commomn sense, but in the SYG universe shooting first makes the most sense. JRLeft Feb 2014 #127

That is, to me, the alsame Feb 2014 #130

I've read everything I can find on this case. proudretiredvet Feb 2014 #128

The reasonable person standard is the key to this case Gothmog Feb 2014 #134

I just get the feeling he will walk or the jury will be hung. JRLeft Feb 2014 #139

I understand why you feel alsame Feb 2014 #141

This DA is awful! JRLeft Feb 2014 #142

I live with firearms proudretiredvet Feb 2014 #200

Great synopsis! I wonder if the juror's in arthritisR_US Feb 2014 #144

I agree. Captain Stern Feb 2014 #213

Busted! He didn't call the cop, the cop called him and he didn't mention the incident ChisolmTrailDem Feb 2014 #136

Yep! MoonRiver Feb 2014 #140

He left the scene of the crime, peered out the window looking not for the kids in the ChisolmTrailDem Feb 2014 #143

Praying the jury sees it that way. MoonRiver Feb 2014 #145

amen, statistically and because his skin is white he should walk uponit7771 Feb 2014 #149

He did nothing right. proudretiredvet Feb 2014 #202

Ashley Banfield - Dunn's Awesome Calm Demeanor otohara Feb 2014 #150

I do not need the media spinners, I have history to help me craft my conclusion. JRLeft Feb 2014 #153

This asshole is a fucking stone cold killer, please giftedgirl77 Feb 2014 #158

+1 That's what it all comes down to. nt alsame Feb 2014 #159

Girlfriend back on the stand. alsame Feb 2014 #162

Did you all see the photos in evidence? Look what was in Dunn's backseat. sinkingfeeling Feb 2014 #163

Are those nunchuks? nt alsame Feb 2014 #165

Looks like it to me. nt sinkingfeeling Feb 2014 #169

He is a martial arts artist on his way to class???? nadinbrzezinski Feb 2014 #172

Is that the vehicle the victim was shot in? ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2014 #174

No, it's the shooter's car, the Volkswagen. sinkingfeeling Feb 2014 #182

No ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2014 #185

Not according to HNL where the picture came from. sinkingfeeling Feb 2014 #192

My bad ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2014 #197

The fiancee just sunk Dunn ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2014 #164

Defense's problem is that she wouldn't want him convicted. MoonRiver Feb 2014 #168

I hate that I missed her ealier testimony ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2014 #170

Here it is alsame Feb 2014 #176

Thanks ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2014 #178

Dunn saying how he practiced with the alsame Feb 2014 #180

Yep ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2014 #183

Sickos like this practice alsame Feb 2014 #194

Ironically in this case, they might have been. Boom Sound 416 Feb 2014 #190

This guy talks like Milton from Office Space. nt Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2014 #187

this would be a simple case but because this is a white man who shot a black kid JI7 Feb 2014 #188

They are playing the original police interview snooper2 Feb 2014 #193

To some people blacks are scary so there might be sympathy there uponit7771 Feb 2014 #199

Jury instructions in Z Case was SYG based I give them the benefit of the doubt in that context but.. uponit7771 Feb 2014 #196

Listening to the interview ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2014 #191

He is. nt Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2014 #195

Thought so ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2014 #198

Oops ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2014 #201

The State rests. Done for the alsame Feb 2014 #203

I am stunned by this..... dawnie51 Feb 2014 #204

'The Feds' have no authority to do something about these laws. Shrike47 Feb 2014 #209

How many juror members deliberate for this trial? nt arthritisR_US Feb 2014 #205

There are 12 and 4 alternates. I posted the alsame Feb 2014 #206

I saw that but because the GZ had only six I thought maybe they were just a pool to arthritisR_US Feb 2014 #207

What I'm remembering, hopefully correctly, is that there are 12 jurors for 1st degree MoonRiver Feb 2014 #208

Interesting, I didn't know that about 1st degree vs 2nd degree. I really hope that jurors with arthritisR_US Feb 2014 #210

Like I said that's what I'm remembering from the Martin case. MoonRiver Feb 2014 #211

I hope at least one but hoping for more because I want them to be able to arthritisR_US Feb 2014 #212

Absolutely! MoonRiver Feb 2014 #214