Reuters/Gary W. Green - Trayvon
Martin's brother Jahvaris Fulton takes the stand during George
Zimmerman's trial in Seminole circuit court in Sanford, Florida July 5,
2013
The brother of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin testified Friday that it was his brother's voice screaming for help on a recorded 911 call the night he was killed by George Zimmerman.
But after Martin's brother, Jahvaris Fulton, first heard that 911 call, he told a Florida TV reporter that he wasn't positive the screaming was Trayvon's, Zimmerman's lawyer Mark O'Mara pointed out in court Friday."The best evidence is his own words he spoke to the reporter," O'Mara told a court during Zimmerman's trial for second-degree murder.
The question of who screamed for help on the 911 call is important because Zimmerman claims he killed the unarmed 17-year-old back in February 2012 because he feared for his life.
The month after his brother was killed, Fulton gave an exclusive interview to Miami's CBS affiliate, in which he shared memories of his brother Trayvon. During that interview, Fulton told a reporter that the words "You're gonna die tonight" — which Zimmerman says Trayvon uttered — just didn't sound like his brother.
When the reporter asked Fulton if it was his brother screaming for help, he gave this response: "I'm not sure. I haven't even really listened to them [the tapes] that good. I would think that's my brother, but I'm not completely positive that's him."
And what do you expect the mother and brother would say?
ReplyDeleteMike,
ReplyDeleteLooking at the prosecution witnesses who testified about their observations of the actual assault, you can see the potential fallibility of even contentious witnesses. Expert testimony says that it cant be scientifically proven, so we end up with in essence individual opinions. Both Zimmerman's AND Martin's mothers are claiming that the screaming is being done by their child. Which seems to prove out the expert testimony.