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Defense, and that is indeed what he is getting. >> seema, don west may have been trying to do something else, too, we were just talking at the break about. he asked ms. jeantel on the second day, on day two of her testimony, you seem a little different. your demeanor seems different. what do you think was going on? >> everybody wanted to know what was behind that question. i will tell you. mr. west was trying to get at whether rachel jeantel was coached by the prosecution that evening. now, here...

Term, ground and pound, to describe what martin was doing. good also testified there was a call for help, likely from the man at the bottom who he believed was zimmerman. now that was different from the testimony we heard from another neighbor yesterday who thought it was zimmerman who was on top. joining us now, arise legal contributor seema, joseph haynes davis, former federal prosecutor kendall coffey and defense attorney dana swickle. lets get into this question of who was on top. seema, yes...

Air out of a defense witness. but when on cross by mr. omara, because its his witness, the fact of the matter is he is going to treat him differently. on the other hand, with my esteemed colleague mr. west, he has an ethical professional duty to zealously advocate for the accused. thats the cornerstone of our constitution. now, would i have liked to see him be light were ms. jeantel? of course i would, because im human like everybody else. but at the end of the day, we have the accused. the accu...

Good also testified there was a call for help, likely from the man at the bottom who he believed was zimmerman that was different from the testimony we heard from another neighbor yesterday who thought it was zimmerman who was on top. joining us now, arise legal contributor seema, joseph haynes davis, former federal prosecutor kendall coffey, and dana swickle. lets get into this question of who was on top. seema, yesterday we had testimony from a neighbor who they played back her very tearful 91...

Like, if you recall those photos of george zimmermans head, they look like he got scratches on the back of his head. one could think that it was when his head was being pounded against the ground. thats what it looked like. it didnt look like someone punched him in the head. it looked like something dug into the back of his head, scratched his head, and thats why blood was dripping down. and there wasnt a big punch mark or a big bruise or swelling like one would get when it was hit. so i think t...

Coming out of there. listen, its not a matter of did the injuries cause him to believe that he was in grave death. it was a combination of everything, taken all into consideration. its a total package. if someone is on top of you, theyre pounding you in the face, theyre taking their head and theyre pounding your head into the ground, sure, there may not be huge injuries on -- excuse me, on the back of his head. but if someone is punching him in the face and pounding him in the ground, you look a...

>> and seema, not to have you play social critic here, but this has actually gone beyond the jury. the jury is sequestered. theyre not seeing sort of all of the other stuff that is going on. >> sure. >> but on social media you had lo lo jones come out and tweet that she is like medea, the tyler perry character, that he dresses in drag. you had some really insulting things said about her as a person. >> right. some harsh, harsh criticism. and now can we please understand why rachel jeantel spent ...

Prosecution. >> he was called by the prosecution because the prosecution wanted to take the air out of a defense witness. but when on cross by mr. omara, because its his witness, the fact of the matter is he is going to treat him differently. on the other hand, with my esteemed kocolleague mr. west, has an ethical professional duty to zealously advocate for the accused. thats the cornerstone of our constitution. now, would i have liked to see him be light were ms. jeantel? of course i would, bec...

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