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Pretty grilling cross examination i think of this officer who interviewed george zimmerman, doris singleton has basically like read all of the statements that he said telling her that trayvon martin was referred to as "a suspect," "suspect. "i think the defense attorneys are going to be trying to get that flushed out, what does he mean by "the suspect." i asked the attorney of trayvon martins parents when we might be able to hear from them. he said that shes not going to take the stand today. th...

>> miss singleton, is this you standing over here? >> yes, thats me. >> is this the technician thats taking the dna sample from mr. zimmerman? >> yes. >> thank you. >> i initial and then put an "x." put your initials half on, half off of the tape just as ive don

Did he know trayvon martins name at that time? >> no. >> did you? >> no. >> okay. so he had to be called something, wouldnt you agree? >> yes. >> did you consider suspect to be such an outrageous term to use it caused you concern? >> i didnt read it at the time. >> how about today? >> no, i dont think its unusual. >> okay. >> we are continuing to hear testimony from detective doris singleton from the sanford police department. shes the officer who interviewed george zimmerman at the police stati...

In law enforcement. which goes -- speaks volumes in terms of why he even decided to follow hill in the first place. >> i mean, lisa, do you think there is they significance to the way that george zimmerman sounded? when police officers arrived on the scene, the fact this in a lot of ways he talks like them, do you think that added maybe to the perception on their part that he was perhaps the victim and the person they saw lying in the grass was the "perpt traitor." >> he speaks "cop speak." "i h...

Get a free sample and try for yourself. were listening to the second degree murder trial of george zimmerman, detective doris singleton, the first detective to interview zimmerman on the night of the shooting of trayvon martin is still on the stand. >> -- on top of my head and told the officer where on my person my firearm was holstered. the officer handcuffed me and disarmed me. the officer then placed me in the back of his vehicle. >> you signed that last page also like you had the prior fou...

That elicited during cross-examination. singleton was the first cop to formally interview zimmerman 90 minutes after the shooting. prosecutors also played video from the next day as they bandaged zimmerman gave d.n.a. swabs and how zimmerman justified using deadly force. >> i said help me, help me, is he killing me. and he puts his hand on my nose and on my mouth and he says you are going to die tonight. >> while prosecutors pointed out some inconsistencies in zimmermans story the cops conceded ...

Hes repeatedly stated his head was banged against the pavement, but again, this wasnt testified to by people. he said he could see neighbors coming out. that wasnt there with the previous witnesses. again, this all goes to his credibility. whenever you have a prior inconsistent statement like here, it goes to his credibility. is he really telling the truth? george zimmerman is the only person that really knows what happened on that night. other person, trayvon martin, is dead. if he says on on...

0 if you get more than five inches back, we cant hear anything. theres a range in there if you can try and stay within. >> ill try. >> thank you. okay. youve had a chance to look at both of those statements, correct? >> yes. >> of course, you heard yours today -- im sorry. you heard your tape today and had to read the second one today, correct? >> i dont recall reading. >> no, i mean -- >> having read the written one prior to today. >> but you just read it today. >> yes. >> in nine years or so o...

0 and he falls off and like all right, you got it, you got it. inside of the courtroom, martins parents listened to the record and this testimony without giving any reaction. but big witness testimony by trayvons mother is yet to come and that is expected to be incredibly emotional when the prosecutors will put her on the stand and she will identify for the jury the screams were her jor. that was the prosecution questions of the fbi audio expert sometimes where there are screams, family members ...

0 not helping their case. maybe to a lesser extent helping the defense case. but hes been called. hes providing that information. i was just in the courtroom. the jurors at time are taking notes. nothing like ive seen them take notes before. its much more of a let me listen and see if ki process it. this is technical. a lot of mathematics involved. and when you mix in the fact he has a rather thick accent, it makes it perhaps more complicated for the jury to digest all of the scientific informat...