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Four young men in 2009. the men were seated, at least one handcuffed. police forced 22-year-old oscar grant to the ground face down, hand coughing him. officer draws when he says he thought was his taser, but listen. it was his handgun. >> you just shot him. >> reporter: the point blank shot by the white officer into the back of the unarmed oscar grant killed him. violent and fiery protest erupted in the wake of grantest death and cries of police brutality against african american men. the offic...

Director by first buck ground. the officer was charged with murder and would be convicted. a warning, the shooting itself was caught on tape. the images may be tough to watch. >> reporter: the video is shot from a distance but what happens is unmistakable. >> let him go. >> reporter: multiple cell phone cameras rolled at the bart station as police handcuffed four young men in 2009. the men were seated, at least one handcuffed. police forced 22-year-old oscar grant to the ground face down, hand c...

Safe. they join me live now from california. shawn, the video is amazing. it gives "close call" a whole new meaning. did you have any idea that there are were whales in the area? >> we knew there were whales in the area, but they were three quarters of a mile to a mile away from us. so we had no idea that those two had snuck in and decided to take a meal, you know, right from underneath us. >> so shawn, theres that moment on the video where you see a school of official. i dont know if those are ...

Before you, the defendant, george zimmerman. the man who is guilty of second degree murder. thank you. >> thank you. ladies and gentlemen, were going to recess for the evening. before i let you go and while youre getting your note pads to be ready to place face down, im going to give you my instructions. youre not to discuss the case amongst yourselves or with anybody else. youre not to read or listen to any e-mails, text messages or social networking pages about the case. youre not to create or...

>> if he had it, he didnt show it. >> so not speculation but just the evidence would be that you didnt see any. >> i didnt see him act with anything. >> i think you said if you were in a shooting situation, even where you just have to draw your service revolver, you would not reholster it until you were safe. is that accurate? >> i would reholster it once i believed the threat was no longer. >> like maybe when another officer came up with a flash light? >> yes. >> you knew you had back up, at th...

>> they were on the sidewalk, yes, the body was closer to where i was at. >> so when you looked out, did you look out from upstairs? >> upstairs. >> then you saw trayvon martins body, correct? between the pathway and your complex, im sorry, your townhome? >> correct. >> and i see you have again a stick physical. have you seen the photographs taken of trayvon martin as he lay just after the shot? >> i do not believe so. >> would you defer, did you know it, did you see anyone move the body at all ...

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You first stepped out, could you tell whether the person on the bottom was face up or facedown. >> when i first stepped out, no. i couldnt see anybody. >> and then at some point when you observed the second time youre talking about, you saw the person on the bottom was face up? >> correct. >> the person on the top you said was straddling you described it? >> correct. >> could you tell what was going on at that time? >> i think at that time is when i thought it was serious. >> what made you think...

>> yamiche, here is the prosecution with another witness, very clearly insisting that trayvon martin was face down, right after this incident which contradicts the zimmerman version of this. this is something that is essential to the prosecutions -- outline of the case, isnt it? >> i think it is essential, because the lawyers, theyre saying there are no eye witnesses. so each one of these witnesses theyre presenting gives one small piece of the puzzle. and this woman is saying clearly i saw geor...

>> thats correct. >> and do you see that person in court this afternoon? >> yes, sir. >> and judge, if you can raise the lights, if you would. is george zimmerman the gentleman to my left who just stood up? >> yes, sir. >> your honor, the record should reflect the witness has identified the defendant. did you have any interaction with the defendant at that point? >> no, sir. >> why not? >> i was focused on the male that was on the ground. >> and the male that was on the ground, did you later lea...