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A police officer. >> that is the reason why. >> how are you employed? >> i am employed by the florida department of law enforcement orlando regional crime laboratory. >> there is no evidence for example that would show up that you would take a gun nuzzle and push it into the shirt where the shirt would fold around it. >> it was consistent with the muzzle of the firearm touching. >> it was consistent with this, correct? shirt, firearm. wasnt consistent with this, pushing or anything? >> no. >> a ...

Would show up that you would take the gun nuzzle and push it into the shirt where the shirt would fold around it? >> no. it was consistent with the muzzle of the firearm touching. >> it was consistent with this, shirt, firearm. wasnt consistent with pushing or anything? >> no. >> that would have shown up completely different configurati configuration. >> to me contact is when the muzzle is touching the fabric whether its a light touching or pressed in all the way. the fact that the muzzle was to...

Science department at the john jay college of criminal justice. a forensic scientist himself. let me play the clip from this crime laboratory analyst who examined trayvon martins sweatshirt and then well discuss. >> are you findings consistent with the muzzle of the gun having been pressed into the dark hooded sweatshirt and fired through both the dark hooded sweatshirt and the lighter colored sweatshirt? >> its consistent with the muzzle of the firearm touching the outer sweatshirt and the inne...

Push it into the shirt where the shirt would fold around it, was there? >> no, it was consistent with the muzzle of the firearm touching. >> if it was in contact -- >> okay. >> pushed in to the extent that it folded the fabric around it, that wouldve shown a different type of burn pattern potentially, correct? >> potentially if the sweatshirt had gone over the top of the ejection port area, there would possibly be marks from that, but otherwise whether it was lightly touching or pressed in, it w...

And i think you corrected him to say it was touching, correct? >> yes. >> there is no evidence, for example, that would show up that you would take a gun nuzzle and push it into the shirt some way where the shirt would fold around it, was there? >> no. it was consistent with the muzzle of the firearm touching. >> it was consistent with this, correct? >> yes. >> shirt, firearm. >> yes. >> wasnt consistent with this, pushing or anything? >> no. >> that would have shown up in a completely different...