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0 continuing on the stand now is detective chris serino, the official detective who changed the official police report, wanting the charge to be manslaughter and not second-degree murder. let s listen in. february the 2 9th, did you have further contact with the defendant? yes, i did. was that at the sanford police department? yes, it was. was an interview conducted of the defendant on that day? yes, it was. okay. and were his miranda rights given by investigator singleton? yes, they were. your honor, in terms of time frame, we re going to have to play a recording now that s about 45 minutes or so. i m fine, but do we want a recess before we begin the recording or just go forward? you re good? okay. your honor, at this time we would move into evidence state s exhibit 181. i m sorry, that was i apologize. it is 182. okay. no objection? that s correct, your honor. okay. 182 will come into evidence. your honor, we would ask that the court read the same instruction. i need it from the clerk. ladies and gentlemen, at the direction of the court, certain portions of defendant s interview with the sanford police department investigators have been excised or redacted based on legal determinations made by the court. the parts excised or redacted are not relevant and you are not to concern yourselves with why this occurred or with the content of any excised or redacted portions. may i proceed, your honor? yes, you may. you had previously testified about a recording. this was is actually videotaped. is that correct? yes, sir. there are parts of it, though, that apparently you have a recorder too that s only audio. do you recall that? yes, sir. okay. and when you re not in the room, i guess there s audio parts and you also at the end leave the room with the defendant and i believe investigator singleton too, where it s only audio because you go somewhere elsewhere there s not an ability to videotape this. yes, sir. [ inaudible ] you have the right to remain sile silent. anything you used will be used in court as evidence against you. you are entitled to talk to an attorney now or any time during questioning. if you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed to you without cost. do you wish to consult with an attorney first or have one during this interview? no. has any one at any time threatened to coerce you or promised you anything to make a statement? no, sir. did you want to talk with us? yes. [ inaudible ]. i just don t want anything to happen. you came here voluntarily, right? yes. all right. let s go to lisa bloom, msnbc legal analyst. it s a little hard to hear some of this. can you explain what s going on right now? lisa bloom, are you there? oh, i can hear you. sorry. had a bit of an audio problem. sorry, can you repeat the question? sure. some of this is hard to hear. can you explain to the audience what s going on now? yes, this is the videotaped interrogation of george zimmerman. we know he did cooperate with the police immediately after the incident. he gave a number of different statements. handwritten, audio, videotaped. all right. thank you. how is your wife? she is surprisingly well. joining us now also is former pennsylvania congressman and former prosecute patrick murphy. thanks for being with us. we re looking at some footage here that is in the trial that the jury is hearing, at least in some format. what is the nature of this kind of material and how much does it move a jury when obviously some of it to the untrained eye seems hard to follow or rather routine. right. well, this is critical for the defense. what you have is george zimmerman basically saying i acted in self-defense so i have immunity from prosecution. it s important because the prosecution is saying, hey, he testified. he s giving the examples of or at least what he s saying happened that day, which is critically important, which frankly will show if you re arguing for self-defense will go to the question, will he actually take the stand? the prosecution is doing this step by step, building the case to convict him of second-degree murder and showing his testimony over two days after the fact. all right. let s bring in one other guest. we have paul henderson, veteran prosecutor and legal analyst. one thing that we ve noticed is that even if you are the initial aggressor in an attack, you can legally recover your innocence and become eligible for self-defense, but how does that work? well, here s what happens. let s just say and this is why it s raising the issue of all of the stand your ground laws and all of the elements around self-defense. so even if you initially initiate an aggressive act, it s not necessarily elevated to a level of deadly force. so you re constantly evaluating. this is why you re hearing the testimony from him saying that, you know, the cement and the sidewalk is being used as an actual weapon. and he s talking about his hand and mouth being covered so that he could not breathe because these are elements that tend to drift towards you could die based on the interaction. and that s why zimmerman is trying to have these conversations and evidence and testimony talking about how dangerous this encounter was because it allowed him or opened the door to use self-defense at a deadly level. this is why we re going to face a lot of controversy here. a lot of this is flying in the face of the testimony and evidence we heard last week. all right. let s take a quick break. full coverage of the george zimmerman trial continues right here when we get back on the cycle. sons. i go to angie s list to gauge whether or not the projects will be done in a timely fashion and within budget. angie s list members can tell you which provider is the best in town. you ll find reviews on everything from home repair to healthcare. now that we re expecting, i like the fact i can go onto angie s list and look for pediatricians. the service providers that i ve found on angie s list actually have blown me away. find out why more than two million members count on angie s list. angie s list reviews you can trust. humans. we are beautifully imperfect creatures living in an imperfect world. that s why liberty mutual insurance has your back, offering exclusive products like optional better car replacement, where if your car is totaled, we give you the money to buy one a model year newer. call. and ask an insurance expert about all our benefits today, like our 24/7 support and service, because at liberty mutual insurance, we believe our customers do their best out there in the world, so we do everything we can to be there for them when they need us. plus, you could save hundreds when you switch, up to $423. call. today. liberty mutual insurance responsibility. what s your policy? that starts with one of the world s most advancedy, distribution systems, and one of the most efficient trucking networks, with safe, experienced drivers. we work directly with manufacturers, eliminating costly markups, and buy directly from local farmers in every region of the country. when you see our low prices, remember the wheels turning behind the scenes, delivering for millions of americans, everyday. dedication: that s the real walmart