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Technical legal aspect of this. once again, we're listening to dennis root, a law enforcement specialist, private investigator discuss the appropriate use of force. there you see george zimmerman. he's in the courtroom. the six jurors as well. our coverage continues in a minute. (announcer) bring the adventure to their bowl with a whole world of exciting flavors. friskies. feed the senses.
Some instructions there. i want to bring in our cnn legal analyst sunny hostin and mark nejame to talk about zimmerman's attorney might rest their case. what are we expecting this afternoon? >> yeah, i think they may. just before in court i've been observing it and they're talking about entering in exhibits. they may be at the end of their case. it's unfortunate because i think mark was right on when he said di maio would have been the best witness to end on rather than dennis root. looking at what's going on it's possible that the defense may rest. >> mark, if this goes to the jury over the w...
>> i'm fortunate enough, no, i've never had to shoot anyone. >> in fact you've never had to discharge your firearm in the course of your career, have you, other than at a range. >> other than training sessions, scenario-based training, i've never had to discharge my firearm in the line of duty. >> you've never had to use any other type of deadly force in your career, have you. >> explain deadly force. i've caused injury, things like that. >> you've never caused someone else's death during the course of your career? >> no, sir. >> all right. >> the classic cross of an expert witness. you are pa...
That witness is a guy by the name of dennis root who is safety and law enforcement expert. our expert msnbc legal analyst lisa bloom has been watching this. we saw john guy for the prosecution demonstrate the angle necessary for trayvon martin being on top and george zimmerman on the ground. this 90-degree angle and the physical possibility or impossibility of how zimmerman would be able to get his gun. one thing and i think you were struggling with this too that john guy didn't demonstrate the fact that george zimmerman has said his gun was behind him, not in front of him. >> in the police re...
I want to get you back inside the george zimmerman trial. on the stand is dennis root being cross-examined by the prosecution. >> the defendant did not describe for you from what direction he claimed that trayvon martin approached him? >> i don't -- as far as a direction that would have been my failure not to ask. he said he was approached and i didn't specifically ask do you mean by direction north, south, east, west, that would have been my failure not to ask that specific question. >> i'm not talking about g geography. i'm talking about front, back, side. >> i got the impression he approach...