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Trial. some said it hurt trayvon martin, some said it hurt george zimmerman. it was a mixed bag. they contradicted each other. they even contradicted themselves because they gave several different accounts of what happened. here's what one resident, jonathan good, said that seemed to fall in trayvon's corner. >> the person you knew to be trayvon martin was on top, correct? >> correct. >> and he was the one raining blows to the man on the bottom, george zimmerman, right? >> that's what it looked like. >> to the end of the day, it appears it all boiled down to who was on top in the confrontation...

Here is they have put forth that and i think mr. good's testimony is real important. if you look at the details of him describing the fight, he -- he actually even in the clip that you just played right, he actually talks about the person on the bottom fighting back to some degree, too. so the notion that he said at one point in trying to say that in putting forth the theory of mma style, the person's legs were held down the arms of the person on the ground is simply not true. they were fighting and in this situation, they -- when he was also asked about the part of being on the concrete, he d...

You described him as a creepy ass cracker? >> yes. >> so it was racial, but it was because trayvon martin put race in this? >> no. >> you don't think that's a racial comment? >> no. >> no denying rachel jeantel is a polar rising figure as jonathan good's testimony was electrifying. this is fascinating because of race, class or self-defense? joining me now angela and sherry williams a professor at syracuse university and gloria still with me. sherry, is it about race, this trial? >> i think -- well let me talk about the representation of rachel jeantel because i think that's important and a lot...

Bloody head. he seem to encapsulate zimmerman's entire defense, telling him what he said after the fatal shot and the body of the teenager nearby. >> this guy was beating me up and i shot him. >> i was defending myself when i shot him. >> so this guy was beating me up. i was defending myself and i shot him is what he told you. >> yes. >> without hesitation? >> no. >> and from what you could tell at the moment, it seemed completely true? >> yes. >> after the testimony of jonathan good, then came sanford police officer timothy smith. smith had a number of things to say, but perhaps most importan...

150e78d to encapsulate zimmerman's entire defense, quoting what zimmerman told him minutes after the fatal shot and with the body of the teenager lying sprawled nearby. >> this guy was beating me up and i shot him. >> and i had to defend myself and i shot him. >> i'm sorry? >> i was defending myself and i shot him. >> so this guy was beating me up. i was defending myself and i shot him is what he told you? >> yes. >> without hesitation? >> no. >> and from what you could tell at the moment, it seemed completely true? >> yes. >> reporter: after the testimony of jonathan good, then came sanford p...