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That vary so much, you know, if you wanted to look into that camera and tell the american public something about george zimmerman and about this case with trayvon martin, that has gotten such media attention, what would you want to tell them? first, i d like to readdress your question when you asked if i would have done anything differently. when you asked that, i thought you were referring to if i would not have talked to the police? if i would have maybe gotten an attorney, if i would have not taken the cvsa? that i stand by. i would not have done differently. but i do wish there was something, anything, i could have done that wouldn t have put me in the position where i had to take his life. and i do want to tell everyone, my wife, my family, my parents, my grandmother, the martins, the city of sanford, and america, that i m sorry that this ....
Jonathan capehart of the washington post and lisa bloom, who is our msnbc expert. and jonathan actually asked you, lisa, just before mr. trayvon took the stand, whether mr. martin, sorry, took the stand, whether you thought it would be a good idea for the defense to call him. and your reaction was no. that s right. and that s still my answer. i agree with the answer they gave before. you know, i don t think that was particularly helpful, to the defense. you know, i think it s kind of overkill at this point. and this is a very, very sympathetic man. i think any of us can understand, if your son has been killed, unexpectedly, at a young age, and you re at the police station and you re answering questions, you re going to be beyond dazed and confused. absolutely. lisa, we are going back to the proceedings, so thank you, but please stay with us. and on february 26th, 2012, what was your occupation? i was the chief of police for the city of sanford. no longer in that position? ....
That vary so much, you know, if you wanted to look into that camera and tell the american public something about george zimmerman and about this case with trayvon martin, that has gotten such media attention, what would you want to tell them? first, i d like to readdress your question when you asked if i would have done anything differently. when you asked that, i thought you were referring to if i would not have talked to the police? if i would have maybe gotten an attorney, if i would have not taken the cvsa? that i stand by. i would not have done differently. but i do wish there was something, anything, i could have done that wouldn t have put me in the position where i had to take his life. and i do want to tell everyone, my wife, my family, my parents, my grandmother, the martins, the city of sanford, and america, that i m sorry that this ....
That vary so much, you know, if you wanted to look into that camera and tell the american public something about george zimmerman and about this case with trayvon martin, that has gotten such media attention, what would you want to tell them? first, i d like to readdress your question when you asked if i would have done anything differently. when you asked that, i thought you were referring to if i would not have talked to the police? if i would have maybe gotten an attorney, if i would have not taken the cvsa? that i stand by. i would not have done differently. but i do wish there was something, anything, i could have done that wouldn t have put me in the position where i had to take his life. and i do want to tell everyone, my wife, my family, my parents, my grandmother, the martins, the city of sanford, and america, that i m sorry that this ....
Screaming and that he that this person was on top of him, and the injuries, it seems to all corroborate each other. the prosecution is going to need something big. wasn t this supposed to be their wig witnesses? i agree. i definitely agree with you, sean. i think the prosecution is doing a horrible job, if you just want my opinion. look, i ve been involved in multiple homicide investigations and prosecution, and i can tell you this so far this case has definitely been blundered by the prosecution. now, real quickly, two other individuals that we definitely need to hear from. this isn t the time to jump to conclusions, we need to hear, sean, from the lead homicide investigator from the city of sanford. that is very critical, because that s the guy and the viewers wanted to charge zimmerman initially with criminal homicide based on what he saw. that s very important. the other person that s very important is the medical examiner, you have to look at autopsy report that will tell us ....