Serino interview: "The officers said that you were pretty much battered..."

Another defense witness?

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Branca agrees with Chip and Rumpole:

Witness: Chris Serino - Investigator

2:31 p.m.
The state calls Officer Chris Serino. He has been a member of the Sanford Police Department for 16 years.

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2:36 p.m.
De la Rionda questions him about the crime scene.

Zimmerman was not still at the scene when he arrived.

Serino says he met with officers when he arrived. The body of Martin was not identified. He says officers tried facial recognition, canvassing the area, used a Lifescan device to check his fingerprints.

Serino says he went to the police station around midnight and made contact with Zimmerman. Serino points him out in courtroom.

Serino says he had a brief recorded interview with Zimmerman around 12:05 a.m.

De la Rionda plays the recording.

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2:43 p.m.
De la Rionda asks Serino about mentioning a photograph shown to Zimmerman of Martin. He shows it to the jury.

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Ok, I know he said "lights" but it sure sounded to me like BDLR said, "I don't need ta' lie anymore."

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From "battered" to "minor".

Holy cow. The State is actually entering the re-enactment video into evidence.

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Jurors will get to see GZ's black eyes.

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Help me with that phrase.

Al Sharpton teleprompter (or reader) fail resulted in "Resist we much". Kathi somehow had some baaaaaaaaaaad typos resulting in garbled text. Made me laugh, so I shared and added the Sharpton quote.

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2:49 p.m.
De la Rionda shows the photos taken of Zimmerman at the police station.

Serino says he didn’t have any problems speaking to Zimmerman and considered the injuries minor.

De la Rionda asks about the arrangements to meet to go over what happened.

Serino says he became aware of a missing person report and went back to the complex.

De la Rionda shows a diagram of the housing complex and points it out where it was.

He asks if Serino showed Tracy Martin a photograph and identified his son. Serino says yes.

He was there as Zimmerman went over what happened for officers.

De la Rionda asks the court to read instructions about redaction before playing video of the reenactment.

He plays the video.

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'Zactly.

For those who studied the reenactment video - Any idea what was redacted? Nelson didn't tell ME not to speculate, etc.

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3:08 p.m.
Serino says he interviewed Zimmerman on Feb. 29. De la Rionda says he is going to play the recording from the interview, which is 45 minutes long.

The jury says they do not need a break at the moment.

Judge Nelson reads redaction instructions to the jury.

De la Rionda plays the interview video.

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Self serving statements.

(had to say that! ...and not sure why MOM agreed to it. Must be a legal thing above my pay grade!)

3:19 p.m.
Serino is heard asking Zimmerman about prior training law enforcement and what to look for in identifying suspicious people.

Zimmerman mentions the neighborhood watch.

Zimmerman sits at an interview table across from Singleton, with Serino on the end.

3:15 p.m.
Investigator Singleton is seen sitting across from Zimmerman and opening the door to the room.

[Editor’s note: The audio is badly over-modulated and difficult to understand.]

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"You didn't have to get out of the car" and "did you ever think to ask him who he was?" are two utterly incompatible frames of mind. The former implies an avoidance of confrontation, and the latter implies engaging in a confrontation.

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