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Guy: "Could Zimmerman have broken his nose on the sidewalk?"
Root: "That's real retarded, sir." [paraphrased]

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"That the attacker sustained a mortal wound is a matter that should have been considered by the deceased before he committed himself to the task he undertook." - 5th DCA, Stinson v. State (Fl)

Root thrown at state by MOM sorta like this:

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Chip!

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Guy has wasted a tremendous amount of time to get Root to sort of admit Trayvon might have been within a short range of angle that required his sweatshirt to still be hanging away from his body. No wonder MOM is smiling so much!

Guy: "Did you know that Zimmerman was trained by a federal marshal how to shoot?"

Hey, Mr. Guy: I was first trained to shoot by a silver-medal AF sergeant and his special-ops friend. Guess what? My shooting skill and marksmanship will never be one tenth of either of theirs.

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"That the attacker sustained a mortal wound is a matter that should have been considered by the deceased before he committed himself to the task he undertook." - 5th DCA, Stinson v. State (Fl)

Nelson: my objection

MOM seems to cooperative in moving things along, like he worries Nelson will just rule GUILTY if he upsets her.

Root is the BEST WITNESS EVER!!

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2:48 p.m.
O’Mara says the door was opened to ask about Martin.

Judge Nelson says her ruling remains the same.

Root says he saw nothing that indicated the attack stopped.

Root is excused but subject to recall.

2:46 p.m.
Root says as Martin left during Zimmerman’s non-emergency call, the tension diminished.

Guy asks about Zimmerman saying he didn’t want to give out his phone number on the call.

Root says if Martin is still in the area it is still a concern for Zimmerman and he doesn’t want to give out his phone number.

He is aware Zimmerman was trained to shoot by a federal marshal.

Root says it is a common practice to delay an interview because of known memory issues in law enforcement.

He says a police officer asks for an interview right away and an individual says they want a lawyer they get the time to wait.

Root says he is aware Zimmerman spoke with his friend eight hours later.

Root confirms he is not a memory expert.

Guy finishes questioning.

O’Mara re-redirects.

He asks about the warrior mindset.

Root says he talked to Polluck and the description of him was not confrontational and not the type of a warrior mindset.

2:40 p.m.
Guy asks if Root knows what Martin was doing the moment he was shot.

Root says yes, based on the information and his opinion.

Guy says he only asked if he knows what Martin was doing.

Root says he specifically doesn’t know because he wasn’t there, but can only base his opinion on the information.

He says the perception of the individual must be taken into the totality of the event.

Root says he’s been consulted before by defense attorneys.

Guy asks if he knows when Zimmerman was punched in the nose.

Root says he doesn’t know the exact time of the punch.

He says an impact concrete would’ve created more injuries to the face.

Root says he’s seen people struck and not able to continue the fight. He says not everyone has the internal fire to be involved in a fight, but someone with a warrior mindset will return in like fashion.

Guy asks him about his hand movements in demonstration the position of Zimmerman and Martin.

Root says at some point there were in alignment to create the angle for the gunshot.

Guy asks if someone could angle their wrist to shoot.

“Anything is possible, that doesn’t make it plausible,” Root says.

Guy lay on the ground and points with his hand how someone could fire at different angles.

2:30 p.m.
Root says he would encourage anyone who wants to make a difference and has the ability to take on the stresses to become an officer.

He says force training is to explain the variables into deciding how to apply force and what justifies it.

It depends on the environment and other things, so all of it must be taken into account.

O’Mara finishes questioning.

Guy re-cross examines.

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Home invasion victim.

Home invasion robbery attempt victim?

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"That the attacker sustained a mortal wound is a matter that should have been considered by the deceased before he committed himself to the task he undertook." - 5th DCA, Stinson v. State (Fl)

Did an event happen...where a crime was committed?

Why does MOM keep calling it a crime?

Near tears already!

2:50 p.m.

The defense calls Olivia Bertalan. She lived at Retreat at Twin Lakes. She has two young children.

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