Yesterday, in a move unlike any I've ever seen before, we watched an attorney commit of record the core of his client's defense strategy,
AT A BOND HEARING! In the process of doing so, he confirmed what we had already surmised from the statements of others, regarding George Zimmerman's version of the sequence of events leading up to the shooting of Trayvon Martin.
What further makes this case unique to any I've seen is our ability, at this point, to follow along with his story while listening to a time stamped recording of the actual event exposing the entire story as a LIE!
Let's take a look at what O'Mara told us yesterday, but let's also add what the time stamped recording tells us about this story as well:
O'MARA: Mr. Zimmerman gave a statement that very night, did he not?
GILBREATH: Yes.
O'MARA: And within that statement, he said that he saw somebody, he was concerned, he got out of his car [2:08], he called non-emergency, and began to go towards the person. Is that paraphrasing but pretty correct so far?
GILBREATH: Paraphrasing, yes.
O'MARA: Ok. And if I go wrong, stop me and let me know where I wrong.
GILBREATH: I will.
O'MARA: And then he said he went back around and went towards his car, did he not? In his statement.
GILBREATH: In his statement after he was told not to by the dispatcher. [2:26]
O'MARA: Got you.
O'MARA: Would it be safe to assume then in giving him, and him giving that statement to the police wherein he said one, "I turned around and went back to my car"; and two, that he did not start the fight and that he was assaulted by Mr. Martin.
Very literally put, Attorney O'Mara told the court George Zimmerman's story was that:
(1) He got out of his car and followed Trayvon Martin for 18 seconds until the dispatcher told him to stop.
then
(2) He turned around and started walking back to his vehicle.
then
(3) He was assaulted by an unarmed 17 year old kid named Trayvon.
No one's making this up. That's what Attorney O'Mara told us, isn't it? Now, with the theme song for Jeopardy playing in the background, let me ask you a question.
If you leave your vehicle and walk somewhere for 18 seconds, then turn around to walk back, how long will it take you to get back to your vehicle?
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Whoa, Whoa, HOLD THE PHONE! Don't answer that yet, I forgot the State's Investigator Gilbreath interjected something we've got to factor in.
GILBREATH: He says that he continued on to find a street sign and then went back to his car.
Ahh yes, we almost forgot the ever elusive address/street sign hunt, didn't we? Que the music back up and let me rephrase the question.
If you leave your vehicle and walk somewhere for 18 seconds, then decide to continue walking for approximately 80 feet further to the front of a building you're presently aligned with the back of, and THEN turn around to walk back, how long will it take you to get back to your vehicle?
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How difficult do you really think it will be for the State of Florida to prove this entire sequence of events would take less than 1 minute? Add that 1 minute to Attorney O'Mara's stated beginning point at
[2:08] into the recording. Then check the recording for the time George Zimmerman finally stopped talking to the dispatcher. Then tell me how he was supposed to be getting his *advertiser censored* beat by an unarmed 17 year old kid, BEFORE HE EVER GOT OFF THE PHONE WITH 911.
No matter what, I'm betting this statement comes out of Attorney O'Mara's Bond Hearing repertoire forevermore:
O'MARA: I want to keep it on the time line.