re: What questions would you like answered at the Zimmerman trial? [W:209]
No. Do you not like reading actual quotes?
I think there is either some confusion here, or some willful misintepreting of the facts on the smothering issue. There are 3 element to this thing as stated by Zimmerman and people are mixing them up. According to Zimmerman, there were Martin's actions, Martin's intent by those actions, and what resulted from those actions.
Action: Martin covering Zimmerman's mouth with his hand(s)
Intent: To silence Zimmerman's cries for help.
Results: It was smothering Zimmerman and made it difficult for him to breath (likely the broken nose contributed to that)
You all are taking what Zimmerman said was the result of Martin covering his mouth, and claiming he stated that as Martin's intent... That's not what he told investigators. He told them it was to silence his screams for help. As for the Hannity quote, I think it's missing a few key things... Here is the WHOLE quote you are referring to:
ZIMMERMAN: I felt him take -- he had -- after he couldn't hit my head on the concrete anymore, he started to try to suffocate me. And I continued to take -- push his hands off of my mouth and my nose, particularly because it was excruciating having a broken nose and him putting his weight on it. And that's the point in time when he started telling me to shut up, shut up, shut up.
Did you catch that last part? Since Hannity was familiar with what he told police in interviews, a minute or so later Hannity went back to that subject:
HANNITY: That was your voice?
ZIMMERMAN: Yes, sir.
HANNITY: And the police said they heard at one point 14 screams, you were screaming that loud?
ZIMMERMAN: Yes, sir.
HANNITY: And you said to the police at one point that he put his hand over your mouth. Do you think that was to silence you from screaming?
ZIMMERMAN: Yes, sir. I believe he -- from what the investigators told me, he knew that I was talking to the police. And I was yelling so that -- I believed that the police officer was there and they just couldn't me. So, I was yelling in the hopes that they were in the vicinity and they would come when they heard me yelling.
That's what called a clarification... Hannity wanted Zimmerman to clarify what he believed was Martin's intent, and he made it clear it wasn't an attempt to stop him from breathing, but rather to stop him from screaming for help.
Do you all have that straight now, or should I expect this BS to be recycled AGAIN in a week or so like you all always do?