A Question About the Michael Dunn Case
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As part of his defense, Michael Dunn is claiming that Jordan Davis opened the door of the vehicle he was in and started walking toward him. Does anyone know if the police have done an analysis to see if Davis was sitting or standing when he was shot? Maybe I am misinformed, but I thought the police could tell what position a person was in when he was shot. So, has anyone stated whether Jordan Davis was sitting or standing when he was shot?
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The Medical Examiner's testimony should be disbelieved because she is not a forensic science expert! 
Who knew? http://www.forensicsciencecareers.net/medical-examiner.html
dunn's firing "suppression fire" (the cop's words) as the victims were driving away! Dunn was quite proud of himself. 
Even if it's just basic facts. I think the Defense counsel's intent was to try to show that she didn't know Jordan for very long and so she might not have known he was a "thug with a shotgun". That's really all that the Defense attorney can do is try to make it appear that Jordan was a "bad guy" who could have gotten into violent altercations with people with a weapon (which is also why he constantly brought up that Jordan had a tactical knife in his pocket). Though that's pretty stupid considering it was his own client that had a gun in his car and used it because he was annoyed by kids playing loud music in their car. There is also the basic intent of trying to befuddle the witness and hope they blurt out something that makes them appear unreliable to the jury.
I thought all the kids did really well with their testimony especially on cross... none of them tried to make out Jordan to be a saint and freely admitted that he cursed and talked I guess you could say "disrespectfully" to Dunn and that he was angry with Dunn. It makes them appear even more truthful to me. They also quickly corrected "trick" questions that the defense counsel threw at them which also makes them look even more reliable in that they weren't confused about what took place or couldn't recall. I was really pretty impressed with them especially considering their youth.
Man, I'll tell ya, every time the camera picks up Jordan's father struggling to hold back tears I just want to throw my arms around him. I just can't imagine what he's going through.
