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In reply to the discussion: ZIMMERMAN TRIAL - AFTERNOON: Day 11, Tuesday, July 9, 2013 [View all]Ruby the Liberal
(26,219 posts)O'Mara badgered dude about whether or not they made a purposeful decision to (i) include law enforcement or (ii) make recordings of the Martin family initial reactions (video/audio) and (iii) whether to make them listen separately so as to not affect their view (groupthink).
Oddly, they didn't ask that of Zippy's friends and family.
City Manager (CM) looked pissed and kept saying that they were going to release to the public that night, so allowed the family a private listen out of courtesy.
At one point, O'Mara referred to the family as "the witnesses" and CM responded "at this point they weren't witnesses, they were the victim's parents" and asked O'Mara to repeat the question. Dayum.
O'Mara didn't ask that the CM be treated as a hostile witness, but he did ask permission to ask "quasi-leading questions", but I doubt that mitigated anything.
If you want to watch, forward to the 1:30:00 mark in the video - testimony is under 4 minutes long.