Zimmerman's Uncle is an Obvious Liar, and Here's Why: [View all]
First, he claims in his testimony that as he's working on his computer his wife is watching the news on the tv right behind him and that on the news they played the tape of the screaming but he claims the only thing he heard was the screaming and he knew immediately it was Zimmerman.
That by itself is too ridiculous to be believed. Just listening to that tape because the screams were background noise to a far louder noise of the witness and the person from 911 on the other end one had to strain to hear the screaming at all much less be able to identify who it was. He claims he heard nothing else but that screaming sound - didn't hear the lead in on the news for playing the tape nor the voices in the foreground of the tape. Further, he's never heard Zimmerman scream for help at all much less scream in terror of his life.
But what really hung him was that while being questioned on cross concerning his ethics (that he was very overblown about) because of being a sheriff of Orange County and the years he spent in the military he made sure that though he knew about Zimmerman being involved in a shooting he made sure he paid attention to no other details. But he then starts saying that because he knew he was going to be on the witness stand during Zimmerman's trial he wanted to be able to tell the jury the truth. That right there is basically a confession that he was groomed by the defense to do this testimony long after it was known there was going to even BE a trial and that he would be called as a witness about the identity of the voice screaming on the tape.
Dead silence. O'Mara was caught flatfooted and he LOOKED unbelievably uncomfortable when he said that. His saying that is an admission that his testimony was contrived for the trial because at the time the news started playing that tape was LONG before the investigation by Corey and LONG before anyone knew there was going to be a trial at all. At that time there was no REASON for this uncle to not be paying attention to the story because of his ethics because there WASN'T a case. At that time the case had been closed and Zimmerman was free as a bird. There was no REASON even for this uncle to not be paying attention because as Zimmerman's uncle he had ever reason TO pay attention.
I absolutely believe that the defense chose this uncle to be a witness BECAUSE they could harp on his credibility BECAUSE he was a sheriff's deputy and BECAUSE of that try to make him appear more ethical than the average Joe or Jane Doe. Otherwise why not use Zimmerman's wife, or best friend or someone that was far more familiar with the sound of Zimmerman's voice? But he ended up hanging himself by saying he knew he was going to be called as a witness for Zimmerman's trial and the reason being so highly ethical was because of that. And the camera shows Zimmerman swallowing REALLY hard as soon as he said that. Giant "oops" moment that shows his testimony to be transparent baloney. And both Zimmerman and O'Mara bloody well knew it.
You can watch his testimony here. It starts about about 8 minutes in:
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