George Zimmerman: God Is The 'Only Judge That I Have To Answer To'

[Tommy_Carcetti]

118. Again, there was nothing inherently uncredible about Jeantel's testimony.

She admitted to being initially untruthful to prosecutors on two minor issues completely unrelated to her account of the night's events. That's about it. Otherwise, she painted a pretty realistic and genuine picture of Trayvon that was not overly flattering to the point where it seemed embellished. (Do you honestly think she would have testified to the "creepy ass cracker" comment if she simply wanted to create a story for the prosecution?) Her main flaw was that she wasn't particularly eloquent in her demeanor on the stand. That has nothing to do with whether or not she was telling the truth.

As for Zimmerman's "relief" about the possibility of a videotape, I don't put much into it. Zimmerman pegged Trayvon as a criminal from literally the first moment he saw him. I honestly believe that Zimmerman thought he was doing the police and his neighborhood a favor when he shot Trayvon, that it was nothing more than a thug's death. But everything we now know about that night indicates that Zimmerman was very angry, and angry people do irrational things.