I'm thinking the opposite. He has his entire testimony already out there on the police reenactment and there is nothing he can add to it. In the video he comes off as rational and honest. So, why take the risk of being cross examined?
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Nice recap, I didn't even think of the actual line of questioning. That would suck. I think I now agree with the talking head lawyers regarding it NOT being in GZ's interest to take the stand.
It is a shame though that the Prosecution will try to use that to make GZ look guilty.
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--G
How does a chief medical examiner not understand physics? This women speaks broken English and doesn't seem to understand English. Where did they find these people? The only way in my opinion that GZ doesn't walk is fear of racial retaliation.
Which is my opinion for why he should take the stand. The jury doesn't know him. They've seen him on TV, they've seen him sit there. That's impersonal, not personal. They all know he's innocent, and everyone in that trial knows it's a farce, but they all also know what's at stake. My opinion, he'd cement it in his favor if he took the stand.
Because their focus in education is not on physics.
I will always have a problem with what GZ describes during this altercation, his inability to fend this kid off, especially if he was taking MMA classes, and how he got his gun out with TM straddling him. The sidewalk is a rough surface, GZ had little hair. Any irregularity on the surface could have made those lacerations on the back of the head if the two of them were doing the horizontal man dance. Only thing consistent is being smacked in the nose. Would imagine if GZ's head hit the edge of the sidewalk, with good force, that would cause a fracture of the skull in that area.