There were two press conferences after the trial today, O'Mara and the Martin family. Here's a few notes I took.
O'Mara thinks that if anything outside the seven minutes of the event is allowed in, then everything should be allowed in, meaning if the prosecution wants to go after Zimmerman's history, the defense should go after Trayvon's history. O'Mara also said trial could go into a third week, although it's going faster than they all thought it would.
Here are the Trayvon Martin family press conference highlights (it's comedy gold). Family attorney Daryl Parks spoke.
Family/attorney remarks: Martin family very encouraged by the witnesses so far. They were very impressed with Rachel Jeantel. Martin family thinks that race is not a part of this process, and no one should inject race into it, despite the racial stuff that Trayvon said.
Reporter question: do you regret bringing Rachel Jeantel and her statements to you to the prosecution? Ans: No. The State of Florida can take care of themselves.
Reporter question: You say race is not an issue, but the Martin family appeared all over the country with race leaders. Ans: Zimmerman racially profiled Trayvon.
Reporter question: Do you think Rachel's testimony hurt the state's case? Ans: No, she was amazing! This family's so proud of her. She blew Zimmerman's self-defense claims out of the water.
Reporter question about Rachel Jeantel being memorable or credible. Ans: I think she's credible.
Reporter question: When Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton were down in Florida, why didn't you say this wasn't about race then? Why are you only saying it now? Ans: deflect.
Reporter question: Are you worried about Trayvon's fighting coming in to evidence? Ans: No, there's no evidence Trayvon did anything to George Zimmerman.
