The lead police detective who investigated the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin in central Florida last year returned to the witness stand Tuesday in the murder trial of George Zimmerman, saying the defendant’s story remained consistent throughout the investigation.
Sanford Police Det. Christopher Serino, who initially wanted to charge Zimmerman with manslaughter but was overruled, said under cross examination by Zimmerman defense attorney Mark O’Mara that the neighborhood watch volunteer stuck to the same story and was cooperative. Although he said he considered Zimmerman’s injuries to be minor, he said he found nothing to prompt him to doubt the 29-year-old’s story, that we shot Martin in self-defense as he was being beaten.
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For the curious minded. I took the infamous 911 tape into the studio.
It OBVIOUSLY would not be court admissible (they barely allowed the real ones), but this is a unique and somewhat legitimate way at taking a look at the call in question. I compressed it so the lows came up a bit, limited it so you can hear other low sounds without your ears bleeding when the shots ring out. I then (thanks to the wonders of digital, couldn’t do this with tape) slowed it down to just over half speed but PITCHED it back up to 100%. In other words.. you can hear the call without it hurting your ears, at a speed that is easier to digest and get a sense of. The pitch however is true to source. And there has been no EQ or altering ANY of the tonalities, although there are inherent nuanced swirly artifacts from slowing anything down that radically.
Anyway, make of it what you will.. if you want to actually HEAR (what you can) the call, I wouldn’t discount taking a listen to this version. The way I have done it is almost akin to the audio version of slowing down a video tape.
Zimmerman Martin Altercation. http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=11548279