Did anyone see the young female witness for the defense.....Olivia ?
She and her husband moved out of the same development after her "scare".
To paraphrase, she had been home alone with her first born infant son when she heard banging on her front door; not having a peephole.....she went upstairs and saw two African American males.......she was frightened and called her mom who told her to call 911 or the police. Long story short, she was told to stay in the far corner of the upstairs bedroom.........meanwhile, ahead of the police arrival, the two guys had broken in to her town home and fled with a camera and laptop but had no luck in disconnecting the t.v...........all I'm saying is that the "climate" of fear in that particular neighborhood....and other places in Florida.....can make it understandable why George Zimmerman might have feared for his life. There had been criminal activity around .........so I would think that it would always be in the back of one's mind......to be ever vigilant.........or else move away.
We thought she was a good witness for the defense....to help understand the climate at the time.
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