An avid advocate for the Trayvon Martin family and legal team, Frances Robles, critiques the Osterman book for inconsistencies in George Zimmerman’s account. We previously outlined the short-sighted risk and unintended consequences from misplaced advocacy within the book itself; and as expected every aspect of the Mark Osterman account is being dissected to create an inconsistent narrative.
MIAMI — Trayvon Martin grabbed his killer’s gun just moments before he died and uttered a profanity-laced threat. In a desperate life-or-death struggle, George Zimmerman clutched Trayvon’s wrist, broke his grip on the semi-automatic firearm and shot him once in the chest.
That account appears in a new book written by Zimmerman’s best friend and confidante.
There’s just one problem: Zimmerman never said that to the police.
Now the book, Defending Our Friend: The Most Hated Man in America, and author Mark Osterman’s two television interviews have landed on the prosecution evidence list, as more versions of Zimmerman’s story emerge. A man who wrote a book calling Zimmerman “the kindest and most sincere” person will wind up in court — for the prosecution, experts agree. (more…)