The Trayvon Martin case has become a lightning rod for justice, not only in the black community, but around the world.
Earlier this week, Anderson Cooper interviewed Trayvon’s parents, Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin, and the ear witnesses who heard Trayvon’s pleas for help in the moments before he was slain.
The full interview will air on “Anderson” this Thursday, March 22nd.
Trayvon Martin’s Dad on Zimmerman’s ‘A-Holes’ Comment:
Anderson: One of the other things that really caught my attention that he says on these 911 tapes to police. He says, ‘These a-holes, they always get away.’ Now, I don’t know when he said they, I’m not sure if he meant African American males, if he meant teenagers. I don’t know what was in his mind but those were the words he used. When you heard that what did you think?
Tracy Martin: That Zimmerman had in his mind at that point that he wasn’t going to let whoever that individual was get away. That he just wanted confrontation. He was told by the dispatcher stand down, don’t follow this individual, he pursued it anyway.
See more clips of the interview after the break.
Voice in 911 Calls Is Absolutely Trayvon Martin, His Mother Says:
Anderson: The eyewitness have said some of them believe it was your son calling out for help, no one saw him directly doing it or could say it 100% for sure. You’ve heard the 911 call where you hear somebody calling out for help. Do you believe that is your son’s voice?
Sybrina: Yes I do. I believe that’s Trayvon Martin, that’s my baby’s voice. Every mother knows their child and that’s his voice.
Anderson: And the fact, if that’s true and he called out for help, what does that tell you?
Tracy: He was afraid for his life. He saw his death coming. He saw his death coming. The screams got more frantic. At that second that we heard the shot the screams just completely stopped. He saw his death, he was pleading for his life.
Anderson: So you’re saying that if it was Zimmerman who was screaming for help that might have continued after the shot but the fact that after the shot there was no more screaming for help?
Tracy: No more screaming whatever, it went completely silent.
Trayvon Martin’s Death: A Witness Tells Anderson What She Saw
Anderson: When you both went outside. You saw George Zimmerman where? And where was Trevon Martin?
Mary: She was out the door first. When I came out the door I saw him basically straddling him. He had feet on either side of his body and his hands at the time I didn’t know was on his back.
Anderson: Trevon was face down?
Mary: Trevon was face down. Once he got off of the body we could see that his face was down in the grass. At the time that he was holding his back I didn’t kow if he was trying to help him, hold the wound or…Selma had asked him several times, three times, ‘Whats going on? Is everything okay? And each time he looked back but he didn’t say anything until the third time he said, ‘Just call the police.’
Anderson: Was Zimmerman Trying to Help Trayvon Martin?
Anderson: Was he trying to apply pressure to the wound? Was he trying to in anyway aid Trayvon?
Mary: In my opinion it did not look like he was trying to help in anyway. The gun shot was to the chest and he was face down. He had his hands on Trayvon’s back.
The full interview will air on “Anderson” this Thursday, March 22nd.
