Unshakable: Neighbor Testifies to Zimmerman-Martin “Tussle”

On Friday, prosecutors called Jonathan Good, a neighbor who lived at the Retreat of Twin Lakes and observed the “tussle” between George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin before the teen was fatally shot, to the stand.

Good testified that the first heard a noise which appeared to get louder and closer to this townhouse.

Initially when he looked out, he couldn’t see anything, then when he stepped out onto his porch he saw an object on the ground, Good said.

Good told jurors subsequently, he recognized two persons on the ground one on top of the other.

“The person on the bottom had a lighter skin and was face up,” he said. That person wore a red and white jacket.

Good said he saw the person on top who wore dark attire straddling the person on the bottom. Although he described the person on top as being in a Mixed Marshall Arts (MMA) position, he could not tell if pounding on the bottom person was taking place. He did say though, he saw arms moving downward.

“Did you see at anytime the person on top slam the other person’s head into the concrete,” prosecutor Bernie De la Rionda inquired.

“No,” Good replied.

Good said he called out to the individuals saying,”What’s going on, stop it,” but no one responded.

Good testified that the person on the bottom was yelling for help, although he couldn’t say this unequivocally.  He testified that the cries for help came from the same person although he wasn’t “one hundred percent certain it was the voice of George Zimmerman,” because of the poor lighting.

On cross-examination, defense attorney Mark O’Mara tried to demonstrate to jurors that the several statements made by Good to law enforcement and his deposition were consistent and differed only in terms of greater elaboration.

On re-direct, De la Rionda again got Good to testify that he did not observe any ‘grounding and pounding,’ by the person on top of the one on the bottom during the Zimmerman-Martin fight, but “only saw arms going down.”

“You did not see blows to the guy on the bottom, correct?,” De la Rionda asked.

“Yes,” Good replied.