Fact is one of your EYE witnesses recanted and the other has a dog in the fight.
Ditto on the rest.
I like how people are so quick to point out John recanted but then completely ignore what he said.
While it's true John recanted the MMA style blows, his 2nd statement is still just as damaging because the defense will focus on what John now describes as a "Bam Bam Bam" motion while TM was on top. Was that TM hitting GZ or maybe hitting GZ head on the cement, either way, it's still damaging to the state's case.
* He's sure TM was on top.
* He saw them partially on the sidewalk.
* "All I know is someone is on top of the other person and I hear "Help, help, help"
yelled a couple times, and me just thinking that it is the person on the bottom yelling "help." Because, if anybody saw that, they probably would have thought the same thing - that the person on the bottom is yelling Help.
* "But he was still on top with both hands, ah, either trying to hold the guy down or hitting him at that point."
* That's what I thought was very odd when, you know, I opened the door and said to stop that, you know, whoever was on top on that point, didn't, you know, get off at that point, and say you know, "Hey, listen," you know, "This guy's, you know, attacking me," that's what was weird to me that it didn't stop, at that point. And that's when, you know, the "helps" came out, and I yelled, I'm calling 9-1-1," and went back inside.
* Sure TM was face down after the shot but then turned over so someone could do CPR.
* I mean he could have still been hitting him, or he could have been trying to hold him down, you know. It was, you know, I really, truly can't tell at that point. Um, but my first reaction, you know, from what-- just seeing it real quick, bam bam bam, that's what it looked like at that point.
* "He couldn't see who yelled help but thinks it was the person on bottom because he was facing towards John while the other person was facing away and the helps sounded clear not like they echoed off the building."
So much for "recanted"