http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1206/20/ijvm.01.htmlJANE VELEZ-MITCHELL
Sandusky Doesn`t Testify; New Info in Trayvon Martin Case
Aired June 20, 2012 - 19:00 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
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And tonight, we`ve got breaking news off the top. Just moments ago, we obtained two more crucial 911 calls in the shooting of Trayvon Martin by Neighborhood Watch volunteer Trayvon Martin. And guess what? We`re going to play them for you. You and I will hear them for the very first time, because I haven`t heard them. They`ve just come into the system. They`ve just gotten approved.
Again, this is Trayvon Martin`s father, Tracy Martin, trying to find his son, who tragically he was not aware had already been shot dead.
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Next, we are going to bring you those 911 calls. We`ve got them in, in the Trayvon Martin shooting. Unbelievable new sound next.
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GEORGE ZIMMERMAN, CHARGED IN SHOOTING: We had some break-ins in my neighborhood. And there`s a real suspicious guy.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: He`s just said he shot him dead. The person is dead, lying on the ground.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: No justice, no peace! No justice, no peace!
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: No justice, no peace! No justice, no peace!
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: No justice, no peace! No justice, no peace!
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Mr. Zimmerman has made the statement of self- defense.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: The Neighborhood Watch is Neighborhood Watch. Not neighborhood shoot.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: What do you see when you look face-to-face across to Mr. Zimmerman?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: A very, very frightened 28-year-old.
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VELEZ-MITCHELL: It was February 26 in Sanford, Florida, a night that really changed the nation and sparked a huge uproar.
This young man had just bought Skittles and iced tea at the local 7- Eleven and was headed back to his dad`s home in this gated community when George Zimmerman, the Neighborhood Watch volunteer following him, ends up shooting him dead.
Now, of course, we all know about the national uproar that followed. First, he was not arrested, George Zimmerman, that is. And then ultimately, after a national uproar, demonstrations and an investigation by a special prosecutor, he was arrested. There you see George Zimmerman being taken in by police. Well, now we`ve got extraordinary new 911 calls just in.
Now, the first one comes the day after the shooting. Believe it or not, Trayvon Martin`s dad had no idea that his 17-year-old son had been shot dead, because the young man did not have identification on him when he went to the 7-Eleven.
So the next day, which would be February 27, Trayvon Martin`s father, Tracy Martin, is calling 911 to try and file a missing persons report. Where is his son? He has no idea. Let`s listen to the 911 call that just came into our system. You and I together, hearing it for the first time.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Sheriff`s office, this line is being recorded. My name is Cassandra.
TRACY MARTIN, FATHER OF TRAYVON: How are you?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Good. How are you today, sir?
MARTIN: Good. Good, good. I need to file a missing person report because it hasn`t really been 24 hours, but I`m from Miami. And my son`s up here with me. And he left -- he don`t know anybody up here. And...
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: OK. Are you staying in a hotel here?
MARTIN: No. I`m actually staying at my dear friend`s house.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Do you know the address?
MARTIN: What`s the address?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: OK. And you said it was your son that`s missing?
MARTIN: Yes.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Give me one moment. And you said -- how long has he been missing for?
MARTIN: Since last night.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: How old is your son?
MARTIN: He`s 17.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: OK. What`s his name?
MARTIN: Trayvon Martin. T-R-A-Y-V-O-N M-A-R-T-I-N.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: OK, sir, what`s your name?
MARTIN: My name`s Tracy Martin.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: OK. What`s a phone number we can reach you at? OK. An officer can meet with you and file the report?
MARTIN: Yes.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: OK. What was your son last seen wearing?
MARTIN: He probably had on a pair of khakis shorts and a gray sweatshirt. Probably had on slacks. And a pair -- I`m sorry, and a pair of Air Jordan tennis shoes. Lighter red tennis shoes.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: OK. Can you give me a specific time of the last time you saw him?
MARTIN: About 8:30.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: 8:30?
MARTIN: Eight, 8:30 last night, yes.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: OK, sir. We`re going to dispatch somebody out there.
MARTIN: OK. Thank you.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: All right. Yes, sir. Bye.
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VELEZ-MITCHELL: The extraordinary thing is that police the night that Trayvon lay dead on the ground did not walk around to a nearby unit where the father lived and ask him, hey, is this your son? On the other side of the break we are going to analyze this extraordinary audio tape with our team of experts. What does it mean? Why did Trayvon Martin`s father not know that he had been killed a full day after he was shot?
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Seminole County Sheriff`s Office. This call is being recorded. My name is Cassandra.
MARTIN: How are you?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Good. How are you today, sir?
MARTIN: Good. Good, good. I need to file a missing person report.
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VELEZ-MITCHELL: All right. You`re hearing this tape as we are, as I am. It`s just come in.
And Lisa Bloom, legal analyst for Avo, what`s extraordinary to me is this is a day after Trayvon Martin is shot dead just a stone`s throw from where the father lives. And to me it dovetails with the criticism that his death wasn`t treated with respect, because the police didn`t go around to nearby houses, a stone`s throw away, and say, "Hey, do you know who this young man is?"
BLOOM: Right. Did they assume, because Trayvon is African-American, that he couldn`t possibly be in that neighborhood because his dad is staying with a girlfriend there? In other words because he was welcomed in that community.
Was the assumption made that, because he was an African-American male lying on the ground after some kind of a fight had happened, that he must have been an intruder? That he must have been a ne`er-do-well, you know, there for some nefarious reason? That`s very disturbing.
And I have to say, just as a parent, it is so heartbreaking to hear Trayvon`s dad calling 911, reporting him missing. You can hear in his voice that he`s hoping for the best. He`s hoping there`s going to be some kind of crazy story, but his son is going to return. And we already know now that Trayvon was already gone at the time of this call. I mean, what a heartbreak.
VELEZ-MITCHELL: It is absolutely heart-wrenching. And the video we showed, which is really the video we have of Trayvon Martin`s father after this became a national story. And he is often just distraught and overcome as he holds these news conferences.
Eric Schwartz, criminal attorney out of Miami, believe it or not, we actually have more breaking news on the Trayvon Martin shooting. Spokesperson for Bill Lee, Sanford city manager, has said that they decided to terminate his contract as of today.
Now, this was somebody who had stepped aside, you remember. But originally the powers that be wouldn`t accept his resignation. And frankly, I wonder if it has anything to do with the release of these tapes. Because, to me, just the idea the police don`t make the connection. A young man`s disappeared at that exact spot and they don`t make the connection to somebody who was shot dead the night before.
SCHWARTZ: Jane, it might have a lot to do with these tapes being released. And that the father didn`t know.
And what really strikes me is listening to the father, the emotion in his voice. And we now know that his son was dead and was killed at this point in time, and the father was hoping for the best.
But heads are going to roll on this, whether it`s law enforcement, if they bundled this, whether it`s politicians, a resignation. There are always going to be people that will pay the price. And that being fired or having to resign might be a result of these 911 tapes being released at this point in time.
VELEZ-MITCHELL: Unbelievable. It really is a case that, with every new release of information, we get greater insight into really the Shakespearean tragedy that was that night.
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